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

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4 172 11 'Just what it is that. makes up. a seaman cannot be -put down on. paper in black 'and white. To some people he is one skilled in sail making, fancy rope work, bawdy. songs, and high living. Seventy five years ago they would have been right, but today the definition doesn't entirely fit. With the advent of steam and nu- ,clear means of propulsion, some of the -liner points of the'art of seamanship are being put aside, and in their place is heat 'trans- fer, thermodynamics, electronic navigation, and calculus-fine points of the physical sciences. ' - Clearly, the maritime industry has been and still is undergoing radical changes. In the l, midst of it, where is the seaman? He cannot afford to lag behind and let the world rush past him. He is part of a dynamic society making tremendous technological leaps forward.. He is transporting materials ,unknown ofa cen- tury ago at speeds that would stagger the imagination of Hud- son and de Gama for distances that would, in the days of Coy lumbus, have sent him plunging off 'of' the flat He must remain on top- of it all, his lingers on thebquickening pulse of world commerce. ' - s 5 ' ' ' We face a monumental challenge. The Merchant, 1 W 1 Marine has been steadily declining. Will we,' the Apeoplefginthe midst of it all, allow our ancient and venerable cumb' to apathy? The problem is staring. us Will we accept it? W ' r

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'X 1 y M ,. P: I 'Q s RE GIMEN TAL z at STAFF Robert Carty Harry B. Stoehr A Regimental Commander Regimental 'Chief of Staff -an-Many. I YK V Henrik c.Kis1ing wayne w.wa1ter Richard S- Eicoff Fran? X- 9311003 Regimental Adjutant Reg. Communications Off. Reg. Supply Officer RCS- Pefaflons BA TTA L10 STA FF John J. Halloran lst. Chief of Staff William L. KennY lst. Batt. Command .51 ,QU UN Daniel J. Bubniak er 2nd. Batt. Commander Jerome P. Battle 2nd. Ch1ef of Staff