US Naval Reserve Midshipmens School - Capstan Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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G-. Ens K H Hlebsch USNR Zenda Kan Soullzweslem Collcgf 43 I? Ens. F. D. Winder, USNR 47 Washington St. Meriden, Conn. Tale, '42 Ens. P. L. Martin, USNR Waterloo, Ind. Indiana Central, V13 ESQUIRE Firm Mate Higgins, Pm placing you infull command Q' the shfl E371 Zn ,

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amage Conirof '-,.2'-A nv! Y - ., V X, ..- g :.. , ,-.f-4.-.--U, . ,q : . ' . . Ax., .Q :ff LT. K. G. PEARCE, USNR 1419 S. Knoxville St, Tulsa, Okla. As head of the Damage Control department, Mr. Pearce came to Notre Dame in September of 1942 from his civilian position as mechanical and construction engi- neer for the Carter Oil company, a subsidiary of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. Mr. Pearce served in the Navy from 1929 to 1930 when he received an appointment to the Naval Academy. Shortly after his graduation from Annapolis he resigned his commis- sion and went on inactive duty. He was ordered here immediately upon returning to active duty. Lt. Cjgj B. P. Hayden, USNR Ens. B. Kubish, USNR 306 S. Webster St. 109 Collins St Saginaw, Mich. Hannibal, Mo U. S. Nazwal Academy, '38 U. qf MZ-.YIOZIVI-, 47 Ens. A. Rookus, jr., USNR Ens. E. S. Fleming, USNR 12153 Northlawn Avc. lvlintcr City, Miss i Detroit, Micli. flffillmfu, '42 U. :yt Ilfficlulgnn, '42 ,ar- at Ens. W. C. Smith, USNR Ens. Roloff, USNR Ens. B. lVIcCulloch, USNR Ens. R, H. Pcrinc, USNR 80 Seventh Ave. 418 E. Van Beck Ave. 630 Dartmouth Place Norwood Addition San Francisco, Cal. Milwaukee, Wis. Evanston, Ill. Eastland, Texas Smnfordf 737 U- Qf Ilvifcomhl, '57 DP!!!-J'lIlZ U., '43 E. 'YP'.x'z1r Sl. Ten. Cnlfr' P f36 l

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amage . Lion frof QRPEDO wakes and screaming dive bombers, A.P.'s and Thin-Walls, have no terror for. Mid- shipman Gish, J. S., who has mastered the com- plications of C.--he's been informed. A thou- sand miles from that legendary part of this earth called the sea and from anything even faintly approaching the histrionic curves in Plate I, he has arrived at a point where he can keep a ship, con- verted into a sieve by shells, floating and lighting. The first month wasjust a series of lines . seen, unseen, ridiculous, pediculous, imaginary, phe- nomenal, incomprehensible lines. He gazed rap- turously at Daliesque blocks and drew . . . but never happened to ascertain what was, or what was imagined to be, there. Then he was given new provocation for beating his bean against a bulkhead, and climbing pipes as well as trees. Definitions . . . from the super- structure deck down to the most obscure rivet in the hold . . . from the rabbet in the stem, or nearby, to the what's-it on the aft end. By this time he began to feel quite salty and prided himself on being a real man-oi-war's man. But about this time Plate II arrived, and Stanis- laus got completely tangled in formulae . . . Great Lakes began to beckon. Then the sun rose in the East . . . l38l iWith stations manned and guns in position, Joe, as a real old salt, damned the torpedoesn and any other paltry pellets which might blast holes in his ship's side. Joe got on the ball . . . in fact he tried to keep two steps in front of the ball if at all possible. Center of gravity pushes idown, and buoyancy pushes up. Sheer, is longitudinal, and camber is transverse .' and donttforget the metacenter. - Yes, Joe gave the blarst'd course a beating, and makstad the bloody sciencef' if such it might be called . . . but manyls the'Saturday night he spent 4, f Fr' if ,. My 1.: 12,1 - , .uf . I ff ' . J.-. .' 2 ff .. . ,, .......f....,s--.. probing stability, access, compartmentation . . . after detouring into dendrology the previous week. It's been a delightful mess and Joe understands it all now, but, while he will perform his duty to the best of his ability, how joe wishes he had volun- teered for a billet where D. C. is unnecessary. Even amphib couldn't be as bad as studying Plate Il for tons of displacement under infra-red light when sixteen inchers are whistling past the quarterdeck. i