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...Supply Class was honored last week by a colorful talk on provisions by Captain McIntosh. All who came to Cambridge fresh from the feminine stronghold of Northampton agree that lectures from regular Navy men are increasing their stock of nautical vocabulary and seafaring lore by leaps and bounds. Now when seen an old salt knocking a piece of bread against the table before eating it we know it is a holdover from the days when weevils made their homes in the provisions before sailors went to Supply Corps schools...
...arrived--One hundred thirty-five little ensigns fresh off the gangplank of the good ship Northampton with our sailing papers tucked under our arms. This was back on April 7, 1943, when the glow of graduation had not yet been dimmed out. We remember that date; the first job confronting us as officers aboard our new ship was dating and signing the multitudinous papers which enrollment in the Navy Supply Corps School--Radcliffe Branch--entails...
...held a huddle in the Statler lobby to figure out their next play . . . Last seen, they were calling signals for the Copley Plaza . . . Forman was the only C-V (X) in the Grand Suite enjoying the hospitality of the Eastern Airline Hostesses . . . Harold "Doc" Savage imported a date from Northampton. He insists she was a civilian...
...just welcomed a new staff member, Ensign Corey, from the Northampton training school, and we're very pleased to have her here, even though her arrival occurred simultaneously with the long-expected gym outfits with which we understand Miss Corey will deal. But we won't hold it against...
...Work, work, work--the boys are marching" is the new slogan for the healthy-looking ladies of Smith these days, with the announcement from Northampton that every girl will "work or train" this summer. "This summer must be constructive," they chant in unison...