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

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i . Gosh! This' tiring is impossible From north, south, east, and West they came. Puzzled, unsure, and scared, the class of 1958 With suitcases in one hand and appointments in the other entered the South Cate to start their four year siege at C. C. A. As We entered Chase Hall We soon heard the noises which would soon become so com- mon. The pounding of feet in double time through the corridors, KHey Mister, square that VVlzat the fooPPPP 20 ,Z . .2 W ' ' ,f 1 1. . ,M , .. . ,,,., Mg Rudolph the . . . cornerf' i'Brace Upf MSVVABQM and KYes Sir, No Sirf, This organized confusion soon became a three hundred and sixty-five day operation called a Kstormfp But life Wasnlt so bad after all - We got shots in both arms and other secret places, oversized Whites and sailor hats, special jobs to perform like the ever broke canteen orderly, or may- be if you Were senior man, you were Gheadn orderly. But alas-the food was great?- once you got used to three squares a day. Time marched on and so did Swab Sum- mer. We learned basic seamanship, standing at attention, Coast Cuard History, standing at attention, a short cruise, and more standing at attention. Just as We were getting used to the Cadet Way of life, the gods that rule threw a block at us, the upper class returned and our first academic term started. Since uprogress is our most important product, in we waded. N ow besides existing, there were things to do. stud- ies to study, jokes to tell Cupon requestl. and projects to be performed, and most of all 'cthings to be famous forf, But confinement didnlt last forever. Through the Admiralls Tea Dance and the Connecticut College Reception, we made those social con- tacts so necessary for life here at the Academy. In fact Usome were for better or worse as that old non-bachelor story goes. By now we were well into the swing of things. NVc got to know our classmates better and the number of 'iDear js.,rm's reached an all time high - Ahl C1-st la vie.

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Iris OK, Ike. Foe got eoeryrlzing under control. . Sir, Fm sorry I stepped on your Shine H ere we sit like birds in the wilrlerness- For excitement we went to football games, formals, fifteen cent rnovies, and those who were socially unacceptable rnade restricted- inenis formation. But soon our first leave was here and we all gave thanks for Thanksgiving. Those who lived close enough to get home left and dragged along those who lived too far away. The folks at home were horrified at our tales of unbelievable hardships and unequalled injustices, of bold and daring adventures per- formed on our short cruise, but under it all we were proud of our new uniforms and cadetship. Leave was over all too quickly and back to the ,grind we came. Then came December with its black cloud of finals and they took their toll. We said goodby, with much regret, to new found friends but the cloud was to retum many times before we graduated. Now exams were over and Christmas time was upon us. The Academy held its annual Christmas Tree lighting and the girls from Connecticut College came down to sing to us. At sixteen hundred hours Cproper nautical talkj our bags were packed and we left for a well earned fourteen day rest. Santa came and so did the new year and once again we were back on three inches in the mess hall. But things were brighter, we were now on the down-hill leg. Now instead of football games, we sat through exciting tilts on the basketball courts and letis not forget the old standbys, - the formals, the movies, and Qsighl restricted-menis formations. Now on the Swab horizon loomed the big day- 100th day. WVith eager minds, many plans for revenge were thought, rethought, calculated, and recalculated. At last the big day arrived. Submarines put out to sea, the National Cuard was activated, S. A. C. was in the air. Everyone wondered if we were under attack. No - It was just us. Into a twenty-four hour period we crowded a whole year of uswab miseryv upon our upper class. But after 100th day came 99th day -or the day the worm turned fback again D . Now the time was getting shorter, gradua- tion was the byword of the first class and we opened up our closets at every opportunity to see the new gold diagonal stripe sewn on our uniform jackets,