United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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■ B edi cation Words, when set down on paper as these are, are hierogly- phics of meaningless value unless the reader attunes his brain lo the message which the writer Irishes to convey. With this in mind we set ourselves to the difficult job of telling in this insufficient space, of the irorth and accomplishments of the man to whom ire all look in adnnration and respect. Merely to talk with him inspires confidence — his whole per- sonality breathes assurance, dynamic force, optimism. In his po iiio)i at the head of the Acaden y organization he has per- formed ironders in the habilitation of a raw neic Reservation and has infected lasting enthusiasm into every one of our activi- ties, in a direct and tangible manner. And so. realizing our inadequacy in truly expressing our gratitude, ire humbly dedicate this unworthy volume lo CAPTAIN RANDOLPH RIDGELY. JR.

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PRE FACE Tf HE CLASS OF 1933, since the day of its inception in to the Academy, has been, to say the least, a singular class. It has run the gauntlet of change in many and varied forms. Witness the changes in ac- ademic and executive staff, yea, even unto the super- intendent, the initiation of drill periods in earnest, together with an altogether new system of class and Academy government, the substitution of a four year course for our breathless three, the countless modifications and ab- solute changes in the Regulations, the alterations in aca- demic and cruise routines, the long-awaited transition from our old, well-known, ghost-haunted. Fort Trumbull to a resplendent and oh! so solid new academy, the Depression - - - ! We could go on, but we hesitate in confusion; we are becoming slightly tongue-tied. And so, with the above serving partly as an apology and partly as a reason, and with bated breath, we ardently assure you, with racing heart, we offer this hiatus in our reasoning, this, our brain ? child, TIDE RIPS ' 33.