United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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akc heed what ye say of your seniors, 13e your words spoken softly or plain, £est a bird of the air tell the matter. And so ye shall hear it again. If ye labour from morn until even ' And meet with reproof for your toil. It is well — that the guns be humbled, ' Ghe compressor must check the recoil. ► ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ' TS H .Xj

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oreif ' NaT4 J?0 Navy Department bureau of navigation Washington. D. C. Sub.lect: The Chief of the Bureeu of liavipeiion. . :■: M -X.:, Vii. - Coitmflndinr Officer. Reonilar physical exsTiir-Jtion as 8 candidate for raidshiFrcan fron the rec:uler enlisted prroonnel of the U.S. Kavy or Kprine Corps. 1. Hevinp been successful in the coTnpotjtive examina- tion for Vldshipnen from the enlisted personnel of the r ' mlar ., .,v , you v. ' ill be tr ' jnsferred at a later date to AnnapoiSi?, I ' d., to underp-o the rcuLnr physicel- ' ?xar.Inetion for entrance to the rieval Acader.y. 2. Acknowledge without delay the receipt of this c «n- munloatior., and sfter filling out end sif nlnr the first rart of the enclo ' ed blonic, it should bo rror.ptly for .v=rdcd to your parent or guardian in order that fomel written perr.ission may be obtained for your service in the U.S. Navy durin r the pleasure of the President of the T ' nlted States, unless sooner discherffed by conpetent authority. first call for the pilgrimage to Bancroft To BEGIN PROPERLY the story of the Class of ' 46 we would have to thread together more than a thousand different origins. And yet we find one all-important incident that 1200 of us had in common— the arrival late in May or early in June, 1942, of a long, formal Navy Deparhiient envelope. Civilian and sailor alike read the long-awaited news: Having been appointed a midshipman in the United States Naval Academy, you will report . . . With these words came the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition. When the anticipated day arrived, we packed our bags, kissed Mom goodbye, and began that long ride to Annap- olis. Twelve hundred strong we descended upon our future home— from Oregon and Vermont, from New York and Colorado, from Chicago, Illinois and San Diego, California. For most of us it was our first view of the Academy. But the prize, though close at hand, was not yet won— our first few days were spent not in Bancroft, but in town. Physical exams were the order of the day, and we stepped forth to carry out our first order.