US Naval Training School at Harvard University - All Hands Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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till you get tlte yellow Fever needleln . . . VVl1icl1 arm did tlwey stab tltis time? . . . Both etc. Yet all of us came tlwrouglw, from small-pox to tetanus, and learned to take vvliat we lcnew was really a minor unpleasantness compared to sltrapnel in tlwe belly. We tool4 some pleasure, too. At Training Sclwool tlwere Was a little time For tlte Hliglwter side. llwrouglw our Executive Qtlicers, Statl Qflicers and tlwe student body itself tlwere was organized extra-curricular activity, extending from Glee Club, company baseball and rifle teams, to musical comedy relwearsalsi Tlwere were tlwe mass trips to Wellesley dances, vvitlw student otlicers in Uslwore leave dressi' . . . eaclw one a member of a ltand- Y 5 4 some band of brothers , iourneys to tlwe Navy Yard, tlwe nooks and crannys ot tlwe Qtticersi Clubs tlwere and in Boston tovvn,tlwe glittering Regimental Ball, and open-ltouse vvitlw punclt and pulclwritude at Plwillips Brooks l-louse. And mellovving Friendships tl'trougl'm the progressing days. S29

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Amongst other incidental information obtained during our lndoctrination there were the following items which need not be dwelt upon but which should be briefly mentioned here: the pointers gained from the moving picture entitled facetiously ul-low to 'falce Care of Yourself After l-laving Reached the Age of puberty . . . a filml, facts gleaned from positive memorization of The Watch Qfficers' Guide, including all punctuation and the index, how to eat with no time or room to eat in, how to yell :Now 'ei hear this in order to be heard on the fifth Udeclci' of Matthews,-how to rearrange furniture and personal belongings in your ucabinu in order to please the most fastidious Inspecting Qfficersi and how to conduct yourself with military bearing although on watch. All this and much more too was involved in our naval education here. There were times when exhaustion from so many hours filled with real duties was more than we thought we could talce. Yet we took it, didn't report too many blisters or fevers to sick bayi' and were both pleased and proud not to, since we soon found our- selves feeling better than ever we had in civilian life. Nliraculously we were ready for more. We got more, and reminded ourselves that on ship-board we would get more than that, and lilce itl Then by sections we were off to the Dispensary for shots . . . The third typhoid is worstn . . . iiWait 28

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ln leaving the l'larvard Naval Training School we are taldng with us to many corners oi a chaotic world the background ol organization and discipline, lcnowledge and tradition, good-fellowship and courtesy which has been insufficiently touched upon in the preceding paragraphs. The photographs which Follow will help crystallize remembrance. lt there has been levity in presenting some of these reminiscences it is not intended to reflect upon the training we have received, For naval ollicers, more than men in any other profession, must be able to see and laugh at the humor, the comedy and the absurdities with which late in general and naval lite in particular are so Filled. ln conclusion we might suggest that the Axis rush to its Hllag bag and Hbreal4 out on its highest truclcn the signal EMERGE 36Ol ll ALL HANDS are coming . . . from the deep South and from Oregon, from Vermont and California . . . each one with simple Faith and great determination. V lg