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

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A Mariner becomes A Man The Ancient Mariner Knows The Mother Ocean Like The back Of Mis Wrinkled. Calloused hand—A Poad-Map Of Mis Incongruous Past. The Light Of Each Passing Day Clows In Circles Over The Morizon. bringing With Night The Endless Pinholes Of Cod's Guiding Light. The Sea Molds Such Wonderous bounty—And The Struggle And Day-Long Survival Of Man's Will. The Kaleidoscope Of Colors That Lights The Morning Sky. The Creat face Of The Sun Straining To Mide Its Way behind The Line Of Morizon's Vision. These Are The Things That fill The Days Of The Sailor's Life. Not A Day Goes by That A Man Doesn't Thank Mis Creator for The Wonderment That Is Mis Life. To Know No bounds. To Peach beyond All Possible Limits. To Peer Closely Inside One s Self And find The Strength In The Darkest Of Storms. This Is What being A Man Is All About. I Maven't Stood Like A Man for So Long Now. I fear I Mave Surrendered My Pights To Pursue My Destiny. I fee! The Sea Calling Me. Stirring Inside Me The Passions Of A Million Wave-Swept Years. The Desires Of The Ancient Pekindled flames. Now Glowing With The Love For Life. God. I Wish I Were Sailing Again! -C. Minton

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PHOTO: TIM WHALEN Clockwise from above: 93 - first company up for the march Colo- raising the 1 Ensign; plebes; Class of 93 nel Bogey; and a little lunch formation during showing their spirit dur- sailing practice in Long the Fall; sunset at the ing the Coast Guard Island Sound. War Memorial; Class of game; Jay Preble tunes PHOTO: SCOTT KANE 12