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

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'x THE FLYING nu'rcHMAN . . . io KNOT vr-:nsloN ol Europe, Germans are aseptically accept- able by American standards and therefore deserving of the social amenities accorded tliem by occupation troops as distinct, per- llaps, from the combat Joes of yore, who are now familied, balding and fighting their own waistline bulges. The same is true of the Japanese, and their land is heralded as some sort of a Mecca. However, one must loolc far and wide for a lcind Word concerning the British who absorbed a whale of a shellaclc- ing While P0iHting their guns in the same General direction as we. From the English point of view, these Sympathies had their genesis in the Ameri- Ean anger at Britain's apparent ingratitude or our Participation in the Cause as mani- listefl in their prices forthe booze available t e' - . . ' 'P Women, their superiority, and the sanc- HW of ginmills. All this was liittingly de- picted BY H large mural on the carousel at ea-from the British viewpoint. ost Ol: US, therefore, had mixed emo- spite of ZH iframe to loving the British. ln unpleasant ' ll' our Stay was unmarked by nored b incident. lnitially, we were ig- tho hy manY.of the townspeople. They uit US English. traditioglzlal It0Wn, Portsmouth reelcs with of Rule gpuemeflted by a faint unclertone plaques m rlttanialsmg its innumerable glory of d Onumerlts, and relics attesting the aYS Past and present. There was Sollths M il0IlS Wh Nelson's llagship at Trafalgar, HMS Vic- tory, firmly imbedded in drydoclc, and the Nelson Museum within the doclcyardg the World War l memorial at Southsea, a huge edifice overloolcing the sea, inscribed with the names of thousands of Portsmouth men who had given their lives at Coronel, Dog- ger Banlc, Jutland, Gallipoli and others: the World War Il memorial beside the gutted Guildhall, and the parlc behind the two. This parlc was particularly interesting in an academic sort ol way. Every few paces or so would be a slcull or a cannon ball on a roclc with some fitting dedication beneath, as per example: 'GTO the officer, two men and three boys of the HMS Ahominable who died while with the Asiatic Fleet, 18'-to 18-.U For such, l personally am a suclcer, and though l learned of the joys of pulling lib- erty with Dan Sweeney and was subse- quently betrayed by Vinnie Wilson, l did spend a great deal of time browsing among them. There wasn't much else to do, despite South Parade Pier, the Savoy and the dodge-em cars at Southsea. The loeer was warm and watered and anything decent for export only, eating ashore was a waste of time. l went to one restaurant on three occa- ed three separate and distinct dinners. It always Came up the Sameyspam' an egg, and S leaf. sions and Order tewed tomatoes on a lettuce

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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

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