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

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Three occurrences are noteworthY- First- a ubeachpartyu at Estoril marked by COQHHC that had lain in the sun all afternoon. If tarved for thrills try it. After ' e ever s ' svsdlhad, someone, lVlacRae, l think, t00l4 8 picture which he showed to his mother upon our return. She delivered a few rather ' t d remarks about Uthe natives. l dont tlfihlkehe ever had the heart to tell lxr it WHS one other than a few red hlooded merican I1 There th somewhat the worse for wear. You S - .1 1, ti. was another sea side party SPOUSOTC V e Portuguese and attended lay a good? H1151- luer of cadets. It took place on the ot er-S1 6 of the river and was memorable forthe clilovsil the good swimming, and the loeach W IC extended as far as the eye could see. Lastly, there was the dance thrown hy the ship. My section had the duty and We'd knocked ourselves out setting up for it. At the end 'of the arduous day l yearned for nothing more than hed and hook. Such was not to loe. A first classman bounced down into lower Une and extended uinvit-ations to all underclassmen, informing us that our presence, in dress whites, on deck was ex- pected in ten minutes. The word had gone around that some American girls, from the Embassy, were tb he present. l didn't feel like talking to any- one, so l waited, cleverly l thought, so as to he one of the last topside, hy which time they would have been claimed. On the fore- deck l looked around and picked out the most Latin looking jolo l could find: she was small, slight, creamy complexioned, black haired, dark, and animated of eye. When the loand mutilated a rhumloa she registered appropriate distaste. Just the ticket. A dance or two, a few moments of painful no C Om prendon and l could slink away, aut d ' l went over and introduced myself gnd0IE:. did likewise: she was from Bosto S e chusetts. It was a pleasant evening, U- Massa. Italy, Israel, Spain . . . Enroute to Naples, we learned of Korea The terse hulletins delivered over the PA system left much to the imagination, and imaginations supplied much. Rumors were rampant, you had your choice at any given time-we were returning home, our class was to he accelerated and commissioned early etc., etc. lVlacRae started a highly plausible rumor just to see how fast it would return to him and in what shape. He dimly recog- nized it an hour later. Matters weren't helped much hy a note that appeared on one of the Plans of the Day, just prior to our arrival in Naples. It stated that should we ever return from lily erty to find the ship gone we were to check in at the nearest American consulate. Alter some thought, the prospect loegan to appeal to me. l entertained visions of spending the next war on the Riviera, a memher of a ma- quis, perhaps, dutifully slaying a few of our more radical friends from amhush as oppor- tunity and inclination afforded. This for stimulation in times of imaginative drought though industrial sabotage would prohalaly prove more interesting, more laeneficial to the cause, and more my forte since l can louse up a perfectly good machine faster than anyone. It seemed a highly sensible. RED BLOODED AMERICAN BOYS wird, a one's o :ie comp :lem-gn llt luss Howew fmlhep nllmy, their lflaris e ttfflolfl A ha all and th Ftnon E it . tl

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Con- t were Jroad- espon- with if Iiie hat oi rat on stern- vv our chan- ay we 1 har- .ishon me to r of a main th the raving of tile Lng on ght be ed to ssihle- g din- :o Cat' eIflPtY 1Iy he J SOUP rd Put that, I OCCH' 3 Once eslllts' BRAIN TRUST The second cruise was to he the warm orutiress whites cruise: for tvvo odd months we were to revei in the hasin of civiiizations, the Mediterranean. Unfortunateiy, We had to do so in dress whites. I've aiways thought that this rig must have Ioeen designed hy a toga ciad Free Thinker, or eIse someone who just didnt Iiice peopie. Whatever, the resuit is the same. For centuries, denizens of desert regions have advocated Ioose and iight cioth- ing tor nomadic marauding, for good cause and with exceiient resuIt. They hounce hap- Pily from mosque to hasheesh pit to seragiio with scarceiy a care for the sociai impiica- tions of excessive perspiration. Not so Vvest- ern Man who crusaded in armor and who stiii wanders punchiiy ahout heneath pith helmets and in gear that hinders circulation, thus acceierating his demise. We were no eiception. At sociai functions We stood H OHL Iooicing starched and stuffed, Wishing to God the ear hanging hiddy tthere's one Flhiveryipartyi Who feit ohiigated to enter- ing 11 tm hroicen Engiishi Wouid quit Hick- by Wavffs OR US and emphasizing her point And Ofmg ef QIHSS, periiousiy, to and fro. pair1JFvsEtITSC, hy the time we d hroIcen in a the Ites to a state resemhiing comfort. dei gifdnodlongeroacceptahie hy quarter- that year af S. So It Went. In Iower One, dungareesitwel had the change from dirty Our meth TIC ean whites down to a science. haverevols ds may have heen crude, may Us ashore Haha Et-:au Brummei, hut they got First S1 T e 1650 Iiherty party. town, full OFF, :as Lishon, a duII, sad Xvas glad to lun appy peopie and hiIIs. I Alle 5 f3f1V6 the Oceania and the ycream- The suhurhs, where the more monied Portuguesed I I I4 th. I.Ic I. . Wet oo ed some- lflg I 6 Ca lfornla as seen through hung- Over CYCS- Ehere were severai things that were somew at impressive: the casino at Es- tori, for lone. There I thinI-1 I Iearned how to eat t e house at rouiette and shouid I ever accumuiate any spare cash I shaII en- deavor to suhstantiate my theory. My tutor, in this instance, Was a sour-faced personiiication of Bond Street who Iimped among the three taIoIes Working, Hipping thousand ,scute chips ahout with gay ahan- don. Aiso in the casino were what I Iay ciaim to heing the taIIest har-stooIs in the Worid. I got to the top of one once, hut found myseif hieeding from the nose. I fear I couid never hecome a paratrooper, for I Hfrozen trying to come down, and did so on Dutch courage aione. Perhaps thatis the idea. Qnce up, youire trapped. Then there Was the Royai Coach Mu- seum where the hot rods of past centuries were exhihited, and another which dispiayed the martiai impiements hy which the Portu- guese had carved their Iost empire. Inciuded in this were many suits of armor worn hy the Iocai muscie merchants in their conquests. Personaiiy, I don't see how they got away with itg they were such Iittie guys. hut suave PRACA DOS RESTAURADORES . . . WHA'7 r ul?

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PAP L AUD ENCE eiviiized, and ieisureiy manner of discharg- Egisnes ohiilgations in the conHict to rage, and essgilpgtl Ie with my basically friendly Qomg nature, and hetter yet, free of Qfganized warfare HH the fuss of However, my wishful thinking never g ' l 0 0 the point where I d take my toothbrush on Iir?i'fY with me. C dearth of ne . , Th , H Wscontrud N I. ..ffE1Iifd'il n ff we Heraid ff.:Q..:2,21 help. A hawd-en If Collld he had, and of no been naiiednh Ito named Guiniano had just ity- Y the gefldarmes down in Sic- ratinzniothforreaftfrs were full of it, Korea Hhack page Tkan an Ohscure column on the hoyy posge as Guiniano Elly was quite Once having ofise of a multitude of virtues, The Eyeties h elied up Siciry as a 49th State. P0iiteiy, Sold? ered foul and we declined Of the Work- let' Sclerltist, statesman, friend lapses in Chg? glrly he Was all of that, such murder hein acter that hade him roh and to Solve the 9 Eirgeraiiy Considered one Way and overD0P?1i0 .ems of Capital distrihution Cffme and m dahgfl' Thus when the cops a his passing Wai lm quite dead with lead, populace' Talk tgeneraiiy mourned hy the 0 any Neapolitan har maid long enough and, in a moment of dewy eyed sentiment, she'd hreak out a worn newspaper picture of Guiiiiano and retire muttering in her mustache ahout Hnovia mia and Hamorf' He must have heen a husy little man. Anyway, it wasn't until Fd gotten up to Rome and sought out the United Press Bu- reau that I was ahie to learn anything defi- nite and of value, and that was simply that we were having our pants heaten off of us. I don't know Where the charm of all that is Italy and Italian iies, nor do I know how it is exerted. But, if you like the place, it is there and you are imhued with the sense of it. Me, I like Italy. I even like Naples which is the personitication of rugged indi- vidualism and the epitome of free enterprise. It is a money town. Them what has it are tops, and with it you can huy anything from cameos to next week. Inasmuch as most of us were going up to Rome on tour, those of us who went pulled no more than one, or two, iiherties at the most, in Naples. There wasn't too much to see, though what there was proved of in- terest. VVe'd heen warned ahout the slums which are reputed to make Algiers appear as