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THE BINNACL VOLUME ONE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE Published Annually by the Students of THE APPRENTICE SCHOOL ort Newport News, Va. Charles Franklin Bailey “ A true American who has kepi youth in his heart for the benefit of his friends” . . . ARCHER M. HUNTINGTON. • 4 • D E D I C AT I O N ij | 4 7E, the students of the Apprentice y f School, are privileged to dedicate this, our first volume o f THE BINNACLE to Ahe godfather of the Apprentices , Charles Franklin Bailey. We seize this auspicious moment to express respectfully our gratitude and admiration to our sincere friend. THE APPRENTICES have a great opportunity in this time of national crisis to make a real contribution to our defense effort, and I feel sure they will do just this. HOMER L. FERGUSON President, N. N. S. D. D. Co. • 6 • FOREWORD ' S rst ec ' t ' on THE BINNACLE is the realization of the dreams of apprentices of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company over the years. The Staff h as endeavored to present modestly, but with pride, something of the students, the faculty, and this great shipbuilding company. For the Students we acknowledge the assistance of those in authority and we pledge to them and to our country our cooperation and loyalty. It is our hope that this volume will be an inspiration both to the graduates and to those yet in training to build the finest ships afloat. THE BINNACLE STAFF January, 1942 • • CONTENTS THE SCHOOL Pages 9-22 THE CLASSES Pages 23-75 PUBLICATIONS Pages 77-82 MUSIC Pages 85-86 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Pages 87-100 FEATURES Pages 101-115 ATHLETICS Pages 117-130 INFORMAL SHOTS Pages 132-133 ADVERTISEMENTS Pages 135-151 •7 • HISTORICAL SKETCH HISTORICAL SKETCH A igkl school class in mathematics , 1914 — G. Guy J ' ia, Instructor APPRENTICESHIP training was first X A rec0 g n j zec { by an ac £ Q f the English Par- liament in the year 1283, and from that recog- nition we have today a system bv which the many arts and trades are preserved and passed from one generation to another, each adding new developments and more practical and efficient methods for improving the working conditions, thereby turning out better work and more competent craftsmen. It is this system that has been instrumental in vaulting the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company to the heights of efficiency and dependability. Niels Christiansen Late Superintendent oj Machinery Installation, and enthusiastic supporter oj all Apprentice activities — for whom the Christiansen award was named For many years industrial organizations have endeavored to tram their employees through apprenticeships, supplementing work in the shops or mills with classroom work either within the plant or through co-operation with local schools. By thus combining actual experience with associated trade knowledge, the best type of vocational training is possible. This type of training was introduced in the local shipyard some fifty years ago, and as a result, hundreds of skilled craftsmen in many different industries throughout our country look back on the training received in this Apprentice School as the foundation on which they have built successful careers. First jormal graduating class oj 1957 • 9 • Original group oj Apprentice Instructors, 1950 Located within the plant, and serving as an integral part of apprentice training tor the Company, the Apprentice School has an en- rollment of more than 850 students. It is not connected in any way with the Navy or other governmental agencies; it is operated entirely by the Company. The first person to complete his apprentice- ship with this Company was Norwood Jones, who received his certificate as a machinist on April 4, 1894. Since then many capable craftsmen have been graduated and are hold- ing responsible positions in this and other companies. In the early days, apprentices received their training the best way they could by watching the master craftsmen at work. It a boy was placed with a man who would take an interest Workmen tearing sluggard. — World War I in him and help him along, he was indeed fortunate, as many of the mechanics were reluctant to pass on to an apprentice any real knowledge known as “trade secrets.’’ This early training was supplanted by academic work in night schools for which the apprentice received no pay, but in 1912a day school was organized within the bounds of the Company, and by 1925 the apprentice was under full time instruction both in the shops and in the classrooms. When Mr. Iiomer L. Ferguson took over the general management of the Shipyard, he realized that the best mechanics were growing old. He realized that it takes craftsmen to build good ships, and if these craftsmen were not available, it was necessary to train them; therefore he searched for a better way of training men. He found an answer to his problem in a young engineer who had had previous admin- istrative training in the secondary schools of Virginia, G. Guy Via, the present Supervisor of Training. Mr. Via in turn sought the counsel and backing of other men, chief among whom were Charles F. Bailey, then Engineer- ing Director, and Edward J. Robeson, Jr., Personnel Manager. With only an educational compass and Ins destination in mind, he began the tedious procedure of plotting a course of training which would take into consideration everything necessary in the planning and building ol good ships. Approximately fifty first-class mechanics taken from this enterprise were employed as instructors to train these young men in every phase of their vocation, each instructor keep- ing his own record of the individual and noting any special talent or qualifications he might have. Many times it is found that a student will make a good supervisor because of his complete understanding of the work, but, lacking in muscular co-ordination, he would undoubtedly be a failure as a mechanic. Seventeen trades are offered in the Appren- tice School, namely : Anglesmith, Blacksmith, Boilermaker, Coppersmith, Electrician, Joiner, Machinist, Millwright, Molder, Painter and Decorator, Patternmaker, Plumber, Ship Rig- ger, Sheet Metal, Ship Carpenter, Ship Fitter, and Shipwright. Each of these courses is ol four years’ duration, and the training given is intended to cover thoroughly every phase of the craft. .Mechanical Drawing Class, Apprentice School — 1927 Apprentice Drawing Room under S. I . .McFall, I . II a her, and F. Zelle — 1958 Frank . . Dobson, being greeted by G. Guy Via and S. A. Hickey on his arrival, in 1940, to take charge oj the Apprentice athletic program Another division of the apprentice educa- tional system is the Drawing School. This is composed of boys who have excelled in their work, sch olastically and in the shops. If a student accepts a call to the Drawing School, he must serve a minimum of five years, in- stead of the usual four. After twelve months in the Drawing School, he is transferred to the regular drawing rooms, either Piping, Machinery, Electrical or Hull. Beginning each September, a nine-month school year is offered, which the student must attend for a period of three years. In this time he is given courses in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English, Industrial Economics, Mechanical Drawing, and Shipbuilding. If a student is to be accepted into the Apprentice School, he must be between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one and possess a high school education with full credit in Algebra and Geometry. He must have main- tained a “C” average or better during his high school career, and his physique should be suitable for his chosen vocation. He must not have attended an institution of higher learn- ing, and must bear a good reputation in his community. As all others employed in the Company, he must pass a complete physical examination. This school has risen to be one of the great- est assets to the City of Newport News and the State of Virginia. Graduates are looked on with high respect, and their working quali- fications have been recognized throughout the nation. Air. Via, the Supervisor of Training, has rounded out an institution that has benefited and will continue to benefit mankind by his teaching of a simple lesson about the “head, hand, and heart” — the head to think, the hand to do, and the heart to keep one upright in his dealings with fellow-workmen. Apprentice Athletic Building; built in 1955, Jormally opened December 29, 1955 Football Team, 1925 — F. J. Robeson, Coach; R. I. Patterson, Assistant Coach • 12 • G. Guy Via Supervisor of Training HE STAFF of the inaugural edition of THE BINNACLE takes pleasure in dedicating this page to our Supervisor of Training, G. Guy Via, By this dedication we express our gratitude to a great educator and master workman whom we know as a student, comrade, and leader, ever willing to cooperate in all problems, no matter how minute. • 13 • IN MEMORIAM RAYMOND E. SNOW, II November 14, 1917 November 25, 1941 r P HE Binnacle Stall and Graduating Class of 1941 pause in memory of its late fellow- classman, Raymond E. Snow, II, whose friendly smile and willing hand will be greatly missed from the ranks of all ol those who knew him. • 14 • Harry D. Branning Staff Assistant Mrs. Frank Swelling Miss Elizabeth Rowe Miss Kathryn Newcome Miss Nellie Hurt • 15 • Fairmount R. White Faculty Advisor The Binnacle, 1941 English and Economics William and Mary, A.B.; American University of France FACULTY Elmer B. Givens Chemistry and Physics Lynchburg College, A.B.; University of Virginia Paul B. Givens .Mathematics Lynchburg College; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.S. John J. Carvil Eng in een ng Draufi ng Apprentice School; Johns Hopkins University D. Boyd Thomas . Mathematics North Carolina State, B.S.; North Carolina State, M.S. ; Duke L’ni- versitv; University of Michigan • 16 • George C. Mason Shipbuilding- N a i a t Arch it eel ure North Carolina State, B.S. ; Yale; Massa- chusetts Institute Technology; Virginia Polytechnic Institute FACULTY William Heltzel Chemistry and Physics William and Mary, B.S.; Brown University, M.S. Elijah Baker, III Shipbuilding Hampden - Sy d n ey , B.S. ; Foreign Service School, Washington, D. C. Frank Simmons, Jr. English and Economics Davidson College, B.S. ; University of Virginia, M.A. William O. Cooley Engineering Dra wing Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.S. • 17 • INSTRUCTORS D. J. Antinori, .Machinist Instructor T. B. Baird, .Machinist Instructor F. J. Brown, Electrical Instructor G. S. Buchanan, Shipfilter Instructor J. A. Buchanan, Boilermaker Instructor B. G. Carmean, .Machinist Instructor M. Christie, Steam Engineer Instructor A. E. Cullen, .Mold Lojt I nstructor W. E. Curtis, Steam Engineer Instructor H. J. McCarthy, Plumbing Instructor C. C. Donegan, Plumbing Instructor E. A. Emery, Steam Engineer Instructor L. H. Flowers, Plumbing .Machinist Instructor P. G. Foster, Shipfitter Instructor B. V. Fox, Sheet .Meta! Instructor F. B. Gall, Ship Carpenter Instructor G. G. Givens, Electrical Instructor R. L. Goodwin, Shipwright Instructor C. L. Griffith, .Machinist Instructor J. G. Ishon, Shipfitter Instructor J. A. JACKSON, Apprentice Drawing School Instructor F. L. Johnson, Plumbing .Machinist Instructor H. Johnson, Piping Drawing Room Instructor L. B. Jones, Sheet .Metal Instructor • 18 • INSTRUCTORS R. W. Lane, Plumbing Instructor R. P. Lentz, Machinist Instructor A. C. Marshall, .Machinist Instructor P. L. Matthews, Painter and Decorator Instructor J. McBride, .Machinist Instructor S. Davis, .Machinist Instructor M. T. McCracken, Plumbing Instructor S. K. McFall, Apprentice Drawing School Instructor N. McKelvey, .Machinist Instructor W. E. Michie, Shipwright Instructor J. W. Murden, .Machinist Instructor W. W. Olney, Shipfitter Instructor D. B. Parrish, Coppersmith Instructor O. E. Schade, .Machinist Instructor R. W. Sherman, Electrical Instructor C. W. Shields, Coppersmith Instructor E. B. Snyder, .Machinist Instructor H, L. Snyder, Patternmaker Instructor- J. E. Torok, Coppersmith Instructor S. Union, .Machinist Instructor C. H. Waters, Shipfitter Instructor A. H. Wornom, Foundry Instructor H. D. Worthington, Plumbing . Machinist Instructor F. Zelle, Hull Drawing Room Instructor • 19 • E. E. Heath, Jr., , Machinist Instructor (no picture) STUDENT BODY T U D E N T GOVERNMENT Elmon Scott President T N STEP with the ideals and principles of Democracy, the Apprentice School has one of the most efficient and effective systems of student government in the state. The executive body of this student government, known as the Student Cabinet, is composed of six members, all of whom are elected by a majority vote. They bear the titles of President of the Student Body, Vice-President, Secretary, President of the Honor and Disciplinary Council, President of the Activities Council, and President of the Athletic Council. It can be seen that these students sit as chairmen of the important divisions of activities throughout the school. Wh en any action has been taken by one of the subdivisions, it is referred to the Student Cabinet for approval before passing it on to the Supervisor of Training for his final approval or disapproval. Such an arrangement tends toward a closely knit organization which affords both the President and Supervisor of Training ample opportunity to keep in touch with all important events. It also gives complete control to the students so long as this control is not contrary to the best interests of the school and to the shipyard. James Baxter Clive Shaver Vice-President Secretary HONOR COUNCIL E. L. Scott J. F. Cardoza ]. W. Eames E. K. Long C. F. Roulet D. Brown A. Davis M. Gayle E. J. Meehan H. D. Stalnaker Richard Broad, Jr. President t ( r I N IL Student Disciplinary Council of The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company’s Apprentice School,” commonly known as the Honor Coun- cil, is an organization with the purpose of promoting per- sonal responsibility, loyalty and a high sense of honor in the individual, and to present and further the best interests of the student body and the school. Richard Broad, Jr., is President of the Honor Council; Charles Roulet, Vice-President, and Edryn Long, Secre- tary. Other members are: E. h. Scott, J. W. Eames, A. L. Davis, H. D. Stalnaker, M. W. Gayle, D. M. Brown, E. J. Meehan, and J. Cardoza. Students of this organiza- tion must have reached their third year of apprenticeship, and may not be members of any other Council. The officers are elected at the Annual Meeting of the student body, and the associate members are appointed by the President. Their membership shall be for the duration of their apprenticeship unless they resign or are replaced for other reasons. In the event of a vacancy, a list of nominees is submitted to the Student Body President by the Council. From this list, the Student Cabinet appoints a new member. Missing two stated meetings within one year will automati- cally retire a member, and another is appointed to fill his place. The organization meets regularly on the second Wednes- day of each month, but special meetings may be called at any time by the President. The Honor Council has the power to call before it at any time any apprentice found guilty of misconduct in any form and to place a penalty on that person which shall be approved by the Supervisor of 1 raining. • 22 • Mrs. Frank Swelling Sponsor of the Graduating Class oj 1941 • 24 • GRADUATING CLASS OFFICERS Seated, left to right: R. M. Nelson President W. S. Jessee Vice-President D. C. Delinger Secretary Standing: E. E. Jackson Commencement Speaker • 25 • JOHN BROWN BAIN, JR. Hampton, Virginia Departments: Entered Electricians March 30, 1937; transferred to Electrical Drawing Room November 30, 1939; transferred to Electricians Eebruary 17, 1941; graduated as Electrician March 29, 1941 Activities: Basketball Team ’39; Honor Council ' 38, ' 40, ' 41 CARROL A. BEVERIDGE Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Departments: Entered Copper Shop December 31, 1935; transferred to Piping Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as Piping Drajlsman January 24, 1941 ROBERT PAUL BLAIR Hilton Village, Virginia Departments: Entered Sheet Metal Shop June 24, 1936; transferred to Piping Drawing Room June 12, 1939; graduated as Piping Draftsman June 23, 1941 Activities: Football Usher ' 36, ' 37, ' 38, ' 39; Wrestling A” ' 39; Team ' 37, ' 38, ' 40; Goll “A” ' 39, ' 40, ' 41; Team ' 37, ' 38 Offices: Manager, Golf, ' 39, ' 40, ' 41 • 26 • WILLIAM EDWIN BOWMAN Lakeland, Florida Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery June 15, 1937; transferred to Plumbing Machinists April 3, 1939; transferred to Main Machine Shop November 15, 1939; graduated as Machinist July 9, 1941 Activities: Football “A” ’38, ' 39, ' 40; Apprentice Minstrel ’39 LINWOOD BUNTING Lakeland, Florida Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery June 15, 1937; transferred to Brass Machine Shop March 27, 1939; graduated as Machinist August 6, 1941 Activities: Football “A” ' 37, ’38, ’39, ’40; Baseball “A” ' 38, ' 39, ’40, ' 41 Offices: Assistant Coach, Baseball, ’41 LELAND TARVER CLARKE Wrightsville, Georgia Departments: Entered Shipwrights June 23, 1936; transferred to Painters and Decorators January 26, 1937; transferred to Hull Drawing Room February 14, 1938; graduated as Hull Draftsman August 5, 1941 Activities: Football Team ’39; Wrestling Team ’38, ' 39, ' 40; Art Staff, The Broad A, ' 37, ’38, ’39, ' 40, ' 41; Art Staff, The Binnacle, ' 41; Apprentice Glee Club ' 37, ' 38; House League Basketball ’41 • 27 • JAMES ANDERSON CLEARY, JR. Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Plumbers April 28, 1936; transferred to Piping Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as Piping Draftsman June 5, 1941 Activities: Eootball Usher ’37, ’58; Plumbers Club ' 37 WILLIAM SCOTT CLEMENT Hilton Village, Virginia Departments: Entered Sheet Metal Shop July 21, 1936; transferred to Hull Drawing Room June 7, 1938; graduated as Hull Draftsman August 25, 1941 Activities: Band ’37, ’38, ’39, ' 40 DONALD CAMPBELL DELINGER Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Alain Machine Shop March 24, 1936; transferred to Apprentice Gallery October 20, 1936; transferred to Erecting Machine Shop November 15, 1938; transferred to Machinery Drawing Room February 6, 1939; graduated as Machinery Draftsman April 16, 1941 Activities: Band ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40, ’41; Honor Council ’39, ’40 Offices: Secretary, Honor Council, ’40; Secretary- Treasurer, Senior Class, ’41 • 28 • RICHARD ALCIDE EGGLESTON Norfolk, Virginia Departments: Entered Ship Fitters April 7, 1936; transferred to Hull Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as Hull Draftsman April 5, 1941 Activities: Photographer, The Binnacle, ’41 ; Football Tickets ’39, ’40, ' 41 Offices: Chairman, Flower Committee, Senior Class ’41 FENTON OLIVER GILLIAM. fR. Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery February 4, 1936; transferred to Hull Fitting and Plant August 4, 1936; transferred to Super- intendents’ Office Aprd 4, 1938; transferred to Main Machine Shop July 5, 1838; transferred to Machinery Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as Alachinery Draftsman February 4, 1941 Activities: Apprentice Glee Club ’38, ’39, ' 40 DONALD WAYNE GILMAN Minneapolis, Minnesota Departments: Entered Electricians December 31, 1935; transferred to Piping Drawing Room October 17, 1938; transferred to Electrical Drawing Room March 30, 1939; graduated as Electrical Draftsman February 13, 1941 Activities: Honor Council ’39; Staff, The Binnacle, ’41 ; Staff, The Broad A, ’37 ; Auditing Committee ’37, ’38; Band Banquet Committee ’39; Band ’36, ’37, ’38, ' 39, ’40, ' 41 ; Apprentice Glee Club ' 37, ’38; Apprentice Minstrel ' 38, ’39, ' 40, ’41 Offices: Captain, Band, ’40; Sports Editor, The Broad A, ’37; Director, Minstrel Orchestra, ’40, ’41; Chairman, Band Banquet, ’40 • 29 • LAU REED GRAHAM Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery August 21, 1935; transferred to Plumbing Machinists March 3, 1936; transferred to Piping Drawing Room February 6, 1939; graduated as Piping Drajlsman February 5, 1941 OTTO CRAIG HORSTMANN Norfolk, Virginia Departments: Entered Plumbers July 1, 1936; transferred to Piping Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as Piping Draftsman September 18, 1941 Activities: Tennis Team ’37, ’38; Plumbers Club ' 37; Staff, The Broad A, ' 37, ' 38; Staff, The Binnacle, ' 41 Offices: Secretary, Plumbers Club, ’37; Business Ma nager. The Binnacle, ’41 CLA i i O. REID HUDSON, JR. Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Main Machine Shop March 24, 1936; transferred to Apprentice Gallery November 10, 1936; transferred to Erecting Machine Shop February 8, 1939; trans- ferred to Die Shop May 29, 1939; transferred to Piping Drawing Room June 12, 1939; graduated as Piping Draftsman June 11, 1941 Activities: Apprentice Glee Club ’36, ' 37 ; Appren- tice Minstrel ’37, ’38, ’39; Band ’38, ’39, ' 40 Offices: Editor-in-Chief, The Broad A, 39, ’40 Editor-in-Chief, The Binnacle ' 41 • 30 • EDGAR EARL JACKSON Norfolk, Virginia Departments: Entered Ship Fitters November 3, 1936; transferred to Mold Loft September 30, 1937; transferred to Ship Fitters February 1, 1938; transferred to Mold Loft November 30, 1938; transferred to Ship Fitters June 12, 1939; graduated as Ship Fitter January 30, 1941 Activities: Football “A” ’37; Squad ’38, ’39, ' 40; Track Team ’37, ’38, ’39, ' 40; Staff, The Broad A, ’39, ’40; Monogram Club ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40; Apprentice Minstrel ’37, ' 38, ’39, ’40 Offices: President, Student Body, ’39, ’40; President, Athletic Council, ’39, ’40; Welcome Address, Graduation Exercises, Senior Class, ’40; Commencement Speaker, Senior Class, ’41 ; Alumni Representative, The Binnacle, ’41; Youth Conference ’59, ’40 EUGENE EARL JAEGER Joliet, Illinois Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery April 14, 1936; transferred to Main Machine Shop February 23, 1937; transferred to Steam Engi- neers March 2, 1937; transferred to Piping Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as Piping Draftsman June 21, 1941 Activities: Band ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40, ’41; Youth Conference ’38, ’39, ' 40, ’41; Apprentice Minstrel ’36 Offices: President, Honor Council, ’39, ' 40 ; Student Cabinet ’39, ’40; First Lieutenant, Band, ’40; Manager, Track, ’40 WINDFIELD SCOTT JESSEE, JR. Bristol, Virginia Departments: Entered Sheet Metal Shop October 23, 1936; graduated as Sheet Aletal Worker February 4, 1941 Activities: Football Squad ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39; Baseball “A” ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40; Team ’36; Wrestling “A” ' 40; Team ' 37, ’38, ’39; Appren- tice Minstrel ’57, ' 38, ’39, ’40; Youth Conference ' 38, ' 39, ’40 Offices: Vice-President, Senior Class, ’41 • 31 • CLASS ALFRED O. LUNING Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Ship Fitters July 21, 1936; transferred to Mold Loft October 8, 1937; transferred to Hull Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as Hull Drajtsman September 10, 1941 Activities: Wrestling Team ’37; Staff, The Binnacle ' 41 ALFRED JAMES MADSEN Sea Bright, New Jersey Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery December 1, 1936; transferred to Die Shop October 3, 1938; graduated as .Machinist February 25, 1941 Activities: Football “A” ’38; Squad ’37, 39; Apprentice Minstrel ' 38, 40 Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery June 16, 1936; transferred to Hull Drawing Room June 9, 1937; graduated as Hull Drajtsman September 2, 1941 Activities: Staff, The Binnacle, ' 41; Staff, The Broad A, ’37, ’38; Band ’36, ’37, ' 38, ’39, ’40, ’41; Apprentice Minstrel ’37, ’38, ’39; Cotillion Club ' 41 Offices: Circulation Manager, The Binnacle, ' 41; Sergeant, Band, ’40; Lieutenant, Band, ’41 WILLIAM CHRISTIAN KUTSCHINSK1 Grand Rapids, Michigan JOHN WILLIAMS MASSENBURG, JR. Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery August 25, 1936; transferred to Machinery Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as .Machinery Draftsman October 4, 1941 GEORGE EDWARD MEANLEY Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Ship Fitters December 14, 1937; transferred to Mold Lott June 12, 1939; transferred to Ship Fitters March 1 1, 1940; graduated as Ship Filter Decemlier 16, 1941 Activities: Baseball Team ’39, ’40 Offices: Vice-Chairman, Activities’ Committee, ' 41 ; Assistant Manager, Baseball, ’39; Manager, Baseball, ’40 EARL JOHN MEEHAN Lilly, Pennsylvania Departments: Entered Ship Fitters September 2, 1936; transferred to Mold Loft October 15, 1937; transferred to Hull Drawing Room June 16, 1939; transferred to Hull Technical Division August 18, 1941; graduated as Hull Draftsman December 5, 1941 Activities: Wrestling Team ’37; Track Team ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40; Monogram Club ’41; Drum Major, Band, ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40; Apprentice Glee Club ’38, ’39; Staff, The Binnacle, ’41; House League Basketball ’40 Offices: Honor Council ’39, ’40, ’41; Chief, Publicity Staff, ’41; Board of Governors, Cotillion Club, ’40, ’41 CLA i i 33 GEORGE EDWARD MEESE Dover, Ohio CLASS of 1941 Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery November 3, 1936; transferred to Hull Drafting Room October 13, 1937; transferred to United Fruit Company, New York, New York, Sep- tember 9, 1940; returned to Hull Drawing Room September 15, 1941; graduated as Hull Drafts- man November 26, 1941 Activities: Band ' 56, ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40, ’41 ; Highest Academic Standing of Class JAMES BLAKESLEE MONTGOMERY Hilton Village, Virginia Departments: Entered Sheet Metal Shop July 7, 1936; transferred to Hull Drawing Room November 9, 1937; graduated as Hull Draftsman July 18, 1941 Activities: Band ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40, ’41; Staff, The Binnacle, ’41 Offices: Quartermaster Sergeant, Band, ’40 ; Lieutenant, Band, ’41 RAYMOND McNEIL NELSON Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Sheet Metal Shop February 4, 1956; transferred to Piping Drawing Room June 21, 1939; graduated as Piping Draftsman June 21, 1941 Activities: Football “A” ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39; Co- Captain, Football, ' 39; Wrestling Team ’36, ’37, ' 38; Apprentice Monogram Club ' 36, ’37, ' 38, ' 39, ’40, ’41 Offices: Secretary, A. A. A., 39, ’40; Honor Council ’39; Secretary, Athletic Council, ’39, ’40; Nominating Committee. 38, ’59, 40; Secretary, Monogram Club, ’38, ’39; President, Senior Class ’41 .34 VICTOR JOHN NICHOLLS, JR. Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Pattern Shop February 4, 1936; transferred to Machinery Drawing Room October 17, 1938; transferred to United Fruit Company, New York, New York, Sep- tember 9, 1940; returned to Machinery Drawing Room September 15, 1941; graduated as Machinery Draftsman September 15, 1941 Activities: Wrestling Team ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39; Apprentice Minstrel ’40; Apprentice Glee Club ' 39, ’40 THERON HAROLD OSBORNE Hilton Village, Virginia Departments: Entered Foundry February 19, 1935; transferred to Pattern Shop November 3, 1936; transferred to Machinery Drawing Room February 28, 1939; transferred to Piping Draw- ing Room September 11, 1940; graduated as Piping Draftsman February 28, 1941 Activities: Apprentice Glee Club ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40; Apprentice Orchestra ’35, ’36; Band ’36, ' 37, ’38, ' 39, ' 40, ' 41 Offices: Secretary, Apprentice Glee Club, ' 35, ’36 JOHN LEONARD PEDRICK Chester, Pennsylvania Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery September 24, 1935 ; transferred to Main Machine Shop May 26, 1936; transferred to Machinery Drawing Room February 6, 1939; graduated as Machinery Draftsman February 6, 1941 Activities: Apprentice Minstrel ’37, ’38, ’39; Apprentice Glee Club ’38, ’39 • 35 • D’ARCY EMORY PHILLIPS Hurlock, Maryland Departments: Entered Electricians September 3, 1936; transferred to Machinery Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as -Machinery Draftsman September 15, 1941 Activities: Apprentice Glee Club ' 38, ’39. ’40; Staff, The Binnacle, ’41 JACK WESLEY POLICE Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery November 3, 1936; transferred to Hull Drawing Room February 14, 1938; graduated as Hull Draftsman December 10, 1941 Activities: Football Squad ’37, ’38, ’39; Track Team ’37, ’38; Staff, The Broad A, ’38, ’39, ’40, ' 41; Apprentice Glee Club ’38, ’39; Apprentice Minstrel ' 38, ' 39; Apprentice Double Quartette ’41; Staff, The Binnacle, ’41 Offices: Editor-in-Chief. The Broad A, ’41 ; Sports Editor, The Binnacle, ' 41 MARCUS FRANCIS RITGER, JR. Baltimore, Maryland Departments: Entered Shipwrights March 31, 1936; transferred to Ship Carpenters October 27, 1936; transferred to Hull Drawing Room October 17, 1938; graduated as Hull Draftsman April 6, 1941 Activities: Staff, The Broad A, ’37, ’38, ’39, ’40, ’41; Staff, The Binnacle, ’41 Offices: Circulation Manager, The Broad A, ’38, ’39; Assistant Editor, The Broad A, ’39, ’40; Editor-in-Chief, The Broad A, ’40, ’41; Assistant Business Manager, The Binnacle, ’41 36 « RAYMOND EDWARD SNOW, II Phoebus, Virginia (Died November 25, 1941) Departments: Entered Electricians August 4, 1936; transferred to Electrical Drawing Room March 22, 1938; graduated as Electrical Drajls- man July 19, 1941 Activities: Track Team ’37, ’38; Electricians Club ’36, ' 37, ' 38, ’39; Staff, The Binnacle, ' 41 ALFRED SOTER Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery February 16, 1937; transferred to Plumbing Machinists April 3, 1939; graduated as Machinist February 15, 1941 Activities: Apprentice Minstrel ’37, ' 38, ' 39 JIM FRANK STEEL Griffin, Georgia Departments: Entered Sheet Metal Shop March 16, 1937; graduated as Sheet Alelal Worker September 9, 1941 CLASS of IQ4I • 37 • JAMES STEWART, JR. Norfolk, Virginia Departments: Entered Boilermakers February 24, 1937; graduated as Boilermaker March 24, 1941 Activities: Football “A” ’37, ’38; Squad ' 39, ' 40 WILLIAM FAUCETTE SWIFT, JR. Waynesville, North Carolina Departments: Entered Boilermakers September 23, 1937; transferred to Die Shop June 12, 1939; graduated as Machinist October 28, 1941 Activities: Football Squad ’38, ’39 MAYNARD RANDOLPH TRULL Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Copper Shop February 4, 1936; transferred to Piping Drawing Room June 14, 1939; graduated as Piping Drajlsman June 13, 1941 Activities: Football Usher ’36, ' 37, ' 38, ’39, ’40; Staff, The Broad A, ' 37 • 38 • JOHN LAURENCE WOOD. JR. Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Copper Shop January 14, 1936; transferred to Piping Drawing Room February 6, 1939; graduated as Piping Draftsman March 4, 1941 Activities: Track Team ’36, ’37, ’38, ' 39; Wrestling Team ’37, ’38 JOHN MOSES COCHRAN, JR. Hilton Village, Virginia Departments: Entered Ship Fitters January 7, 1936; transferred to Mold Loft August 4, 1936; transferred to Ship Fitters January 11, 1937; transferred to Hull Drawing Room February 2, 1937; graduated as Hull Draftsman January 10, 1941 JOHN MILLER FERGUSON, JR. Towson, Maryland Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery September 22, 1936; transferred to Steam Engi- neers February 6, 1939; graduated as Jlac unist March 1, 1941 • 39 • JOHN BUEL MOORE, JR. Newport News, Virginia Departments: Entered Apprentice Gallery March 5, 1936; transferred to Plumbing Ma- chinists October 15, 1936; transferred to Hull Drawing Room February 2, 1937; graduated as Hull Drajtsman March 7, 1941 JOHN BENJAMIN BRITT Portsmouth, Virginia Departments: Entered Sheet Metal Shop February 23, 1937; graduated as Sheet Jletal Worker April 5, 1941 40 • Ml • GEORGE FREDERICK ABELE. JR. Hampton, Virginia Machinist WILLIAM BICKFORD ASHE, JR. Hampton, Virginia Hull Technical Draftsman JAMES DONALD BAXTER Hilton Village, Virginia Piping Draftsman RICHARD BROAD, JR. Hampton, Virginia Machinist JOHN FREDERICK CARDOZA Hilton Village, Virginia .Holder RAYMOND MICAJAH CHALLONER. JR. Hilton Village, Virginia Hull Draftsman ROBERT TOWNLEY COWLING Newport News, Virginia Jlold Loftsman • 42 • ALLEN LENARD DAVIS, JR. Hampton, Virginia Boilermaker JACK MILSTEAD DYKE Hampton, Virginia Alack in isl JAMES WENDELL EAMES Newport News, Virginia . Mold Lojlsman THE CLA ■y GEORGE ALBERT ELLIS, JR Newport News, Virginia Hull Draftsman MO R DEC A I WALLA R GAYLE, III Newport News, Virginia Skip Carpenter ALFRED ERNEST GRAHAM Brooklyn, New York Machinery Draftsman LESLIE CECIL HICKS Joliet, Illinois JIackinery Draftsman • 43 • JOSEPH PATRICK MASSEY Portsmouth, Virginia Sheet .Metal Worker WILLIAM LOVE MASSIE Winchester, Virginia Ship Fitter HAROLD YOUNG McCULLOCH Newport News, Virginia Painter and Decorator THE CLASS of 1942. THOMAS HUGH MINOR Lightfoot, Virginia Ship Fitter JAMES MONROE MUNDEN Providence Forge, Virginia .Millwright WILBUR FRANCIS PELEAUX Minneapolis, Minnesota Hull Drajlsman JOHN WELSEY RAYEIELD Newport News, Virginia Boilermaker 44 • KEMP ELLIOTT SAVAGE, JR. Norfolk, Virginia Hull Draftsman ELMON LEE SCOTT, JR. Newport News, Virginia Toolmaker JOHN PETER SEROYER Roanoke, Alabama Pip ini) Draftsman THE ROBERT WALKER SILLING, JR. Smithfield, Virginia Hull Draftsman WILLIAM THOMAS STEPHENSON, JR. Newport News, Virginia Hull Draftsman DOZIER AUGUSTUS SUTTON Hertford, North Carolina Piping Draftsman HERMAN BAXTER WEST, JR. Newport News, Virginia Hull Draftsman • 45 • WALTER HOWARD WISEMAN. Hilton Village, Virginia Ship Fitter DONALD EUBANK WRIGHT Newport News, Virginia . 1 achin ist JESSE JAMES YON Woodford, South Carolina J1 older of 1942 • • • • 46 • • 47 • GRANVILLE OWENS ADAMS ROBERT WHITE ADAMS david McArthur ahearn RICHARD ALLERTON JASON LESTER ATKINS THOMAS WILLIAM AYRES, JR. DONALD KNIGHT BAILEY JAMES HUBERT BARTLEY BRUCE WALKER BATSON ALEXANDER BOWMAN BAXTER WESLEY TURNER BERRYMAN, JR. JOHN ARTHUR BLAIR HATTY BENJAMIN BLAND CHARLIE MULLIS BOWMAN FRANK BREMNER MILTON DAVID BRENNER WILLIAM CLAUDIUS BRINN GORDON VINCENT BROWN HERMAN MORRISSEY BROWN, JR WILLARD STANLEY BULL, JR. ALEX CLAYTON CARMEAN ARCHIE MAXWELL CARROLL ROSCOE FESTUS CARTIN, JR. JOHN HAROLD CATE EDWARD CICKAVAGE CLASS of 1943 WILLIAM WITEMAN CLENDENEN GEORGE CORBIN CLUVERIUS, JR. JESSE JAMES COOPER WILLIAM ARTHUR CRANE GEORGE MITCHEM CROCKER, JR. MARION RUSSELL CUTCHINS JOHN CHRISTIE DAVENPORT BERT FRAZIER DAWSON WALTER TYLER DICKINSON LUTHER F. EDWARDS, JR. JOHN JOSEPH EKEN CLAUDE ALVA ELEY WIALLIAM STEPHEN EUBANK ONSLOW HENRY EVANS • 50 • DAVID MONROE FITZGERALD GUY PERSHING FOLDS ROBERT HILTON FORD ROBERT HENRY GAY CHARLES CLINTON GILMAN WALTER CHELTON GIVENS JOSEPH FRANCIS GREGORY WATSON GIDDINGS GUY LAMATEAU WYATT HALL, JR. RAYMOND THORNTON HARRIS JOE THOMAS HARRISON JOHN FRAZIER HENDERSON WILLARD LOUIS HIGGINBOTHAM • 5J • 4 m Uo c O FELIX MATTHEW HOFFMAN, JR. CLASS of 1943 CHARLES ALFRED HUFFMAN, JR. CLOID MASSIE HUMPHREYS ARTHUR ANDREW HUNDLEY WILLIAM KELSOR HUNT GORDON THAYER IKNER ALVIN THOMAS JOHNSON WILLIAM FRANK JONES, JR. EVERETT CAREY JORDAN EDGAR BRUCE KASTELBERG GEORGE WEBSTER KEANE MELVIN KYSER KILPATRICK MAURICE HADEN KING • 52 • CARL WILLIAM KRUSE BOBBY MICHAEL LAKE JAMES HARVEY LANE CLIFTON TUTTLE LAWSON, JR. THOMAS CLIFTON LAWSON JOHN RANDOLPH LEAMAN, JR. THOMAS EDWIN LEIGH WALKER THORNTON LEWIS, JR. LEO BERNARD LITCHFIELD FRANCIS EDWARD LITTLE GRADY WALLACE LITTLE EDRYN KINZER LONG • 53 • JOHN ALVAN MACLAY, JR. MATTHEW HERBERT MAHONEY CLASS of 1943 WILLIAM ROBERT MARTIN JAMES WENDELL McCREERY WILLIAM LESLIE McGUIRE BERNARD FRAYSER McLAURINE, JR. JOHN PATRICK McMAHON JOSEPH MITCHELL, JR. JAMES SINCLAIR MITCHELL ADDIS HARRLISON MOORE. JR. CARROLL LEE MOORE, JR. Leslie Macdonald moore THOMAS JOHN MORGAN, JR. FRANK WILLIAM MUHICH 54 JAY EUGENE MURPHY TED MYERS, JR. JOSEPH HENRY NEISE, JR. JAMES HOPE NICHOLSON, JR. WILLIAM VANCE NUNN, JR. ROBERT STERRETT OGLESBY WILLIAM HENRY OSBORNE CHARLES VINCENT PEPE ALFRED PATRICK PEREIRA CHARLES PAUL PEREI RA ROBERT PRESTON PHILLIPS CLYDE WINSTON PIERCE THOMAS HERBERT POWELL, JR. CLASS of 1943 GORDON FILLMORE PULLEN, JR. WILLIAM DIXIE PURSER MARVIN QUINN JESSE MICHAEL RAMA JUNIUS HENRY RAPPOLD JOHN BAILEY ROLLINS. Ill JOHN RANDOLPH ROSE, JR. CHARLES FREDERICK ROULET, JR. JOHN FRANCIS SARGENT THOMAS ETHERIDGE SAUNDERS LLOYD MERRILL SAWYER RYLAND H. SCHOMBURG, JR. JOSEPH CLEVELAND SEWARD, JR. 56 • CLIVE KELLIS SHAVER SAINT JULIEN SHELTON BENJAMIN ERANKLIN SHIVERS JAMES GARDNER SIMPKINS AUGUST WALTER SMITH PAUL ALLEN SNYDER LLOYD FOSTER SQUIRES, JR. HAROLD DAVIS STALNAKER JESSE J. STRICKLAND NED HARDING STRICKLER WILLARD LEE SULLIVAN JOHN PATRICK SWEENEY, JR. RICHARD WALTER TALLEY CLASS of i 943 • 57 • GUY EDWARD TAYLOR CLASS of 1943 IRA ELMORE TILLEY, III PRESTON DEWEY TURPIN, JR. NIMMO JOHN UNION, JR. BERNARD JAMES UTLEY, JR. WILLFORD ELEY WARREN EDWIN STUART WENZEL MURRAY POWELL WESSON, JR. ALBERT SIDNEY WHITE, JR. JAMES MILTON WILLIS CHARLES HUTCHINS WILSON HAROLD LEE WRIGHT CHARLES IETHRO YATES, JR. • f,8 • • 59 CHARLES CAMPBELL ABRAHAMSON CLASS of WAYNE DIDWELL ANDERSON WILLIAM ALEXANDER AYERS ROBERT LINSCOTT BALLENTINE WILLIAM THOMAS BARBEE ORYID COLUMBUS BARBOUR THEODORE ANDREW BARSELL FRANK JOSEPH BARTO DUDLEY WYLIE BATTEN ROBERT MARYLAND BENFORD WILLIAM ELLIOTT BIPPUS WILLIAM JOSEPH BLANTON WALTER ELMO BLOXOM RALPH SHERMAN BONNIWELL JOHN WEIMAR BOOZER, JR. JOHN PLATT BOUTON JULIAN GRAY BOYCE, JR. WILLIAM KENNETH BRADSHAW DANIEL TURNER BRITT FRANCIS LANE BRITTAN HENRY WILLIS BROUGHTON DAVID MAAS BROWN GEORGE RICHARD BROWN WILLIS LEE BUDLONG 60 JOHN BENJAMIN BURTON OSCAR LEE BUTT ALVIN S. BUTTER WORTH, JR. PHILIP RAYMOND CAMPBELL JAMES FRANKLIN CASH ROBERT WILLIAM CATLIN HENRY WARRINER CHAPPELL BRYAN McLEAN CHENAULT SHIRLEY EDWARD CLARKE LOUIS DECKER CLINE HERBERT COALSON JOHN WESLEY COLLINS WILLIAM SAMUEL COLLINS ALEX DUFF COMBS, JR. ANDERSON B. COSBY, III THOMAS DAVIE COVINGTON JOSEPH CARTER CRAFFORD KENNETH WILLIAM CROCKER RALPH DERR DENTON, JR. AMOS ROGER DOBSON, JR. WILLIAM ERNEST DODD, JR. THOMAS JACKSON DRAPER WILLIAM EDWARD DUDLEY FRED SH AFTER DULANEY • 61 • HENRY WALKE DUN, JR. DARIUS WHITE ELLIOTT THOMAS NELSON FERRELL ALYN FRASER FIFE QUENTIN ROOSEVELT FLICKINGER ROBERT STANLEY GARRIS PAUL EUGENE GEIS JAMES EDWIN GEORGE JAMES OSCAR GIVENS JAMES HERBERT GODBEY JOHN GONCALVES, JR. OLLIE KING GOODWIN FREDERICK JORDAN GREGG CHARLES JAMES HAFFNER OLIVER E. HANBURY, JR. HENRY MAURICE HARRINGTON HOWARD OCTAVE HARRISON, JR. EDWARD LEE HAWLEY GEORGE EMMETT HAZELWOOD REA STUART HOLLAND JAMES MONROE HOOVER JAMES SHIRLEY HOPE, JR. FRANKLIN IVES HORAN CARROLL HARGRAVES HOWLE • ( 2 • DAVID HUBBARD EARLE KNOWLEN HUCKINS, JR. WILLIAM EOSTER HUDGINS WINTFIELD GLEASON HUFFMAN FRANK ENGLISH HUMSTON SAMUEL HENRY HUTCHENS, JR. WILLIAM ROY HUl ' TO HENDERSON TIMOTHY JAMES VINCENT SERAFIN JARVIS LEO GOWER JOHNSON ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSON CLAUDIE ESLIE JONES, JR. ROBERT LEE KENNEY GEORGE EDISON KIDD, JR. WILLIAM ROBERT KIPPER BYRON ASHTON KIRKLAND ROGERS WESLEY LAMISON PHILIP LEE LANGSLOW CARL EDGAR LARSEN ELMER AUSTIN LARSEN RICHARD EMANUEL LEMMON CHESTER MILLARD LILLEY JAMES HOLLAND LINDSEY • 63 • THOMAS FRANKLIN LINK WILFORD WAYLON LIVERMAN CLASS of IC j. HERBERT LAIRD LOFTIS ERNEST FRANK MACKEY GEORGE ALVIN MASSEXBURG, JR. JAMES GARLAND MASSIE LEWIS EARLE MASON JOSEPH HENRY MASTERS GEORGE SILSBY MATSON WALTER WESSON MATTHEWS WALTER LINZY MAYBERRY, JR. JOSEPH COLBY McALEXANDER ROBERT PAUL McBRIDE, JR. hearst McClellan ERNEST MALONE McDERMON, JR. GEORGE ALEXANDER McLENNAN JOHN JAMESON MILNES, JR. LESTER BLAKE MITCHELL CHARLES LEE MONAHAN PAUL WHITEHEAD MOORE, JR. TIMOTHY RUDOLPH MORGAN GEORGE HERMAN MORSE LLOYD LATTIMER MYERS CHARLES ANSEL NEWELL • 64 • THOMAS PIERCE NORWOOD, JR. KNOX ARNOLD NUNNALLY, JR. • 65 • JOHN ROBERT OLIVER COURTNEY DOUGLAS PADGETT JOHN POLLOCK, JR. EDWARD CHRISTIAN POST AUBREY PATRICK POWER ROBERT FRANCIS POWERS HOWARD ANDREW PRICE JAMES ALEXANDER PRICE GEORGE FRANCIS DANIEL QUINTAL JOHN RANDOLPH RAGSDALE GEORGE PHILP RAMSAY EARL BENJAMIN RAPE ELMO RAY LAWRENCE ELLIOTT REA ROBERT JAMES REIERSON FRANK DREW REISSNER THOMAS HENRY PARIS LINCOLN DAVID PARK WILLARD VOIGHT PENDLETON JOHN WILLIAM PERRY COLON HAMPTON PETERSON, JR. HENRY DEWITT PETERSON CLASS of 1( 44 CHARLES McANALLY REYNOLDS ARTHUR LEE RICHARDSON CLASS of 1944 ALLAN TALBOTT ROBERTS. JR. HUGH ALEXANDER ROBERTSON JOHN EDWARDS ROBINS WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ROBINS. Ill WILLIAM PATRICK ROSSEAU WILLIAM HENRY ROWE EDW. WASHINGTON RUSSELL. JR. JOHN RUFUS SANDERS FRANKLIN KERFOOT SANFORD CORBETT WHITFIELD SAWYER THO. ' L S PAUL SAWYER, JR. OTTO EDWARD SCHADE. JR. LOUIS ERNEST SERIO EDWARD CHARLES SHINN WILLIAM FRANKLYN SHIVERS DANIEL DOUGLAS SHULTZ CLYDE PRESTON SMITH EDWARD DAVIS SMITH LOUTS CLYDE SMITH LLOYD EARL SMITH SIMON AARON SMITH. JR. KENNETH ELDRED SNYDER WILLIAM SOKOL • 66 • ROBERT STANLEY SOMMERS ERNEST JOHN SOTER IVAN EDWARD SPAIN CARL HERBERT STAFFORD HENRY JENKINS STOKES FRANK XAVIER STORA JOUETT VERNON COSBY SUMMERELL GORDON HARRISON SWAIN JAMES LOUIS SWINDELL LIVELY TABB NED CARLTON TAYLOR ORVILLE ALVIN THOMAS, JR. FRANKLIN EDWARD TILLERY PAUL MORTON TUCKER CARLILE FRANCIS TOPPING HUYKE BERNARDO URRUTIA GEORGE LUMSDEN WADSWORTH JAMES LEONIDAS WALKER THEODORE JOHN WANDERER FRANK HOWARD WATKINS DABNEY FARRAR WATSON GERALD BLAKE WEAVER CHARLES ERIC WELLS JOSEPH HOMER WELLS CLASS of i 944 • 67 • HAROLD JOSEPH WETZLER CLASS of 1944 HARRY CARTER WHEELER EARL JENNINGS WHITE JOHN HENRY WHITEHOUSE SAMUEL ROY WILSON. JR. ALVIN OWEN WINALL EMMETT LEE WINGFIELD. Ill WATT WINSLOW THOMAS EDWARD WITTY ERNEST ARTHUR WOOD RAY RAWDON WOOD LELAND WEBSTER WOOLARD FREDERICK DANIEL WORRELL VERNARD LAYDON WORRELL. JR. DWIGHT THOMAS WRIGHT THOMAS PEARSON WRIGHT. JR. • 68 • • 69 • JAMES WESTBROOK ACKERLY GILBERT EDGAR AIKEN. JR DONALD HUBERT ALLEN SAMUEL CHARLES ALLERTON WILLIAM HA VI LAN I AMES JACK CATHEY ANDERSON GEORGE LYDON ANDREWS CLYDE EARL ASHWORTH HAROLD WRIGHT AYRES CHARLES UPSHUR AYRES. JR OLIE CLIFTON BALDREE. JR ROBERT FELIX BARBROW JULIUS BARKER BRUCE LLOYD BECKER I AY PARISH BEELER. JR GEORGE FRANK BELL WILLIAM CHARLES BEYILLE ELLIS BROWN BIBB. Ill JOHNNIE MAJOR BIRCHETT HARRY GRAY BLAKEMORE JOHN EARL BOWMAN WILLIAM NORFLEET BRANCH EARL EDWARD BRITT RICHARD GWYN BROCK. JR THOM AS NEWTON BROOKING. JR JOSEPH WALTER BROWN. JR. WILLIAM PITTMAN BRYANT ERNEST ROBERT BUCK PAUL BRIDGES BULLINGTON ENGLISH HOKE BULLOCK DOUGLAS JOHNSON BURBAGE. JR ROBERT SAUNDERS BURKE GEORGE MELVIN BURTON ROBERT WESTON BUSH JULIAN MORROW BYERS. IR WILLIAM FOLKES CALDWELL. IR DONALD OLIVER CAMPEN, JR JOSEPH CARPENITO ROBERT CLAIRE CARTER. JR ROBERT WALTER CASH. JR. ROLAND EUGENE CAZER NORMAN BENNETT CHRISTIE THOMAS GRAHAM CLARKE BERNARD TER AH CLAYTON CARSON RAY COATS MAURICE LEON COHEN CARL NATHANIEL COLLIER. JR LEWIS EDWARD COLLIER • 70 • CLASS of 1945 IRA FLOYD CONGLETON RUSSELL FREDERICK COOPER EARL EUGENE COULSON RICHARD SIDNEY COX, JR. HAROLD EDWARD CRAWFORD THOMAS ALBERT CRAWLEY KENNETH RICHARD CRUM FRANK WEYMOUTH CRUMPLER DANIEL RANDOLPH CUMMING. JR CLARENCE C. CUNNINGHAM RICHARD HARDING CUTLER CHARLES LOUIS DAMAN JOS RICHARD DANNHEISER, JR JOHN FREDERICK DASH I ELL, III RAYMOND DAVIDSON CHESTER SPURC.ER DAVIS MELVIN MALCOLM DAVIS ROBERT EDMUND DILFIELD VINCENT THOMAS DODSON RICHARD DeYARMAN DOUGLAS ROBERT LINDLEY DOWNEY RALPH GORDON DUCKETT, JR ROBERT POWELL DUDLEY NOELL DOUGLAS DUNN WILLIAM IRWIN DWYER CLAUDE RICHARD EDWARDS KERMIT ARENDELL EDWARDS HERMAN HOYLE EFIRD FREDERICK FORD EUBANK THOMAS MACON EUBANK CLYDE PRESTON EVELY HUGH CULFBERT EWING, JR. ROBERT LEE FAISON, JR. CHARLES RUSSELL FARINHOLT OLIVER J NO. FATHBRUCKNER, JR BENJAMIN WALKER FENTON, JR. FRED FERRARI JACK PRILLAMAN FISHER JOHN DIXON FORSYTH WILLIAM ROYCE FORTNER WILLIAM DELBERT FOX, JR LEWIS RANDOLPH FRAZIER HERBERT LENDO FREEMAN, JR, WILLIAM PRESTON FREEMAN WILFRED JOSEPH GAMACHE EDWIN THEODORE GARBEE CHARLES FRANCIS GARDNER WILLIE GORDON GOODWIN . 7 | . CLASS of 1945 ARNOLD FRANKLIN HALL FRANCIS LINTO N HALL RUSSELL OLIVER HALL SENNETH PERRY HALL WILLIAM FREDERICK HANCOCK SAMUEL EVERETT HARPER JACK MONGAN HARRELL JESSE BUFORD HARVEY ROBERT HENRY HAWTHORNE JAMES BERNARD HAYES WILLIAM SAMUEL HEATH. IR. ROY EDWARDS HENLEY JAMES ANDREW HIGGIN ' S JESSE HOPE HOGG. JR. JAMES GRAHAM HOGGE ROBERT TUDOR HOLDREX, III JAMES CARLTON HOLLAND IVAN BROOKS HOLLOMON ROBERT VINCENT HOOPER WILLIAM JOHN HOUSE JAMES RICHARD HOUSEMAN GEORGE STARK HOWARD JAMES ANDERSON HUGHEY PEYTON EDWARD HUTCHENS, IR. STUART THOMAS HUTTON EDWARD LEE IRBY WALTHALL RIVERS IVEY WILLIAM EGBERT JACOBS BENTLEY McMILLAN JENKINS CLAUDE BROOKS JENNINGS EDWARD CALVIN JOHNSON HARRY REINHART JOHNSON SAMUEL MILLER JOHNSON STERLING JOHNSTON ALFRED MARTIN JONES DONALD FORBIS JONES DALLAS MONROE JONES ERNEST MERCER JONES MARVIN RAY JORDAN GEORGE CHARLES KARAM WILLIAM VERNON KERNS KENNON WHITCOMB KINNEY BERYL ARNOLD KIRSNER WILLIAM JESSE LAFFOON, JR PAUL ERNEST LAIRD EDWARD LAMBIOTTE WILLIAM ROBERT LATTA MONNIE LAUGHINGHOUSE. JR • 72 • CLASS of 1945 GEORGE WILLIAM LAWS HOWARD EUGENE LEE, IR. WILLIAM HENRY LEIGH GEORGE ROBERT LEYNES ROBERT JEFFERSON LIVINGSTON HERBERT NIMROD LONG PAUL KENNETH LOTZ RILEY MORGAN LOY JOHN PARIS LYLE WASHINGTON EDWARD MABE ANDREW CLYDE MALONE RILEY GARNETT MANSFIELD EDW. VALENTINE MARSTON, IR. DOUGLAS LAFAUGHN MARTIN I ESSE HAROLD MASSENGILL CHARLES FRANKLIN MAY PAUL ROCK MAYO WILLARD CLAY McCRICKARD ALBERT MOORE McCULLOCH GERALD BENTON McDANIEL WILLIAM PRICE McDANIEL CHAS. HOWARD McDONALD, IR. LUCAS LEWIS MEREDITH THOMAS RILEE MESSICK MAXWELL ALEXANDER MILLER ELBERT BRITTEN MITCHELL ALBERT LINWOOD MOORE LINWOOD WARREN MOORE CLYDE BOND MORGAN WILLIAM RICHARD MORGAN CHARLES EDWARD MOSER RAYMOND LEWIS MUHICH ALBION HORACE MULLING ROBERT AMORY MYERS CHARLES GARLAND NEW STEPHEN FRANKLIN NOBLE. JR. AARON NORRIS IAMES EDWARD O’DONNELL RICHARD JAMES OSBORNE SAMUEL EARLE OVERLEY, JR. ALFRED CARLYLE PARKER JAMES BRUCE PARKER PAUL OLIVER PARRAMORF., JR. GUY OLIVER PATTERSON WADE CLEVELAND PAYNE, IR ROBERT TAYLOR PENNINGTON JOHN NEWIT PEPPER, JR. JULIAN ARCHER PFAFF • 73 • CLASS of 1945 JAMES SEA BOLT PFAFF CHARLES FREEMAN PHILLIPS THOMAS La VERNE PHILLIPS JOHN MILTON PIRKLE EDWARD LEE POLICE ROBERT SCOTT POLLOCK, JR. THOMAS POPE CLOVIS LESTER POWERS RAOUL’D MARION PRICE CHARLES G. PUFFENBERGER EDMUND WM. RANDOLPH, III PAUL Mt CLUNG REID ROBERT OTTO RICHTER, JR. WILLIAM EDWARD RIGGAN BENNIE MOORE RIGGINS MARVIN MARK RITENOUR WILLIAM CHESTER ROBERTS JOHN AUGUSTUS ROBINS THOMAS MERRILL ROBINSON WILLIAM PARHAM ROBINSON LAWRENCE HUBERT ROLSTON JULIAN PEAK ROSS, JR. JOHN EDGAR ROWE JAMES WILBUR ROWE WILLIAM KIRBY ROWLEY JAMES FRANKLIN ROYSTER CONRAD LEE ROYSTON RUSSELL LAWRENCE RUGGLES JAMES BINFORD SADLER, JR. FRANK A. SCHWALENBERG, JR HERMAN HARRELL SCOTT JAMES PATRICK SCOTT, JR DAVID FREDERICK SEABLOOM RUDOLPH KENNETH SHEARIN JAMES ORVILLE SHEPHERD WM JENNINGS SHEPHERD, JR FRED WHEELER SHERON JOHN KEMPTON SHIELDS JOSEPH MARTIN SHINN, JR. JAMES CAGMEY SISK CUTHBERT PAXTON SMITH GORDON BERNARD SMITH, JR. RICHARD BENNIE SMITH RICHARD DURAND SMITH RANDOLPH MABRAY SMITH HERBERT THEODORE SPEAS FLEET MARVIN SPELL, JR. JOHN GILBERT SPENCE . 74 . CLASS of 1945 FRED ALEXANDER SPRACHER IRVIN INGRAM STAINBACK SOLAND F. STAINBACK, JR, WILLIAM STANLEY STEPHENS HAROLD JINNETTE STEVENS NELSON BRIAN SWAIN DAVID LAURANCE SWITZER JOHN CARLETON TAYLOR, JR. HOWARD LOUIS THOMAS MATHEW JOHN THOMPSON, III JOHN BUCKANAN THORNTON JAMES ALBERT THREEWITTS HERBERT SHEPARD TILLEY EDWARD DONALD TODD CLINTON JAMES TULL, JR. WILLIAM COLUMBUS TYSON WILLIAM ALEX UMPHLET SAM POE UMSTEAD FRED ALLEN VAUGHN JACOB GLOVER VICKERS JAMES WARREN WALKER REX EDISON WALKER JOHN THEODORE WALSH MARVIN ALAN WATERFIELI) THOMAS LEROY WEST, JR. CHARLES WILLIAM WHEELEY WILLIE CARL WHITAKER GODWIN CROCKETT WHITE HUGH MARTIN WHITE LAWRENCE DEAN WHITEHEAD HAROLD BELL WHITLOCK JAMES DAVID WHITLOW McIVER AFLEN WICKER MALLIE LAWRENCE WICKER JAMES COWAN WILLIAMS JAMES LOUIS WILLIAMS MITCHELL HENRY WILLIS ROBERT HUGH WILLS JOHN EDWARD WILSON WAVERLY FORREST WILSON BARNEY BENJ. WINALL, III FLOWERS NORMAN WINSTEAD DANIEL CRAWFORD WISE JOHN SOUTHY WISE CECIL ERVIN WOOLARD BERNARD HOSKINS WORBY ASHLEY PAGE WORNOM WILLIAM WILKINSON ZBINDEN ORGANIZATIONS PUBLICATION • 77 • O. Reid H udson, Jr. H. Laird Loftis Otto C. Horstmann George A. Ellis, Jr. Editor- in-Ch ie f Associate Editor Business Manager Art Editor Jack Police Sports Editor George Karam Feature Editor THE BINNACLE • OOON after the first issue of The Broad A was published in 1937, the same ambitious staff began to think of something bigger and better than a monthly newspaper. It was an Apprentice Year Book. The topic was discussed among members ot the staff, and the question put before the proper authorities, but at the time such a publication seemed impracticable, and it was considered best that the proposed year book should wait. Nothing more was said concerning an annual, but the vision remained in the minds of a few who believed that such a dream could be made a reality, and that few refused to part with the idea. A year later the question was again discussed, but nothing was accomplished and it remained in a state of dormancy until the spring of 1941 when it was reconsidered and placed before the school authorities. Permission was granted to appoint a staff, and preliminary work was begun on the publication. Raymond E. Snow was named Editor-in-Chief with Laird Loftis and Reid Hudson as Associate Editors. Otto Horstmann was elected • 78 • Frank Horan Business Staff Earl J. Meehan Business Staff Dozier A. Sutton Business Staff Wm. C. Kutschinski Marcus F. Ritger, Jr. James B. Montgomery Richard A. Eggleston Alfred O. Luning D ' Arcy E. Phillips Circulation Manager Asst. Business Manager Staff Photographer Staff Photographer Advertising .Manager Business Staff Business Manager, and had as his assistant, Marcus Ritger. The Art Editor, George Ellis, was assisted by Leland Clarke and Jack Milnes. Jack Polick was elected Sports Editor, and James Walker, Assistant Sports Editor. George Karam was named Feature Writer, and was assisted by Bobby Lake. Others elected were William Kutschinski, Circulation Manager; Richard Eggleston, and Lee Montgomery, Staff Photographers; and Alfred Luning, Earl Meehan, Dozier Sutton, and D’Arcv Phillips, Business Staff. The name chosen for the book was The Binnacle, it being a term used on board ship to describe a compass and its housing. In recognition of his ever willing service to the Apprentice School, it was decided to dedicate The Binnacle to Dr. Charles F. Bailey, who for so many years put forth much interest in the school, and is considered a friend of every apprentice. Ra ymond E. Snow, who had previously excelled in a Civilian Pilot Training Course at the local air- port, received a scholarship for advanced flying and resigned his post at the shipyard and as editor of The Binnacle to go to Pennsylvania to apply himself to aeronautics. Hudson was elected to fill this vacancy. Donald W. Gilman James L. Walker Jack Milnes Leland Clark Business Staff Business Staff Assistant Art Editor Assistant Art Editor • 79 • The business staff organized an advertising cam- paign, and the other members began immediate work on the publication. Through the co-operation of Coach Dobson, the use of an office was obtained, and general staff meetings were held weekly. The Binnacle Staff is proud of this year book, not )ust for what it is, but for what it stands. It has taken its place with the other activities of the school, and has presented a new field for students who are interested in extra-curricular activities. The members are grateful for all of the help ren- dered by the shipyard; to Mr. E. P. Griffith for his willing advice anti co-operation with photography; to the local merchants who have helped to make this publication possible; to the faculty of the Apprentice School; and all others who have assisted in presenting the Apprentice’s School’s first annual publication. The Binnacle. Seated, left to right: L. Montgomery, E. J. Meehan, W. C. Kutschinski, 0. C. Horstmann, 0. R. Hudson, Jr., H. L. Loftis, G. A. Ellis, Jr., A. O. Luning, R. A. Eggleston. Standing: J. W. Police, L. T. Clark, M. F. Ritger • 80 • THE BROAD A I N THE beginning of the year 1957, a group of ap- prentices caught the smell of printer ' s ink and developed an urge to introduce journalism into the extra-curricular activities of the Apprentice School. Accordingly, this group of aspiring members of the Fourth Estate called for volunteers, and a staff was organized. The staff obtained the use of the school mimeograph and set to work to publish a paper which appeared as The Broad A in its first issue on March 4, 1937. This was the beginning of the fifth volume of an official Apprentice publication, the first having ap- peared in 1923 at a time when group spirit was domi- nant, and the need for fusing the student body into a united whole was most apparent. In those days there was the “machine shop gang ’ the “pattern shop gang,’’ the “fitters gang,’’ each competing with the others for domination in the Apprentice activities, in much the same manner that fraternities often divide student groups on the campuses of the colleges and universities of today. There was need to bring together the many viewpoints in a common forum, ami this forum was supplied through a mimeographed weekly known as The Apprentice Bulletin, which succeeded in bringing about a union of endeavor among all apprentices. The first volume of this paper appeared with a fair tlegree of regularity until December, 1924, when its publication was turned over entirely to the hands of the boys themselves. It expired one month later with the Christmas issue. After lying dormant for nearly two years, the Bulletin again appeared under capable editorship. A short time later, the name was changed to Shipbuilder. The final issue appeared on May 27, 1927, and for nearly ten years the student body was without a publication. The attitude of the school faculty was reflected in the editorial of the first four-sheet mimeographed issue when Air. Via wrote: “We welcome the advent of The Broad A, not only because it supplies a want, but, George Ellis, Jr. James Walker Charles Pereira David Hubbard Bobby Lake Raymond Nelson Art Editor Sports Editor Circulation At ana per Asst. Circulation Algr. Feature Editor Alumni Editor • 81 • more important still, because it provides a field of participation for many boys with journalistic leanings, and every apprentice appreciates the importance of participation in wholesome self-development. Here is a project to which all may contribute, and jour- nalism takes its place with athletics and music among our extra-curricular activities.” The original staff of The Broad A, the first issue of which appeared on March 4, 1937, consisted of C. F. Hodder, Editor-in-Chief; O. L. Brown, Associate Editor; J. C. Lester, Managing Editor; D. W. Gilman, Sports Editor; D. H. Ouisenberry, Business Manager; T. R. Acosta, Assistant; R. A. Poythress, Art Editor; L. T. Clarke and G. A. Ellis, Assistants; G. R. Inabinet, Feature Writer; W. C. Kutschinski, A. D. Bartley, M. F. Ritger, A. X. Branch, f. W. Polick, and 0. R. Hudson, Reporters. The staff’s dream of a printed edition was realized when the first issue of February 4, 1958, really went to press, and since then many improvements have been made. To the present time, the Editors of I he Broad A have been Clinton Hodder, Cooper Lester, Reid Hudson, Marcus Ritger, and Jack Polick. Seated, T.ejt to Right: Tames Walker, Laird Loftis, Jack Polick, Robert Phillips. David Hlbbord Standing, Lejt to Right: Raymond Nelson, Charles Pereira, George Ellis, Jr. • 82 • • 83 • MUSIC First Row, Left to Right: Gilman, Peleaux, Hicks, Muhick, Rape, Mr. A. F. Michael (Director), Bush, McKelvey Second Ro w: Mahoney, Shultz, Kenney, Lindsey, Clayton, Smith, Kutschinski, Goodwin, Sommers, Blum, Coalson, Post Third Row: McCulloch, Bullington, Gilman, White, Reirson, Abrahamson, Seabloom, Wright, Leigh, Jaeger, Jarvis, Douglas, Long, Broughton, Reynolds, Larsen, Hindley, Geis, Thomas Fourth Row, Standing: Summerell, Smith, Sanders, Emery THE BAND Albert F. Michael Director r I 1 HOSE who remember the band in the early days of its existence recognize a decided contrast be- tween it and the present musical organization ol the Apprentice School. More than fifty musicians make up this troupe which has today grown to be one of the most popular musical groups in the State of Virginia. This band was first organized in October, 1934, the first group being comprised of twelve members who were experienced only in orchestral arrange- ments, most of which was derived from high school bands and orchestras. These twelve members will- ingly contributed what they had in an effort to bui Id up a band in the name of the Apprentice School, and one that would do justice to the student body it represented. By 1935, the aggregation had been shaped into a fairly acceptable outfit with six additional mem- bers. It made its debut in the fall of that year at the Apprentice football games where many favorable comments were passed regarding th is young but efficient organization. In the days of Foremen Lectures, it presented short programs before each lecture, and in the summer of 1937 played a series of weekly concerts at the city park. Since that time the band has played many en- gagements including various exercises for the Order • 84 • of Elks, Sunday School programs. Community Sing programs, and at many other public gatherings. It has participated in several parades, and is always on hand for Apprentice football games where it adds much color when it parades on the field at the half and forms the initials of the visiting school. In the spring of 1940, it presented a concert in the Newport News High School audito- rium which was enjoyed by a large number of people. It has played for several launchings including that of the S. S. America on August 31, 1939. By 1940, the band had grown to such an extent that it became necessary to reorganize it on a military basis. Members who were appointed as oificers in the band were chosen from those who had been in the longest and who had rendered outstanding service musically. In this reorganization, Donald W. Gilman was elected captain. Other officers were lieutenants, sergeants, and corporals. One sergeant and one cor- poral were selected from each of the three groups — - the brass, wood wind, and percussion sections. Members who have served two years in the band are awarded a monogram, and for each year there- after, a star. At the completion ot tour years, a graduate receives a medallion. This charm repre- sents not only service in reference to time, but also in musical ability. Since 1936, the band has been under the excellent leadership and direction ot Albert F. Michael, and has been managed by John J. Carvil. These two persons have contributed greatly toward making it a success, and an asset to the school as well as a benefit to the community. Leslie C. Hicks Ca plain • 85 • Front Ron-, Left to Right: Jack Polick, Jessee Strickland, Second Tenors; Miss Angela Yestadt, Accompanist; William Bippus, Robert Downey, First Tenors Second Row: George Kidd, Emmet Wingfield, First Basses; George Ellis, Jr., Earl Mason, Second Basses DOUBLE X E true calibre of a vocal ensemble cannot be measured only in degrees ol public appeal, but also by the intimate co- ordination of its members. Here is a group that has proven that singing and fellowship are practically synonymous words. Just as an organ mellows with age, so a singing ensemble must work together until each voice becomes indistinguishable. Each singer must function not as a soloist but as one of a group. Many rehearsals are essential to produce this very necessary quality. During this first year of their singing together, the group has appeared but few times. In concert with the band last spring, they made a commendable debut before a well pleased audience. Summer vacation followed thereafter, an d th is winter finds the songsters rehearsing again with bright hopes for the future. Due credit must be given Miss Angela Yestadt, whose gracious assistance as accompanist has been helpful. • 86 • SOCIAL ACTIVITIES • 87 • Firs Row: Madsen, Barker, Meehan, Brown. Baxter, Morgan, Eley, Satchell, Heath Second Row: Ahearn, Nicholson, Emery, Blair, Dozier, Meanley, Nelson, Brown, Warren, A. Morgan Third Row: Strickler, Car mean, Inabinet, Wilson, Walton, Gayle, Elliot, Clendenen, Perry, ami White M ONOGRA M CLUB • TN ORDER to keep in close contact with one another, a move was made in 1936 to organize a club consisting of all of the students and graduate apprentices in the school who had won monograms in the various sports during their athletic career. This organization, which elected to call itself the Monogram Club, has been active since formation, and until the Cotillion Club was brought about last year, was the only ac- tivity of the school to foster dances and social functions. The purpose of this club, primarily, is to keep the athletes of the school in communica- • 88 • Frank J. Brown President tion with each other at all times; however, this was not the solitary reason for organizing. It assists apprentices who come to Newport News from other places, and aids them in becoming acquainted in the city. It func- tions as a social club which presents four dances each year. It str ives to better athletics in the Apprentice School and does much charity work. Frank Brown is President of the organiza- tion, and James Baxter is Vice-President. Other officers are Claude Eley and Thomas Morgan, Secretary and Treas- urer, respectively. At the present time, the club holds its regular meetings in the Apprentice Athletic Building. It was formerly located in private club rooms on Washington Avenue, but these were disposed of several months ago. The Monogram Club has many commendable qualities, it being composed of members who have participated in sports of all kinds in the school. In athletics, boys learn many things other than how to dodge a guard on the football gridiron, or run up two points on the basketball court. They learn that winning a game isn’t nearly so important as playing it fairly, a quality which they carry through life in a game which is played with every person whom they come in contact with. The Monogram Club is composed of many boys of this caliber, and is doing excellent work in assisting new apprentices to become good athletes, good workmen, and good citizens. F James D. Baxter Vice-President Claude A. Eley Secretary Thomas J. Morgan Treasurer COTILLION CLUB BOARD OF GOVERNORS First Ron’, Seated, Lejt to Right: H. L. Loftis, C. A. Eley, M. H. Mahoney, G. E. Kidd, President Second Ron’, Seated: G. A. Ellis, Ir., D. E. Wright, T. E. Leigh Third Row, Standing: H. L. Wright, E. K. Long, J. B. Summerell, E. J. Meehan, H. Y. McCulloch THE COTILLION CLUB IXCE the organization of the Apprentice School, many clubs of various aims have been formed, and although these clubs were more or less for the benefit of the school as a whole, they have also proved to be a great asset to the individuals involved. Unlike many colleges and universities, there were no social fraternities in the Apprentice School. This condition re- mained until 1940 when the student body, in an effort to improve the sociality of the school, funded in November of that year its first social organization known as the Appren- tice Cotillion Club. The purpose of this club is to sponsor non-profit formal dances and similar entertainments where apprentices may have the opportunity to make social ac- quaintances under ideal conditions. To become a member of this fraternity, the candidate must submit his name to the Membership Committee. If it is approved, he is notified and is instructed to pay his dues of one dollar per month. As this club sponsors no other move- ment, the entire treasury is at the disposal of the committee • 90 • in charge of promoting successful entertainments. Club members are admitted to these functions free of charge, but in order for non-members to attend, it is necessary that they be properly vouched for by members in good standing, and taxed as the club sees fit. The first function of the Cotillion Club was a formal ban- quet and dance held at the Chamberlin Hotel, June 4, 1941. This affair was well attended by members and their “dates,” special guests, and shipyard officials. Johnny Long and Ins orchestra furnished music for dancing. The Cotillion Club has a membership of about two hun- dred, and is headed by George E. Kidd, Jr., President of the organization. Matthew Mahoney is Vice-President, and other officers include Charles Roulet, Secretary; Mordecai Gayle, Treasurer, and Claude Elev, Sergeant-at-Arms. Officers are elected for one year, after which new ones are elected, and new committee chairmen are named. Chairmen who were appointed when the club was founded were: Laird Loftis, Constitution; James Nicholson, Membership; Donald Wright, Orchestra; Lively Tabb, Flowers; and Thomas Leigh and Harold McCulloch, Ways and Means. •91 ( 9 . Miss Eileen Kelley Miss Mamie Stable Miss Nancy Maclay • 92 • •93 • Miss Anne Stone Miss Shirley Barbour Miss Caroline Lawson A ' ■i iM i’iWk 5 i Miss Celia Forrest • 94 • • 95 • THE APPRENTICE MINSTRELS • PERHAPS nowhere in the history of shipbuilding has dramatics ever played - ■ an important part, and furthermore it probably never will — however, no rule of the Newport News Shipbudding and Dry Dock Company forbids a man to be an actor — or actress — and this freedom is exercised once each year in the annual Apprentice Minstrel. When the idea of presenting a show was first discussed in a student body meeting in 1957, no definite conclusion was reached regarding the type of dra- matic exhibition to present, and a committee headed by Clinton Hodder was appointed to study the objective and report his progress at a later meeting. After looking into the situation and discussing it carefully with his committee, it was decided that a minstrel was the answer to his problem. Mrs. Frank Swelling, better known as “M iss Annie,” immediatelv volunteered her services, and with the assistance of other members of the school faculty and athletic building, practice was soon under way for the first show. At that time, all of the student body meetings were being held in the afternoons, but it was decided to combine the reeular meeting for that month with the presentation, invite outside guests, and hold the affair at night. The show included many entertaining features including vocal solos, group singing, skits, and humorous jokes bv the End Men. As a specialty, a dance chorus, consisting of a dozen boys dressed as ballet dancers and per- forming as such, amused the audience with two numbers. Miss Miriam Carmel directed this portion of the enter- tainment. Caldwell Wells acted as Interlocutor, and the comedians were Scott Jessee, William Thomas, Ernest Elev, Barton Barker, Joe Hoffman, and William Scarborough. This show met with such success that a decision was reached to make it an annual event, and the following vcar was presented three times — once at the athletic building, once at the Paramount Theater, and once in York- town. In this presentation, Kemp Savage was Interlocutor, and the same end men performed as did the year before with the exception of Barker and Hoffman who were replaced with Matt Howell and Roy Price. These shows have been looked forward to each year since they were first started, and all have been along similar lines until 1941 when the entire set-up was altered. Instead of following the same routine, the setting was changed to represent a sidewalk cafe of any large city in 1890. Costumes portraying the “gay ’nineties” were used anti all of the musical selections were taken from the nineteenth century. This was acclaimed one of the best efforts of the series. Mrs. Swelling has directed each of these shows, and in each case has been rewarded with great success. Her willing co-operation, with the assistance of Miss Carmel, Miss Elizabeth Rowe, Mrs. Edel Pullen, and many others, has created something which is looked forward to each year, not only by the school, but the entire community. Mrs. Frank Swelling • 96 • E 323LT left to Right : Frank Horan, Frank Humston, George Ellis, Jr., Alfred Luning, Earl Meehan, Laird PUBLICITY STAFF • J UST as a metropolis is a melting pot tor peoples of many localities, so the Apprentice School brings together men from numerous parts of the country; men whose primary ambition is to learn the fascinating science of shipbuilding. To attain its zenith of efficiency, a school such as ours must consist of men trained not as laborers alone, but also as members of a fraternal order. With this idea paramount in their minds, a small group of students have, this year, organized the Publicity Staff, an organization consisting of one member of each class. Durin g the sh ort period of its existence the Staff has had little time to do aught but discuss the varied duties which it should perform. It was concluded that the primary duty should be to arrange meetings between incoming students and upper-classmen of the School. Such sessions should do a great deal towards developing the social interests of a newcomer and to aid his making new acquaintances. Important, too, among the duties decided upon by the Staff is that of publicizing the achievements of members of the School. Personal modesty quite often is the reason that the “home town folks” are not informed of a boy’s accomplishments in the School. Contact with the home town newspaper of the boy who merits recognition is, therefore, a principal function of the Publicity Staff. Innumerable other activities of a helpful nature can be performed by such a staff. With the diligent efforts of its members and the materializa- tion of this year’s research, the staff has proven to be a valuable asset to our School. APPRENTICE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION M. T. Dozier President FTER a period of inactivity, the Apprentice Alumni Association was reorganized in April, 1936, at which time a new constitution and a new set of by-laws were adopted. The first group of officers of the reorganized association was headed by J. B. Steen, as President, and William Gares, Vice- President. John Carvil was elected Secretary, and W. Cowles Hogge, Treasurer. Interest in this phoenix -like organization became more widespread, and in 1957, this same group of officers was re-elected. The constitution and by-laws were revised in the spring of 1938, and a Board of Governors was elected to work with the succeeding officers to conduct the business of the Association. Elected to fill the 1938 term of office were W. Cowles Hogge, President; Elliott Gay, Vice- President; J. J. Lambiotte, Secretary; George Helmer, Treasurer, and Otto Schade, Financial Secretary. The Association grew ' in membership, and the year 1938 was a prosperous one. At the annual meeting for the election of officers in April, 1939, E. A. Carter succeeded Mr. Gay as Vice-President, and W. J. Herrmann replaced Mr. Lambiotte as Secretary. Other officers of the organization were re-elected. Several projects were undertaken in that year, and all of these were successfully accomplished due to much hard work on the part ot various committeemen. One of the more notable acts was the presentation of a large United States Flag and Standard to the Apprentice Athletic Building. fins, the student body resolved, should be used at all regular monthly meetings. In 1940, T. M. Dozier was elected President of the Association, and had as his staff of officers H. B. Wynne, Vice-President; J. C. Lester, Secretary; L. H. Flowers, Financial Secretary, and George Helmer, re-elected Treasurer. In this year the Association presented to the student body a large Virginia State Flag and Standard as a complementary unit to the national flag previously donated, and contributed two hundred dollars lor the purchase of five uniforms for the Apprentice Band. F. J. Dwyer Vice- President G. F. Helmer Treasurer E. E. Jackson Financial Secretary J. C. Lester Correspon dmy Secretary Officers now occupying the official chairs for the 1941 term are T. M. Dozier, President; F. J. Dwyer, Vice-President; J. C. Lester, Secretary; E. E. Jackson, Financial Secre- tary; and George Helmer, Treasurer. Membership ol the Alumni Association has continued to grow by leaps and bounds. At the present time eleven departments in the shipyard have a one hundred per cent mem- bership in the Association. These depart- ments are the Shipyard Riggers, Mold Loft, Painters, Electrical Drawing Room, Machin- ery Drawing Room, Production Department, Engineering Estimating, Hull Technical, Ma- terial Department, S. O. S. — C. R., and the S. O. S. — Bureau of Engineering. Among the noteworthy activities of the group in 1941, were two gifts which were greatly appreciated by the student body. One of these was the presentation of an electric clock which was mounted in the lobby. The other was a substantial contribution to the advancement of the first publication of an Apprentice Annual, The Binnacle. The Association subscribes regularly to the school’s monthly newspaper, The Broad A, which allots them one page of each issue for Alumni news. Information and other material for this page is presented to the Broad A staff by the Alumni Editor, Raymond M. Nelson. Great justification is being given by the present Alumni Association to the work and hopes of those who in 1936 awakened this faltering group to new labors. BOARD OF GOVERNORS First Row, T.ejt to Right: W. G. Satchell, N. S. Powell, E. A. Carter, W. A. Kosicki, G. G. Gillette Second Row, Lejt to Right: G. R. Seeley, R. M. Ward • 100 • F E AT U R E • 101 mi 4 f • 102 • • 103 | ffi ' VS 1} “ Wi m fe-yBw -®’4 W ■ Wmmma wammSs t jjlL. . k | uj ' f L JmSSSSLJh m f THE NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY TN 1886 an area of one hundred acres of land was selected on the east bank of the James River, and a capital stock ot two million dollars was provided for the Chesapeake Dry Dock Company for the purpose of repairing steamships, sailing vessels, and boats of all dimen- sions constructed of wood, iron, steel, and other materials. In 1889 the first dry dock was ready for use, and within the year following, contracts were granted authorizing the construc- tion of two steel tugs and two freighters. It was in this year that the name was changed to The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The first ship to be completed in this Yard was the tug Dorothy, in 1891, and was known as Hull No. 1 . The ensuing ten years were years ot progress and marked a rise in importance for the Yard that had started so humbly. Among the wide varieties of quality ships which were under construction in that period of time wer e such renowned naval vessels as the battleships Kear- sage and Kentucky, which were delivered in the early part of 1900. These were forerunners ot our great fleet today which boasts such capital ships as the Houston, Augusta, Ranger, Enterprise, Yorktown, Hornet, and the newly-constructed Indiana which is scheduled for de- livery in 1942, all products of this Company. The demands of this Yard became so great that it became necessary to acquire additional land and construct more shop space, and at the turn of the century a second dry dock was commissioned. This dry dock was capable of holding any ship afloat at that time. New ships alone did not account tor all of the work done by this Yard. Many ships were repaired, engines o erhauled, and various other items of work pertaining to ships were handled. M any amendments to the original charter were made, one of which authorized the production of iron and steel and by-products thereof. Others were made to improve the waterfront and increase the capital and acreage. The original charter provided that the Company was empowered to contract with the United States Government, and that the Government was given special privileges for the accommodation of its vessels in times of peace or for complete control in times of war. Twenty per cent of the naval tonnage available in this country when it entered World War I was supplied by this Company. Four of the ships built here planted more than half of the mines in the mine barrage across the North Sea. During that war this Yard furnished more than sixty per cent more naval vessels than any other private yard, and thirty-seven per cent more than all of the Government yards combined. The Washington Conference after the war called for the cancellation of all naval contracts. Augmented by a general slump in merchant shipbuilding, this led to dark days for the Ship- yard, which was forced to amend its charter again in 1922 after more than twenty years of operation without change. This amendment allowed the Yard “to engage generally in con- tracting, building, and manufacturing in construction, reconstruction, and repair work . 106 . Modern I) ra Jim Rooms at Hie Shipyard V. S. S. Indiana,” bejore and ajter her Launching ' S. S. America,” now “U. S. S. Westpoint Naval Transport at night During these slack times the Yard repaired railroad equipment, built hydraulic turbines and gate equipment for dams, and entered into a wide range of ship reconstruction. From these new-found talents the Company obtained enviable results as was attested by such installations as the Muscle Shoals turbine units and gate equipment, and the Dniepestroy Dam development in Russia, which necessitated nearly four thousand tons ol machinery. This Company has long been in front in the construction of all types of new ships, and has done much to foster advancements to make better and more seaworthy vessels. It is a pioneer in the use ol electricity for the propulsion of ships, both naval and merchant. This work has been in conjunction with the large electrical corporations of the country. During the years that followed World War I, the United States Navv was reduced to a mere skeleton, and the Merchant Marine wasn’t much better, but with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Presidency of (he United States, things began to look brighter for the Navy. Mr. Roosevelt realized the menace of certain European countries and concluded that a strong Navy and Merchant Marine should be available in case trouble should start. With the help of experts in such matters, the President set about to build a greater Navy. The first naval vessel constructed at this Yard under the naval expansion program ot the Roosevelt administration was the Aircraft Carrier Ranger. Tankers, Freighters, Destroyers, and Cruisers soon followed. Perhaps one of the greatest achievements was the construction of the America for the United States Lines. This ship embodied all of the safety devices available in modern shipbuilding practice. Unfortunatelv the arrival ol World War II rearranged all of the plans for this magnificent ship and it was converted into a transport and renamed the West Point. I his Company has been striving to bring itsell nearer to perfection in it art, studying and trying new theories and ideas. One of the greatest boons to shipbuilding is the art ol welding which also brought new problems to those responsible, and many of these problems have yet to be solved. On November 21, 1941, the battleship Indiana was launched. This was the first battleship to go down the ways since 1923, and the heaviest ship ever to be launched by this Yard. In these days of chaos it is necessary that the employees of The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company endeavor more than ever to live up to the slogan set by Collis Porter Huntington, founder ol the Yard, who said, We shall build good ships here, at a profit il we can, at a loss !l we must, but always good ships.” SHIPYARD • 109 • Mariner s’ .Museum, Main Entrance MARINERS’ J UST as it would be impossible to describe in primary language the beauty and magnificence of an ancient cathedral, so would it be impossible to delineate in these few pages a description which would incorporate the majestic splendor and atmosphere which engulf The M ariners’ Museum, a project founded in 1930 bv Archer Milt on Huntington in an effort to keep alive a part of the history and adventure of the sea as it was known to the mariners of old and to the world today. Located about six miles north of the city of Newport News, the museum is situated on the banks of the pic- turesque James River, its grounds covering about eight hundred acres of land through which runs a narrow stream known as Waters Creek, sometimes but inaccu- rately termed Watts Creek, an estuary of the James River. Under authority of the Virginia State Legisla- ture, a massive dam was constructed across the mouth of this creek, forming a body of water covering about one hundred and sixty-five acres, and known as Lake Maury. This lake was named in honor of the world- renowned Virginia oceanographer, Matthew Fontaine Maury. “Conquering the Wild, bq Anna Hyatt Huntington, under floodlight at night A Portion oj the Center Room, , Mariners ' .Museum The lake consists of a comparatively long and narrow body of water from which numerous arms extend on both sides, following the course of ravines from which tributary streams originally fed into the main creek. For the most part, a natural growth of magnificent Virginia Pine and Beech extend to the very water’s edge, and bridle paths follow the circuitous shoreline. At each end of the dam which holds back the water is a pair of carved lions designed by Anna Hyatt Hunting- ton, and made of Indiana Limestone. A double driveway crosses the dam, and on the north side is located an imposing statuary group known as Conquering the Wild,” another masterpiece by Mrs Huntington, and Main Exhibit Room, 18-1 rich “ Spread Eagle 9 Figurehead , “U. S. S. Lancaster, 1858 MUSEUM erected to the memory of Collis Potter Huntington, founder of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. A winding road leads from the dam through the park to the westerly banks of Lake Maury where the present museum buildings are located. These buildings are of fireproof construction, and have displayed along the exterior walls a collection of anchors, each of which has been clearly documented with a plate giving a brief account of the ship from which the anchor was taken. In the main room is assembled a large collection of various ship models including merchant and armed vessels both foreign and American, and models of many ships which were constructed in the early days of this country. Mounted on the walls of this room are figure- heads, billet heads, cat heads, mast wortle, and other ornaments acquired in this country or abroad. Many oil paintings depicting subjects of naval interest decorate the walls, and on the floor are table and wall cases which contain navigational instruments, glass, and other objects recovered in 1934 from British warships sunk at the siege of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War. To the right of the main entrance is the center display room. Here are located miscellaneous maritime objects such as ships’ lanterns, telescopes, guns, and a collection of whaling instruments including a fully equipped New Bedford whaleboat. On the walls of this room is hung a collection of harbor prints in geographical sequence. An index chart is maintained so that a visitor may ascer- tain if the collection includes a print of a desired place either on the wall or in the files, and gives the location thereof. Assembled in the east display room are mariners ' and shipbuilders’ tools and articles of ships’ gear. Prints of Lake Jlaury near Boat House .Mariners’ .Museum T.ibrary MARINERS’ MUSEUM foreign harbors and ports are hung on the walls. Located in this room are multiplex display frames containing old documents and photographs of ships and shipyards, and a variety ol pressed flowers and leaves indigenous to this locality and collected in the park. Portraits of Mrs. Archer M. Huntington and of the Trustees of the Museum hang in the Directors’ Room, beyond which is located the photographer’s dark room and exhibit store room. South of the center display room is the Museum Library containing approximately 15,000 volumes. Cases containing the rare books line the walls, and the regular stacks occupy the center of the room. Beyond the read- ing room is the Librarian’s office, and here visitors are shown every consideration and assistance in locating desired volumes. Other points of interest of the Museum are the Model Shop and the court. In the Model Shop, miniature ships are constructed to scale, some of which are Fulton’s Clermont, the Frigate Jlerrimac, the Ironclad .Monitor, and the Dollar Liner President Cootidge. In the court are small boats from all parts of the world and interesting specimens of old cannon and heavy ship’s gear. Perhaps no museum in the world has expanded in its short time of existence as much as the Mariners ' Museum, and few are visited by more persons. In 1940, 54,000 people registered at the desk, these people representing every state in the Union as well as twenty-six foreign countries. Certainly it is living up to its charter: ”... a museum and library pertaining to nautical subjects, things, and interests, and otherwise to advance learning, the arts and sciences relating to or bearing on watercraft, the marine, and marine navigation. . .” Dugouts and Other Crajt, .Xorth Colonnade Some oj the Large Steamship .Models, Main Room NORTH CAROLINA SHIPYARD T HE shipbuilding scope of our Company was in- creased when a certificate of incorporation was granted on January 17, 1941, which created the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company with prin- cipal offices in Wilmington, North Carolina. This new company is a subsidiary ot and is owned bv the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company with the exception of the qualifying shares of the directors. Homer L. Ferguson has been elected Chairman ol the Board; Captain Roger Williams, President of the Company, and Karl I). Fernstrom, Vice-Presi- dent and General Manager. Mr. Ferguson is President of our Shipyard, Captain Williams is Executive Vice-President, and Air. Fernstrom is on leave of absence from the Alassachusetts Institute of Technology where he has been a professor since he left our yard in 1925. Other officers are Mr. R. I. Fletcher, Comptroller ; W. Graham Scott, Treasurer; George A. Parker, Secretary; T. L. Lanier, Assistant Comptroller; Paul A. Wilson, Assistant Treasurer; S. P. Ware, Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer. Wilmington is a city which in 1940 had a popula- tion of 32,980, and is in Southeastern North Caro- lina near the mouth of the Cape Fear River which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The new shipyard is several miles below the city on the east bank. The general layout of the Carolina Yard which occupies eightv-four acres of what was nothing but sand and pine is much like our own. Nine shipways lie to the north, and three outfitting piers lie to the south, both fronting on the narrow river which is less than a half mile wide. Between pier three and the outboard end of shipway number one only one hundred and sixty-five feet intervenes. Behind the piers and shipways are the outfitting buildings, platens or skids, railway tracks, mold loft, and essential buildings and facilities for constructing ships. The yard is about two thousand feet along the waterfront and one thousand five hundred feet deep. Many experienced apprentices are being sent from our yard to the North Carolina Subsidiary, and the goal of the Apprentice School and officials is to have about one hundred boys on hand to act as working quartermen. These apprentices serve for six months and are sent back to Newport News and rep laced, the plan being to round out the experience of as many boys as possible. The first group re- turned in December. Just outside the shipyard fence is a dormitory capable of housing eighty-five boys, although many live in town. It may be interesting at this point to know that the yard’s water supply is obtained from wells in the yard itself, and is considered to be superior to that of the city ol Wilmington. These boys who have helped to build and set into operation a new shipyard, and at the same time are contributing handsomely to the cause of National Defense, are considered vital factors in this con- struction, and are discharging their responsibilities magnificently. From Top lo Bottom: View oj Shipway No. 1 with Ship Francis .Marion under construction and three Tower Whirlers in operation Shipways and Power House Footings Photograph taken at the North Carolina Shipyard oj Shipway No. 1 looking ajl J tew showing work progressing on Platens, two Tower Whirlers m operation, Shipshed to right, , Main Office Building in distance m rear oj Tower Wturter 114 DUT OF THE PAST Photographs by Richard b. Poythress • ] 1 5 • I I i i ! i I ATHLETICS ' byi jy • I Mil in Jl Wm lfi APPRENTICE ATHLETIC BUILDING r j HE BUILDING ’ as it is commonly known to the Appren- tice Student Body, is a modern fireproof structure, built and owned by the students of the Apprentice School, and devoted primarily to sports. This building, which was first used on December 29, 1933, provides, in addition to its sports facilities, space for various club meetings such as Glee Club rehearsals. Monogram Club meetings, Alumni meetings, and other conferences and lectures. The students use this building for all types of activity, and as headquarters for football, basketball, baseball, and track, carry- ing a full schedule in each sport with suitable college opponents. It affords ample gym equipment, a basketball court, ping-pong tables, a pool table, space for volleyball, wres- tling, and showers. Leagues in volleyball, basketball, and softball are conducted in season. The school’s first minstrel was held here on April 6, 1937, and the first Commence- ment Exercises on January 14, 1938. Two years ago, the Apprentice Alumni Association presented the building with a United States Flag, and a Virginia State Flag, and recently placed in the lobby an electric clock designed to match the pan- eled walls. Anticipated in the near future are telescopic bleachers for both sides ol the gymnasium which will improve the seating capacity for all floor sports. Mrs. Edel Pullen Hostess • 117 • Frank M. Dobson, Director of Athletics g() MANY of the truly 1 ine tilings in the life of young men are embodied in their athletic games, and these games contain so much of matchless value in the rounding out of sound, wholesome character, that every effort should be made to preserve their great human opportunity to help in building a liner, stronger race ol mentally alert and cultivated men lit to be leaders and fathers of a nobler generation to come. Industry offers as rich a field for the development and application of these principles as is found in academic centers. Frank M. Dobson. • 118 • FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF: Gresham, Sweet, Simpson, Powers, Jenkins, Dobson, Ochs, Bryant JN HIS second year as head coach of the Apprentice Football Team, Coach Frank Dobson made the 1941 season the most successful for the school in many years. After losing the opener to a more powerful William and Mary eleven, the Maroons came back in their second game and fought their way to victory by defeating at home the remaining teams on the schedule, which were Fort Story, Hampden-Sydney College, Randolph-Macon College, ' Naval Apprentice School of Norfolk, Virginia, Roanoke College, Lenoir-Rhyne College, and the Fore River Apprentice School of Quincy, Massachusetts. Early in September the Apprentice Squad opened the season in Williams- burg where the William and Mary Indians won a decisive victory, 53 to 0. It appeared to be a bad year for the locals, but as time went on and other games were played, it was realized that the game with the Indians was just Football Squad — 1941 an unfortunate opener for the Apprentices. On the following Friday night the Appren- tices met Fort Story, a team composed of former college stars, and pro-gridiron players. In the second period, the visitors scored a safety, but the Maroons came back with a touchdown and an extra point, winning the game 7 to 2, the first home victory since 1939. In the third game of the season the Maroons defeated Hampden-Sydney College 22 to 20. Several times in the game the Tigers from Death Valley were leading, but each time the Apprentices forged ahead. These two home victories caused spirit to rise in the school as well as in the community, and capacity crowds were beginning to fill the stands. The Yellow- Jackets of Randolph-Macon College came to Newport News determined to break our winning streak, but this fourth game was little different from the others, the visitors losing 20 to 7. The following week we engaged the Norfolk Naval Apprentices. At the beginning of the fourth period, our team was leading 27 to 0, and decided to rest awhile. The rest was evi- Link Hanbury Ayers Stalnaker Collier Barsell Sargent Roulet O’Donnell Chappell • 120 Hoffman Henderson Johnson Lafoon Perry Murphy Stokes Evely Pendleton Crocker Rayfield Carmean Rama Stora POLICK Wetzler Dobson Hancock Nicholson Gayle 121 dently good for the Norfolk team, which ran up 14 points in that period. This team came to Newport News as the under- dog,” hut the type of football they played w r as clean and hard and they deserved what they made. Not in several years has the Apprentice School been victori- ous over Roanoke College. According to information from Roanoke, 1941 was to be no different, but at the close of the game, after being defeated 26 to 6, the visitors admitted that they had been defeated fairly and squarely by a stronger team. Lecture During Spring Practice “Ulysses,” (the Mascot dbove: Cheerleaders Zbinder, Kinney, Pfaff Davidson, Ayres, Cohen (Head Cheerleader) Below: Managers Phillips, Broad, Crocker With five victories behind them, the Shipbuilders were con- fident in facing Lenior- Rhyne, although the opponents held the edge. For three quarters both teams threatened, but it was not until the fourth period of the game when the Appren- tices started an aerial attack that any score was made. In this period, we were able to score two touchdowns to win 14 to 0. The final game of the season was one with a fighting team from the Fore River Apprentice School. The Yankees came here with a determination to even things up for the two games lost to us in 1939 and 1940, but their fight was not enough. The Apprentice School won by the score of 25 to 6. Thus ended one of the most successful seasons ever expe- rienced by an Apprentice Football Team. They played good football and were on the big end of the scores. In 1942 another season similar to the past one is expected. By graduation the team will lose Brinn, Gayle, Sargent, and Ravfield, but others will be there to replace these players. With the team that will be out next year, and wi th Mr. Dobson to coach them, the school is expecting to have an undefeated season in football. • 122 • BASKETBALL C oach Edwin Cootie” Allmond ' s fighting five” played a twenty-game schedule last year, winning eleven and losing nine. The team worked together with the same fine precision that has always characterized Apprentice teams, but the going was a little tough at times, owing to the loss of several veterans. Members of the team were Jesse Cooper, Jack Perry, Elmon Scott, Jimmy Baxter, Ernie McDermon, Garland Massie, Joe Mitchell, Alex Combs and Billy Stephenson. The manager was Buck” Soter, assisted by H. B. West who also kept the records for the season. The assistant coaching post was ably handled by Willard Warren. Coach Edwin “Cootie” Allmond I I s College of William and Mary Virginia Polytechnic Institute High Point College Navy Yard Apprentice School College of William and Mary (Norfolk Division) Texaco Oilers Naval “Boots” Naval “Boots” Navy Yard Apprentices College of William and Mary (Norfolk Division) Medical College of Virginia Randolph-Macon College Hampden-Sydney College Randolph-Macon College Langley Field Medical College of Virginia Hampden-Sydney College Westinghouse Apprentices Langley Field Roanoke College Score Score . 47 Apprentice School . . . . 39 Apprentice School . . . 41 . 42 Apprentice School . . . 36 . 25 Apprentice School . . . 49 . 25 Apprentice School . . . 32 Apprentice School . . . 48 . 52 Apprentice School . . . 46 Apprentice School . . . 41 . 51 Apprentice School . . . 43 . 41 Apprentice School . . . 31 . 37 Apprentice School . . . 40 . 32 Apprentice School . . . 33 . 46 Apprentice School . . . 36 . 36 Apprentice School . . . 26 . 37 Apprentice School . . . 32 . 28 Apprentice School . . . 41 . 35 Apprentice School . . . 56 Apprentice School . . . 65 . 38 Apprentice School . . . . 44 . . 54 Apprentice School . . . . 42 Basketball Squad — 1941 • 123 • Cale Hutchins Austin McGhee Apprentice basketball teams have been good ever since “awav back in the beginning when Pop Lamkin used to put the boys through their paces on the Y. M. C. A. court. Successful seasons have been the rule rather than the exception, and championship cups have, one by one, found their rightful place among the school’s many athletic trophies. We might, for example, mention the squad of ’39-’40, which took a furiously fought battle from the Texaco Oilers to win the Eastern Division of the State A. A. U. In Roanoke, competing for the state title, the A’s had won one game and lost one when the tournament was called oft because of inadequate court fa- cilities. The year before an equally successful season had been recorded, with the Gold and Maroons winning over everyone and losing only in the final play-off for the State A. A. U. crown. Although Eastern Division Championships have been plenti- ful, only one team has ever won through to take the state title. This was the never-to-be-forgotten squad of 57- ’38, consisting of Patrick, Carpenter, Dwyer, Heath, Baxter, Spangler and Hamilton. These mighty cagers smashed through all opposition, and went down only after tangling with the Oklahoma City Teachers College in the National A. A. U. play-offs in Denver, Colorado. There is a good possibility that this year’s team, too, will prove itself as worthy as any of the past. Having lost f rom its ranks only one veteran, Guard Jimmy Baxter, and having ac- quired much new blood from the increased attendance of the Apprentice School, there is no reason why a great season should not be in store. Twenty games will be played. Fifteen have been definitely scheduled and five are pending. McDermon Cooper Sokol • 124 • Ayers Jan. 3 7 10 14 17 21 24 28 Feb. 5 7 11 18 20 21 25 Virginia Polytechnic Institute Here Naval Training Station Here College of William and Mary (Nor. Div.) Here Langley Field Here Medical College of Virginia Here Langley Field 1 here College of William and Mary (Nor. Div.) There Norfolk Apprentices Here Medical College of Virginia There Norfolk Apprentices There Randolph-Macon College Here Westinghouse Apprentices Here Hampden- Sydney College 1 here Randolph-Macon College There Hampden-Svdney College Here Perry Switzer Massif. H. Scott E. Scott • 125 • These teams played good baseball despite the fact that the practice periods were limited. For the Maroons McLaurine and Perry hit .400 while Stephens and Shaver hit .361 and .315, respectively. Chappell of the Golds led both teams with the excel- lent average of .432 and was followed by Russell .395, Noble .324 and Wheeley .318. E B A L gASEBALL holds the interest of a large number of students in the spring and, unlike most colleges, carries on all summer. The school was repre- sented by two teams in the city league — the Maroons and the Golds — and the former participated in the play-offs for the city championship. Due to the illness of Coach Hoffman, who for years has handled the national sport, Lin wood Bunting, former appren- tice athlete, coached the Maroons, and Clayton Steele of High Point College was the Gold mentor. Coach R. P. “Dutch” Hoffman Hancock, McLaurine and Chappell connected for home runs — Chappell with 12, Stephens with 1 1, and Russell with 10, led in runs batted in. In stolen bases the leaders were Hancock 9, McLaurine 8, and Hanbury 7. Perry, Bunting and Long turned in fine pitching performances for the Maroons, the former pitching a one hit game. Rama, Hanbury and Wheeley carried the pitching burden for the Golds. ' i Front Row, T.ejl to Right: Steele, Taylor. Nobles, Threewitts, Rowe, Sawyer (Manager), White, Russell, Nunnally, Long, Dwyer, B. Chenault. Johnson, and Jaunting Second Row: Stephens, Shaver, McLaurine, Anderson, Rama, Hancock, Baldree, Moore, Worrell, Perry, Serio (Assistant Manager) 1 ' hird Row : Chappell, Cash, Goodwin, Wheeley, Winall, and Parks 1 2G m TRACK ( RANVILLE GRESHAM’S track team partici- pated in four meets and made the best showing in points scored since track was made a major sport. In the opening meet of the year the Apprentice Team defeated Randolph-Macon College and Norfolk Division of William and Mary College in a triangular affair. The Apprentices scored 51 points, Randolph- Macon 4 7 1 3 , and William and Mary 37 . The following week at Norfolk, Hampden-Sydney College led with 66 points in another triangular meet, while we scored 50 to William and Mary’s 36. Cath- olic University defeated us 75 to 51 and Wake Forest College outscored us 76 to 49 2 . Coach Gresham developed much new material during the season and new records were made in the high jump by McDermon and in the two mile run by Nunn. The school records follow: 100 Yard Dash J. W. Gresham 10.1 Sec. 1935 220 Yard Dash P. F. Shaver, Jr. 22.4 Sec. 1936 440 Yard Dash J. W. Gresham 51 Sec. 1935 880 Yard Run J. W. Gresham 2 Min., 3 Sec. 1935 Mile J. C. Sinclair 4 Min., 47.7 Sec. 1935 2 Mile W. V. Nunn, Jr. 1 1 Min., 27 Sec. 1941 High Hurdles J. L. Hyatt 16.2 Sec. 1934 Low Hurdles B. E. Garrett 26.5 Sec. 1940 Shot Put J. L. Whitmer 39 Ft., 9y 2 In. 1935 Discus J. F. Jackson 123 Ft., 5 2 In. 1940 Javelin J. F. Jackson 169 Ft. 1940 Broad Jump C. H. Spangler 22 Ft., 2 In. 1935 High Jump E. M. McDermon, Jr. 6 Ft. 1941 Pole Vault 0. R. Flickinger 12 Ft. 1940 V k Coach Granville “Granny” Gresham First Row, Lejt to Right: Massie, Scho.mburg, Yates, Flickinger, Wenzel, White, McDermon Second Row:] Sanders, Chenault, Brooking, Polick, Covington, Mayo, Holloman, Henley Third Row: Granville Gresham (Coach), Buck, and Managers King and Bull • 127 I I i r I ’’HE history of the Apprentice Golf Team does not 1 date so tar back, but it has achieved much recog- nition in its short time of existence. The first team appeared in 1958 through the efforts of the late “Dick Hamilton. 1 Ins team went through a very good season, winning tour, tying two, and losing only two out of an eight-game schedule. 1 he Apprentice School, in having use of the James River Country Club tor practice and all home matches, is in- debted to Mr. J. C. Sterling, Coach of the team. Total 9 -y 2 Total I oday the Apprentice Golfers engage many of the leading colleges in the East. Some of the schools that have appeared on our schedule are William and Mary, Washington and Lee, Virginia Militarv Insti- tute. Davidson, Catawba, Boston College, Ohio State, Fordham University, Penn University, and Boston University. 1 he Apprentice Team, composed of young out- standing golfers in the school, includes Harrv Wheeler, Junius Rappold, James Simpkins. Claude Eley and Robert Blair, who also doubles as manager. All Apprentice lettermen are ready for next year’s schedule, except Bobby Blair who graduates; however the Apprentices are looking forward to a very successful 1942 season. 1941 Schedule and Results Apprentice 7 Here Apprentice 14 There Apprentice 9 There Apprentice 7y 2 Here Apprentice 7 I here Apprentice 15 There Apprentice 18 Here Apprentice 11 Here Ohio State U ni versify a. Military Institute Washington Lee Univ. Boston College Davidson College Catawba College Fordham University Catawba College 10 7 9 1 ?y 2 14 5 5 6 Lejt to Right: Rappold Ei.ey Blair Wheeler Simpkins • 128 • WRESTLING T HE Apprentice School had its first wrestling team in 1935, coached by “Old N umber 9” Chamberlin. The following year Coach Joe Tilghman became the mentor. Under his leadership the team fared very well. 1 hey were twice runners-up for the State A. A. U. title, defeated only by a very small margin. During this time quite a number gained recognition as good wrestlers. A few of these are: Barton Barker, who participated in Olympic tryouts and also won the State A. A. U. Crown in 1939; Benjamin Carmean, State A. A. U. Champion, and Allen Arculin, State A. A. U. Champion. In 1940 Barton Barker became coach of the team. During the past two seasons we have been meeting some of the best wrestling teams in the South. The fel- lows on the team have shown a definite will to win. However, win or lose, they have always put up a good fight. Led by Tommy Morgan and Bill Clendenen we expect the Wrestling Team to go far in the future: Coach, Barton Barker; Assistant Coach, B. G. Carmean and F. B. Gall; Manager, Leslie Moore; Assistant Managers, David Brenner and Kenneth Snyder. Coach Barton Barker 1 1941 Results Apprentices 10 W. L. University ... .26 0 Appal. St. Teach. Col.. .29 2 N. C. State College. . . .27 15 Central Y. M. C. A 13 1942 1942 January 3 Here Intersquad Meet January 10 Here Washington Lee University January 17 There Appalachian State Teachers’ College January 24 Here Norfolk Y. M. C. A. January 31 There North Carolina State College February 7 Here Petersburg High School os. Reserves February 14 Here Langley Field February 21 There Norfolk Y. M. C. A. February 28 There Langley Field Front Ron’.- Bartley, J e s s e e, Morgan, Huffman, Ahearn Second Row: Coach Gall, Smith, Hum- phries, Rountree, Ayers, Dyke, Farmer Third Row: Moore (Manager), Leaman, Donahue, Clen- denen, Rea, Lane, Abrahamson, Coach Barker • 129 FENCING i i Lejt to Right: Loftis, Wright, Meeham, Ashe Absent Jrom Picture: McCreary, Osborne, Langslow, Brown, and McAlexander HE Fencing Team is the “Baby” of the school’s athletic program. Only three years old, it has made remarkable progress on the road to an inter- collegiate excellency rating. What last season’s fencers might have lacked in finesse they certainly made up in brilliancy of attack, and their enthusiasm for the sport was boundless. The squad will lose by graduation only one veteran, Captain Earl Meehan, and will retain the services of such stalwarts as Laird Lottis, W illiam Ashe, James McCreerv and W illiam Osborne. Coached by Mr. Lewis Parsons, who has been a master of the art since studying it m England an increasingly dextrous with the outstanding team this season. The proposed schedule includes teams of the calibre of W illiam and Mary, Wash- ington and Lee, University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Langley Field, the Norfolk Naval Base, and pos- sibly the University of North Carolina. Belgium, the boys have become foils and are certain to have an Parsons Coach Lewis S. po° • 131 • T I i “Coxger MacIntire Apprentice • Private - Corporal - Lieutenant, all in one year At the Xavy-Xotre Dame Game Summer Vacation Cheek to Cheek Three Gents oj Leisure “Xe tie was a lady . . . Wading ” Jor the Sunrise What! Xo Toothpaste? Jam Session New Dorm under Construction ■1 ■■■Vi 1 1 ii Whoops! f „ « , VJ 1 m J , 1H J-i tw. .v .. W T i fa .. . ' s. 1 6i 1 ' fe ( B ] f A i ‘ { ilk— — 1 . iaiiKL , U i k Bk V Hk tei Whoops! Whoops! Secretarial Staff a! 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