United States Merchant Marine Academy - Midships Yearbook (Kings Point, NY)

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 m phed the sea. ffis i otiyes have dried the sanjfe. With fl progi ss it have improved, red u hi sonie- lot eliminating theim The Jot and n recent years. Todayyhis profes- (et, in man ways, the actual man, n away from his home, his family, ysocie% his liipmates. He faces. Since the dawn of history, man h varied but the hazards have always rei of y ijizajtion, Jiis vessels and. equipm lrtat%he dangers of his occupation, bii His world, is a tossing; li seaman has improved Jteadilyl: sion requires both skill and kn 1 1 the seaman, has not changed. his friends. His world is a tossing hull; his ; the fury of the elements as does no other man. Iiv this modern world; equipped as it is with instant communication, nuclear power, a world on the threshold of space, the sea is still virtually unknown. Its past, its future, its inhabitants, its very nature, remain shrouded in mystery. On this vast void, covering two-thirds of the earth’s surface, this last frontier of science, the seaman makes his home.

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to those individuals and organizations who helped make the United States Merchant Marine Academy a permanent institution.

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