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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But, as so many good things are, graduation week was over all too quickly and once again we shoved off to sea. and to those far away places. ' llowever. we didnxt really push off too far at all. Our first port of call was Cape May, New jul-say and what a time we had - once we got there. The Coast Cuard goes through surf and storm and howling gale but, by golly, we go nowhere in the fog. On the weekend that we were to depart for Cod's Countryv a big fog rolled into New London and our Private Planesv couldnit land, take off, Hy, or anything else that planes are supposed to do. But finally the sun shone through and after about a million attempts to go, we finally made it. To look at us you,d have thought it was National Boy Scout WVeek, but deep down in- side we were still cadets. At Cape May, we learned all about the inner workings and hidden mechanisms of the M-I rifle and .45 pistol and even how to fire them. Cui' stay at the rifle range was about a week and besides having a lot of fun, we learned a lot about rifles and firing procedure, so weill be able to tell the Marines how, just in case the Navy ever becomes a part of the Coast Cuard. Sit tight, Chris, we just started moving 'nf-1 Maybe we'll leave this time, huh, Frank? But just to be serious for a minute, we all hope and pray that that day will never come and what we learned at Cape May will just be a pleasant memory and experience. Having been in jersey a couple of days we soon found that it really wasnit uCod,s Country after all. The mosquitoes werenit big, they were huge. After our first night time raid, it was unanimously decided to bolt the racks to the deck so the cockroaches wouldnit carry them away. The two stripes on our dungarees really im- pressed the boys at the Cape. In fact they were so impressed that the recruit messcooks wanted us to stand at parade rest and in a straight line. However after a few soft spoken words were directed their way, they decided to leave us alone. But before we leave Cape May for our sum- mer cruise, this history wouldn,t be complete if I didnit mention our world famous, All- American rowing team. In the annals of Coast Cuard History their adventures will be recorded and unequalled Cthis last clause is certain be- cause of the increased concern shown towards cadets by commissioned officersb. But never-the-less our heroes survived after being restricted for a day and in body the class of ,58 finally embarked on their second class cruise. 27