University of California Naval ROTC - Capstan Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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AS OTHERS SEE YOU . ...... . WARREN HERBERT BROWN is one of The Three Brown boys in The UniT, and an eminenf senior in Mechanical Engineering. W. H. hails from Los Angeles and quiTe recenfly gave his friends a shock by inquiring abouf engagemenf rings. Yes, he made The faTal sTepl Roomie spenT his TirsT Two years aT UCLA where he made his leTTer in Track, and here aT Cal he has gained a repuTaTion as one of Those Mech l3l boys, and ias secreTary of Tau BeTa Pi. As for his Navy plans, he is Torn befween Two loves, sub- marines and desTroyers: perhaps he will geT one of These if he can learn To Take blinker aT more Than Ten leTTers per min- uTe. AfTer The war he wanTs a S400 a monTh desk job wiTh Three days off a week. . . he'll probably geT iT, Too. JOHN BOYLE CALLERY is a lanky sixfooTer born in Pasadena, Where The sun spends The winTer, California, and one hun- dred and sixTy-Tive pounds of pure man. He is a member of Psi Upsilon fraTerniTy and somewhaf associaTed wiTh a member of The Kappas. ln spife of The facT ThaT he is a Bus. Ad. major, he will sTill be a greaf asseT To The Navy. Boyle has a brillianT mind, a smooih Tongue, and abiliTy To use Them boTh, especially The laTTer. He has been a considerafe and helpful roommaTe. Johnny plans on LighT Cruiser duTy and feels ThaT by all righTs ThaT The War should be over six monThs afTer he arrives in The Pacific. RICHARD WILLIAM CAREY. May This shorT arTicle serve To acquainf you all beTTer wiTh The deparTing hero of The Berkeley TheaTer of Operafions, The CasTlemonT Casanova, Dick Carey. Dick has exhibifed his winning ways noT only wiTh The femi- nine elernenT on The campus, buT on The baskeTball courT as well. IT was he who was The mighTy midgeT among The beanpoles on Nibs Price's championship varsiTy baskefball Team lasT winTer. l3uT Dick is noT a midgef in all Things. He looms as The inTel- lecTual gianT of The graduafing N.R.O. Poly Sci. maiors. Public AdminisTraTion was his specialTy. We all haTe To see Dick leave-buT our loss is The fleeT's gain. I wish a very successful cruise To a wonderful roomie and a Tine officer. - RICHARD WHITAKER DODDS is anoTher of Those boys from souTh of The Mason-Dixon line, claiming SanTa Paula as his home Town. Aimlessly wandering Through The prescribed cur- riculum, he has amassed sufTicienT uniTs, courses, and grade poinfs To claim a B.S. from The College of Business Adminis- Trafion. Dick is a connoisseur of spirifus fermenTi, as evidenced by his good sTanding in The Sig-Eps and in Phi Phi, The cream, or raTher The foam, of The beverage group. However. I musT dis- claim all responsibiliTy for ThaT fracfured arm and laceraTed scalp: you can blame ThaT on The CoasT Guard. Wherever he goes and whafever duTy he geTs, and l Think we'll see him aboard some Tin can, he'll be Taking iT ouT on The Japs for invenTing saki. BesT of luck, roomie, l've enioyed The pasT 478 days immensely. GORDON WEST DUFFY. Debonaire, man-abouT-Town, happy, and friendly, Duff wends his way Through The vicissiTudes as creaTed by Navy life wiTh a ready smile and familiar greeTing. A Typical L8iS man Gordo has refused To leT sfudies inTer- fere wiTh The broader aspecfs of a college educafion. Duff, manfully cuTTing himself down To Three packs of cigareTTes a day, wenf ouT for Track and reached The l1ighesT pinnacle of his college career when he won The lOO aT The I944 Fresno Relays. Especially renowned ThroughouT The UniT is Duff's abilify To keep so many women in such close proximiTy so happy and aT The same Time so compleTely unaware of each oTher's exisT- ence. Seriously, no one could ask for a beTTer friend, and I am sure his Take me as I am aTTiTude will Take him close To many. GLENN RICHARD FEIST is The man who is responsible for puf- Ting us To sleep and awakening us each morning. GeTTing buglers To play every day, along wiTh geTTing gas for his car, seem To be his main worries. One of The busiesT men in The UniT is This glib-Tongued roomie of mine. I say glib-Tongued because one of his greaTesT asseTs is his gifT To grab. FeasT, as he is called by Them who don'T know no beTTer. has Talked himself ouT of more TighT places Than mosT ever like To Think abouT. So here's a wish for FeasT, who, if my guess is correcT, will be Telling his Skipper how To run Things before The war is over. Good luck, roomie. RICHARD EUGENE FRIEDMAN is one of The sunny SouTh- land's maior conTribuTions To The UniversiTy, To The N.R.O., and as former Commander and presenT M.P.O.. To The far-famed Regimenfal Drum and Bugle Corps. Dick. one of The Top men To receive a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in OcTober, I944. was elecTed To Tau BeTa Pi as a iunior, served as Treasurer and is now vice-president He goT a C lasT semesTer, Though, bringing his grand ToTal of Those nasTy Things To Three. His aThleTic career as one of The more promising winners of The freshman ski Team was cuT short by The well-known Trans- porTaTion siTuaTion. For The fuTure he has his eye on The sub- marine service, wiTh an idea Towards invesfigafing The femi- nine possibliTies of The EasT CoasT. THEODORE FRANKLIN GAUTSCHI. This lad, who has The qualiTies of a scholar, engineer. and genfleman, has a long lisT of ex-girl friends in his liTTle black book which he has com- piled during Ten semesTers of college life. Some of his numer- ous friends hail him as The Grouch, buT never can you find This chap wiThouT a welcome smile. He has been a fine asseT in all inframural sporTs and has proved himself able in all of Them. His mafrimonial inTenTions wiTh one of The cuTesT girls in Los Angeles has caused The dis- card of The liTTle black book. One Ensign who will be welcome aboard any ship To add life and enioymenf To The Wardroom and To aid in TighTing perfecfion and precision is my roomie. JULES MORTON HEUMANN, alias Mr. V., and Romulus, is The only man who reTurned from The summer vacaTion wiThouT a Tan. You can easily pick ouT Heurnann in The R.O. UniT by his frog-like cadence which goes hep insTead of hup.

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PARADE REST Wifh Rod Masfick as Officer of The Deck, and Dick Wrighf as Junior Officer of fhe Deck, our Ouarfer- deck acfivifies were well direcfed. Ed Thacher handled our finances as Supply Officer, while George lv1cDermoH' was Communicafions Officer and Lee Parker Sergeanf-af-Arms. Beginning wifh 'rwo informals and ending wifh a formal, The Ouarferdeck social program was declared fo be a success by all hands. Music af fhe fwo in- formals, held in The Women's Club Rooms af Sfephens Union, was supplied by records. The RO Liber+y Hounds , each sporfing fheir mosl' wolfish gleam, furned oui' in fine numbers for bofh of fhose hops designed fo fide us over our usual end-of-fhe- monfh insolvency. We all fell like cheering 'rhe cam- pus cop who fhrew fhe lighf swifches for us: so early in fhe game, foo! Cokes were on fhe menu and The concensus was fhaf 'rhe afmosphere was fine and mellow. The annual Ouarferdeck formal provided a fiffing finale for a slrenuous semesfer. Headed by Capfain B. L. Canaga and Bafialion Commander John Rolo- ers, 'fhe receiving line added fhal' required Touch of forrnalify, and fhe fine music and beaufiful surround- ings served fo makea good background for The happy RO's fo smoofh in on 'Their parfners. ' R. J. MASTICK Officer of fha Deck CAPSTAN STAFF QUARTERDECK OFFICERS LEFT TO RIGHT: Thacher, E. A., Parker, L. A., Masfick, R. J., LEFT TO RIGHT: Cosfa, W. H., Burnside R H Heumann McDermoH, G. H., Wrighf, D. R. J. M., Brown, B. B., Sfeck, G. P., Sweefland E D l

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Mr. V. is a real Navy? man who spends mosf of his week-ends sailing around San Francisco Bay in his 'rrim liffle boaf, fhough we do noi' know for sure of which sex his crew is composed: buf we have our suspicions. If any fhird classman is inferesfed in buying fybafes for Naval Science courses, iusf see Mr. V, He has accumulafed 'these nofes during his long sfay in 'rhe N.R.O. Unif. Affer fry- ing in vain for four semesfers fo be a member of fhe B aver- age lisf, he has finally resigned himself fo a much more favor- able occupafion, which requires fhaf he hold office hours on Wheeler Sfeps. WAYNE MOORE HOOPER, somefimes called The Jaw, Hoop, Remus. and a hosf of oiher unprinfable names, is fhe firsi roomie l've had who UNDRESSES as well as dresses in fron? of a mirrorl Buf despile lhis, he has carved a name for himself in sporls, having won his leffer in baseball and baskef- ball. making all-conference feams in bofh sporfs, and being elected lo fhe Big C Sociefy. Seldom does a day pass fhaf fhis Delf doesn'+ cry ouf, l'm embarrassedl or scream for his bible, fhe Green. Our hero of J-30 is counfing fhe days unfil his senfence is up wifh fhe dubious aid of a wall-sized calendar: and when nof sailing fhe ocean blue on week-end cruises, he is quife confenfed chasing San Ouenfin Quail in his lilfle converlible. Despife fhe facf fhaf Hoop never seems fo have any razor blades, maneuvering board paper, malches, cigareffes, Tobacco, ancl ad infinifum, he will sfill be missed by Romulus. EARL EDWARD R. JONES, more aflecfionafely known fo fhe R. O. boys as double 'E' Jones, is a senior in Mechanical Engineering and a member of fhe Chi Phi frafernify. Double E is fruly a mad engineer, and ouf of pages of formulas and volumes of slide rule calculalions he has de- veloped his frue love, his aufomobile, info a sfove oil consum- ing monsler. Though fank would be a more descripfive 'ierm for fhis conirapfion, he makes if a poinf never io frealf if 'lo a lasfe of gasoline, and he lefs if belch forfh flame and smoke wifhouf seeming fo care. Jonesie is famous as a smoofhie in all fhe sororifies, and equally famous as a guide wifh a variefy of cadences. WILLIAM MURRAY LAUB. More commonly known as Willie- da-weasel, he can easily be recogniled by his brighf red cheeks, probably an afferglow of his cheerful disposifion. A Business Adminisfrafion major. Bill claims Soufhern California as his sfamping ground. Moreover, he is rafher used fo regi- menfed life since his fafher is a Lieufenanf Colonel in fhe Army. Bill has a burning desire fo gef assigned fo a fin can affer we make fhe move from Callaghan. ln addifion fo his many oiher falenfs, far foo numerous, and some foo sordid, fo men- fion here, Willie has a clefinife leaning foward lhe dramafic: his fouching rendiiion of Casey af fhe Bai is wifness enough fo fhis. He is a swell guy for all of 'lhis fhough, and I have enioyed being his roommafe. RALPH STEWART LEE. Born on a whale. bapfized on fhe sea, and weaned on a block of salf mighl' be fhe way Ralph would say if: buf he has, like 'rhe iradifional sailor, a girl in every porf. OR DON'T Wifh Local Drafl' Board No. 42 hor on his heels, Ralph ioined fhe Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in Sepfember of I942. ' A very iovial characfer, Ralph's favorife fopic of conversa- lion is women. To quole his opinion on The subiecf. All women are fundamenfally The same. Allhough never having special- ized on fhe subiecf, Ralph has a marvelous collecfion of names. Seriously, Ralph has fhe qualifies of a good officer: fechni- cal knowledge, confidence, forehandedness, and will soon gain sufilicienf experience 'ro make him a valuable assef fo fhe Navy. We all wish him 'bon voyage'. GEORGE WEBSTER LEISZ. If you've ever seen a long lifhe slrip of khaki smoke by enroufe fo fhe oh-seven-four-five musfer, you have seen George Lighfning Leisz. No doubf fhese morning dashes had much fo do wifh fhe specfacular showing he made as capfain of 'the '44 lrack feam, and crack quarfer- miler and anchor man on fhe mile relay. Having slarred in inframural foofball, summer session found Lighlning doing well as speedy leff half on fhe Cal Varsify. Speaking of speed, we mighl menfion af fhis poinf 'rhal' his hearf and frafernify pin are definifely disposed of. Having always been a naval enfhusiasf, he fakes pleasure in puffing his snappy second plafoon fhrough ifs paces. ln fhe hope of seeing some acfion, George is puffing in for desfroyers-a place where he can'f miss a successful naval career. JOHN CAMPBELL LOPER is iusf a hell of a good guy, fo say nofhing of being a good roommafe. Having had a B average for fhe lasf fwo semesfers. he has been ouf mosf of fhe lime seeing his girl or going fo shows. There is sfill one fhing fhaf l can'1' undersfand, and fhal' is where he does his sfudying, for when he is in his room he's always wrifing leffers fo lhaf girl in fhe cify. Having graduafecl lasf semesler, he has loafed fhrough 'rhis one by correcfing P Works. He is one of fhe besf afhlefes fhaf we have in The Unif, and when fhe season opens you will see him ouf on fhe foofball field. Having goffen his commission fhis semesfer, l wish him all fhe luck in 'the world, and l hope he'll wrife 'ro his fired old room- male once in a while. Bon Voyage, John. JOHN ROBERT MALONE, of Irish exfracfion and possessor of considerable proporfions and imaginafion, has af lasf reached fhe poinl' where he can wear fhe broad gold sfripe of an en- sign. During his slay here, and who says he didn'f wanf fhe B average lisf, he has accomplished much, including making a life-sized impression of himself in a G. l. maffress. . Many and greaf are his capabilifies, nof The leasl' of which is his capacify for liquid refreshmenf. Among fhe members of fhe baffalion he has been known as Bars, eifher because of lhe obvious reason or because of his posilion as Baflalion Sub- Commander which enfifled him fo wear fhaf insignia ofa Navy Lieufenanf. His many friends wish him a sincere Bon Voyage and many happy refurns-fo porf. . HOWARD JOHN MARSH is San Leandro's confribufion fo humanity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and fhe Naval R.O.T.C. He is