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

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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

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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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ST PE ERS staid as a Back Bay neighborhood in com- parison, so we stayed clear of them. The Galleria proved interesting inasmuch as it was the locale of a novel fd read. There was the Spanish Fort, and a gin milf high on a hill whose treffised patio overlooked the hay to Vesuvius. A heautiful view which included the islands in the hay, among them Capri. This setting has, incidentally, heen incorporated in several movies rye seen since. The plot is usually thus: place: Itafyg time, 19443 a dusty comhat Joe fresh from the front come stomping in shaking dust and vermin all over the rear echefon gold hricks and their girl friends. He hrains a waiter with his tommy gun, throws himself in a chair, and trumpets loudly for wine and wench. Then there are several scenes dur- ing which the hegrimed and hearded hero can he seen feering fecherousfy at anything female while the frightened populace scur- ries to and fro, endeavoring to comply with his wants. Then The Nice American Girl, usually from Iowa QI don,t know what Hof- lywood has against Iowa, trips in. Nasty Comhat Hero makes heavy pitch for Nice American Girl and is rehuffed. Disconso- fate. .the Combat Hero creeps hack to his Chair, engages in SOIIIC ego defense hy cuf- fmg about a defenseless lady of pleasure who lstusuafly hetter looking than The Nice American Girl. Then the Comhat Hero Siafff to grapple with the grappa. While all t IS IS going on, NAG fyou ought to get the idea along about now, is casting Ion I glances at our hero and it is ohvioug to ow one that she is seriously considering ery- cumhing for the Cause. Next ensues sevillci scenes of reconciliation during which tlfa get to know each other. It seems he joinsg the army to save democracy and is sickt death of killing Germans, She joined tho Red Cross to cheer the hoys, gnly to fins that when she,s around the hoys Suddenl lose interest in doughnuts and coffee ang Hreaffy fm not that sort of girl. Idealism established, they indulge in the first chast clinch. Vesuvius, always in the hackground at this point, is seen to erupt gently. In the next scene, they are dancing: in the next drinking and laughing: then dancing ami crying until finally it is morning and he must return to the front to kill more Germans. The clinch this time is somewhat fonger, punctu- ated hy much heavy hreathing, writhing, a tear or two, and hrave words from the CH who gets his compass corrections all foused up and decides that the quickest way home to the NAG is via Berlin. He is too bloody nohfe for words. Then he hops into the jeep which is always waiting at the door and is off to the wars. And, of course, he has forgotten his tommy gun. Small wonder then, that the next scene finds him swathed in handages while recov- ering from fiesh wounds about the head and ears. Usual-fy this occurs in time for the CH to marry the NAG in plenty of time, And all the time I could have sworn they never left the dance Hoor. Inasmuch as I was in this place during the afternoon, I cannot vouch for any authen- ticity other than the view. e' Other attractions included Capri, do- ell C main of retired and deposed royalty, W monied commoners, and Lucky Luciano. When I get to the Happy Hunting Grounds' I hope someone reminds me to speak harshly to grandmother concerning her hum advice about crime not paying. LuckY Seems to be another hig gun in Napoli, though he afld Guiffiano never traveled in the same social circles. It seems Luciano looked UPON the Sicilian Rohin Hood as a crude C0Uf1m' humpkin, uncultured in the ways of cumf- Though I never got out to Capri, I Shall? ' ways remember it for one thing if nothing else-McHugh raved ahout it. This lsdii' deed a high trihute to that hit of Para I I 'il tdfafln If time .74 I t lollf' I a ww If i 4 . g,tJvPf'f itffffnt lmlded a x . lqmfil Q qfiflfefhf E Jeafeflli qv 1 4 is W t Egnfffffff i miffduirlt 1 gfpleasllff and 3 . mbacfefc . Eiffialfarli El encoffll 4 54 IOPWIE Qifwas Ju The Ro. fy Hhs Jay A hint my f A qincefefnra pid, glorio :iii gel J ,hh swf amature report. -li zfhfs ar fft riff: 9 lmefeff jk? had U V