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Fifty-two years in the Navy shaped the thinking of Bill Leahy, born on a farm near Hampton, Iowa. As a midshipman at Annapolis he sailed aboard the leaky, century-old frigate Constellation. As an ensign, he was a member of the crew that took the Oregon racing around the Horn and bellowing into Santiago Harbor...
...apply for Deck or Engineer positions. The number of Engineer appointments will be approximately 50 per cent greater than the number of those accepted for Deck. The physical qualifications are identical for Deck and Engineer candidates and are based upon the requirements of the Navy Department for appointment as Midshipman in the U. S. Naval Reserve...
...sunshine boys were basking in the quadrangle, an announcement of the war's end brought momentary happiness until Puckett's microphone stuck its ugly head out the window. Climax of the unhappy incident was the appearance of a guillible Midshipman who had his bags packed (literally) ready to leave for home...
...world's swiftest sprint swimmer lost in the National A.A.U. Indoor championships. In the 100-yd. freestyle, record-smashing Columbia Midshipman Alan Ford (TIME, Feb. 26) tried hard to shake off lean-jawed Specialist 2/C Wally Ris, onetime mechanical engineering student at the University of Illinois. He got no farther than a half-stroke ahead in three laps. Then they both flubbed the all-important last turn, squared away even for the final spurt. Whispered 21-year-old Wally to himself: "Beat him . . . beat him." He did-by a touch, and in New York A.C. pool-record time...
Local track enthusiasts will be glad to hear that the latest midshipman else brought Southern Cal's sensational miles Rol Sink, with it. Rol's 4:16 mile last season was the fastest collegiate mile to the country. Joe Sydnor's definition of "speculation" tops all yet devised. Said ole Black Joe when queried by Pred Livesey, "Buyin' and hopin', I reckon...