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

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s l F J I' E t 3, X it d .f h t- 'E -Y f. al p- id rl. :d it- er an rn il- H2 he m. ire an Ley ol di- ro- hes ke. ery git- irlY ln res- lrr1S 3 ' . WE ARE LOOK-ENG FOR JUAN SMEETH. YOU HAVE HEEM NOIH 1 and moved south. BOIJ Bercilc. a native Miamian, threw a Whale of 3 Party, an open house affair that was so good a taxi driver hired hy a few late afrrivals called it a night, picked up his girl flellfl and came also. It was a mernorahle evenigff eSPCCIally the ride haclc to the ship. th So worthy of honorahle mention was ie transgushed PT0ViClCfltlY placed upon the E55 ti W Itch the ihip was tied. Local legend D C D ace as t e scene of some gruesome tlinfamyi a massacre Perhaps. In any to It 0 Supernatural phenomena attrihuted divl PT0VICled the quarterdeclc watch with one 'g'61610t entirely appreciated. More than and sh ICD came off WatCl1, ashen faced numeraihlmg lifter having Sworn Seeing ill' In e ite clad forms Hitting ahout. anyone gifs Eng OI-Ii departure l douht if by Sl I Orget t C Sendoff accorded. us Convierillflollar Jalce, his parrot, his maroon lm I e fun of m0delS, and the streamin V, Y U8 Ore and aft. fry. ociiciiiilllithe heart of the Basque Coun- Wha Texans Y 5 PC0ple who are to Spain luctantpartictafe to the United States,-re- hold the go Ipants. Most of them appear to there is H0 ftilernnfent in low esteem, and inasmuch as tire In owning a line of hacks, Vent to th . e apffpulace are prone to give homing their fllspleasure hy occasionally the Basqufmkm the streets. Despite this, enough to :ec f10Clced off the rioting long ewe IIS warmly. There were numerous invitations to cocl-:tail parties, din- ners, dances, and one musicale that I Imovo Of, in Bilhao alone: in Portugulete, where we tied up, the townspeople threw a fiesta in our honor. Not too many of us showed up the first night, hut this didn't faze them in the least. They had such a good time they lcept it going during the remainder of our stay. Originally scheduled for what l pre- sumed was the town hall, it continually over- llowed each night into the adjoining square, as scores of Basques, cadets, and the more monied from Las Arenas across the river were attracted to the scene hy the sounds of h k' k d joyful revelry. The day we left, t ey IC e ff nother one this time commemorating o a , the day of the town's patron saint, someone h loolced after fishermen. W o In addition to the ahove, there were tours throughout the heautiful and rugged countryside. Several things stand forth vividly. One is the leisurely regard for time. Wl1iCl'1 the more Anglicized consider money. There was a dance scheduled in Las Arenas for the un- godly hour of eleven. All those cadets de- siring to attend were granted extensions of liberty until two. Shortly hefore the ap- pointed llbur they started to drift in, hut our hosts were slow in coming. At midnight. only the vulgarly eager were present. It seems they had siestaed late and were there only hecause they had eaten on the run and dressed in a hurrY-

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HE LOWING FOR THE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION . . . EIGHTBALL IN T RNER and some of his closest friends served as pall bearers. A good shipmate, his passing was keenly felt. In this year, the class received its per- sonal Messiah in the form of John McDou- gal, who disbursed good cheer behind the portals of the Foxhead. A trap with a unique clientele including Rosy Woods, the Dog- catcher, and the guy who was forever bring- ing in dead cats and laying them on the bar ,-'seems he liked to stroke them while he drank his beer'-the Foxhead fast became a standing favorite with the class. Few will forget Rosy Wood and her boyfriends. Rosy had a heart of gold as far as cadets were concerned, and in her eyes we could do no wrong. Because of this, her admirers, and there were always at feast two about vying for her favors, were forced to feel likewise. Consequently, whenever Rosy decided to marry one of them, a decision she made several times each night, she always celebrated her betrothal by plucking a fin from the lucky man's wallet and buying a round for all the cadets present. She was especially fond of Marv Kuhn. This was also the year of the Hickory Log, the Stuyvesant Casino, and the draft. Kenny Hertz resigned to go into the Air Force. The neighboring reserve battalions were activated and the area drained of eligible Yeuflgsters as far as the womenfolk were concerned. While their mothers made slurring remarks, nasty things about our be- ing' draft dodgers, their daughters suddenly began to take interest irf us. Instead of being objects of loathing and scorn, possession gf a cdet for an evening was something to be triasufede The 4ChHI1ge.Was..so .sudden it took a ittle time for us to cast off our apprehen- sion. The draft was a big topic of conversation and the times were full of alarms , sions in panic. The preceding First Class fiocked into the Navy, at the gentle urigings of their draft boards, in unprecedented num- bers, providing further cause for speculation The mail boxes were approached warily, Af Schuyler your mail usually decreases in di- rect proportion to the length of service, AS a result, a letter received in the secon year was usually cause for mourning rather than surprise and rejoicing. And in this year, the Newman Club sponsored several dances that will forever linger' as treasured memories. Marty Maguire had much to do with these. Then one morn- ing I awoke to find us in Miami on the last cruise, which also included visits to Bilbao, Spain: Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Edin- burgh, Scotland, and Cherbourg, France, A somewhat abbreviated cruise due to the fact that the bucket underwent a badly needed overhaul in the Erie Basin, a consensus of opinion regarding the popularity of each ranked them in like order with, perhaps, Rot- terdam slightly edging Bilbao. Cherbourg can be disposed of quickly. It was the only town I've ever been in I couIdn't get out of, and I did so want to. There were several tours to Paris but even these proved disap- pointing inasmuch as the tourists, who had flocked to its 2,000th anniversary celebration, had, as in Rome the year before, ioused everything up. The stay at Miami was brief but event- ful. We had no sooner tied up at the corner of llth Street and Biscayne Boulevard than many of the 'Playboys of the Western Vvorldn appeared on the streets riding regai- iy in long, low convertibles. After paying the cash guarantees and setting aside the money necessary to meet the rental, a com- bine of cadets involved 'in such a Venture might find themselves with no more than half a rock amongst themselves. But theY looked good. Perhaps it was indicative Of what the future was hoped to hold. In addi- tion, there was Stone's, the diversion PTO- vided by the innumerable hotels and beach6S of the Gold Coast, and Silver Dollar Jake- Many of the boys did not have to look VCFY far for feminine companionship. It waS wait- ing for us onthe pier in the form Of H fairly numerous delegation from New York. In fact, there were so many familiar faces Pres' ent I thought the Bronx had sprouted Palms and excur- d class . n i I I. yr f a i s .17 . ' 34 1' ' vt, J Ji , it 3. M3 ,P fl Y 1 gi moved sol Bot Berci of a PH aogoocl a mls called and can especi V .th wort gstansitsfef it which f I ,nite place a irdinlamy, dit Slipef Tiprosided 5:75011 nol er N 'W : 'W ffifw MH, Wait:

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p AT vm. Y Another incident that will long be re- membered by many first classmen was the Governor's reception in the City Hall. in Bilbao. Except for perhaps an occasional Contact with the Limey Navy, it was tlle first time many of us had ever been piped aboard anything. However, our Spanish friends gave us the worlcs with a loudly trumpeting, but tuneless, band concealed behind the draperies or some such. You couldnlt hear yourself thinlc. As if this weren't enough, there were innumerable little men present. clad in colorfully drab uniforms, who continually presented arms at every turn. Working on the old axiom of stowing it when in doubt, painting it when you can't stow it, and saluting it when you can't do either, we soon grew arm weary. A masochist and a student of the coclc- tail party, being much interested in the dif- ferent.speciesiwl1ich afflict this world, l got me into a Spanish variety. It is basically the same only with a Latin beat and a few inno- vations. First there doesn't seem to be any host or hostess. Everyone arrives, and while most Sfffi' on the patio to malce polite conver- sation, 'the boys get the still going. Re- tiring if1fO the garage they brealc forth many bottles and pour the contents of each into a tremendous tureen. They do this regardless ofh ccintent, color, or quality. Then they W ee in a hamper full of very ripe fruit Efhiclh is also consigned into the murliy ept s. Stirring violently they let it age a llundffffil YCHFS ten minutes. Chill and iirlig' the BOYS usually getting first craclc. .fa an hour later, someone loolcs in to see 1 a ' - nyone is left alive. If so, the patio is cleared and the party swings into high mt arage Vvhen the need for air and le me um is felt proceedings are adjourned t he patio where everyone attempts to recove doing the samba or conga Personally Id sooner strcl4 to blaclc coffee tomato juice and bitters It was a good port There were things lo see and do a good bottle of wm be had for thirty cents American For the most part the girls were pretty VIVHCIOHS though chaperoned their charms augmented by the fact that most couldn t spealc English Vvouldnlt recommend slapping a marital brand on one however After twenty-five they fade fast, broadening considerably m the sternsheets and sprouting mustaclies, And if the sound of sporadic gunfire shattered the still night it was nothing more than the Spanish constabulary seeliing out the despicable EI Fugitivon-Bob MC. Cormaclc. But it was good to get out to sea again. We needed the rest. The only reasons l can thinlc of for go- ing to Rotterdam were the desires for un- garliclced chow, some good beer, and the chance to feed substantially on wholesome and unimaginative vittles before starving in austere Edinburgh. Qther than a dutiful visit to the Peace Palace in the Hague and a few encounters with Heinilcens we were famished for thrills. The quay alongside which the ship was secured was novel, however. It will be re- membered as being the best, scenicly spealc- ing, we ever encountered, and probably the best most of us ever will see again. Along it ran a boulevard, bounded, on the inshore side, by a parlc full of shady wallcs and ge6SC infested ponds. Directly opposite the ship was a sprawling, patioed cafe, where, as in e could YES R, SHE WAS ALL WOMAN' w. I UIIE pf A , I 1 I I ,I l . r 1 IH! BEER W. -Ifrp Iwo 1 fall flirty c All IIICII' I , .I flllns. Ilinlurgl 'igl Ile Sf :Hill ag IIIIIEE I0 i3IEnIIy al flionwaj I Willem. P -Iligfy it fl III I IIUFIIIQ f Filled IIIIII1rneni flIIfIII an I