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

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PAUL POWERS PEREZ Hollywood, California World traveller, lecturer, and adventurer. Rusty hails from anywhere. Went to school in England and still talks like it. In 19.36-1939 he sailed around the world in a schooner receiving his higli school education afloat. Since then he has spent his time living the cosmopoHtan life and telling people how they keep warm in Petropavlovsk and what Senegalese fisliermen use for hait. There ' s nothing Rusty likes lietter than a good discussion, if only the others would keep still and let him do the talking. He really has a good command of the language or vice-versa. The fenimes would call it a whale of a line, and from the results it hrings, it could easily he classed as such. Being in the lower fifth of the class hasn ' t cured him of the helief that he ' s a horn intellectual, mainly hecause he is. Goes in for the finer things in tlio way of music, literature, food, and entertainment. Bums only tlic higher-grade brands of cigarettes, for in- sta nce. As a nu inl)cr of the SUKF N ' STt)RM ])oard of control, Paul was the fifty word man who filled in the cndiarrassing gaps just hefore deadline time. Seldom got a by-line, liut a lot of his copy went into the zinc. Outside of sailing, his main atliletic activity was trying to convince certain memhers of the Strength- through-Joy dei artment that he wasn ' t gold-hricking. lie finally became a wrestler in desperation.

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PAUL REED PEAK, JR. Denver, Colorado Paul is a proof of the theory that the best way to succeed in life is to get plenty of sleep. He learns more in class fast asleep than most of us do awake, and spends his study hours writing letters. But he has maintained an average for three years that kept him in the top ten. Occasionally wakes up in class long enough to argue witli the instructor: But, sir, that doesn ' t make sense. A good looking guy with a pleasant smile, Paul is popular with girls, but he ' s been engaged since way back. Writes to New Haven daily, and not only plans on getting married graduation, but has already got the license, ring and bridal suite lined up. Studies psychology to he able to argue with his psychologist fiancee. Easy going and good natured, his only peeves are physical education and jjeing prevented from catching the 1:17 to New Haven. He possesses one of the largest pipe collections in Chase Hall and is only happy with one in his mouth and his feet on the desk. His classmates like him to the extent of voting him into Class Presidency, and you can be sure that he ' s one of the guys that we will be able to boast of Knowing way hack when.

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LILBOURN AMOS PHARRIS, JR. Medford, Massachusetts Egad — another character! An able substitute for a diaphone or an oc- cuhing buoy, L. A. is as potent on the gridiron as he is doped off in class. He has received worthy recognition on Ijotji of these achievements, i.e.. Little All- American Squad of ' 42 and the papsheet. His two main andiitions are to beat Parks to the punch line and to collect femmes like the Fox does, but he has no more chance of doing either than he has of knocking out The Flight of the Bumblebee on that ripe cornet of his. He just can ' t understand women — just when he begins to Ijelieve that he ' s on the inside track, she ' ll suddenly detect his resemblance to Jack Oakic, and another Able turns out to be a solid Fox. Nevertheless, there ' s not a bigger snake in the class — a veritable walking Conn College directory. That combined side-splitting guffaw and pained expression are also highly remindful of his Hollywood doulde. Tiie most puzzling mystery of all is how he maintains his academic standing. If he ' s not caulked off, he ' s arguing with the Fox (Ex: — Now Fox, let ' s not have any harsh words ) and studying is perpetually out of the question. Principal vices are snoring like an outboard motor, pizza eating, and contributing largely to the monthly rent installments of the Club K. He retired from the ring wlien the I.B.A. outlawed the cross-body block and the flying mare.