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

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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

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U SHOULD HAVE SEEN TH FORWARD OF US NOTRE DAME E BABE WHO LIVED ON THE BARGE TIED UP Cathedral of Notre Dame: Joe 0,Donnell'S tive-minute disappearance and his suhse- quent Hight down a street lined with cars. Joe Fentonls raid on Trimhles and Wagi ner's wine cellar: the ordeal endured hy Bill Reichelt and Jerry Rooney as they heat their way down the Champs Elysees toward the Eiffel Tower. These and many more. By comparison, Rouen was dull. How- ever, the trip up the Seine alone, in my opin- ion, had loeen worth the journey across the Atlantic. Not violently verdant as had heen Ireland, its twisting path seemed composed of gentle hufis and amhers, and in the pale purple of twilight, it was particularly heauti- ful. We passed a small village lodged se- curely among the quarries that lined the river hanlcs. Some sort ol a festival was in progress, the music from the carousel in the town square drifted across the Water. The people lioclced to the river's edge, waving and cheering. Rouen lays claim to lame hy virtue Ol the fact that a gal named Joan was done dirt hy the British lol these many yeHrS 2120- The deed was perpetrated in the market place and the spot is appropriately fenced OH hy a brass hand railing. The marlcet itself is vastly more interesting. Rouen combines the old and the new: and a leisurelY Stfoll through the indescribable slums can Pfovfde upon reflection one hell of a lesson in SOCIOI' ogy. The Zone Sinistiere, bordering the riytg front, bore mute testimony to the VIE Paid it by the Eighth Air Force and, I 6' . i . h ec0Il IICVC, Patton s Third Army. W ere r J' d lose to ahorte i structed, the effort seeme C h except for the famed cathedral Wlliflhf fort e most part, had been restored. , A - Un the whole, the Rouenese werent 0 ing too well. Plot .1 mi5l5 Ci raid' as tems lo ale peno n Form Stlllfwllal in? HP lil Nay we i F04 1 We daft neil be SZ lgdntf Wl Same ptop :gmt Calle l Four time at l other class my ll1lItl plafemflll iilelyens we wlllfl tmilalaf lim 01 THE several we il primle lm mired str tlnuglxl i limi. up fleclays 4 Willy-sim tilt lnal ilflwls il li lW0 in Ellory, IF line, Im Elmer thi lt. si p W1 at 3 Lmhlems Iftltling li rt. u Iltn the if md to . k D14 ,mp tif Eyh . tg nl . Igtkn B