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

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Tacking .... o This launched our first inter-class struggle. A crisis had arisen, and in a class meeting not to be forgotten, the pro ulighthousev people en- gaged the pro 'iflagv people and the issue came to blows. After much serious debate and rea- sonable conversation the crisis was overcome, and we were still a solid group. But life settled back to normal and in March our miniatures arrived and it was a happy day when we all went up to the rec-room to pick them up. In our third class year we also had the sad duty of saying good-by to our class advisor Mr. Brockaway. It was with heavy hearts that we held the class meeting to present, to one of the best, a little token of our appreciation for all he did for us. Third class year was highlighted by the greatest discovery of man since the wheel. Quite by accident a group of sturdy adven- turers forded the river and claimed a plot of ground which is near and dear to the hearts of all the members of the Class of 1958. Since the founding of this land of pleasure, the hazardous route has been the scene of many pilgrimages and happy visions. Also, just to keep in step with our college friends and so as to not be outdone, we formed a fraternity. Good old 'CTABH - which of course stood for - i'Those Duty-bound Boysf, VV e had a lot of fun third class year but there were moments of sadness too. Again the ucold axn of final exams took their share and we were getting smaller and smaller. This was a year of changes too. The system was altered from a quarterly system to a two semester set up and they even went and changed the academic curriculum. But the cruelest and most crushing blow, was the abol- ishment of second-class summer. So the boys of fifty-eight prepared to go on the second of three long cruises. What salty people we were going to be. For a while we were without an advisor, but the situation soon changed. Lt. Cassidy was elected by us to H11 the job and has been great. As we neared the end of our third class year another crisis arose. What kind of a record player should we buy? The Hi-Fi enthusiasts snowed us all with fancy terms and technical words and the class forked over money for their biggest purchase of all times. Two hundred dollars for a Webcor Hi-Fi record player. Before we knew it, our second graduation week was upon us, and what a time we had. f v.: ,sa t ji' 4 .4 s , , 1 J My ' 2 I ff I My , A ' 1 if ,H av' Q ' .l ' if ' f I 1 idx: pf N0-body loves me 25

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F raternitg Meeting In September we started our second year of Academy life. Boy! what a change. We now had a rec-room, VVednesday liberty, free- domfl? - and POVVER. It was wonderful - but Oh! those studies, where did they come from? This was the transitional period from in- human to possibly human??? It didnft take long to stop squaring corners, and to occupy a full seat was no task at all. In the rec-room we got to know our class- mates better, in fact you might say that the rec- room was the melting pot, the arena of life. There was an activity for every taste, wres- tling, yelling, singing, talking, smoking, and all the popular music - borrowed from across the hall. The year was spent in many ways. The first half of the year, under the watchful eyes of the second class, we learned how to be upper classmen. This consisted of marching swabs into walls, over curbs, and being calm about the whole operation. Also we learned how to growl and practiced for hours in front of mirrors to get the proper twist of the mouth -which sort of resembled that of a not-so-fierce bull dog. But all was not business. The social events were still around. In this respect life hadnjt changed too much. Still the best date for a cadet Cor at least towards the end of the monthl was the good old fifteen cent movie and the formal. Gur class was off for bigger and better things??? and our First undertaking was the choosing of a design for our class rings. 24 Stir, a little something fo remember us by Public Iinvnzif if!

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