SUNY Maritime College - Eight Bells Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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CORAL BEACH Bermuda, it seems, is also the native hahitat gf the Planters Punch which is sold in such popular establishments as the Eagle's Nest. You wall: in and ily out. Another marked feature of Bermuda ap- pears to he the artistic individualism of the house painters, a jealously guarded preroga- tive. On one hotel, they started off at the roof painting white. A third of the way down they got hored and switched to a rich lavender. Everywhere is this tendency manifested, as evidenced hy the unsurpassed garishness of the dwellings. Everywhere hut Donamorgh, home of the American consul general, which is staid in comparison. Though Mfiginfs and Yankee dollah's are immeasurea e factors in the world's rota- tion, the lzimviihrgess of our Bermuda suhsidi- ary'-fuour itt e it of home away from home would seem, at first hlush, out of all propor- tion to the importance involved. This is not Uncle's fault, as it seems that this lush cahana was bequeathed the Great White Father hy a Pittsburgh steel interest long GEO. At the time, this tycoon of industry had talcen a shine to a little piece of Huff who Fwnded a typewriter in the outer office. Be- 11053 tthe romance could proceed, the Mrs. 0 be Elven a fast shuflle. She was given Ifhat'-'tO Bermuda and Donamorgh, Iivls hffapa had huilt for her. The old lady e lglf On the hog, to the tune of five irillnd PCP month. One day she placed an aioslilgtttlli licluor store and never did get The ho Fhaljmg the guy call off his dogs. girlnevo Cd.d Cpt coming and the poor old her attefff 1 catch up though I understand Iogu d milfs were valiant. Thus the uncata- somtfd .WU16 cellar. One day, having blos- dred mto a 1018 strapping girl of three hun- Pounds. Elve or talce a few either way, she fell off a Seen lying Very still and very dead B If . ro en hearted, the old man unloaded it onto the government'-the house, not his ever-loving. I There are also Calypso singers, who will SIHQ this story upon request' ln the llinal analysis, the charms and en- chantment of Bermuda are very apt to be lost on the more vigorous and virile in the crowd. lt's the sort of place one would last like to see just hefore closing one's eyes to meet one's Nlalcer. Cork, Ireland-fl was glad we visited this place, as it completely silenced the class' foremost Irish nationalist, Boh McHugh, with harsh finality. Now, if we could thinlc of ways and means to discredit St. lVlary's foothall team, life might he livahle. ln any event, the Irish countryside lived up to its reputation hy virtue of its wholesome ver- dancy and rolling hills. The women did not. They weren't Wholesome nor did their lig- ures roll. I saw one with what loolced like teeth and spent the hetter part of two hours trying to find out if they were real or not. However, as far as l'm concerned, any se- crets she may have will go to her grave un- revealed. I got nowhere. The looys who compose all those ballads hailing the pul- chritudinal virtues of the colleens must have been loolcing at some of the huxom women who can he seen promenading up and down. say, the Grand Concourse. The people were pathetically impover- ished, lout their generosity, hospitality and friendliness seemed houndless-as soon as they discovered we weren't English. NYS- MA and the Irish got along together. Every- where one went, one was approached by someone with inquiries concerning cousin Kevin O'Shaunessy, of Chicago-H Whether you knew the guy or not, the conversation was usually deemed a fit occasion for H round or two. This was the source of many casualties. Remember Betts' post Iibefw Con' fusing of taps for col0rS? cliff or something and was last BEERFLE E SHORE I 'un

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wonder what was to he done with drunken iiors and Rooney would iusf Wonder about Sa , f d: was it really Worth the long walk orwar 7 . k H ' d t much. lt, and would Jia le resaufgferlgifl T22 letters I , . Sggfjqfleenrihgn uraififhished, his little friends . M Rae and Kuhn would noisily shghted. HC shatter the spelt, and the th0IlQh'f'0f Iilooney unleashed had him cringing with 0rr0T- To get on with the story. The daYS Im' Cl' fel receding the sailing were hectic. me ra y D Stores were manhandted ahoard, H1'lddHhCaS at ohserver standing on the Pier WOHI ave u seen cadets swarming over the starhoaiii side, paint hrush in one collective han , clinging for dear life with the other, a can of paint suspended hy a lanyard hanging from their collective teeth. The theory he- hind all this was that relatives and other welt wishers down to see our leaving would he exposed to the starhoard side, and the Powers That Govern had decreed, that it should look pretty. And look pretty it did. However, we no sooner got away from the pier, than the ship was maneuvered so as to present the unpainted port side, which in its own small measure exemplifies all that con- stitutes life. D for Departure Day was a pleasant little farce that comhined all the finer points of Max Sennettism with the grandeur of an Earl Carroll Vanities production. The day dawned fine and ctearg the ship was dressed: all those considered near and dear started to drift onto the pier. At the appropriate hour an hands knocked off work and shifted into the uniform of the dayg the hand was mus- tered on superstructure deck where it hieated and tootled discordantty as musicians occa- sionally with Admiral Leary was piped QTHUCHY ahoard and joined the musicians. Un the hridge, the collective hrains of com- mand got together and sought ways and means of functioning. To do this, they had an impressive numher of part time hig shots to aid and assist. In additionto the Captain and the Executive Gfficer, there was the Of- FICCI' of the Deck, the Cadet Qfticer of the DAD Deck, the Cadet First Officer a I1 I ' 0 Insm a quartermaster, a talker, and three Or fan, assorted messengers tfourth ctassmen lour of '52, in this instancei. The exigenc ' Eass situation demanded close and Constaito the munication. Consequently, when the Sim. tain decided to see what was transpiri Hp. the port side while standing on th ng on hoard wing, his path was fined with Th. Faithful eagerly waiting the Death e Word of Command. Suddenly, everything was conside fl sufficiently in order to get underway. Qnfjr were snapped and relayed. Then it trap? pened--the phones woutdn't work, the mes- sengers got lost white delivering their mes- sages and the Exec. wound up yelling himself hoarse through a megaphone. Mean- while, the hand had struck up Anchors Aweighu thus effectively drowning out the Exec. Then, htasts from the ship's whistle suhmerged the hand. Veterans of previous cruises, however, knew what was to he done. The gangway was swung ahoard, the lines hauled in, and away we went, the Admiral waving regally. It was quite a cruise. Many consider it the hest of all, although the following re- marks constitute an opinion held hy some. Regarding the ports we visited, the follow- ing is respectfully suhmitted: Fort Pond Bay,-Here is found a hotel, a fourteen-story skyscraper, and CWO Cook waiting for the Admiral. Other than that, this place is nil. Hamilton, Bermuda-If you ever meet anyone who might he interested, Bermuda is a nice place to take her on a honeymoon ,-in the winter. The heat of summer is well- nigh unhearahle, though several of the hoYS tell us the sands are very cool after the sun goes down. In any event, hring your ow? IH the way of feminine companionship? Ot fr' wise you are apt to hunger. On this grip- the local Chamher of Commerce wollll UP tearing out their hair in large, l10Hl'YIhani' a . fuls. For six days the town was Qenty I aged by four hundred cadets. Twflive 11032 hefore the expiration of our last h CTW HQueen of Bermuda Pulled in With 3 Cargo of monied Yankee yvomen. In this town. V01 will never die of thirst though you mayfor starvation. A rum and c0Ca-C015 goin OH two-hits at the American Legion- ihe very small and mouldy Cluh Safldwlc Buck. cheapest thing on C star less most menus, costs 8

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BLARN EY Another attraction was Blarney Castle and its famed stone, whose lciss was reputed to inspire loquacity, glihness ol tongue, and luclc with the ladies. Almost everyone vis- ited Blarney sooner or later. As far as the fourth class was con- cerned, the lzmig event was the farewell party that developed spontaneously our last night ashore. Attended hy an eventual thirty-odd classmates, and a dozen or so lrishers, it evolved in the Tower and Shamrock under the somewhat worried eye of Sheila Mc- Carthey, whose legs were seen to louclcle he- neath her lourdens of heer. ln a compassion- ate lrame of mind we decided to relieve her and tool: turns tending' har. Finally, some- one closed the place to the pulolic, and Sheila loecame the helle of the hall, primarily hecause she was the only helle present. She loved us, in her way, and soon lorgot all about charging us for the loeer. It was a lovely evening. When we left, we dutifully lined up, hussed her good-lay and returned to the ship. Gur departure was gala. Of the town's thirty thousand inhabitants some four thou- sand must have been down at the quay to see us off. We were accompanied all the Way down the River Lee hy small craft illloat, and hicyclists on either hanlc ashore. If PHSSlng small riverside villages some relic, Vintage of the Easter Rebellion perhaps, would painfully hoom out a salute While lrish and American national anthems W amplified across the water. ere Many of us were sorry to leave, It W a cheap and friendly port. as England, Holland, Belgium , O . Portsmouth, England'-'Early one hright July morning, the Training Ship Empim State slid past the lsle of Wight and into the channel, llanlced hy Southsea on tluetstar- hoard hand and an innocuous relic of a fortification to port, that led to the naval hase at Portsmouth. As we steamed slowly along, we rendered side honors to the long lines of aircraft carriers, cruisers, and destroy. ers: and received honors in turn. To the sen- timentally discerning, the solemnity of the occasion might have been interpreted as a manifestation of the reciprocal admiration and respect shown each other hy the world's two greatest navies. However, from some- where across the water lloated the true voice and sympathies of Brittania: A UGO to Hell, ye hlarsted Yi-anliln The feeling was mutual lor, as is so aptly expressed in a recent novel, Americans are renowned for the ahility to hate their former allies while going overhoard in ad- miration of their past enemies. Some rellec- tion will reveal an element of truth in this. By virtue ol possessing more private loathrooms per capita than any other nation . . . AND THE STONE the l ol Eur ale b rleservi lem i laps, I now lal milf lapane sortol all w lrlisln ing w' genera F1 fllpal W1 in loroml lured lm li ol ldll