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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event' like results are achieved. Schemes are schemeel, plots plotted, contracts con- tracted, and the lirst pitches pitched. While perlorming all this, huge healcers of heer, slugs of Cognac, andfor cups of coffee are served to slalce the thirst. We will dispense with the latter two. By the time we had left, few had not been initiated into the Social and Fraternal Order lor the-Advancement and Promulga- tion ol the Virtues ol l'leinilcen's. lt was very good heer, though slightly deceptive. Ten to twelve prool, careless handling was apt to result in one's heing suddenly clohhered hy, gay, the ceiling. Baclc in the States, this order continued to thrive, though appropri- ate tleilication was hampered hy an ahsenee ola source ol cheap supply. Any lcnowledge concerning the raw material immediately and rightly hecame puhlic domain. The tours, primarily inspections of har- lmor facilities, emphasized the successful re- construction worlc undertalcen hy the Dutch. Visually no other country seemed to have progressed as well. The harhor was in good tff.Zi'tt2f.QiZ'Zf0lttZ be ilimltg I wor an e, t en, Dutch Empire unloaded their cargoesg the length ol the Rhine had heen drained of commodities which in turn were to he poured forth to the world. Despite international troultles, the dissolution of their Empire and a rather bloody little war, the good hurghers Seemed HS Prosperous as ever. this fhlxwerp, Belgium'-'Another favorite, for nimigvafhngfed hecause of the penchant States onlie Gif' gift mills after the various nton, Le. and to wit'-Arizona, Mis ' sourt, Texas. Also, coming in, I Saw mofexxvlindmills than l'd seen in Holland. severalemyeref talcen on several tours and fered as sa Peg ortunate classmates were of- Parlt' Essin Ce? to the Great God Cocktail this Kia It version. It lives in memory to ruin Wg' t VYHS a loeaut. The wraclc and Th 6 errrhle to hehold. ere WHS Plenty doing in this town. AMSTERDAM THE PIANO PLAYER DlDN'T KNOW WHAT WENT ON UPSTAIRS France . . . Rouen, France,-Admittedly the disem- harlcation point for Paris, this town was not expected to offer much. It dicln't. Al Kal:- retz and l had planned on going. However, we hecame involved in an intricate financial deal involving the manipulation of foreign currencies. It lolew up in our faces. Conse- quently, we were among the minority who spent our entire stay in France in Rouen, relying upon the good graces of the eltin and hrown-eyed Nlicheline for liquid sus- tenance in times of drought. For those who care, French heer really isn't worth piclcing up olzl the har. For the most part, however, all the hoys harrel-tailed into Paris. It was a good year-I not too many tourists ahout to louse things up, prices low, and cigarettes going for lif- teen hundred francs the carton. The voyage home was constantly enlivened with tales ol Pigalle, Montmartre, the Champs Elysees. the Follies, the Casino de Paris. Nostalgia was rampant. lVlilce Wagner, feeling he was due to loe loouncecl for. low grades, came haclc for the simple reason that the coin came up heads instead of tails. Many were the tales that were recounted over and over again: Gap Gaylor's overnight pilgrimage to the