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...Spike Webb," said a reminiscent Pentagon four-striper last week, "taught you self-reliance. I guess that's the reason we liked him so much. When you were in the ring, you were on your own, and he brought out all the guts you had. He couldn't give us courage, but he could uncover what courage...
...ship's skipper is Paul Ramsey, 48, a trim-mustached four-striper (Annapolis '27), a top-notch Navy flyer in World War II, who is prone to roar "What the Hell!" when things go wrong in combat. The 3,000 officers and men call him "Captain Paul," and he refers to his crew as "Ramsey's Little Lamseys...
They had the boats and the Vineyard people didn't. Result: Vineyarders got a month's practice at casting into the surf, and Cuttyhunkers got all the big fish. The prizewinner, a fat, 47-lb. black-striper, was landed by New York Salesman Gordon Pittman in a Cuttyhunk boat, at 9:30 one night with the moon shining on the Vineyard's clay cliffs 200 yards away. It gave Cuttyhunkers, who claim that their 636-acre isle is the scene of The Tempest,* another honor to talk about...
...Architects gave supporting testimony. But Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch, the Academy's superintendent, does not want his men to have to march too far between classes and dormitories. Said he: "There is no other tract of land comparable to the St. John's acreage." When a four-striper, Captain Theodore Wirth, said that the Academy has its traditions too, the crowded committee room cheered...
...editor of H. S. N. gave us a quick promotion to ensign last week, for which we thank him. Not only he, but also the Bureau's mailing department has come through with a paper promotion to one striper. But the most important personage around here, i.e., the disbursing officer, still has us midshipmen classified as such, so the honor, along with our wallets, is rather an empty...