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

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Inasmuch as the POPUIGCF gifs abort somewhat gaunt and ragged In t C panllsy an muchacho with amhition natura Y Y hecome a copper. That or a Priest, as the Church is hig husiness in Spain- The second attraction was the currencY hlaclc marlcet sponsored by the government' A tourist rate they called it, hut a rose hy any other name is still the same: wher6HS the peseta was going twenty-nine to the buck officially we were drawing thirty-nine, a het- ter exchange than that offered hy the small hlaclc marlcet that so perilously existed. ,ln addition, Barcelona was the only place we Ve heen where the Yanlcee dollar was poison. or so was my personal experience. A trades- man or a harlceep wouldn't have heen caught dead with one, and it was impossihle to get them to malce any changes. Third were the hullfights most of us got to see, thus satisfying morhid curiosities and satiating hlood lusts. I lcnow very little ahout hullfighting other than what I've read in Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon. It seems there are good hulls who stand and fight and are therefore predictahle, and then the had hulls who fight, scurry away, and turn to fight some more. The latter are dif- ficult to handle as the matador must close on them. We saw had hulls, one of whom hung a novarillo up on his horns. He was horne away hy his seconds, hleeding profusely. There was also a lady hullfightress who did the joh from horsehaclc. Her name was Con- chita Citron and recently I read that she had married a well monied Spaniard and suhse- quently retired. After finally having heen witness to one of these hrawls, I am afraid l cannot agree with those who denounce it and pity the hull. In the first place it is not a sport, hut in reality closely approximates an art whose accompanying pageantry stems from tradition, and an art requiring great personal courage. Under no circumstances would I relish the idea of half a ton of poten- tial hamhurger hearing down upon this one, inasmuch- as I find I am easily suhject to fracture and ahrasion. Secondly, it has its so- ciological virtues as it lceeps those concerned out of the pool rooms and in the fresh air fighting and raising hulls, provides enter- tziilinment for the masses who when unamused s ow a penchant for revolution, and, if all 8008 well. provides free meat for the poor, A.8'I'Cy, somher city physically, though not Without apparent dignity, Barcelona wants to Al JAIMITA Y ALBERTO awolce late at night to display all the Latin gaiety traditionally associated with the Span- iards. Unfortunately, most of this occurred when we were safely home ahed. It wasn't until we'd hit Bilhao the following year that we hecame fully fam-iliar with it. However, Rooney and I savored it hrieliy one evening, and it was then that I found that Jerry really does worry ahout money. Franco must have passed the word to his hoys to roll out the velvet carpet, for we were cordially received and well treated. This despite the fact that los Americanos are not particularly well liked, hut then the Catalonians aren't reputedly free with their affections. ln any event, we went away Well dined, wined, partied and fiestaed. 0116 .thing that has always struclc me as heing rather peculiar is that hoth visits to Spain were to portions noted for their anti-Franco sentiment, and that the visits were free Ol unpleasant incident despite the riots and civil commotion that one could read ahoul prior to our arrival and after our departure' And, of course, after we left, something nice always happened to Franco: the first time he was the recipient of many very Breen and very crisp dollar hills in the form of a IOQU- The second time, Admiral Sherman Hew In to discuss ways and means of keeping Span' ish real estate out of the clutches of un' friendly aliens. 4ll 'llc ereeiee 'if HI. Ie is- .ll .Mme dj at the ilu lm! le file PTM We Chilli -aue a. Wllf -up Ween jiri wiele ale rail al le Hee wi -gep 1er lam L.. .rteassmar ifhlilililg Se George . .fe louses, E el to aeeem lifes wluo lwinler. l iflasewill tere. Evee letel lor 51

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with the hadly needed reinforce- and Supplies. lnstead of heing greeted eful populace they were surprised grat ' . O themselves the recipients of curses heaved roclcs It seems they had find In . ill this on the Sahhath and in doing ll olated an orthodox l'lehrew com- dvi a which prohihited anyone from more than three thousand some feet on such occasions. France, Spain, Bermuda . . Thanlcs to Artie Sullivan's appendix we lmarrel-tailed into Villafranche, arriving un- ceremoniously in the dead of night at which time he was hastily deposited in a hospital near Nice. Next morning we got our first good loolc at our new surroundings. The Riviera was the faloled France of which l've always heard and always dreamt. It is lilce Bermuda without mutton, and with women worthy of the name. Armed with a lat, new paycheclc and wondrously free from compulsory tours we found our time our own. Accordingly We set forth to revel in the 'Playhoy's Paradise, and revel we did, from .luan les Pins to Nice to Villa- lfaflilfe 'EO Monte Carlo, where you can't lam ei you are in uniform. ln Juan les EPS was a casino and Sidney Bechetg in h1Cf2ll1e'l'lotel,Ruhl, O'Connors, the lVlan- IIZUHE, Roclc Beach, and .laclcieg Villa- Mgfteegllrllvler If quaintly provincial, and If 1 hfdoifff 50n,H1elab0rag?n' I Id ver a arn, wou ifmgorn Then l would disgrace the man iv: Clenlgly to. hecome a remittance proachto infill f F Riviera. The closest ap- bmon was ryxeallilatilon of that ignohle am-- Iieutenant Who? 6 t rough an ex-Infantry owns most of GWB met and whose family Waudngthm h 60rgIa, it seems. While 1944116 desi dSputhern France in August, Mum to- Aff livvould he a nice place to turned for a if eing discharged, he re- did get amu Sort vacation and just never And once Hhfo getting home to Georgia. tered - - eac month his mail hox is clut- ra - Wh H filthy ch 1. f if .1 - mllyl when ec ' rom is otrnig lyayloahock hwe met him he was on his Ing been Ca Z OP to pawn his camera, hav- tllen shouldug t Sllort at the moment. This testify somewhat to what the Rivie ia :fan dcii to someone, such as I, pos- sesse . 0 Wea moral flhre and a notahle laf:lc of character. Gay, leisurely and with E sa Maxwell absent, free of ostentation and undue syharitism, we had ing nothing in particular. However, should the French ever get around to pouring some sand on their heaches l would he grateful no end, as l hruise very easily. One event of minor note was the dis- fovefy by Jeffy R00I1ey and me of the UCOH- tinental Boilermalcer -'creme de menfhe with a girl and orange chaser. It is colorful and friendly. Lilce most great discoveries it Occurred quite by accident, thanlcs to a wait- er, who, alas, must always remain anony- mous, and who precipitated this grand reve- lation hy confusing our order. lVlayhe he didn't lilce usl Barcelona was the last European port of call and is generally considered the hest of the cruise. Unfortunately, l didn't get around too much as my luclc ran out and l finally came down with stomach troulole. We had had a lot of trouhle with that dur- ing the cruise. ln any event, Barcelona is memoralole for several things. Une, there were more cops per capita than any place we'd hit. There were city cops, national cops, cops to watch the cops, and the secret service who paraded around in uniformed splend0r, and were ahout as inconspicuous as a stye in the eye. Each was allotted specific naughlies they alone were concerned with, they and I10 one else, it seems, heing' legally Pefmilled to throw you in clinlc for Very interesting, and l could see where you funn jurisdictional a good time do- infractions thereof. might have some very Y h' prohlems arising. They all have one t mg ll ll hate the secret in common, l10WCVeff t CY a t o e, who are reputed to he too mean lilce even themselveS. polic -ri-:E PAusE THAT Psfnirizs

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MATADOR AND FRIEND We came home by way of St. George, Bermuda, where we spent four days pretty- ing up. We entered the small harbor through acut just wide enough to permit us passage. On the foredecli, Marty Reedy and I leaned over the rail and found ourselves practically face to face with some lady who was hang- ing up her laundry in the baclc yard. Weiss, a first classman, who had the helm came off watcg shcaglcing like a leaf. t. eorge is a quiet little town. It has afew houses, a few people and a large hotel used to accommodate the financially Hush Yarillrees who gee lthe cold northern wastes GHC winter. ot ar away, there is an Air Force base with some Air Force people worlc- 51521133 Every nowtand then they come to r some dinner and a few blasts alitlte bar. It is very nice, very quiet, easy on t e langled nerve, and soothing to the ulcer. Withgsrmezif, if was never constructed to e ons aught of some four hun- Sea' The Call SEOIil.tIlS fresh from a stretch at the Sap rafillllgrge ifedoverllloyveill somewhat, ffm Hum. hitaiomfi 1fi.Q..atWZZ 1,32 oaiiesbaf the hotel, one thrown for us, the either ills- The result was the same in as boards tlnce. hEveryone came away stiff get around toucg I hear sonfe actually did remember R0 p some dancing. I can still Il' 0 93816 Downs wondering where ed left I1 Th IS drums. e running boat crew had their hands full . the :till times. They won't quickly forget up to di al the landing where everyone lined in I e In long, neat rows. Our last night ' made H run. While waiting at the dfed Ameri lgading, I Ioolced up the road leading to it . I could see were struggling and strag- glrng cadets wending their way home in QFOUPS Of three, the outboard cadets desper- ately trying fo Support themselves' and their usually unconscious companion, So ended the cruise of 1950, Two Stripers . . Quickly our post cruise leave passed and the day of graduation and our ascend- ency into the position of senior class present approached. The first class was graduated, with the Admiral giving his customarily wise advice. Then the rates were handed out, and we were in business. The second class year was marked by several things of interest, and an occurrence oftragedy. For once, we gained instead of lost when Bill Browning entered the class. An ex-Naval officer, Bill stayed with his class during his mug year, then entered ours. Be- ing an ex-Naval seaman I was somewhat fascinated by the possibilities presented by this strange twist of fate, as I found myself senior to him on the cruise. However, it oc- curred to me that he still retained his com- mission, was still being promoted, and four years would net me naught but an ensigncy, and once again downwind from him. And in these times you never can tell what the future will bring. So I passed UP an OPPOT' tunity of a lifetime and did nothing- The blow was cushioned by the fact that Blu turned out to be a very good guy' However, we lost painfully with the death of Charlie Pappeftf OH the first of November that year. Wl10 died HS the result . - - b'Ie acci- of injuries sustained in an automo I I dent. The entire class attended the funera- Hons D'oEuvRE