Word: nscs
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...remember how to balance the daily records of the Ship's Store and the Navy Mail Clerk were amazed to find their choicest classroom asides so accurately quoted. We hope they weren't surprised to see the ghosts of the celebrated first class of WAVES at the NSCS take on corporeal form. When they sang to the haunting strains of "Chloe," "All our marks will taunt you," and "through your classes here we'll always be the show," they weren't exaggerating. Ask any WAVE in the present class...
...school Blowout discloses plans which we are in an advanced stage. Rumors of a name band (viz. Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Pastor, etc.), a flashy hotel ballroom, and a downright reasonable entrance fee indicate a worthwhile way to spend that all night liberty which is customarily extended the "outcumbents" of NSCS. Should you have some good ideas or contacts, see Bob Grant of Class...
...class is rapidly catching on to the traditions of the NSCS. We learned (the hard way) that the coke-and-cloak room in Briggs is a W-V (S) rendezvous ONLY when no member of the USN is in the building. We guessed we were table conversation after that inauspicious morning of the first lecture when Mr. Ashler started us off with a reprimand and that dark brown look. But now after a little priming and further acquaintance with Longfellow we promise to be a good class and GIVE...
Although little of this idea remains applicable to local scafaring men, authentic sources indicate that the typical NSCS weekend probably includes at least scraping the deck at the Statler, conducting "sociological" tours to New York, or remaining at home delving into the Manual. 'Tis significant, though, that a considerable number of men lenderedence to the idea that a minor emphasis is placed...
Gents, next time you go to Ship's Store inspect the small booklet written by Captain Mclntosh. It contains an interesting narrative of NSCS and some typical scenes of the campus. Designed for mailing, this book would interest the home folk. Reasonable in price...