Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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Ing nf Uhr Qllippvr Ship Sv. I. . Olltpprr Ship S1 E. 01. nut nf Salem En 1311115 linknntun Commenced September . 1938 Continued year . . 1939 Extended year . 1940 Protracted year . . . 19-11 Prolonged and terminated . . 19-12 September 15, 1938 September 21, 1933 ' Q15 1 lctolmer 19, 1905 ilctulrel' 23. 1933 Xoveniher 211, 1958 l JCk'k'l1lllC1' 17. 19.iN l,k'CK'llllJt'l' 13, 1933 Ianuarv lx WS A crew of landluhlsers having been rounded up from many ports to till out the ship's quota, we set sail, with the help of the compass, in good weather, skies clear. atmos- phere cheerful. Sea legs were soon gained and duties as- signed as we looked forward to new and exciting horizons. Sea choppy. and clouds gathered overhead early this morning. The storm broke late and stripped our deck of all gear so that regular activities were suspended until re- pairs were completed, Repercussions will undoubtedly tol- low of hurricane proportions. We plehes were given positions as stall orhcers to regu- late our own organizations. Thomas Reddy from the home port, was named captain, Ruth Sack iirst mate, 'lose- phine Desmond yeoman, Pauline Smith purser, Helen U'Shea petty otlicer. As we crossed the equator we plehes were initiated into the wily ways of Father Neptune, mental agonies for the 111051 p2l1'I heing indulged in. .Xll hands escaped-but not unscathed. liour day shore leave was granted us today while the ship docks for repairs. Though the roll of the ship has disappeared our sea legs, lhomeworkl still remain and will go with us on all our journeys, to the theatre, foothall games. dances, etc. Ye i.il,l l'l'lflQ Ship had its tirst taste of the combination of jig and spray tonight. .Xtmosphere cleared suddenly aunt woo In n. ' lflear slyies, wind velocity zero, so Skipper ordered us to port to luring ahoard new riggings and Stow away supplies. This done, all hut a skeleton crew was given a two week furlough. Skies overcast, sea choppy, some of crew relieved of duty due In illness lmrought on hy thoughts and sights of first real tests in seamanship and related sulrjects. Sick hay will he full forthe next few days, IO

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Elie lgrvnihritfs Miramar l share with everv reader of this message a horror and detestation of war. lt is the most frightful condition in which mankind can exist. lt stitlesg it corruptsg it consumes: it destroys: it tears down and obliterates the accirmplishments of cen- turies. The futility of the whole brutal business has been brought home with start- ling clarity to the minds and hearts of our people by the experience of twenty years ago. Yet, despite its awful signilicance, war has always been, lt has seourged the earth incessantly through every generation since the birth of time. l can recall a college debate in which l undertook to prove that war will be inevitable as long as nature follows the pattern of the past. as long as envy, greed, and hatred control the destinies of men, and until the signilicance of lmman brotherhood becomes something more than a shibboleth and a sham. The merits of that contention are irrelevant here, but the fact remains that our own generation finds itself in the midst of a global conflict whose cataclysmic tentialities are so gruesome that the imagination staggers before them. lu the years which lie ahead, every American will be affected, not slightly, not indirectly, but so affected that the very currents of his life will be diverted and transformed. The inalienable rights which are treasured as a heritage will be circumscribed by the re- strictions of necessity and law. Luxuries and physical comforts now accepted as a matter of rote will be enjoyed only in retrospect. Sacrifice and danger will replace normal, happy living. The shadow of death will stalk the households of our land. Can anything be done to ameliorate the drabness of this panorama? Kluch can be done. Our history points the way. If we would chart a proper course for the future, we need only turn the pages of the past. There may be found the imper- ishable story of pioneers who, in the cause of justice, braved the perils of an un- known land. There may be found the thrilling record of colonists who flung defiance in the face of a tyrannous king. There may be found the chronicle of Appomattox where that very serfdom which now torments the once proud free peoples of Europe was forever banished from these shores. There may be found the saga of those indomitable Crusaders of the tirst World XX'ar who hurled them- selves into the very arms of death to perpetuate a democracy which had been sealed with the blood of their ancestors. There may be found, on a page whose type is hardly dry, the exploits of men like Colin Kelly and Edward O'Hare-and Douglas MacArthur. T Surely there is inspiration for us in all of this. XYe yield nothing to the past in our tolerance of oppression, in our hatred of injustice, in our contempt for the doctrine that might is synonymous with right. Perverted conceptions of govern- ment which have their roots in foreign soil can never thrive in a nation whose whole history is a living protest against them. Our Hag stands todav exactly for what it has stood through all the brave years that have gone. It stainds forithe spirit of universal equality born upon these shores one hundred and sixty-six years ago, nurtured and made strong by successive generations of patriots. to be kept vigorous by us in our time and by those who follow us until the end of time. T QWJ4 W.

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