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"' foA J *ssued by the U. S. Naval Ulnivcrsity of SoutI Ca A Unia of t/w Vaal i Ai. i Casp)att HAPPEI.NEC:KERf, Li< Joseph C. WIlISNANT, Lieul E. Biradle,y CARtN ElL, Lieut. fieer SCUTTI Since the days of "Surrender sailors have been wont to gathe tain to you liulandl hbers-to get i and the price of whiskey. And s " dual meaning, a place to drink, Scuttlebults an insidious an thing. Its amusing to watch it I liberty is cancelled, or that Cadc watch the story get around to yt And it's insidious because it la All liberty is not going to 1: married, and V-5 cadets aren't chinist mates on July 1. There's lots of scuttle on the f let's make some sense out of thih the Navy needs fliers, and we k continue to give a training in world. We know we're not goin' the program may be changed. We know we've got a real fundamental purpose Ibecomiie ii let's keep our eyes in the boat, a Officer Of The Week By A/C E. E. McClellan In the little town of ienriet ta, N. C., Mrs. W h i su it i t brought forth onto this great sphere, that man "alls earth, a tplump, bright eyed young lad, 'iom she clristenled, .Joseph arpenter. As little ",Joe" (as he was called) began to grow older and learn the ways of mankind, his ambitious eyes fell upon i law book. At once .Joe decided to become a lawyer. Ile began to studcly hard in school and in his spare time, he studied law. Af ter graduating from Brevard Institute, he decided to settle down at T'rinity College which later becaime Diike University. During his four years (or Raore) of college he made the varsit y tennis teamli anid withI the speed an allgilIity thaot tis typ)ical of all champtlS. lie re (eived four' vairsity. letters. lie was captain of the tenniis teami ando was also state clbiamp one yeart. Hie also~ wa a miember of' ) LadaMu Chli Al plma, S-igmta Nut Ph'li legal fratterni ty, Tombtls, aind T1he Order of C?oif1. In ad dlit ion to t his, lie wais thle man aging editor oif the school paperCI, "T'Ihe Chronie'le". So, you see, .h>e imutst have been a harid working young mant. After receiv'ing his A. B. de gree in 1925 and1( his L. L. B. inl 1929, he dec'(ided' to pra'ict ice law in the townt of Shelby, N. C. Between the y'ear's of 199 atnd 1942, Joe was city attor'ney and then county attorney. Th'le rest of the time, hie spent ini practicing law'. But, betweent met, you and1( the fence piost, I1 imagine lie spent a lot of that time hunting and fishing. Unlike most of the male pop) uilation, the women. wariest of all creatures, failed to lutre him into the clutches of the well lenown "altar". Bhut, as you caln see in Sue, his secretary, if lie is ever subdued, she'll Ite a beaut y. The ninetedenth (liy of Octo her, 1942, was when it al1 hap pened. Hie reported to the Navy. After a twvo months of intensive training at Quonset Poin't, R. I. evwas ordered to ColumIbia, A. C., and at 1700, D)ecember 28, 1942, (twenty minutes a fter Lt. Rapp)enecker's arr'ivalI) Ite re portedl here as Executive Of f eer of the Navy V-5 unit. Little did Mt's. W'hisnant know, at the timei. what wias going to becomte of her plump, bright-eyed son. She should lbe proud of lier' once "little ,Joe" ar ,Jh -." Flight Preparatory School rol inn, Coluibia. S. C. rinwrm Tr- 7)aininrq Commaunuil ut., USNIR, Officer-in-Chct.ge ., USNUI. Executive Officer USNIR, PIublic Relations Of .EBUTT be damnned" .John Paul .Jones, r around the scuttlebutt-foun he latest dope on liberty, fluff, u the term scuttlebutt took on a and "the word" on everything, d. at the same time, amusing ork. .1ust drop the hint that all t Gish is secretly married, and iu. eps us on constant tenderhooks, e cancelled, Cadet Gish isn't going to be reclassified as ma iture of V-5. For heavens' sake, whole business. We know that now that the Navy is going to iviation that is the best in the to be orphans, no matter how oh to do, without letting oi )set by a lot of silly tripe. Sc id say thahellwithallthisscuttle IN THE LIMELIGHT By A/C J. E. Gorman It was noticed in the firsl issue of "Now hear This" thal there was a certain intangiblk "something" that was missing And through persistent inquir ies we discovered that a toucl of femininity was needed. Con sequently, this corner was es tablished to present in each is sue one little co-ed who woulc really be worth knowing. We'll present 'em ; from there it's uil to you. . . excuse ine, I should'vi said v'all. And who would be the mosl logical choice to begin such a series--Miss Will SOSSA MAN. May Queen, 1944, who is indeed worthy of such a tith with her personality and looks A native South Carolinian Miss SOSSA M A N claim (a f fnev, S. C., as home. Si attended Limestone College un til last November when shi transferred to U. S. C. as r junior. Aznd b)esides beinig tha (fueenily type, she's also quit< inidustriouis, takinig a douba zmajor izn English and Sociol ogy. Ini the recent contest whuieb shze won by p)opuIlar' voti of t lhe enitire .U studet body, Wil: repres'.ented Alpha D)elta Phi hrowni sorority, a g a i n s t w e zn t y - L w 0 campus belles Quite typical in her prefer enees, she enjoys switnmint qute a bit and her favorit< flowers, ont dates or otherwise ar*e red( roses. She is also strong ly p)re'jud(icedI towai'ds V-12. TIhat's her, miates, Miss Will SOSSAMAN, truly a quecer and a real gal besides. HOW BEAUTIFUL IS YOUR GIRL FRIEND? Fellowvs, go to your dr1esseu antd get that p)ictuzre of your ozm and( only and1( enter it in th< p~ i n - u p girl contest; wh< knows? she may be chosen pin up girl of NF'PS-UT. S. C. TFurn in your p)icture along with your name, room number antd her name to IH. C. RYAN Room 135i, Preston Hall, by W'edziesday, May 17 so the win tier can be announced in th< next issue. TIhe judging will be (lone by an unb)iasedh committee of of ficers who haive an eye foi beauty and, (lon't worry fel lows, you won't have to disclost her address to anyone, even t< the judlges. Here's youzr chance to provi to the rest of the fellows thatu your girl friend is really th muost beauti fuil and she shiouhl be' pleased when yon write and tell her that she won. All pic turues will be reCturnedC, so letz hav~e a lot of them andl giv thlese jndges a real job. {r t :.:. to . {#Y SOMETHING NEW has been addet escort. Tsk! Tsk! THE NIFTY NINTH A/C JOHN D. ALMOND To whom it may concern: Battal ion 3-A-44, the lost legion, other wise known as the duration Batt. is still blest with the ninth .. . Platoon leader BARKER still wet t behind the cars giving his favorite command "right face, left face, march!" His commands roll out in a drawl any true Southerner would be proud of . . . . 3-25 COUCH bites his fingernails; at his age, too . . ..'The new tenants of room 205 take this opportunity to thank the previous occupants for vacating; they find it an excellent abode . . . Cadet COOKE streaking in for a flash finish to win the half-mile then I professing shin-splints; it looks like a 14 Karat Job . . . . In the recent I room shake-up some odd combina- I tions appeared but the two insepar ables CARMACK and CAMP- i BELL are still in the clinch . . Have you seen Tar Heel BA! N I i i ds C... Star . . . . Cadet BRYAN, THE boy who checked out in math, fails to see Lt. HICKS' right angle in recognition . . . Platoon Nine has finished a two weeks sitting for a portrait entitled "Track." A true masterpiece and it is interesting to note that the artist was Ensign KIRN. Ensign KIRN majored in medieval torture for sev eral years before receiving his de gree in same. lie was also voted most likely to succeed. Agreed . ... Cotton BASIIAM prefers the Jef ferson .... Chas O. ALLEN and Harry COVERSTON were placing high stakes on their rc.pcctive basketball teams . . . . the ninth claims to be the only platoon having an exclusive club and lounge room on the campus. Room 203 Preston. Club hours 1220, 1730, 2130, ciga- I rettes, music, magazines, and cordial entertainment ..Cadet "Whitey": BUCK (a potential John BARRY MOR E) enjoys the art-de-la-Ballet; on the other hand perhaps this is a d i lp I 0 mt a t i c more towardls NI r. FOSTrER, who, by the way, is an< artist in this field . ... PLATOON No. 10 A/C H. G. H-ALLIBURTON T'he p)eriodl has rolled around again wh len anthler Battalion has left for W. T. S. and there is a new senior Battalion at the Flight Prep School. Blatt. 3-A-44 has moved up to replace 2-A-44 who by no0w should be "ground-looping" all over Florida, No Carolina, Tlennes see and Alabama. BIatt. 3-A-il hopes to take 2-A-44's place ini a round about-way. (Round up their girls and lead thenm about). lI any atre interested, just call 1Pres.ton 11lall and ajsk for anyone fronm P latuon 10. WVe are happy to oblige anyone. PLATOONCADETOFTHE WEEK GOLDSTEIN, S. E. "Goldie'" is a Ihandtsomie, youtng. man wvho hails fronm Washington, D. C. lie is twenity years old and came dlirectly into this school from civilian life. I le is making excellent grades and is showing some of the "salties" up. Goldie was employedl in the WVashington Navy Yard as a machinist. 1Ie likes the sweet, de mture, type of girl at whom you have to wvhistle only twice. II is favorite subject is Ruthie. lie studlies about her constaitly. Luckt to Goldie!f THlE LUCKY ELEVENTH By A/C PAUL HERRON Jumnpitng into the thtird mtontht of Flight-Prep . . . . All mnembers v nursing sore muscles otver the wveek- ii end as mtilitary- track takes its toll > (yotir reporter mtost painfully int- It cluded) . . . Cadet V. E. HI I LL, star" track mtant of the platootn . . . Polisht- b intg collar anchtors in anticipation it of protmotiotn to seni;or battalion A . . . Ta'king first ptlottinig board e exam itt Navigation . . . Wearing w~ dress bltues int regimnittal review p Saturday atnd ott liberty for first u ime. ..Ejoigtefedm f Sat r I as pert Spar visits Flight Prep. ie . . . Eijoying the freedom of two man per room arrangement in ontrast to the previous four men o a room, as the number of cadets it thie regimnt becomes smialler . . Receiving pepI talks from I'la oon leader Louis HICKS who is loing a swell job of keeping Pla oon II "on the ball" . . . Laughing .t Cadet IOLLEYII .AI'S imi ation of Cadet HICKS' command of "Fall Out !" Saving evil thoughts or the N. R. O. T. C. boys whoI all \'-fivers "%oom birds." . )ancing at Flimn IHall Saturday ight and keeping as many me1n as ossible Off the restricted list . . adet G. C. JON ES being visited iy his girl friend from Tennessee asi weekend and still in enough f a trance to fall out of his chair n chow hall onday orning . . .'adet C. B. JAM ISON receiving is I. A. degree from B3ridgewater I 'ollege April 30. Congratulations! PLATOON 12 By A/C E. E. McCLELLAN For the past two weeks "Torrid l'welve" has been on the move. \fter finishing up their two weeks n military track, the boys found hemselves in fine shape for basket >all under the able leadership of ,t. WILLIAMS. Although some i the boys have never played >asketball before, the teams show ots of fight and spirit. A few changes have taken place n Battalion Officers. Platoon 12 ound itself under the leadership of \l KRIETCI NIER. Red MORRIS, ormner Platoon Leader, moved up o Ving Commander. Withl the( departuire of flat talionl -A-4-i thte resp)onsibility of tileI enior Batt now lies on the sturdy hotulders of Eager "3''. Thie boys how miuch pride as they are seen roundl the campus with their newly arnied goldi anchors. WVithI only a ew weeks remaining, the new en iors hope to show imuchi imi rovement over lhe former batta 'ns that have preyvius ly inhabi lited :SN F l'S. -UCKY THIRTEEN A/C ALAN L. SMITH I 'latonon 13; lost one of its f inest adets when I,.awrence PI EACOC K bas sablotagedl by3 a1 maliiou all 'endi x, which mieans lie will pIrob ly have to fall back into ltattalioni A\ whlen lie recovers fromi hiis ap end(ectomyil. (adet l'I'ACO(K ~ ime dlirectly into service a fter grad, atiing from hiighi school in lhen 'in, North Carolina. While in ighi chla lie imajoredl ini oratory and1( abbhledh ini basketball and football. 'l'ACOC K b)ecaiie a la'er after ighlt mionith o1 f V - 1 at Chapel lill. I le's "nuts" about the Navvy nd( hoplIes to iiake a career of it fter lie war, an h11le wanuts to cet thle world throuighI a porthlole. \'hile most 13'ers were prowliing 1 roundit upltown on Sundays. PlHA- I O CK spenlt his tuime betweenCi hutrch and his book s. which liea as doiing very well in. NO girl has et bleen abile to plate c laiml on t his tudlious5 cadet, and( hiis omily, known ice is love of a good argtiment. I lromi whlere thle W\abaishl melets C ie Ohlio we gaiined a hiaindsoime lad .3 -omi the IIooIsier state. 'This is t ubrey ROlll SON, Jr., pridle of v It. Vernon, Indiania. After sticcess-d uIly at tending Motint Vernion TIligh chlool to the point of graduation, a tib first wvent to Indiana Uni- ii ersity for a semlester and( followed '1 up) with thlree years at Central ni ormial College. At both schools y e imajored in "Parkology" and a D)avenport Calisthenics". Blefore li ecoming a V-5'er he spent six t ionths in the Naval Academy at t nnlapolis Md. In all phases of his lI lucation, Atib was most active ith sports and women and lie's still tI laying the field-with sports and A Name withheld on request of THE FIGHTING FOURTEENTH A/C T. L. WEAVER During the past two wVeeks the 'Fightin' Fourteenth" has not been (lie-with nid-terms and such go ng on. We have parted from basketball tnd baseball, and now we are try ng our luck as trackinen. Thursday )f last week the Fourteenth suffered a servere loss. Cadet \Valdemar (Walter) \VASTAL.l.O received a >roken leg. During your career as a :adet it is said that you meet manv bstacles-well. \\alter net (Je of lis toutghe-t obstacles, the bulk iead of tir obstacle course. Cadet 1\'ASTAl.I.) jails from Newark. \. J. After completing high school :e entered "Iarmacs" in August Cadet \\'ASTAI.I.O is a well liked friendly chap. Ali of us wish hin a quick recovery. \Ve will miss iis good ole' New .lergy :Weent lis pet expression "Good DootV". "This will have to come to a rinding, screeching halt," sa) s the 'young and colorful" cadet \\'alter TA LI.EY as he looks on the bulle tin board and observes a ':.;" on Ingmnes. The favorite expression of the week for this platoon was orig nated in Flight class by Instructor Boles. In not saying to whom le was speaking. However, lie said. 'I've seen a bcttcr head on a three lay old beer." Cadet \\'ILSIlE has been getting around. During a recent visit to \'ade Hampton I hear track came in very handy. "G. I." SU.MIT T has been .heating the Navy out of a few :enlts. lie has bcen writing letters luring chow time. Ii yotu ever wvanit any good num >ers ouit at Coumbniia College don't 'e Cadtls \\'H ICKER or \\'11. SEVE NTEEN'S SHENNANIGANS!!! By A/C J. E. GORMAN Are ne nit thle ball?? A-\re ne on he b,e;oiui? :-Are wec hot? Y essir!!!! h\ ith lpilenty of t ypical zip an d11(ash 'Ia tootn li recentIly tuook two ott i three softhallI games in a series >layed withi Platooni 18. For sotme mknowtn reason the swinun inzg pool1 vas not in tuse for the regularly .cheduiled lhi'ses so softhall w'as Seveteen(- lo'st tiie firs"t gameil, bet atuse oft fieldinug ci rors, by a very lo'e store bitt b)ouniced bac k inz lie nextd two gamzes to wvin both. lit deccid ing fact or in both 1 ic t'r ies tas the mlannzer ini which P'latooin 'heavy lhiicrs, namely lv HA K ER,( brough mi the piinche. IPitcIihng tfor Se sen was Jack I (Chester" F IE1l.DS) with one loss ud( one win, to his credit, andI Ed ',RAll.\ cre'ditedl with t he final vini. I 'latiooni (ightee u i ised a diif renlt mani on the nioun td in each atti: lick RIRUKLE.Y, lleiniy hlE llDORN. and "hiig E:d" JIONIES. it was a gre-at seies, and1( it .otu sk seveniteen, the best teami non CHATTER \\ ci e all beard aboutt ''Easer scav e.rs" but have voti ievter seen nue ini full dhre's tuniformn? lInt otu're in foir thle thrill of a IifRe imue if you wantder downt to thle icinity of Roomi i19 somet evening tiring a special mleeting of the Eager Hecaver Protective Ass'n." ndl eouinter a real Eager Heaver resplentdentt robe andh head-dress. 'lie uni form muay niot look like mehci (in fact, it's event less tItan our gal's newest two-p)iece swim jit) but behind ev'ery bit of cloth es cetutries of tradhition and in igume. For disclosure of mnore in mate dletails, see Patti 11AM M E R ERG or Jimi H1OLLAH1AN. Ralph GH ER has reccivedh word tat his brother. Capt. CH ER, U. S. larine Air Corps, has r-etturned to us eonntry aftr 13 mo.,ths of Cadets Of The Week A/C McCLUJItKIN, Doug las Charles, Butt. 3A44, P1. 12, with anl average of 3.88 for the seventh week, and an average of 3.90 for twenty-five exan1i naitionls to dlate. MrC('I KIN was born in Jacksonville, Flori (tl, where he graduated from high schoolI. lie has had civilian exp(eIrience as a dental techni clanl a1(ul -igl 1 uinter., an(] Spenlt tw%o seinleslers ill \'-1: tt Chapel IHill before conilg to Colnhllia. Kudos 'T all I;attalioln 4A 1 I.l now ill the proces (f corplilng a schollasti(; record tunequalled inl the annals of Flight IPrep. On all exars to (late, there have b eei only nine failire-. five by two mnen. Two mnlc'u in puestion. please take note, service in the South Pacific. Cap tain (G}1ER, piloting a Corsair, has seen coniderable action against the Japs and has downed two Zeros unassisted. \\'ish him the best of luck for ti, Ralph. THUMBS UP!!! "Thumbs Ip" for the week gics to Cadet H-. C. IIANSEN, acting lcattalion Commander of It a t t. 4-A-44 daring the recent regimental revie', for the first-class Job he did of handling hi'. men. Keep it up "1lap'' PLATOON 18 A/C H. F. LANDRETH lave you all heard the con'tant rumble of late? It's none other than I'aul 0. I1AM Il ER I ERG, leader of Platoon 17, trembling in hi I.it tie Abner shoes. A simplle explatna tion is that lie has raised the wrath Of oh little platoon leader ii I. Although it umight be a little out of season I.eonard K \ 1<I) E 1.1 5, a Chicago kid, think. C o I nih a should know of hi- ping-pong abil ity which has won himt manv Championships. Claus \\olfgang NOIRN UOE1ER IFEIR has been giving all redheads the esye. Ileware girls! I hear Kittie ATTA\\ of Newberry i, a cute little \sk little E. I). JON ES. We wonder w here R. N I RN L. I. has beetn spending hi'. wt ek-end-. lie o,ce met a nice high sch ool girl near here. Blind dates are bliu'i date- for G. :. JOHNSON. IIAR\-EY, yoiure a pal. F. L. JON E.S wa. tcaiking more spryly over the week-end. I-.ven cripples must .hiow a~ neitw uiu tormn. THE SKIPPER goes into huddle wi What, no failures? PLATOON 19 A/C H. C. RYAN tai M'I(er w itli .a los.. to 1l0i'oon 20. It was the only los of the w.~eek. hiow~ceer -o all ini all w were vez v 'ucce ss.ini . O.ur goalie. I'ccr I' F IDFR?lSE.N. hia b'een out her~ause oi injurie';lhe linisl that eindeurs can tear iii your 'kiin a Ititle. TIwo little eoke botth ne.nh kept JIim 8(' l:A IFER iiom that all imuportant date andl \lay D)ance at Newbe~rry- luckyv thle ramuup duty did'lat get i'osted soon entoughi. It seems. that \\'. \\. PEVTERH St )N ha'. a little trouble telling which coat is his-a little embllar rassing isn't it. \\'es I 'eer I' EDIER SEN and a curia in redlheadl really have a System: when lie dloesn't go to Newherry -lie comeis to ('oli ubia-nlice going I'. I'. Nearly all of P'latoon 19 spent at least a few hours ini Newberry over the weekend looking things over and( remembering those eight months ouf V'-12-ghad it's over fellows? Dutring a recent drill period, a laltoonl filed by an old dar'kie who shafded1 his eyes a n d watched thwecadlets go by wvithi a toothless grin. "D)oggone," he -raekled, "youi 'all gonna get letm Ynnkees lis f ilne.o PLATOON TWENTY " A/C BILL WEIDERT In the spotlight this week is Verd WILLIAMS, platoon leader of Pla. toon Twenty. Vernott L. WILLIAMS, as lie is officially known, was born in Georgetown, Illinois, on Marc': 1925 (Income tax day). He is a robust lad, being six feet tall and weighing sonic 171 pound-. IIis c% es are blue and he has brown hair, the kin'l that \ oil caii comab with a damp towel. lie ha-, as uc all lave, a fa%orite food. It is Angel Food cake. Ills musical alppctite is satisfied by the music of Kay Kyser's band and the song "Shoo Shoo Uaby". As a favorite sp>rt, lie chooses one ior which he is built: football. Being a g>;((d( Navy moan, \WIL. 1.1 A \1 S has a certain thing that lie likes to gripe about. That is, Navy low It t(ioesn't tuite colie tip to 11om11S I. In the little spare time that Kay lets get. he likes to use it up by hunting. skating or maybe a little dancin;. As far i girls are concerned, lie prefers the athletic type. She should be blond, about 5 feet 5 inches tall (\What. no weight?) and above all, she m11u-t be a good dancer. After the w\ar is over, \\' "I, LI A .\ S hcopes to return to Illinois and twth- d (wn ;m a ail of his CHATTER Jack .1"Tl ERLAN). l a t t. Commander if 4A. wh(, ha- been i,ined to Sick l'.av for the past , ,eek w-ith a bad ear, has beent irnived to the \'eteran's Iloispital for treatiment. We all w\i-!I him a sleedy rec(\ ry :IIi h(,;e for his return real .-own. . . . \\aliv ZA\ \ 1l.:SK I I I can't prnounce it either) ha- been pretty grim all this - le dil::'t get that "certain letter". "It" Caee. ater a long and iearfil w\ait. and ihe again has that "lighter thatn air" appearance In the 'econtd wweek< navigation te!t, live out ii the ten men in the pla tio(n male 4.0. For a bunch it amateur-. that i-n't had . . .1Thet e ;'ro,bably ha- been a run on the locc.. stores f(,r brass pol11h. 'Ibis mo(-t likely ha- been cau-d byh the i--n'' of "*lues"t.' to llatt. 1.\. \\i'it git toi keep that star shimed. 'it kn w I:e back 1e t e slii uith a ! ,thecr "l'latc,(n pesn hy " Sec , detn . -arn," -1..t r :n th( I,ag.e. ..1)0 you1 kntow u here I :t.1 little g .ir- gi'' uh t Ile's fa11 lt attend| 11nthin School' '" .("1 { the tenet-r. il i ua. a t'IIi(I itt e tit 1il eet Ill- I, t I i "(tt 1 i" it th Training Officer BLACKBURN. "ONLY A RESERVE" toi tihe Navs. un;s iintodieed to a crui-t\ ubl ;nllril in \ashiingtoni receniii Fechn I ll. mewis\hat1 abashied, thi niophyt iemarliilked aplogt-t -liri. waggedl a lnger at himi andl sai. "Never- use the woirdt 'oniv u5 hni ' ilu desenhli your -.tatu-. The S'. Navy a- -itch nev er wonii a war. nor has the regular Armyi woni lne, ec tept wsith thet a id of t he re eIrves ire-.ed-t :ntti service fromt civ ilia i i . A\lwsay s remnemb er ti : VLin will oiur wsar s. \\e simiiply keep lie gun is cIleant dutring peacetim in" --Naval Air Station Nes. THE PAY-OFF Thle old sailor had iretiredl fronm the sea. Each morning a grubbily youngster knocked at his door, wenit in and came out again. After this had gone on for a long time, the curiosity of the v'illagers was aroused. "Tell me, said one of the .'illag crs to the yotungster, "why dho you visit the old sailor each morning?" "Well, sir, he gives mie a dimc if I say to him: 'The captain wants yotu immiediatelyl'" "And what does he say to that?" "lHe says: "Tell the captain to go to helil'"