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What Is TELEVISION? J

UST another gadget—another form of entertainment? No. It represents another step fonvard in man's mastery of time and space. It will enable us, for the first time, to see beyond the horizon. And, in addition, it will create new jobs for today and tomorrow.

New products make new jobs. That's been the history of radio, of the automobile, of electric refrigerators and movie cameras and air conditioning. It's been the history of hundreds of other devices and services that have come from the research laboratories of industry. That's why, in the last 50 years, the number of factory jobs in this country has doubled. And why, in addition, millions of other jobs have been created

— selling, servicing, and obtaining raw materials for the new products.

It often takes years of costly, painstaking research to develop a laboratory experiment into a useful product ready for the public to enjoy.

This has been the case with television. As long ago as 1930, Dr. E. F. W. Alexanderson and other General Electric engineers demonstrated television to a theatre audience in Schenectady, N. Y. When, after years of labor, television is ready for the public, it will bring to the people of America a new product that will add to their comfort and enjoyment, raise their living standards, and create new employment for today and tomorrow.

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SHIPMATE The Publication

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EDWIN F . COCHRANE,

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS — VICTOR F . BLAKESLEE, '20 — C. W I L L I A M D U N C A N , '21 — ROBERT C. CONRAD, '25

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Pro Patriae Et Alma

1939

Mater

When the United States Naval Acad- day comes, he faces a cynical world that emy Alumnae Association first came into no longer sees him as an officer of the being a little more than a half century fleet. Instead, he is a man coming back ago. Rear Admiral Edward Simpson, '46, home, no more the familiar figure he was as the oldest living graduate was named when he left, but a man who has grown the first president of the group. It was to become an utter stranger to many of known as the United States Naval Acad- his former intimates. emy Graduates Association.

And just as the first raw recruit needed someone to teach him the fundamentals In Admiral Simpson's message to the of seamanship—or the new plebe needed first meeting, he said: a course of indoctrination—the men just "Tire object is to promote kindly off the ship need a hand when their feet feeling and social intercourse among touch shore. the members, and to foster the memThat these men, our Shipmates, may ories of the Alma Mater." find friends, not only willing, but able to That objective has never changed. be of valuable assistance to them, it is The means to reach that goal have been essential that a strong association be but slightly altered. The original by-laws ready to serve them. To relegate them to admitted to membership only graduates the role of old men with interesting but subsequent amendments admitted yarns to tell naive listeners violates the such men who "speak the language" as honor of our Alma Mater and the Nawell as a few elected to honorary mem- tion these men hold high. bership. By "those who speak the lanOur name does imply graduation, it is guage" is meant former midshipmen: true. But we are more than that—we are men whose academic careers ended when men of the Naval Academy serving the they failed either mental or physical ex- Navy and all that it means. The service aminations. we do is directly proportional to the Time has proven the right of men strength of our membership. other than graduates to belong to such a group as ours. Who of us but stood in formation, heard the adjutant read the National Defense names of men whose resignations had been accepted, and said to ourselves, International events of 1938 have led "There, but for the grace of God go I"? the President to ask Congress for approBilger is not a kind word, and yet, the priation bills unprecedented in amounts years have changed its sound since bil- for both the Army and Navy in 1939gers have frequently demonstrated a sin- Our building program resembles in many cere love for the Academy. And what of ways that of 1916, when we were on the those men who, without the benefit of the way to constructing an armada whose inspiring atmosphere of Annapolis, have strength would have made us the greatest striven for the same purpose as do those naval power the world had ever seen. of us who do belong?

The present is a long cry from the days Admission of such men as these two before the Spanish War when we were latter groups represent was granted by an rated a third-rate power and our Navy appreciative association, for of such men was far down the list in first line fightis built the structure of our membership. ing ships.

Today as members and friends of the The true graduate who still serves must ultimately resign, or retire. When that Services, both Navy and Marine Corps, FEBRUARY,

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we have a stupendous task, a double mission—knowing our jobs thoroughly and living up to the high standards necessary to maintain one of the finest fighting forces in history. "All of us can help, even little children can help," Admiral Sims once said in an address in London directed to the United States in wartime.

The Munich Peace, the threat of air power, the derision of some nations towards Democracy and the Bill of Rights, the recent Pan-American Conference, all have led our people to knowledge, to the prime necessity of protecting what we have created of freedom and the superior wealth of our every individual accumulated under constitutional government.

There are many new types of ships, planes, guns to become familiar with that the record of the United States at sea be kept inviolate, a record that knows not of defeat. Let no man feel his responsibility ends with his own job. There is too much to be learned even for those most familiar with and long time students of naval power.

We have seen in recent diplomatic efforts that war can come again even to us, but we have also seen in these days of uncerainty that peace can be maintained only if backed up by superior strength.

As a people who desire peace above all things, the Navy's mission is to be so powerful, so efficient, that foreign observers never dare to report back to their governments any weakness in our armor.

Never before has our Navy meant so much to our citizens as now. It is the chief defender of the well being of 130 million free people at home and many millions more in Central and South America. It can be said without fear of contradiction that the American Navy is the chief protection of independent civilization that is being menaced almost daily.

We must concede that there is some reason behind most international ambitions of foreign nations, but these reasons and their effects are piling up much too

fas for comfort in Europe, Africa and Asia. "We are ready now" should always be our watchword, for ours is the greatest responsibility in this era of turmoil and uncertainty, that the March of Progress be maintained. Every practice shot, every turn in formation should bring greater confidence to our personnel so that if the need ever comes to find the range or outmaneuver a real transgressor bent on destroying what we have rightly called liberty and the fruits thereof, there can be no doubt as to the outcome.

San Francisco World's Fair opening February 18th, the San Francisco World's Fair at the Golden Gate presents a magnificent spectacle to the many people who will pass through the portals.

Foreign pageantry pledged for Treasure Island reached new peaks this month with more than thirty-five nations rushing plans for construction and installation of their spectacular buildings and exhibits before the end of the year.

Twenty-one nations and one United States territory, Hawaii, will have individual pavilions, while another 19 countries will exhibit in the International Palace. The great Pacific House, impressive theme center for the Fair's "Pageant of the Pacific," stands nearly completed, ready for installation of elaborate works or art, native crafts and ancient relics relating to the Pacific basin.

Forty nations, half the states of the Union, more than 500 exhibitors and concessionaires are spending $25,000,000 in the $50,000,000 World's Fair of the West.

The Fleet visits the Fair during the summer. Further information will appear in the columns of SHIPMATE at a later date.

Kankakee Honors Young Grid Heroes D. N. Goldenson, '25, sends in the following letter about the dinner in Kankakee, III., during the Christmas holidays featuring the Army and Navy grid captains, Harry Stella and Al Bergner.

"Americanism? You have it before you in these two boys. The sons of immigrants, and yet they became captains of the Army and the Navy football teams?

"What other country offers a boy the opportunities that the United States does?

It isn't a matter of wealth or power.

These boys, sons of parents who had to work hard, prove that."

Thus was the keynote sounded by the

Hon. Edward Hayes, past National Commander of the American Legion, at the testimonial banquet honoring Kankakee's two most famous sons. Midshipman Allen Bergner and Cadet Harry Stella, in Kankakee, 111., December 27, 1938.

One thousand proud Kankakee citizens filled the State Armory to pay their respects to their heroes, and to inaugurate a movement which they hope will bring the 1939 Army-Navy game to Chicago.

General Robert E. Wood, president of Sears-Roebuck, and Commander George D. Hull, U. S. N., heartily approved the proposal.

Mr. Arch Ward, sports editor of the

"An Anchor On My Shoulder" "When I get out of this man's Navy, I'm going to put an anchor on my shoulder, and walk, until someone asks me what it is. Then, I will settle down for the rest of my life."

With an anchor on my shoulder I trudged along a road.

Intent on one day finding My heavenly abode.

I swore to drop that anchor Where not one soul would know Just what an anchor was for.

Nor where it was to go.

Well, some folks still shoot mailmen.

Because their suits are gray And others can't read writing.

For they weren't "learned" that way; While others like the simple things— The templed hills—the trees— And there I dropped my mud hook To learn of birds and bees.

But feudin' gets monotonous— And buck shot welts my hide— Gosh, but I am hungry— Way down deep in side.

So I am headin' back for I'm lonely as can be Yearnin' for the Navy So grateful for the sea.

ROBERT C. CONRAD, '25.

Chicago Tribune, turned in an excellent job as toastmaster. Other speakers were Mr. Mai Elward, football coach at Purdue, and Captains Bergner and Stella who by the way, acquitted themselves very well, indeed.

Members of the Chicago Naval Academy Alumni Ass'n. who attended were: C. McA. Evans, '24; D. N. Goldenson, '25; G. W. Fitzgerald, '27; G. E. Mumma, '34, and J. M. Wilson, '34.

Academy Cemetery Landscaping During the last year, the Naval Academy Garden Club has made splendid progress in its plans to make even more beautiful, the Naval Academy Cemetery.

A progressive program, developed under the supervision of a well known Washington, (D. C.) landscape architect, got under way when the club, which is made up of wives of Naval and Marine Corps officers living in and around Annapolis, held a card party to raise funds to start the work.

The landscaping, when completed, will have made more perfect, the last resting place of many of our Shipmates. On the high slope overlooking the Academy pink and white dogwood are to be planted.

Judas and fringe trees will line the drives and at the entrance to the cemetery, a group of trees will rise above clusters of native shrubbery, completing the peaceful scene.

Naval Academy authorities are cooperating on the project which will ultimately include many natural memorials to those men who now sleep on the banks of the Severn and their brothers in arms who "went down to the sea in ships" and are now recorded as "Lost At Sea."

Notes on Museum The latest news from the Naval Academy is that the work of construction on the new Museum building is progressing most satisfactorily and it now appears that it will be completed and ready for occupancy by June Week. There is a likelihood that the building will be dedicated on the Saturday preceding the day of graduation. On this date the Army plays Navy the annual lacrosse game while the annual baseball game between the two Academies will be played at West Point.

It is understood that the Curator of the Naval Academy Museum would be very pleased to receive for the Museum, gifts of the following old and rare books and publications (oldest editions pre-

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ness is put together. 16 months of still, patriotic scientist. The six years that folmature work we believe will save years of lowed his departure were devoted to rebitter stumbling with sad experience. search work at the Torpedo Station at Business life is a big, badder, more un- Newport, Rhode Island, and it was during this period he invented smokeless certain game than that of Battleships. powder, developing what foremost Our brief is that you can't balance your balance .sheet as a Business man unless chemists of foreign powers had sought you know how. You don't have to learn for years. Doctor Munroe was cited by it here, but we are trying not to become President Benjamin Harrison, in his mesone of that type of business men that sage to Congress, December 6, 1892, for knows less and less about business every- one of the most noteworthy achievements day. Hmm, isn't that in accord with of his administration.

Navy traditions? Preparedne.ss, foresight He was born in Cambridge, Massaand "let's win." chusetts, May 24, 1849, and graduated Judging from SHIPMATE Dope Summa Cum Laude from Harvard in column "old Navy grads" have made a 1871. He was responsible for the estabbetter than average success. The more lishment of the first course in chemical the better, so let's stick together for the technology. At the age of 25, he became common cause of making Navy men a professor of chemistry at the Naval Master in Business wanted in business as well as in war. So Academy. we say Hello to our predecessors in busiAdministration A charter member of the American ness .success—we'll be .seeing you—we Chemical Society, Doctor Munroe did Hahvahd! Yes,—and having endowed hope. much for the advancement of chemical the Graduate School of Business Adscience. Honored by foreign countries as The MASTERS of B.A. ministration up to our last plug nickel, well as his own. Doctor Munroe's passing D A N LATIMORE, '27, and to the utmost cash value of the "old deprives the world of an eminent BOB W I N G , '35, gold" on our uniforms, the Navy gang scientist.

BILL W E N D E L L , '36, here at the famous university on the He is survived by his widow, who was JACK HOLLIS, '38.

Charles begs leave to tell you what we Mary Louise Barker, and five children. are doing.

The "Old Navy Dope" just isn't 1909 Luncheons enough of a tool with which to take first Doctor Charles Edward place in the fighting for success in BusiA group of the members of the Class Munroe ness of today. An Admiral afloat and an of 1909 active and stationed at the Naval Doctor Charles Edward Munroe, in- Academy and those of the class now re"Admiral" ashore is a different fellow.

We four "Business men"" with some few ventor of the first type of smokeless tired and living in the vicinity of Anyears of service afloat behind us navigate powder adopted by the United States napolis, have met several times at the from class after class to learn how it is Navy for use in big guns, passed away Oificers" Club for luncheon. At the meetdone. They call it: Business Policy, Ac- in his home at Forest Glen, Maryland, ing in December, it was decided to hold counting and Costing, Manufacturing, Dec. 7, 1938. monthly luncheons at the Officers' Club A professor of chemistry at the Naval at the Naval Academy the first WednesMarketing, Statistical Controls, Industrial Relations, and many other pretty names. Academy from 1874 until 1886, day of each month. Those members of At any rate it is a great place to get a "Muncie," as he was known to the mid- the class who are near Annapolis and new viewpoint, and to learn how Busi- shipmen, was a brilliant teacher and a can attend are cordially invited to drop in. At the January 4th meeting the following attended: M. C. Bowman, Howard Benson, M. C. Robertson, W. W. Smith, Bill Farrell, Phil Hambsch, J. M. Deem, L. C. Davis, H. P. LeClair and J. H. S. Dessez. ferred): The three volumes (or any of them) of Maclay's "History of the Navy"; "Naval Monument" by Abel Bowen, Boston, 1816; "Naval Temple"

by Horace Kimball, Boston, 1816; "U. S. Naval Chronical" by Charles W. Goldsborough, Washington, 1824; "American Naval Biography," compiled

by Isaac Bailey, H. Mann & Company, Printers, Providence, R. I., 1815; "Sailing Ship Models, A Selection from European and American Collections," by R. Morton Nance, published by Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd., 57 Haymarket, London, SWl, 1924; and any copies of "Niles Register, Weekly," Baltimore, from 1811-1849.

Book Reviews is reviewing books written by its members as well as books of interest to them. It is our wish to review about three books a month. It is obvious such reviews will reach a potential market for these publications. Your cooperation will be appreciated. Any reviews of books will be sent to the donor in duplicate. It is requested that you please forward any books or pamphlets to "SHIPMATE,"" you would like to see reviewed or think would be of interest to your fellow members.— "SHIPMATE"

EDITOR.

FEBRUARY,

1939

Our New Football Coach Naturally we were anxious to learn all we could about Emery Ellsworth Larson, better known as "Swede" to his host of friends and well wishers. Sitting in the Navy Athletic Association office discussing his recent confirmation as head coach of Navy football, Captaip McKee, Director of Navy Athletics said: "You must remember the appointment of head football coach is made by the Executive Committee of the Navy Athletic Association only after the most careful consideration of all candidates available. Then the approval of the Superintendent of the Naval Academy must be obtained and in the case of "Swede' Larson, that of the Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps. Of course, the Bureau of Navigation must approve too." Commander Ward P. Davis, Graduate Manager of Athletics then spoke up. "I know that with the appointment of "Swede' Larson we can look forward to the Navy squad being thoroughly instructed in all phases of football and members of the team will have always before them inspired leadership."

There was nothing left to do now but find the "Swede" himself whom the press of the country were already referring to as "Lucky Larson."

It is quite a long walk from the Athletic Association to the USS CUMBERLAND, tied up at the old Santee wharf where we were told Captain Larson, Commanding OflScer of the Marine Detachment, USS REINA MERCEDES was on duty. On the dock where the CUMBERLAND is moored we ran into Lieutenant Ruge, '37, former basketball star and captain of the team two years ago. He is now Larson's assistant with the Marine Detachment. Ruge led us up the gangway and down two steep flights to the lower deck where the small office of his commanding officer is located. "Swede" was busy at his desk when we came in. He got up looking taller than ever (he is 6 feet II/2 inches) and we wondered if the importance of his

new job could have added to his stature.

He looked as fit as when he played football as a midshipman in his smart Marine service green uniform and soon we were listening to the keen intelligence and wit of the man who holds the destiny of future Navy football in his capable and experienced hands.

Emery Ells-worth Larson "Where are those foreign air mail stamps you promised to send me?" he asked anxiously.

We had completely forgotten he was an ardent collector, but promised to try and do better if he would give us another chance.

That important matter settled he started to talk football. Right away he clearly impressed on us that what he wanted most in the world just now was for the Naval Service, the Marine Corps and all their members, as well as the Alumni Association, in fact anyone who

had ever set foot in Bancroft Hall or considered the Navy their Alma Mater, to feel that it was their team as much as his, that he needed and wanted their full support, and that any man could come to him or write in at any time his suggestions or advice and he would get a sympathetic hearing.

Just then Lieutenant Ruge came back into the room with some other Marine business to be attended to and we had to wait until it was finished. On the bulkheads were several pictures, photographs. One of them was that of the Generals of the Marine Corps, and another of his present company, the Marine Detachment of the R E I N A MERCEDES. In the corner next to the porthole on the safe was a regulation blown up football.

"What's the pigskin for this time of the year?" we wanted to know as soon as as he was available.

"On the station ship here," he explained, "we have a league of six-man football teams. They're pretty good, too, some of them. I try to tell them what I know."

So he was teaching football off season to the sailors and marines under his charge in his spare moments. That reminded us of the Associated Press story about this past season when "Swede" had instructed some 15 youngsters in the fine arts of football. They too, wanted to be added to the press release on their great coach. Sons of naval officers, Scrappy Kessing's boy their captain, they wanted it known that their team of 14-year-old youngsters was another important success of "Lucky Larson." For hadn't they gone through their season undefeated, too?

"Oh, they were just a nice bunch of kids," laughed "Swede." "I used to stop and watch them afternoons coming home from work. They weren't doing so well, so one day I said, 'come on now, let's get organized here and go places.' From then on I automatically became their SHIPMATE

head coach."

These instances more than anything else seem to exemplify the spirit of "Swede" Larson. There is no man or group too small or undeveloped to be listened to and gain his help if he can be of any assistance. He was already proving it to us in this interview. But we wanted to hear more, wanted to know all about his career, in faa, everything of interest that could be crammed into such a short space of time.

"Hank Hardwick was swell to me," he continued. ""Before leaving he turned over every scrap of information and knowledge he had gained of players and conditions here. I just want you to know how much I appreciated Hank's sincere co-operation at this time in trying to help my regime get started on the road to success."

But how about himself? How about his background for the significant work ahead? With a good deal of reluaance to talk in the first person singidar, he finally promised to give us "the works."

"My father was captain of the University of Miimesota football team in 1895," he began. "He played left guard for five years at Miimesota. They used to play a long time in those days. My brother, three years younger than I, played center on Miimesota many years later and my other brother, ten years younger, played center at St. Olaf's. I've got two other football players in the family coming along at home. But just now they look more like backs or ends to me than linemen."

So it is a real football family the new Navy coach hails from.

"My father died in 1929. He only saw me play once while at Annapolis, that was in my last game as a midshipman in New York against the Army. He came all the way from Minneapolis to see me. When they took me out of the game about a minute and a half from the end to allow Zeke Sanborn to get his N * , there was Dad on the sidelines waiting for me with a blanket. His eyes were sparkling and he grabbed me around the shoulders and shouted: "Son, this is the happiest day of my life.' I guess it was at that."

"Swede" played prep school football at West High, Minneapolis. He was center there, too. He captained the team his last year, 1916, and led them to the high school championship of the Northwest.

But it was war time. The United States was about to join the battle to save the world for democracy. As soon as war was declared in April, 1917, "Swede" enlisted in the Marine Corps. That's why FEBRUARY,

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he loves it so. He had his recruit training at Mare Island and from there was sent to San Diego, to Quantico, and thence to New York. In the spring of 1918, he was appointed to the Naval Academy by Minnesota's famous congressman. Representative Knudson.

It didn't take him long to win a rating at Annapolis. He played four years on the Varsity (there was no three-year rule in existence at the Naval Academy then). "Swede" played in all but the much discussed Great Lakes game his plebe year and did yeoman service for three seasons more, especially against the Army. The scores of the Army games those years were 6-0, 7-0, 7-0. Who won them? The Navy. All three. There was no crossing of the Navy goal line while ""Swede" was playing center. He was rewarded for his great services to Navy football by the captaincy in '21.

And he was Walter Camp's choice for All-American on his second team that year. And thereby hangs a tale. We will let "Swede" tell it himself.

"In 1921 in the Army game we were leading 7-0 and in position to kick a field goal. W e had a nice pass play for such a situation and it was fourth down. Clyde King fell back as though to kick. I was stooped over at center and had just put my hands on the ball when it slipped out from between my fingers and rolled away from me like a ripe watermelon seed.

The Army center and captain, Greene, came up to me and said: "Swede, do you think Walter Camp saw that'?"

At that time both Greene and Larson were candidates for everybody's AUAmerican everywhere.

"But now let's get down to serious business," he interrupted himself long enough to say with that gleam in his eye of the intense collector, "Just how about those air mail stamps?"

So readers of this article, if you want to be in strong with the Navy's new head coach send him any air mail stamps you can lay your hands on. He says 'most all countries have them which we didn't in our ignorance realize, or indeed ever think much about.

Emery Ellsworth Larson first saw the light of day November 10,1898, in Monticello, Minnesota. His first recollection of life some years later was his grandfather's farm. ""There was plenty of snow, I think snow is my first conscious remembrance," he said reflectively, "and my mother is undoubtedly enjoying plenty of it right now." Swede would have been right at home in the Army game this year in Philadelphia. With a delighted chuckle he showed us a recent copy of a

Swedish language newspaper that had just come in. In headlines was a two column spread in Swedish. W e could make out "Coach Larson." He was sending it on to his mother because he knew she'd love it.

"Swede" has received letters from all over the world congratulating him on his appointment, but one he values very highly he showed to us. It was from his old high school coach who taught him his first football, A. L. Voigt, who is still coaching and is very proud of his successful protege.

After he had graduated in the upper brackets of the famous class of 1922 "Swede" became assistant coach and player of the brilliant All-Marine team of those days at Quantico with Frank Goettge and Johnny Beckett. However, his right arm was soon smashed up in the game against the Submarine Base at New London. The All Marines were playing in the big time then, taking on all the best colleges in the land. And it was against Michigan that Larson saw the greatest kicker of his memory. Harry Kipke. "He never got one off that anybody could handle and was a devil at hitting the sidelines close to your own goal." And it was while with the All Marines he associated with the greatest player he ever came in contaa with.

"Major Frank Goettge," said Swede, "offensively and defensively the best football player I ever saw."

In 1923 and 1924 Larson played center with the All Marine team, then outstanding in the whole United States. Bill Roper coached them one year and Hugo Bezdek the other. It was not until 1930 that the Marines stopped playing colleges and only then because they could no longer get games with the best. They were tough opponents, this All Marine team. They won too often for the better schools to longer risk their reputations.

In 1925 and 1926 Swede coached and played with the Marine team at Parris Island. In 1926 a truly great aggregation won 10 games and tied one. The tie was with Mercer 0-0. ""And that too was a ball game," mused Swede. In 1927 he coached the All Navy team at Pearl Harbor and in 1928 was made assistant line coach at Hawaii University under Otto Klum.

Swede later officiated college games on the West Coast. That was in 1929.

"Did anyone ever want to kill you for a bum decision?" we cautiously inquired.

"No, but a field judge working with me in one of the games where I was umpire made such a sorry decision once {Continued on page 15)

Confusion In Spain

BY F . G . TINKER, JR., '33

One of the greatest difficulties we had rier to the northward of Madrid. The to contend with in the Spanish Loyalist field was especially small for our monoAir Force was the difference in langu- planes. ages spoken by the various pilots. We They landed rather hot even at sea American pilots were especially handi- level so you can imagine how they capped because of the fact that there whistled in at the more than four thanwere so few of us. In fact, it finally got sand foot altitude of which the field to the point where I was the only Ameri- boasted. To make matters worse, the can fighter pilot left in Spain. It wasn't field could be landed on from only two so bad during the first part of the time I directions—roughly east and west. Landspent over there because I had the ser- ings were very hazardous if the wind hapvices of a Spanish-English interpreter. pened to be from any other direction.

However, he finally disappeared myster- We had so much power that we usually iously and I was left by myself in an all- took off in the direction we happened to Spanish squadron (the Escuadrilla de be heading at the time; regardless of the LaCalle). That forced me to settle down wind direction; but landings were a difand learn enough Spanish to get along ferent matter altogether. with.

On that particular morning there was I also had it fairly easy when I first a strong wind blowing from directions started flying monoplane fighters with covering the whole northwest quadrant the Russian pilots. Most of them had of the compass. My understanding was been in Spain long enough to know as that if we took off and returned to find much about the Spanish language as I that landings were impossible we were did so we managed to get along all right. to go over to the main field at Alcala de However, even the Spaniards couldn't Henares and land there instead. understand the conversation when RusHowever, when we returned from the sians and Americans were talking to each first flight, we found the wind blowing other in Spanish. Maybe it was because directly from the westward so all of us of our Russian and American accents. managed to land all right. When we reSome time before I left Spain, though, turned from our second jaunt over the all of the older Russian pilots finished lines, though, we found that conditions their tours of duty and were replaced by had changed.

The wind had shifted new pilots who—strange to say—could around and was blowing harder than ever speak nothing but Russian. That was from the northward—<iirectly across the when the trouble started. Unless a width of the field.

We watched the first Spanish-Russian interperter happened to of our planes execute a wing-smashing be right on the spot when orders were issued I usually had only a vague idea as ground loop and then saw the field chief to what we were to do under certain wave us away; which meant that we were to land at some other field. emergency conditions.

I made two or three more circles just Fortunately, it didn't make much difto be sure that he wasn't going to change ference what language we spoke when his mind and then noticed that all of the we were in the air. All of our aerial new Russian pilots had disappeared. I signals were visual and were so well figured that they had merely gone over standardized that we all knew them by to Alcala, though, so I set out for that heart. However, the difficulty of underfield, myself.

However, when I landed standing special orders occasionally led there I could see neither sight nor sign to more or less useless confusion.

One occasion stands out particularly of any of my squadron mates. because the day it all started happened I had my plane refueled and waited to be my birthday. We were using a lit- around for a while longer but still there tle field up on the side of the Sierra was no sign of the missing men. Finally, Guadarrama—which is the natural bar- a Russian armorer came over in a car

and managed to convey the information that my crew had landed at the old commercial field at Barajas; which had been one of Madrid's principal airports before the war.

Just as I was getting ready to take off for Barajas I saw two red emergency flares go soaring up from the field house —which meant that there were enemy bombers prowling around up above. I therefore fell in with the squadron which was taking off and joined them in the chase.

We arrived over the field at Barajas just in time to see a line of bombs working its way across one corner of the field.

All planes had gotten off safely, though, and the only damage done was-to an old light bomber which had been cracked up on the field some days before. We tried to catch up with the bombers but they had too much of a start.

When we returned from the chase I left the Alcala boys and went over to Barajas and landed. Once again I had missed my flying mates. The Spanish doctor on duty at the field house was an old friend of mine; having treated a butlet hole in my side some time before; and I had no trouble getting all of the information I wanted. He told me that my squadron had taken off for another field just before the bombardment. They had gone over to Campo Real—a field I had never used before.

By that time I was tired of chasing them around the country so I decided to try to see some of them in Madrid that night and make definite arrangements for a meeting the following day. So I waited until nightfall and then went in to the Palacio de Belles Artes (the Palace of Fine Arts)—which was the very appropriate place where foreign pilots slept whenever they stayed overnight in Madrid.

That scheme worked out fine, because the entire squadron was in the city that night. The new field hadn't been ready to receive them and they had had to come to town to find a place to sleep. I made arrangements to meet them at Campo Real the following morning and then turned in for the night.

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aiai warfare. I took off from the field at Barajas long before daylight and arrived at Campo Real just as day was breaking. And sure enough, there were the missing men.

The Russian Commissar attached to the squadron decided to give me a lecture because of the confusion of the day before; starting in as soon as I climbed out of the plane. However, just as he was getting well in gear, five enemy bombers showed up over the field and he almost left his shoes behind in his haste to get to the nearest bomb shelter (the commissars were all non-flyers and we pilots—to misquote the phrase —detested their enrrails because of their constant interference). All of us pilots took off at once and gave chase to the invaders, whose bombs landed ' about a half mile from the field. They were too high for us to even think of catching so we returned to the field and landed once more.

As soon as we landed, the commissar resumed his lecture. He had hardly gotten started when the anti-aircrafr guns at Alcala began popping away— and there were four more bombers headed in their direction. That time we managed to get over Alcala in time to head off the raiders. They dropped their bombs, but they landed so far wide of the mark that it was evident that they had merely been unloaded so that the bombers could make better time in the direction of their own territory.

Before the day ended we had checked off three more flights so the poor commisar had to deliver the rest of his lecture in installments. It didn't make any difference, though, because I couldn't understand him, anyway. I never could understand anything that I didn't want to.

Our last flight of the day wound up in a fine dogfight. At that time our troops were busy with a drive directly in front of Madrid and our primary duty was to herd squadrons of our bombers over the lines and see that they got back again.

On that last flight we were ordered our to escort about twenty of our combination ground-strafing light bombers.

Our objective was the little town of Brunete, where quite a battle was raging between Moorish troops and Government Militiamen. The bombers, as usual, did a pretty good job. They laid down a line of bombs across the northern edge of the town and set fire to something that burned fiercely for a while. The dense clouds of smoke indi-

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cated that they had found either a munitions dump or a gasoline depot.

We escorted the bombers to the safety of our own territory and then went over to another part of the battlefield—Casa del Campo—to do a little ground strafing on our own hook. Just as we were settling down to work a whole swarm of Heinkels and Fiats came down out of the clouds on top of us. The ensuing dogfight lasted well over an hour and was directly over the city of Madrid most of the time.

We were greatly outnumbered and had all that we could do to take care of ourselves at first. However, the two squadrons of monoplanes stationed at Alcala soon made their appearance and the combination of three monoplane squadrons with a squadron of biplane fighter: soon cleared the skies of enemy planes. We then carried out our original intentions by using up the remainder of our bullets on the Fascist ground troops at Casa del Campo.

When reports came in from the frontline observers that night we found that our tactics had been fairly effective in spite of our language difficulties. Our combined squadrons had shot down

eleven Heinkels and Fiats while our own losses had been only two biplanes and one monoplane. A few of our planes and pilots had been punctured but no doubt many of the enemy planes which escaped had been similarly punctured. At any rate, we considered the affair as sufficient excuse for throwing a binge that night at the Hotel Florida in Madrid.

The difficulty of understanding between pilots had more effect than appeared on the surface. In those days we were having to get up at about four in the morning and were on duty until eight-thirty or nine o'clock at night.

Just the little extra aggravation of language difficulties could make all the difference in the world to nerves already frayed by over-work and occasional bombardment scares.

We didn't realize that fact until the arrival of the new non-Spanish speaking Russians. Then it became all too apparent. After the new pilots had picked up a little Spanish, the improvement in our work together in the air was amazing.

In other words, for pilots to do their best work together in the air; they must know each other on the ground.

It's the Same Old Navy In the early stages of the battle of Mobile Bay George H. Perkins, '56 commanding the CHICKASAW saw the rebel ironclad TENNESSEE coming out, headed straight for the HARTFORD, flagship of Admiral Farragut. He suspected that the

well placed shot or two. Having gained the position he wanted close astern of the TENNESSEE he was just about to open fire when he noticed that the T E N NESSEE was manning her gun and the

pointer was training on the CHICASAW'S TENNESSEE'S object was to ram the own bow gun. Perkins and the CHICKAHARTFORD, thus disposing once and for SAW were so close aboard that he reall of the Union's greatest seaman. Ad- moved his glasses and threw them at miral Farragut. In consequence Perkins the TENNESSEE'S pointer, catching him maneuvered the CHICKASAW SO as to get full in the face. Perkins' own gunner close aboard the TENNESSEE'S stern and then landed two shots in the T E N disable her steering gear if possible by a NESSEE'S steering gear putting her out of

commission, thus saving the HARTFORD and her intrepid Admiral. Two rebel gunboats then attacked the CHICKJ\.SAW and she was so badly damaged in the ensuing encounter that she was later ordered to proceed to the New York Navy Yard for repairs.

On arriving in New York Commander Perkins anchored in the harbor and went ashore to call on Admiral Stringham, Port Captain. Perkins had previously been on Stringham's staff and they were great friends. Admiral Stringham told Perkins that the Yard was full of ships and it would be some time before he coidd take the CHICKASAW into the Yard for repairs.

"Have you been home since the war broke out?" Stringham asked. Perkins admitted he hadn't.

"Then why not run up to Boston for a few days and see yoiu: family? It will be quite all right to do so."

So Commander Perkins of the gallant CHICKASAW went on leave.

The next day the New York newspapers carried a front page spread on the CHICKASAW'S valor at Mobile Bay. Admiral Goldsborough, Commandant of the Navy Yard, learned for the first time that she had arrived. Due to her brilliant record he ordered the CHICKASAW to proceed immediately to the Navy Yard and placed her in No. 1 priority for repairs. The executive officer, a young ensign, took her in and called on Admiral Goldsborough.

"Where is Perkins?" the Admiral wanted to know.

"Oh, sir, he's on leave," the scared youngster had to admit.

"By whose authority?"

The young exec, didn't know.

It so happened that Admiral Goldsborough ranked Admiral Stringham, and soon the telegraph wires were busy to Boston telling the CHICKASAW'S valiant commander to report back immediately.

Upon his return he sent in his name to the Admiral.

"By what authority did you grant yourself leave?" Goldsborough stormed.

Perkins went into a long story of the circumstances and Admiral Stringham's advice. Admiral Goldsborough cut him short.

"By any chance do you know the Navy

investigate this, so we reversed our engines and on closer inspection saw the The breed of land and sea and air, name ""A. T. Emerson" painted beneath He lands the flag and holds it there. it. Why this must be the abode or hideAnd though he knows not why or when out of our classmate, Chuck Emerson.

He fights and dies—or fights again.

Nothing to do now but change course sharply to port into the winding road How yellowed are the pages where that brought us finally to the old colonial The leatherneck had guts to spare; mansion there at the top of the hill. As No foreign port but knows his stride— we entered the gate several barnlike strucNo uniform with greater pride. tures and three chicken coops came into view behind the house. "Chuck" must be In khaki, forest green, or blue one of those things sometimes called a The Devil Dogs keep driving thru gentleman by the act of Congress farmer.

And some of them will some day tell We'd soon find out. A three point landOf chasing Satan out of Hell. ing, starboard side to was made alongThe burning fijres, of Muese Argonne, side the porch and all hands disembarked As red as San Mihiel's red dawn— to pay the boarding call.

A pest hole in the Philippines The O.O.D., a big shepherd dog met Were battle grounds for these Marines. us at the gangway and a flock of turkeys They may not read the I. D. R., took up their stations as sideboys. Two Nor care for regulation's bar well fed sleek looking cats acted as Because they travel fast and light boatswain's mates and piped us over the Whenever there's a war to fight. side. The door opened and there stood Chuck and his charming wife Trudy exROBERT C. CONRAD, '25. tending a ne'er to be forgotten welcome.

After the usual formalities we asked to start our tour of inspection. The dog, Regulations?" he asked. the cats and the turkeys accompanied us.

Perkins admitted he did.

Far down the slope where the woods Admiral Goldsborough rose to his feet, his face was purple with rage. He began a babbling brook chattered away. pounded on the table with both fists say- Nearby stood the well house with its ing: ""By God, sir, one of us, either huge electric pump which Chuck proudly Stringham, you or I, is going to be court- explained to us as the supplier of water for the whole farm. Behind it were the martialed."

Perkins looked at the Admiral. It was tenant's house and an adjoining farm ima time for quick decision, much as it had plement shed. A truck, a tractor, gang been at Mobile Bay. "If it's all the same plows and the usual implements found to you. Admiral, let's give it to Stringham, in a modern country battleship were there he ain't here," Perkins quoth, and fled too. Chuck proved by his explanations from Goldsborough's presence before he that he had learned all the answers. But we were interested in the barn and the could learn his decision. chicken coops. It didn't take long to find out that a few hands full of corn from each of us stirred Plymouth Rocks and The Navy A Farming Goes White Leghorns into noisy activity. No Not long since G. P. Brewster, '16, need for them now to ask "when do we Ye Editor and our adoring wives drove eat." While engaged in this pastime of out into the "sticks" of Maryland in pur- watching hens stow it away our attensuit of business, health and happiness tion was distracted by peculiar grunts with a communal weather eye out for and squeals. Our lady inspectors called out "what a lovely mamma pig and a pleasure if it could conveniently be added "flock' of baby pigs." Ye Editor looked to the above Three Graces. Along the twice and is sure the girls had called it county road we sped, all talking at once, correctly. glad of the chance to be together. And As we wandered along the turkeys then we almost ran into that strange sign.

It read ""U. S. S. A L L SECURED." Better {Continued on page 16)

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Football Coachesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Varsity Sports Staffâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;1939

Johnny said to us. He is assisted this year

by Keith Molesworth, of football coaching fame, and Lieut. Ruge, USMC, '37, former Navy Captain.

The members of the Navy varsity football coaching staff for 1939 who have been definitely assigned are: Wrestling Head Coach: Capt. Emery E. Larson, U. S. M. C. Mr. Raymond Swartz, who reported at Line Coach: E. E. "Rip" Miller. the Naval Academy on July 1st, was gradBackfield Coach: Keith Molesworth. uated from Oklahoma A. & M. College John N. Wilson, who has been the in 1930, where he won letters in football, backfield coach since 1934, will be the wrestling and track. It is his firsr season permanent head coach of the Plebe team. in charge of the Navy's wrestlers and we With Mr. Wilson carrying on from year can look to him to maintain the great to year with the Plebes, they will be well prestige Navy has always had in this indoarinated in the fundamentals of the field. Ray was line coach at Oklahoma Navy football system so that when they A. & M. and at Central States Teachers' become candidates for the varsity squad, College (Edmond, Okla.), before comthey will be better qualified for major ing here. He has assisted with the footcollege football competition. ball team this past season and will also The assistant coaches for the varsity be assistant coach of the track team next Spring. A great wrestler himself, Swartz staff have not yet been appointed. is in an ideal spot to become a great Navy coach.

OUR WINTER COACHES Basket Ball Johnny Wilson needs no introduction to our readers as he has been associated with Naval Academy Athletics since he was graduated from St. John's College, Annapolis, in 1913. He was an outstanding athlete at St. John's in football, basket ball and baseball for four years. He coached all three of these sports at St. John's for six years, and then came to the Naval Academy to coach the same sports.

Johnny is accepted as one of the outstanding students and teachers of pass defense in America. He has been head basket ball coach since 1927, where he has piled up a remarkably successful record with his teams. His record against Army stands at 5 won and 3 lost.

"Though the team this year is green, it has possibilities, and I think by a month from now we shall be in a better position to judge its greatest potentialities," FEBRUARY,

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Gymnastics "Gym"" is still in the capable hands of Mr. Frank Mang, senior coach at the Naval Academy, who has been handling ""gym" teams for thirty-three seasons, having come to the Naval Academy in 1906 as assistant coach. "'In those days we only played Penn," said Mr. Mang. In 1910, he became head coach and since then, in 150 dual meets. Navy has won 140, tied 1, and lost only 9. It is the finest record at the Navy Academy. In this period Navy has won 14 intercollegiate championships since 1920. In '24, '28, and '32 Navy gymnasts won on the Olympic teams and in 1932, four Navy athletes placed in the Olympics winning 1, 2, 3, in the rope climb and second in the rings. "Admiral Byrd captained my 1911 team," said Frank proudly. ""Last year we placed 1, 2, 3, in the National A.A.U. rope climb." During Mang's long term of service Navy has never had a weak gym team, and has been consistently the

leader in its field all these years. The prospects this season are, as always, under Mr. Mang, ""about the same," which means the best in the country. Lieut.

Comdr. Sidney Bunting is gymnasium representative again this year. The A.A.U. championship in gym will be held for the first time in Annapolis.

Swimming Swimming is again in charge of Henry Ortland, Jr., as it has been for many years.

Henry came to the Naval Academy in 1918 for the express purpose of teaching swimming. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy. In his first season Henry says he won 3 meets and lost 2. In 1919 he introduced water polo to the Naval Academy. Since his tenure Henry has won 95 of 135 meets. His best seasons were those of '23 and '25 when the Navy were National Champions. Ortland has sent Naval Academy swimmers of national stature to the Olympic games of 1920, 1928 and 1932.

Off season Henry scouts for the football squad and is a member of the Football Officials' Association. "We've got some good boys this year, but wait and see," Henry informs us. All of which means we'll probably be on the long end of most of our swimming meets, if not all of them.

Fencing Clovis Deladrier, in charge of fencing at the Naval Academy, is Belgian born, and graduated from the government school as 1st Maitre d'armes and maitre de gymnastique. He has been awarded eight diplomas from various countries in fencing and two others in gymnastics.

Monsieur Deladrier 'has also won four professional championships in foil, epee and sabre. He coached in the Belgian Army for 20 years and was a lieutenant therein during the late war. Since 1927

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him when midshipmen and still packs a short wallop straight from the shoulder that as a greeting lingers in your memory as well as where he hits you. ""Spike" came to us in 1919 after coaching the A. E. F. boxing teams in France and the Inter-Allied Army team in their great meet at the Pershing Stadium in Paris.

He coached the Olympic boxers in 1920, '24, '28 and '32. The teams of '20, '24, and '32 won the Olympic Championships for America. The Navy team left the Intercollegiate Boxing Association in 1931 because it took the midshipmen members of the team away from their studies too much. ""Spike" won it the last year we were entered as a goodbye present. He considers the teams of '25, "26, and '27 his greatest. In '24, '25, '28 and '31, Navy won the Intercollegiate Championship. During his career at the Naval Academy, ""Spike" can well be proud of his record of 86 wins, 11 losses and 5 ties, in which period of 20 years he went through 11 without a defeat. "The greatest fighter I ever had here was Ritchie Collins, '27," says "Spike." He won 22 out of 23 fights, was Captain of the team his last year and won two intercollegiate championships." The team this year, though untried, features Knockout Lenz of the football team in the heavyweight division and the team as a whole will doubtless come through big as '"Spike's" teams always do. Commander ""Scrappy" Kessing is boxing representative and is constantly on the floor near the ringside during all workouts. ""Scrappy" is the type of officer ro get the best results out of his associates in athletics and ""Spike" is glad he is with him to help and advise.

Director of Athletics

Navy Basketballâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;1939 Navy team in the National Matches of 1925 and 1927, and coached the Navy Captain, Midshipman R. V. Laney. team in the National Matches of 1927Manager, Midshipman J. M. Dunford.

1928. Lieut Mumma was representative Coach, Mr. John N. Wilson. and coach of the Naval Academy Rifle Representative, Commander S. P. teams from 1932-1935, and led his rifle- Jenkins, USN. men to the small bore intercollegiate The Navy basketball team comchampionships in 1934-1935. His assis- menced its 1939 season on January 7 in a Rifle tants this year with the team are Lieut. game with Gettysburg College. The Lieut. M. C. Mumma, USN, is repreB. A. Robbins who was a member of schedule includes 14 contests, ending on sentative and head coach of the Navy the Naval Academy team from 1929- February 25 with the annual Army-Navy Rifle team. He has had a long success1931 and on the Navy Rifle team in 1931 game which this year will be played at ful experience in small arms shooting and and Lieut. George Huff. Chief Gunner Annapolis. wears the distinguished medal for excelMcGovern is coaching the plebes as he lence in markmanship, the highest Navy The 1939 squad, while inexperienced, did a year ago. award. Mumma was Captain of the Nagives promise of being the best ball hantional Interscholastic Small Bore Chamdling group for several years and should pions in 1921, and was a meinber of the develop fast into a team which, by midBoxing Naval Academy rifle teams from 1921season, will be equally as strong as last 1925, captaining the team in his last "'Spike" Webb has not changed. He is year"s team which won 11 games and year. He was a shooting member of the just the same as most of us remember lost 3. he has been at the Naval Academy. During this period his teams have won nine trophies in the three weapons and seven individual championships. He expects this present season to find the Navy up to its usual standard.

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Four letter men were lost by graduation and four remain. Losses through graduation include Captain Alan R. McFarland, a consistently high scorer during his three years as a regular; Frank Lynch, the giant 6' 4" center and best defensive player to represent Navy for many years; Bill Ingram and Jack Mansfield, two very dependable guards.

Captain Robert Laney, 6' 2" guard, and George Ghesquiere, 6' 3" center, lettermen and regulars of last year, should be the outstanding players this season.

Robert Gillette and Larry Geis, lettermen who played forward in 1938, seem ready to step into regular berths.

Navy Bows to Gettysburg The basketball team inaugurated the new season January 7th with Gettysburg on the home court and after a hard struggle came out on the short end of a 37-33 score. Gettysburg presented the same five regulars as in last year's game when oddly enough Navy won by the same score. For three of the victors it was their third appearance in Annapolis and they have the satisfaction of beating the Navy in two of those three games.

Navy led 4-0 at the start, but Gettysburg pulled up even at 7-7 and then went ahead 17-9, and almost doubled the score again at 19-10. Navy rallied, however, and at the half Gettysburg led by only 19-16. The teams were evenly matched in the second half and after eight minutes of play Navy knotted the count at 24-24, and later at 30-30.

For Navy, Ghesquiere was the star, netting seven baskets and leading both teams in the scoring column. O'Neill at center for Gettysburg was especially effective with his long shots. The summary of the game follows: GE1TYSBURG G. F. P. Rommer, F 2 1-1 5 Yovicson, F 2 2-4 6 Simon, F 1 0-0 2 O'Neill, (Capt.) C . . 5 2-3 12 Trimmer, C 0 0-0 0 Hamilton, G 2 0-0 4 Weems, G 4 0-3 8 16 NAVY Geis, F Laney, (Capt.) F. . . .

Shaffer, F Hardy, F Ghesquiere, C Lee, G Hanley, G

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COMMANDER W A R D P. DAVIS, U . S. N .

Graduate Manager of Athletics

New Soccer Captain J. F. Refo, '40, son of Commander M. P. Refo, '10, has recently been elected Captain of the 1939 Soccer Team at the Naval Academy.

S. H. MacGregor, Jr., son of Lt. Col. S. H. MacGregor, USA, was elected Manager of the Team.

Navy Defeats Maryland On January 11th the Navy basketball team, showing improved form over the opening game against Gettysburg, defeated the University of Maryland on the home court, 47-37. Maryland took an early lead at 2-0 but in the next few minutes Navy closed the gap and went into the lead never to be headed. The game

was close all the way, however, and the margin at the end was about as great as it had been all day. Navy's Captain Laney led in the scoring, dropping in the amazing total of 10 field goals. Ghesquiere was close behind with 7. As Maryland had been defeated by the Army at "West Point, 45-25 only a week ago, some idea can be gained of the strength of the Service schools which meet at Annapolis late in February. Maryland players considered the Navy offense equal to that of the Army, but believe at present the Army defense was superior. With only Laney and Ghesquiere as a last year's nucleus to build around, Johnny Wilson"s work is cut out for him. The improvement in the team, if the first two games are any criterion, should quickly (Continued on page 15) 11

viewed elsewhere in this issue, is doing a splendid job for the Navy. Besides recruiting for the Navy in Little Rock, Ark., he is "on the air" from KLRA every Wednesday night. His program:— Roy W. Lewis, '11, is now a lawyer "The Navy Club of the Air," — the and is practicing in the firm of Thorn- theme song: A Navy Second to none.

• burg & Lewis, in St. Clairsville, Ohio.

Roy writes in part: D. Adams Frost, '21, sends in a thought "Notwithstanding all of the jokes in concerning an Alumni Tie. which lawyers are the victim, I must ad"Regimental neckties w e r e first mit that I am one of that Fraternity. Af- brought to my attention in 1921-1923 ter leaving the Service, I immediately during my first cruise in China. Time afstarted attending Western Reserve Uni- ter time members of our mess on the old versity L^w School at Cleveland, Ohio, H U R O N were invited to informal parties teaching mathematics at Case School of ashore by foreign navies and usually the Applied Science in that city to defray invitation indicated "club tie' as the unimy expenses. One of the entrance re- form. Needless to say our group turned quirements at the Law School was a col- up in a heterogeneous assortment of foulege degree which I did not have, but I lards and fancy figured ties. Slowly the am glad to say they accepted my Naval conviction came to me that we should Academy diploma as a substitute for a have a regimental tie and that in analydegree. sis no one had a better right to one.

"I was admitted to the Bar of the State ""During my second cruise in China, of Ohio in 1925 and have since been ad- in 1930-1933,1 had attained enough rank mitted to practice law in the United States so that I was executive officer of a gunCourts and before the Interstate Comboat for the full cruise. As a result of merce Commission." my previous experience I was able to • proselyte the officers on board to the Major E. S. (Erky) Dollarhide, USA., adoption of a "ship tie' which was sim(Ret.), '15, is now living in Lewisburg, ply a plain blue and gold diagonal stripe, West Virginia, where he is the Com- the stripes 7 / 1 6 " wide. All hands liked mandant of the Greenbriar Military this tie and we wore it when the uniSchool. form was 'club tie.'

THE DOPE All hands join in rejoicing over the recovery of Mrs. Stayton, wife of W. H. Stayton, '81, (Captain Bill), President of our Association. Mrs. Stayton was taken critically ill last August and for several months it was feared she would not recover.

By the middle of December she was up for short intervals and just before Christmas was released by the hospital authorities and returned home to her family.

Mrs. Stayton comes from a long line of distinguished Naval officers. She is the great granddaughter of Commodore Truxton and the niece of the late Admirals T. T. Craven, grandfather of Admiral T. T. Craven, and H. L. Howison.

John W. Maxcy, '84, sends in a letter from Houston, Texas, which is reprinted in part. During the late war, Mr. Maxcy was production manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and drew the attention of Direaor Charles M. Schwab for his efficient work and ability as an organizer ""As suggested, I am writing my friend concerning the painting "Constellation."

Just before graduation from the Naval Academy I had a fit of "infantile rash' which blew up my chance of a Naval career, the lingering regret of my life. I am a sailor man at heart with all the love of the romances and traditions of the sea, the great mother of us all. If I persist in chasing the sun around many more Solar cycles I'll claim the doubtful distinction of being the oldest bilger in America. To all the fellows, young and old, I wish happiness, health and contentment until all "hammicks' are piped down for the last night." « C. M. (Jimmy) James, '08, retired, has been with the First National Bank in Port Angelus, Washington, since his retirement in '36. Chairman of the Fleet Committee, Chamber of Commerce, he is always delighted to renew Navy contacts.

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Candidate for the Class of 1955—Alfred Washington Hales. Born to Raleigh, '21, and Gwen Hales, November 30, 1938.

SHIPMATE extends congratulations.

• Dan Root, '21, who is head of the Department of Mathematics at Armijo Union High School in Fairfield, California, writes a column in the Solano County Courier. His column, "Root-Angles on the Sport Scene" in the December 28th issue is a very interesting story on the Bowl Games and a paragraph on the football captains of the Naval Academy and West Point. Dan's ship floundered at sea back in May, 1919, but he got her patched up and is sailing free now with a spanking breeze.

• Francis Allen Ford, '21, whose book, ""The Gorilla of Hospital Cay," is re-

"At this time I took up the matter in the 1921 class bulletin and even tried to get the class to adopt a class tie. Many were in favor of the idea but it was never carried to a conclusion.

"In 1936, when the OKLAHOMA was in England I had Gieves, Ltd., make up four hundred ties of the design I am sending you under separate cover. The midshipmen of the first class bought three htmdred of these ties and I brought one hundred to the West Coast where they were distributed to the officers in the fleet. They went like hot cakes and everyone was uniformly in favor of their adoption by the Alumni Association.

Quite a few officers' wives ordered them from Gieves to give as presents to their husbands."

The tie referred to is a Navy Blue silk tie with small gold-colored Naval Academy seals woven into it.

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C. Stribling Snodgrass, '22, who is living in England, sends us an interesting letter which is quoted: "During the past four years my work has centered upon processing or "upgrading' heavy oils both natural and synthetic, into more useable products such as gasoline. As Germany is the home of most synthetic oil developments, I have been privileged to follow, sometimes all too closely, the part which the manufacture of "Ersatz' has played in the fouryear program.

"Heil Hitler' salutes when entering or leaving a room, are singularly absent.

"We were gratified to learn from reliable sources that news from the outside world is seeping through to a far greater extent than before the "crisis." The law permits one or two persons per radio to listen in to foreign stations, but for three or more together to listen to a foreign broadcast is illegal and punishable by imprisonment. News broadcasts from England as well as from Russia, France, and Italy are now repeated in French, "For the first time since the crisis, I German and Italian. visited Germany week before last, spend""We were told that on the Tuesday of ing several days with old friends in Essen the "crisis," endless columns of fine-lookand the Ruhr District and then going ing troops with full field kit, gooseon to Berlin. Whether or not we like stepped southward through Berlin. But to admit it. Hitler has accomplished won- the spectators on the sidewalks were grim ders in rehabilitating Germany. This is and entirely devoid of that feeling of particularly noticeable in the Ruhr Dis- elation which is usual with Germans trict which was occupied by the French when witnessing their military strength. after the war. It has been pulled up This entire lack of enthusiasm was likeliterally by its own bootstraps by the work wise evident during Goebbel's speech the provided the collieries and steel works following day. It is believed that he in the four-year program. The sad plight sensed this. In any case he pulled speech of the German industrialist today is that No. 2 which struck a peaceful note, rather he sees among the National Socialist than warlike speech No. 1. On that same party leaders an erstwhile Communistic Wednesday morning, it is said that Goerelement which he endeavored to keep ing telephoned to Mussolini and asked out of power when he chose to put his him to intervene. The German people money on Hitler as the lesser of two to this day do not know that President evils.

Roosevelt sent a second note to Herr Hitler! But they did know, even then, that ""That Hitler himself is the unquesthe British Fleet was mobilized. The tioned leader and final deciding authorBBC's first broadcasts in the German lanity, there is no question. Mass propaguage saw to that. ganda is the driving force which he has used with such uncanny ability. Of the "Berlin is being rebuilt, as is most of more intelligent people, some are will- Germany. Cost is no consideration. ing to be led by party doctrines, and Everywhere buildings are being torn others have been frightened by the fates down to make way for bigger and betof their more out-spoken friends. Fortu- ter ones. A story is current in Berlin nately, some are still able and willing to the effect that upon studying new to think for themselves. aerial photographs of Berlin, the chief of "One of the questions which I was the Soviet air force altered the plans for anxious to have answered on this trip his initial attack on Germany because was "Is the news getting through over 'Berlin is already in ruins.' the radio?' Foreign newspapers have been either carefully censored or prohibited for years. In provincial cities no foreign newspapers or periodicals are obtainable. In Berlin a limited number of papers is available for foreign guests of large hotels. But the outward semblances on National Socialism, such as the passing of Winter-Help Relief coin boxes in restaurants and in interminable

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""Food in Germany today is of limited variety and of poor quality even in the best hotels. The law requires that all bread contain not more than 60% grain, the remaining 40% being potato flour.

One's appetite for bread is further limited in that it cannot be eaten until it is at least 24 hours old. Fortunately, potatoes still abound in ample quantity, but even such an old reliable continental diet as

veal is seldom seen. Butter from coal is a reality in Germany today. The sequence of events is as follows: the coal is converted into coke, then the coke into water-gas, the water-gas into CO and H2 which are combined in the presence of a catalyst to form synthetic hydrocarbons. From these, waxes are extracted which are oxidized or chlorinated into fatty acids, thence lactic acid and butter.

Since these synthetic oil plants were intended to produce aviation gasoline, the motto might well be "Butter for Aviation Gasoline' as well as 'Guns for Butter.'

"In the restaurants and night-clubs of the "West End' of Berlin one sees desultory attempts at gaiety. But even the Bavarian songs and dances are devoid of their usual spontaneity.

"From what I have seen of preparations in France and in Germany, it would seem that the great thing is to prevent an outbreak of hostilities. It might not last long, but the untold horror of initial blows from the air must be forestalled.

Fortunately, thinking people in Germany as well as in England realize that the most likely end to the next European war would be World Communism.

"Since starting this, another program has flared up. The Nazis may be able to extract from the Jews sufficient money to cover immediate emergency deficits in their national budget, but at what further cost in ill-will! The appalling atrocities in Germany during the past week must not, however, be allowed to blind us to the fact that this behavior towards the Jews arouses horror and alarm in the hearts of the great majority of the German people." â&#x20AC;˘ Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., has recently announced the promotion of Vincent P. (Vin) Conroy, '23, to General Traffic Manager of that Corporation. Graduated from the Naval Academy in '23, ""Vin" served in the Navy on both coasts before resigning in 1925 and prepared himself for the Air Transport field, in which he had become vitally interested.

Following a period of experience in sales promotional work for various firms in New York, he became associated with National Air Transport, first at the company's office in Kansas City and later in

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New York City as District Traffic Manager.

He remained in New York City with this title for eight years, during which time he was associated with various airlines, serving as Division Traffic Manager for Eastern Airlines in New York from 1935 until now.

During his midshipmen days and as an officer he was active in athletics, playing three years of varsity football and serving as captain of the football team his first class year, and coaching the football team of the USS COLORADO when attached to that ship. He is married, the father of two daughters, aged six and eight years, and still retains his interest in athletics.

"Vin" will have offices at TWA's Main Base in Kansas City, where he will be directly under the Vice President in charge of traffic, directing national and local sales campaigns.

Randolph Owsley, '23, is Assistant Cashier in the Commercial Banking Department of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago. His function is to secure commercial accounts in the Middle West.

Married, the father of a daughter, aged eleven, and a son, nine, he is also the Police Commissioner of Lake Forest, a suburb of Chicago.

In a recent letter Randolph writes: "I don't hear from many of the fellows often any more, but once in a while some of my good old friends made in Crabtown drop me a line or stop in to see me when they are passing through Chicago."

Mrs. William E. Hpwley, of New York City, recently announced the engagement of her daughter. Miss Bernadette Howley, to Lieutenant George F. Kosco, USN, '30. The wedding will take place in the Spring.

George is at the P. G. School in Annapolis taking the course in Meteorology. He is also President of the Annapolis Port of the Propeller Club.

• Robb White, '31, who now lives on his own Cay down in the British West Indies most of the year with his wife, writes us an interesting letter which is printed in part: ""First I clerked in a book shop (having always wanted to be an author) but found it impossible to read in a book shop, so quit and went to drafting with Du Pont in '32. Finally was promoted to construction engineer and in charge of 14

the Trail roadster construction in New Castle, Pa. While there I developed a mysterious and dread disease from working too much with sulphuric, and also sold my first story—a thing called 'Night Watch' to the American Boy magazine.

This was the first of a long series of stories to them about the Naval Academy, and when it sold I left Du Pont and shipped aboard a 72' schooner for the West Indies. Said schooner went to pieces below Hatteras, leaving me swimming ashore, but I finally got to Dominica, in the British West Indies. In the meantime my first kid's book was published by Little, Brown & Co. — 'The Nub,' and I had written the novel "Run Masked,' subsequently published by Alfred Knopf. This novel, with Dominica as a frame, created such a 'stink,' shall we say, in the West Indies that I thought it best to clear out.

"When my third book, "The Smuggler's Sloop,' was accepted, I naturally got married. Mrs. White is a very calm person, with a wealth of real wisdom and a good deal of patience. As soon as we were married we left for Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands, knowing only that it boasted no steamer connections, 12 white people and 4,000 black ones. The journey down, in answer to your query 'lines of communication,' was tortuous. First a ship from New York to Puerto Rico.

Tranship to St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands. There the only way to reach the British Islands is via native sloops—1825', fat bellied, deep-footed craft with a fore and aft rig which disappeared from use three hundred years ago. The voyage can take from one to three days to cover the 30 miles depending on the wind, and, since there is nothing in the way of accommodations except the rock ballast, can be arduous.

"We found Tortola to be the most unimportant limb of the British Empire.

With no exports or imports, no steamship lines—no cars, electric lights, roads, or more than two-story buildings—it's an ideal place for a man who wants quiet and peace. We rented a house for ten dollars a month, a cook for $1.50 (the fifty for laundry) and lived badly for six months, much pestered by insects and neighbors. Desperation finally drove us to exploring some of the forty or so uninhabited islands in the group and we found Marina Cay. "This is an eight-acre job, lying in Privateer's Bay (which, by the way, is far superior to the vaunted Naval Base at St. Thomas, being three times as big, twice as protected and much deeper and calmer). The Cay had never been lived on, so the soil was fertile, and there were none of man's pests such as rats, mosquitoes, sandflies and neighbors. Since it lies in the hurricane belt we built—just the two of us — a reinforced concrete house, heavily shuttered. The outlay was tremendous—the Cay cost us $60, complete, the house $400. We live there comfortably with electricity, ice, plumbing, two servants and three boats—one snipe No. 1343—for an average of $60 per month. ""While we were building the house we lived in an open shed fifteen feet from the sea. In that God-awful place I wrote the book 'Midshipman Lee,' and endured the rigors of a full blown tropical hurricane, which did little damage but was cold, wet and noisy.

"We're going back in January, having been in the States much too long for our peace of mind. I have always been surprised to find the world so much different, its squabbles, and turmoil so remote —even with the radio—down there.

Other people seem to think so too for an exiles' club operates full blast on an island near ours.

"So we live, separated by four miles of Caribbean from our nearest neighbors, but never lonely for yachts come from all over the world—Privateer's Bay being an excellent harbor and the most windward from both the United States and Europe."

J. C. (Joe) Rengel, '37, who resigned on graduation and returned to Piqua, Ohio, and Miss Elizabeth Judson Martin, also of Piqua, were married November 19th, according to word received from Charlie Briner, '26, Secretary of the Pittsburgh Branch. Best wishes to the newly weds, from SHIPMATE.

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Navy Defeats Maryland

ful season, before Army and the Star of the East, Walter Brinker, arrive on the ( Continued from page 11) Annapolis horizon. Johnny Wilson is place Navy's team near the top. The floor faced with one of his biggest problems play of Geis was outstanding. At half in years to add an accurate "shooter" or time Navy led, 23-17. two to his first string combination, but with his past great record to go by, Navy SUMMARIES can still look forward to a successful seaNAVY son.

Total After the varsity game, the Navy G F Points plebes, with the best looking team in Geis, F 3 1-5 7 years, defeated Eastern High of WashLaney, F 10 0-1 20 ington, 43-28. The summary of the main Harder, F 1 0-0 2 conflict follows; Ghesquiere, C. . 7 0-0 14 Lee, G 0 0-1 0 NAVY Hanly, G 2 0-0 4 Total 23

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G Bengoechea, F. . 5 DeWitt, F 4 Johnson, C. . . . 2 Knepley, G. . . 3 Mondorff, G. . . 1 Rea, G 0

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Total Points 10 12 4 9 2 0

Geis, F Holmes, F Laney (Capt.), F. Ghesquiere, C. . . .

Lee,G Shaffer, G Hanley, G Hardy, G

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DUKE 15 7-12 37 Total In the closing minutes Navy tried out F. Points G. several combinations of substitutes. Non1-1 11 5 scoring Navy players were Ackney, Gor- Parsons, F 0-0 2 Flentje, F 1 anson, Wolfe, Holmes, Nelson, Riley, 0-1 10 Bergman, F 5 Welch, Shaffer, Dinsmore.

0-2 0 Minor, F 0 0-1 4 HoUey, C 2 1-1 1 Thomas, C 0 Navy Loses to Duke 0-0 4 Walasek, G 2 Inexperience could still be laid to Price, G 0-0 0 0 Navy's basketball team which faced Duke Swindell, G 1-1 11 5 University January I4th and lost 44-37. Connelly, G 1-1 1 0 As in previous games Captain Laney led the scoring for Navy closely followed by 20 4-8 44 Ghesquiere our experienced center. The entire game was marked by the closest guarding seen at the Naval Academy in Our New Football Coach years, Duke leading after the first ten minutes by the small score of 5-2. Navy (Continued from page 5 ) drew ahead, but after 18 minutes of the hardest kind of play the score stood tied that I almost pitched in with the players at 10-10. At the end of the half Navy en- he had robbed to help do him up myself.""

In 1930 Swede was in Nicaragua in joyed a one point margin, leading 15-14, the 2nd Brigade as Operations and Inbut the Blue Devils paced by the remarktelligence officer. He was in the "Guardia able long distance shooting of Swindel, Nacional,"" Captain in the Department of Bergman and Parsons were too much for Rivas.

But in 1931 he was back in Parris our boys to overcome in the second half.

Laney and Ghesquiere could not do it Island coaching the football team. all, and though Shaffer, a little fellow, "What game you played in stands out took up the burden on offense for Navy in your memory as the one you enjoyed with 3 well placed field goals, our team most?"" we asked him. tired near the end and Duke prevailed.

Oh, decidedly, it was the one against With Pennsylvania, a strong opponent as Princeton in 1921. Against the great always due next. Navy must continue to team of Gilroy and Keck. The Navy won improve in order to round out a success- 13-0 and Princeton didn't make a first

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down. It atoned for previous Princeton insults.

In 1932 Swede returned to Nicaragua, this time with the Electoral Mission under Admiral Clark H. Woodward. But he was on duty again at Parris Island in 1933. There was no football team to worry him that year. In 1934 he was attached to the USS MINNEAPOLIS. 1935

and 1936 were spent on the USS P E N N SYLVANIA and there the Pennsy won two fleet football championships, beating the ARIZONA for the honor in "35 and the N E W MEXICO in '36. In 1937 he witnessed the bombardment of the Japanese at Shanghai and was there at the time of the Panay incident. "We used to play football with a battle going on across the street. I coached the 6th Marines and we beat the 4th for the championship of China. The noise of guns replaced that of the crowd. Sometimes it was so bad we couldn't hear our signals."

"Who was the toughest guy you ever played against?" we asked next.

He didn't have to think long. ""Wakefield of Vanderbilt," he replied without hesitating. "It was in 1924 while playing for the All Marines that I ran up against him. He played left end, was all-American and rated it. I remember the score was 13-13. I bumped into Wakefield much too often and always hoped somebody else would handle him before I got there. He finally smashed most of my ribs. No, I'll never forget Wakefield."

Swede answers personally all of the letters he receives. He was worried about one he had left unanswered because he didn't know the sender's address. It was Artie Fleming, old Navy pitcher. We were able to help him out on that one.

He has always wanted this opportunity he has now, and Army please copy, Navy fortunes are turning up. He is delighted with the set-up and all the assistant coaches who have been retained under him. They swear by him already. But it would be impossible for any organization not to function smoothly under his leadership, for Swede has keen football intelligence, a fine background, a truly great record as a superior competitor, courage, fortitude and that most necessary trait for success,â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a rare sense of humor. The Navy Athletic Association is to be congratulated in its choice, for Swede is going to be the answer to all our prayers or this reviewer is a Chinaman. You cannot know him and not believe it.

We concluded our interview in his home in the Yard, where four grand kids and a charming wife whose hospitality 15

knows no bounds keep things moving.

AU hands up anchor for Swede Larson.

Let's give him everything we've got. For that's exactly what he is already and is going to give us. And don't forget the air mail stamps. Swede might make you his first assistant, or even be yours, for the one he is looking for most.

The Navy A Farming Goes {Continued from page 8) suddenly sensed that the city slickers in their midst were dispensing real corn.

They encircled the entire party and held up the inspection while squawking for their share. The peculiar gait of two of the birds told the experienced Trudy they were off their feed. We suggested corned beef and cabbage as the remedy and were overruled. Trudy knew her turkeys and soon the two staggering ones were put on special diet. Chuck then enlightened us with the troubles and cares of farming but most of it concerned his No. 1 gobbler, who had come from afar and looked proud enough to have been imported. A stately bird, he took his leadership seriously. However, he had certain unattractive habits that were not always pleasing to mixed company. Too often he would call his flock together and visit other nirkeys in more or less distantly removed pastures. The results of these visits were about what could be expected.

While no report has come in to date the chances are that this No. 1 gobbler has paid for his indiscretions by being No. 1 dish on the Christmas menu of ""ALL

and all the modern equipment that went with it, but the men were soon grouped around the larder overflowing with sea stores. Jellies, jams, preserves, home canned vegetables, home made scrapple, spiced beef, mince meat, demanded the most careful inspection of the day. Trudie's genius grew more and more remarkabe as we sampled everything including the liquor closet. We were not very different from the turkeys and fowls after all. But the real treat was a feast of "Suki-Yaki" prepared by the efficient and lovely Trudie herself.

Over the liqueurs we decided Chuck was a real Squire and what must be a successful farmer. It called for further

BRIGHT GOLD {An old timer looks back.)

You talk about these gadgets That leave us old salts dumb With silent admiration For wonders yet to come; The shops are automatic From bowsprit to the stern.

Yet somehow there will always Be new things men must learn.

Curricula will alter As years go swiftly by.

Still one thing never changes.

And no one wonders why.

The good ship Tuscarora— The first craft that I knew— Was just put in commission.

(Her trial runs were through.)

We heard the skipper read aloud That he was in command.

SECURED." And then returned his quick salute— The barnyard inspection completed Heard music from the band. and having told Chuck how he ought to It was a gala day for us— run his farm we returned to the house.

Especially for me.

The interior sparkled with the air of real Since all my dreams were realized home folks. Our tour ended in the kitchen As we set out to sea. as all good Navy parties do eventually.

The ladies raved about the electric range

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homage on our part. Time had slipped by unnoticed, the sun had long since gone over the yardarm and was sinking fast in the West when our navigator checked the running lights and steering gear. The underway signal was broken and with regret we shoved off from "U. S. S. ALL SECURED." All hands had made their adieus, the anchor was heaved up and we got underway for Crabtown. As we steamed away we all talked farming and why we sailors were so good at it. During the late war it was ""how you gonna keep 'em down on the farm." Well, Chuck and Trudie have seen Paree and are living happy examples of the exception that may or may not prove the rule.

I swallowed hard and held the tears That welled into my eyes; I growled a "damn" beneath my breath.

And couldn't realize The skipper probably had felt— When he, too, joined the fleet.

The very thrill that made me weak.

And want to beat retreat.

But finally the job was done.

And there I stood alone— My brain still whirling at the thought That this ship was my own.

Yet now you stand upon her deck—• The deck that once was mine; You call her old and desecrate My first, most sacred shrine.

Yes, I have learned to worship her— The first ship that I knew— And you will learn when you put out On your first vessel, too.

The textbooks will not tell you how To make emotion dead; Nor will they ever try because Of this are true men bred.

ROBERT C. CONRAD.

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TRUSTEES The Trustees met at the Army-Navy Club in Washington, D. C , on December 15th, 1938. The following business was transacted: • The report of the committee on the Amendment of the By-Laws, recently submitted for consideration by the Los Angeles Branch and San Francisco Branch, was submitted and the following action approved by the Trustees: Increase the number of Vice Presidents to two,—one to be elected from the "East Coast" and one from the "West Coast."

This provision was approved and is submitted to the membership for their consideration and action. The term ""East Coast" is defined as that part of the United States lying East of the Mississippi River; that of "West Coast" as that part lying West of that River.

The President and Vice Presidents to be elected to serve a term of one year.

This was approved and is likewise submitted to the membership for their action.

The number of Trustees to be changed from eleven to twelve. This was approved in principle. The Trustees considered that the increase was not sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the Association and placed the number as not less than 15, or more than 24. The provision of the proposed amendment to eleCT one-third of the Trustees for one year, one-third for two years, and onethird for three years and a yearly election, to fill vacancies thereafter, is approved.

The complete reading of the proposed amendment appears elsewhere in these columns. The dates set for voting on the proposed amendment was set as May 15, 1939.

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shown in the REGISTER OF GRADUATES, shall preside.

ARTICLE VI

• The proposal of Admiral Upham and (Nomination and Election of Officers) Captain Knox to arrange for a centennial SECTION 1. No change. number of the REGISTER OF GRADSECTION 2. (Changed). A call for UATES in 1945 was held over for further nominations will be issued in the official study and discussion. publication of the Association.

• The proposal of a memorial to Albert SECTION 3. (Changed). Officers shall Michaelson was held over pending be elected by a vote of the members of further study and discussion. the Association and term of office shall be as provided in Article III, Section 1.

• The date of the next meeting was tenVoting shall be carried out as provided tatively set for the latter part of January. in Section VII.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BYSECTION 5. (Changed) .The candidates LAWS AS APPROVED BY for the Board of Trustees as nominated THE TRUSTEES to fill vacancies which will exist due to ARTICLE III expiration of term of office, receiving SECTION 1. (Changed from present the highest vote shall be declared elected.

Article). The officers of the Association A tie vote shall be decided by lot. shall consist of a President, two Vice SECTION 6. (Changed). Members may Presidents,—one elected from the "East be re-elected to any office except the Coast" and the other elected from the office of President and Vice President, ""West Coast,"—and a Board of Trustees as long as qualified. The President and consisting of not less than fifteen or more Vice Presidents shall not be permitted to than twenty-four members. They shall succeed themselves. be nominated and elected as herein proPolls close May 15, 1939. vided. The President and Vice Presidents shall serve for one year. Members Members are requested to send in their of the Board of Trustees shall serve for vote as soon as practicable to the Secrethree years, but their terms of office shall tary-Treasurer, U. S. Naval Academy, Anbe so designated that one-third of the napolis, Md. number to be elected at the election to be held in June, 1939, shall serve for one year, one-third shall serve for two years, and the remainder for three years. After that election all Trustees shall serve for a term of three years. The Association shall be under the management of the CROSLEY, W A L T E R SELWYN, Rear Admiral, USN, Ret., '93. Died at Johns above Board who shall be hereinafter reHopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., on ferred to as THE BOARD. All shall January 6, 1939. serve without compensation. The term "East Coast" is defined as that part of the United States lying East of the Mis- D U K E , J O H N MARTINDALE, Lieut., sissippi River and the term ""West Coast" USN, '26. Killed in plane crash off as that part of the United States lying Point Loma, Calif., on December 9, West of the Mississippi River.

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• The Trustees unanimously elected the following members to be Trustees to (Note)—The remainder of Article III, Sections 2, 3, and 4, are not changed. H U T C H I N S , CHARLES THOMAS, Capt., serve until July 1, 1939: USN, Ret., '01. Died at Naval HosH. M. Gleason, '99, San Francisco, pital, Canacao, P. I., on December 3, California.

ARTICLE V 1938.

Clyde King, '22, Los Angeles, CaliSECTION 1. (Changed from present fornia.

RICHARDSON, W I L L I A M NICHOLAS, Article).

Comdr., USN, Ret., '09. Died at WashThe President shall preside at all meet• The Trustees unanimously adopted ington, D. C, on December 15, 1938. ings and, in his absence, the Vice Presithe emblem of the old U.S.N.A. Graddent whose graduation number in the uate Association as the emblem of the Association. The question of adopting REGISTER OF GRADUATES is lower, another less expensive emblem (button shall preside. If the President or either Please send in all information concerning vital statistics to Shipor rosette) in addition to the button was Vice President be absent, then the memmate. left open pending further expression bers of the Board of Trustees in order of their respective graduation number as from the membership.

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"W. H. STAYTON, President, 1881 D. F. SELLERS, Vice-President, 1894 E. F. COCHRANE, Secretary-Treasurer, 1916 TRUSTEES

H. G. Gillmor 1891 W. H. Standley 1895 E. J. Sadler 1899 H. N. Gleason 1899 G. V. Stewart 1905 Bryson Bruce 1907 M. D. Gilmore 1911 G. B. Junkin I913 Clyde King 1922 G. W. Daisley I923 W. B. Bristor 1927 J. H. Howard I93O Address all communications to: The Secretary-Treasurer, U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Annapolis, Maryland.

events leading up to the engagements between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Contemporary views taken from the pages of official documents, intimate letters, memoirs and news articles, are used with proper credit, and yet without the annoying use of quotation marks.

Prediaions, some dire, some optimistic, made a world tremble when the nautical David and Goliath met at Hampton Roads. Goliath, the converted Virginia—rechristened Merrimac — ignored the Federal attack, shedding shell fire as a duck sheds water. In a brief space of time, she either demolished or rendered useless, almost the entire opposing fleet.

Exhausted from a strenuous trip from New York, the Monitor staged an eleventh hour lescue of the pitiful remnants of a glorious Navy.

Captain Franklin Buchanan, who founded the Naval Academy, was praised for his handling of the Merrimac by the South, but

to Lieutenant Worden, commanding officer of the Monitor, and John Ericcson, her designer, went the thanks of a nation saved from complete humiliation.

Whether Buchanan won, or Worden, matters little now.

The real story is in the proof—under fire —of the most radical change that ever came to fighting ships: the revolving turret.

As such, it merits the attention of all those interested in the Navy and its progress.

While a short story, "Up Periscope" is deserving of a tribute by this column, the lead story in the December 31st issue of the Saturday Evening Post, it is further given prominence in the "Keeping Posted" section of the magazine. Such recognition of ability is tribute indeed. To its author, who prefers to remain incognito, SHIPMATE, adds this chit, hoping "Alex Hudson" sees this thanks for a grand yarn.

BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS The S h i p s ' Library Revietcs of Books THE GORILLA OF HOSPITAL CAY AND OTHER SEA BALLADS. By Lt. Francis

Alan Ford., '21, U.S.N. (The Pattee Co., Little Rock, Ark. $1.50.)

There's the tang of the salt air—the bite of the bo'sun's wit—the deep sentiment hidden beneath a cloak of laughter in Lieutenant Ford's poetry. Names known to those who sail the seas in ships—Peanut Mary—Mendocino—Maysi—Alta Vela—come back vividly and take on newer importance in his lines.

The title poem—legendary or fact—is one "Based on what was found one day Of a Chinaman's remains."

Read it aloud, by all means, and you will want to go on through this collection of verse, knowing its writer can and does use effectively, the language the Navy speaks.

The Branch Associations are requested to send their news to the Secretary-Treasurer, Annapolis, Md., by the 5th of each month to insure it making the press.

BALTIMORE, MD. Meetings are held at the Stafford Hotel at 6:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month.

For information concerning the Baltimore Branch, communicate with W. Beverly Bristor, 2205 N. Calvert St.

meeting sponsored by the Graduates' Association of Chicago was prominently attended.

Pictures were shown of the Army-Navy game and Navy-Columbia game of this past season.

Among those attending actively interested in Navy affairs from the Chicago district were Hubert Burnham, prominent architect; John T. Metcalf, D. N. Goldenson, Jack Small, R. E. Jones, Swift Riche, George Fitzgerald, Charles M. Evans, Lieut. George Lyon, now on recruiting duty in Chicago, E. A. Zitzewitz, and C. E. Archibald.

Jack Small got cards to the Illinois Athletic Club for two weeks' courtesies for the whole group. The Chicago Alumni were with the BOSTON, MASS. Navy Athletic Association's representatives throughout their stay and did everything The meeting of the Boston Branch sched- humanly possible for the comfort of their uled for January 20, was cancelled. Instead, visitors, even to seeing them off on the train a dinner meeting is planned for Thursday, when they left in true Navy fashion.

February 22. The speaker at this meeting will The activities of the Chicago group were The first commandment of poets is: to be Ex-Chancellor Dr. Heinrich Bruning who write in an entertaining manner. In this. was the last Chancellor of Germany before most cooperative and friendly and were thorHerr Hitler took over. Dr. Bruning will talk oughly appreciated by all who attended from Lieutenant Ford has succeeded very well. on economic conditions in Germany today.

Annapolis. The interest of the Chicago AssoRead this group, and go back to your old ciation in Navy affairs is very strong and is a On February 18, the Boston Branch, jointly haunts—Guantanamo and others—and meet source of pride to SHIPMATE in its effort to with the First Naval District officers, will hold "The Gorilla of Hospital Cay." a Navy Hop at the Boston Navy Yard with promote good fellowship and organization ""THE Y A N K E E CHEESE B O X . " by Rob- all profits being donated to the Navy Relief among all Alumni. ert Stanley McCordock. (Dorrance Association. Charles F. Hooper, '22 and C. S. For information concerning the Chicago and Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Soule, '04, will be co-chairmen. A similar hop Branch, communicate with Kenneth Mcwas enjoyed last year and it is expected that Cracken, 135 S. LaSalle St. $3.00). this year the affair will be even more successTime has done much to remove the pain ful. of the late Civil War. Great battles of that T. G. Brown, '15, has accepted Chairman- CLEVELAND, OHIO war, except to the student of history or those ship of the Employment Committee.

Regular meetings are held every Monday closely related to veterans of those engageFor information concerning the Boston at the Army & Navy Club in the Hollenden ments, have dimmed and are now little more Branch, communicate with W. E. Haycock, Hotel at noon. than names. That one side won has lost its 146 Federal Street, Boston, Mass. importance. The true victory—the welding For information concerning the Cleveland of these United States—submerges everyBranch, communicate with A. Ray Staud, 922 thing else.

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CHICAGO, ILL. The expert's impartial glance views only the things that came out of the conflict. The The annual football coaches' meeting in strategist looks at troop movements; the offi- Chicago during the holiday season was at- DENVER, COLO. cer of the fleet, maneuvers and marine designs. tended by Capt. McKee, Director of Athletics, The Denver Branch met at the Navy WardManager, room at the University Club at 12:15 p.m., It is of this latter group Professor McCor- Commander Davis, Graduate dock writes. In "The Yankee Cheese Box," "Swede" Larson, head coach and "Rip" Miller, on January 10th. A large gathering turned he abandons the long range view of a modern line coach. This group from the Navy Ath- out and enjoyed "Vine" Moore's, '17, talk on theorist. By painstaking effort, he places be- letic Association stayed at the Navy Head- Practical Air Navigation. Before coming to fore the reader, a day by day review of the quarters, La Salle Hotel where a luncheon Denver and retirement, Vine was Skipper of 18

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a 'Tig Boat" for several years. He is now the local representative of the Weems System of Air Navigation.

For information concerning the Denver Branch, communicate with G. C. Tarbox, Jr., 1729 Arapahoe Street.

DETROIT, MICH. Both the Army and Navy were represented at the Naval Armory, December 29, at a dinner given by the Naval Alumni Association at Detroit, honoring the fathers and sons of Navy men both in and out of the service.

Brigadier General Heinrich A. Pickert who is now Detroit's Police Commissioner was the guest speaker. "The day will come when the strife in this world will have to be settled," Pickert said, "and it will be settled by warships and airplanes. It is possible, however, that the Army will have to man some of the ships."

The latter assertion brought vigorous denial from Dr. Andrew P. Biddle, '84, and also from twelve Midshipmen home on Christmas leave and even from eight candidates who are hopeful of "making the grade." It is not recorded but the Navy must have come out first in this skirmish. There is no report that the Police Commissioner General had anybody put in jail. Included among the twelve Midshipmen were George Ghesquiere, Grosse Pointe High School athlete who was regular end on the Navy eleven last season; J. C. Smith, Jr.; S. W. Harbrecht, J. C Bangert and W. M. Braybrook. Other Navy men who took part were Ensign E. B. Orr, Robert Weldron, and Lieut. Comdr. Allan Rutter. Besides the midshipmen and candidates in attendence were seven Navy juniors and twenty fathers.

For information concerning the Detroit Branch, communicate with D. C. Wilkerson, General Motors Building, Detroit, Mich.

FORT WORTH, TEX. W. C. Fowler, '23, 2025 Huntington Lane

HOUSTON, TEX. For information concerning the Houston Branch, communicate with T. G. Schirmeyer, Cotton Exchange Bldg.

ENDIANAPOLIS, USD. The Indianapolis Branch are now holding their meetings at dinner the third Friday of each month at the new Naval Armory, at 6.30 p.m.

The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, January 20, 1939, at which the election of officers will be held.

The December meeting was held on Friday, December 16 at which the following attended: J. T. Davis, '15; M. P. Crist, '20; Warren Maxwell, '22; Robert McMurray, '22; J. E. Fleming, '23; J. C. Shively, '24; Donald W. Alexander, '26; W. P. Sands, '27; G. W. Williams, '30; R. L. Denig, '32; T. A. D. Jones, '33; C. A. Siver, '34; Don Ayer, '34; J. I. Mingay, '37.

Address J. E. Fleming, 1015 Architects Bldg., Indianapolis, for information.

LOS ANGELES, CAL. For information concerning the Los Angeles Branch, communicate with V. Wood, Sec, 737 S. Genesee St.

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PITTSBURGH, PA.

Meetings are held at the Hotel Pfister on the first Saturday of each month at 1:00 p.m.

For information concerning the Milwaukee Branch, communicate with Kavanaugh C. Downey, 3328 North Bartlett Ave.

Six midshipmen spoke briefly at the December dinner of the Pittsburgh Branch, telling of their reactions to life at the Academy, and citing humorous episodes occurring during their early days there. Emmett Wood, '40, was reticent about the recent Army-Navy game NEW ORLEANS, LA. but assured everyone present the team would Philip Seymour, '08, 822 Perdido St. render a good account of themselves when the Navy faces their service rivals next DeNEW YORK, N. Y. At the last luncheon meeting of the New cember. The branch turned out nicely to greet York Branch it was decided not to have a their visitors.

Among the new faces at this meeting were: regular speaker but conduct an open forum on subjects most desirable for discussion. Geo. (Mac) Sturgeon, '22, who came in from Among these were. Civilian Coaching vs. Weirton, W. Va.; William (Bill) S. Kurtz, Graduate Coaching; The Proposed Canal '23; E. F. (Ed) Kelley, '26, of Trafford City, Through Nicaragua; and Entertainment of Pa., who came here from El Paso, Texas; Officers, when the fleet comes in for the Harold Etchen and John Stimson, both of '37.

World's Fair this Spring. At the December Those answering the roll call were: H. W. luncheon meeting Mr. Charles O'Connor Abbott, '13; M. C. Barrett, H. V. Clark, E. W. Sloane, who has been of great aid to the McKinley, '21; F. Burdette, R. R. Guriey, Employment Committee in placing Naval V. E. McGuinness, G. McW. Sturgeon, '22; Academy Alumni, was the speaker. Mr. R. D. Higgins, W. S. Kurtz, L. H. McCandless, Sloane's topic was the Rahn plan and he '23; M. A. Powell, '25; C. E. Briner, E. F. thoroughly explained its application to our- Kelley, '26; L. W. Carpenter, '27; C. E. Holloselves. It is a simple plan by which men can way, '32; M. H. Tinker, '33; H. G. Etchen, make themselves feel better adapted to the J. W. Simpson, '37; W. B. Robb, Emmett type of work they are most fitted for and con- Wood, '40; R. S. Day, C. M. Lee, G. W. Mcvince their employer of just what they can Fetridge, J. P. Sliwka, '42. accomplish in his behalf. The Employment For information concerning the Pittsburgh Committee announced that Mr. Henry Shaw, Branch, communicate with C. E. Briner, 4733 Jr., President of the Pedrick Machine & Tool Center St. Co., of Philadelphia, would like to engage a manufacturing agent to handle that company's produas in the New York area. Positions SAN DIEGO, CALIF. available are also posted on the bulletin board The next meeting of the San Diego at the office of the Military-Naval Club, 4 W. Branch will be held at 6.30 p.m., Friday, 43rd St. January 27, 1939, at the Commissioned OfUptown members are meeting as usual on ficers Mess, U. S. Naval Air Station, San the first and third Wednesdays of the month at Diego. A good attendance is anticipated.

Firenze's Restaurant. All in the vicinity on For information concerning the San those days are cordially invited to attend.

Diego Branch address P. W. Rutledge, P. O. Chester Beck, '20, has joined the World's Box 814, Chula Vista, California.

Fair Staff in the dirertion of the Department of Exhibits. Pierre Bernard, '23, has become SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. a general partner of Charles Clark & Co., Please note the change of date of our meetmembers of the New York Stock Exchange.

The new Secretary of the Third Naval Dis- ing to Wednesday, January 4, 1939. During trict Chapter of the Naval Reserve Officers the discussion of the change of meeting day at our luncheon, Captain Moses suggested a Association is E. J. Walsh, '20. change of meeting place; but the great maPHILADELPHIA, PA. jority of those present voted in favor of conMajor General Smedley D. Butler,-USMC tinuing at the El Jardin.

At our last luncheon Admiral Osterhaus (ret.), will address the Philadelphia Branch when it meets in the Bellevue Stratford Hotel presided in the absence of Commander for its annual dinner, Friday, January 27th. Graham, and it was decided by the 35 members present that hereafter we shall meet on Mess call will be sounded at 6:45 p. m.

Guests of honor are to be: Rear Admiral the first Wednesday of each month. This was Julius C. Townsend, '02, who has succeeded occasioned by circumstances which presented Rear Admiral Wat T. Cluverius, '96, recent themselves at the El Jardin as well as the fact commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard; that Monday finds it difficult for many to Captain E. E. (Swede) Larson, USMC, '22, spend a reasonable time at luncheon. A telewho has just taken over as Naval Academy gram from our President was read. Captain Football Coach and Captain Larson's assistant, Gleason gave us a short talk covering his recent trip East where he represented the Ship(Rip) Miller.

Part of the evening is to be devoted to offi- ping Companies on the Coast. He commented cial business when the branch elects officers. on the contrast of the hard Eastern winter and Major General Butler is a well known figure the sunshine of California, as well as the prosnationally, gaining a splendid reputation for perity and activity in the City of Washington. non-political law enforcement when the Corps Announcement of the results of Captain loaned his services to the then Mayor of Phila- Culp's football pool named the winners and delphia, Freeland Kendrick. He was known the amounts as follows: Heme, $12.50; Cliffor his courageous efforts to clean up the city ford, $12.50; and Captain Nichols, $25.00. and literally courted assassination time after Two new members, Lt. Colonel Peyton, USA, time when he refused to seclude himself after proposed by Commander Gulliver, and Lt. repeated threats of death. On his return to Commander Leverett S. Lewis, proposed by the service, Major General Butler saw service James H. Taylor, were unanimously elected. in Haiti and China.

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tion of a distinctive rosette to be worn by Naval Academy Alumni was brought up, as was also suggested at our meeting and elsewhere the wearing of a Blue and Gold miniature ribbon. McLellan moved that the original Naval Academy button be worn, and this was seconded by Captain Gleason. All voted in favor of the Naval Academy button except Captain Laird who stated that he has always preferred ribbons. T h e Captain lost to the majority.

Another proposal which has been made is that all associate members be made regular members. A formal motion was placed and duly seconded, and our local Association goes on record as endorsing the proposition of associate members being given the rights and privileges of regular members; and the National organization has been so notified.

D u r i n g the last few weeks S. C. Loomis has moved to Boston; F. B. Avery, to Los Angeles; and Herbert P. Swanton will be in N e w York for the next 6 months. W e are sorry that these members are not with us, but we know that they will carry their interest and activity to the local groups where they now find themselves.

Secretary Wood of the Los Angeles branch reports the Army-Navy Game broadcast this year being held at the Biltmore Hotel, and that Jerry Stacey who usually runs the show was off in Arizona on a business trip. In spite of that, however, between 150 and 200 were present at the broadcast and about twofifths of this number were West Pointers. H e further states that his experience over several years has found that it takes about two months to put over the broadcast party at the rate of one dinner a month.

It is with regret that word has just been received from Mrs. Graham announcing that Commander Graham has been confined to bed in N e w York City, but we understand from an additional report that the illness is not serious and the Commander will soon be back with us. Also the Christmas mail has just brought in a card of greeting from Commander Graham to the members of our Association.

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Edwin F. Cochrane, the National SecretaryTreasurer, reports that the meeting of the Trustees held at the Army and Navy Club at Washington, D . C. on December 15, 1938, unanimously elected Captain H . M. Gleason of our local group as a Trustee, and that Clyde W . King of the Los Angeles Association has also been elected to a like office. T h e following are the present Officers and Trustees of the Association: Officers: W . H . Stayton, ' 8 1 , President; D . F. Sellers, '^A, Vice-President.

Trustees: H . G. GiUmore, ' 9 1 ; W . H . Standley, '95; E. J. Sadler, '99; H . M. Gleason, '99; G. V. Stewart, '05; Bryson Bruce, '07; M. D .

Gilmore, ' 1 1 ; G. B. Junkin, ' 1 3 ; Clyde W .

King, '22; G. W . Daisley, ' 2 3 ; W . B. Bristor, '27; J. H. Howard, '30. It is further stated that meetings are held upon call by the President, generally monthly, and that the constitution permits business to be transacted by the round robin method if the officers are personally unable to attend the meetings.

W i t h the closing of this year and the beginning of the new one the Association extends to each and every one of its officers and members its wishes for a Prosperous and a Happy New Year, as well as the wish for the prosperity and the continued advancement of the Association itself. This can be materially helped if each and every one of us who has not contributed to the treasury will play Santa Claus and send in his $2.00.

Let us start the new year right and get together at 12 noon, Wednesday, January 4, 1939, at the El Jardin, 26 CaUfornia Street.

ST. LOUIS, MO. For information concerning the St. Louis Branch, communicate with W m . Pitt Kellogg, 630 South 2nd St.

TULSA, OKLA. For information, communicate with J o h n E. Kirkpatrick, ' 3 1 , 1407 N o r t h Peoria.

WASHINGTON, D. C. O n Friday night, the supposedly unlucky 13th of January, the Washington Alumni, 65 strong, met at T h e Army and Navy Club at eight o'clock with Captain Wells a a i n g as the presiding officer. A business meeting was held first and it was decided to "swing" a Navy dance either the 10th or 17th of February depending on which night would be the most suitable for obtaining the Army and Navy Country Club. "Swede" Larson then spoke on the prospects for the coming football season and explained the reason and value of the present lineup of coaches who will assist him.

Among those present were Vice Admiral Rodgers, retired and Bullis, Secretary of the Washington Association. "Swede" was given a big hand and the cooperation of the Washington group in all Academy affairs was promised to be even stronger in the future than it has ever been. It is desired by the association that all hands in or near Washington get behind the dance committee and not only appear but "swing" it at the coming ball as most of us were so proud to do when midshipmen.

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Winter Sports Unless otherwise noted, events are at the Naval Academy.

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4 February—Washington and Jefferson.

11 February—Princeton University.

18 February—Harvard University.

22 February—University of Pennsylvania.

25 February—Yale University.

4 March—U. S. Military Academy.

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18 February—Staunton Military Academy.

22 February—Univ. of Pennsylvania Freshmen.

25 February—Mercersburg Academy.

4 February—McKinley High School of Washington, D. C. 11 February—Adm. Farragut Academy.

25 February—Yale University Freshmen.

4 March—Lehigh University Freshmen.

11 March—Massachusetts Inst, of Tech.

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FENCING

Jan. 28 Saltus Fencing Club Feb. 4 St. John's University 11 Philadelphia Sword Club 18 Cornell University 25 Columbia University (at New York City) Mar. 4 Pentagonal Meet (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Army) 11 U. of Pennsylvania 18 New York University

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Lehigh University (at Bethlehem, Pa.) University of Maryland George Washington University Carnegie Inst, of Tech.

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McKinley High School of Washington, D. C. U. of Maryland Freshmen Lehigh University Freshmen

Navy Crew Schedule—1939 Apr. 22—Princeton University (Varsity and junior varsity).

Apr. 29—Columbia University (Varsity, junior varsity and freshmen).

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Plebe Wrestling Team was scheduled to meet Augusta Military Academy. Meet cancelled by Augusta as they will not have a wrestling team this winter.

Baltimore City College scheduled for 4 Feb. to take place of Augusta. Schedule now reads: 4 Feb. Baltimore City College 11 Feb. Va. Mil. Inst. Freshmen 25 Feb. Mercersburg Academy

Penn Charter School U. of Penna. Freshmen New York Univ. Freshmen

Telegraphic Rifle Schedules for 1939 January—Virginia Military Institute.

January—Yale University.

February—Lehigh University.

February—University of Maryland.

March—George Washington University.

11 March—Carnegie Institute of Technology.

18 March—U. S. Military Academy.

Plebe 21 January—Georgetown University Freshmen.

May 6—Cornell University (Varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen).

May 20—Adams Cup Regatta. (At Cambridge, Mass.) Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania). Varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen). (Columbia University varsity crew will compete, but will not be eligible for the Cup).

(Races to be held at the Naval Academy, except as noted).

Plebe Gymnasium Schedule—1939 Feb. 11 —• Emerson High School of Union City, N. J. Feb. 18—Temple University Freshmen.

Feb. 25—Union Hill High School of Union Hill, N. J.

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