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1943-10-16

The Navyator v.1:25 1943-10-16

U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

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VOL. I. No. 25 U. S. NAVY PIlE-FUGHTScHOOL, DEL MONTE, CALIF.

Thirteenth's Honor Drill Honors To A-2; II Special Platoon Makes

Man Is J. L. Fa on Hit At Grid Game

With 3.58 Mark

Cadet James L. Fallon of Col­orado Springs, Colo., and former Regis College football and basket­ball captain, joined the select group of graduates from this school who re­corded the high­est composite g r a des in the outgoing bat­talions. Fallon, A-I, posted a mark of 3.58 to lead Thirteenth's

A-2, under the command of M. Brown won the Thirteenth's final platoon drill competition t his week and A-I, with J. Fallon giv­ing the orders, finished in second place. F . L. ·Allen, B-1, won the manual of arms drill down and L. A. Dindinger, B-2, was the runner­up.

tThanks' To Departing ~embers Of The Choir

Chaplain Wolf and Craig Nelson, Sp (W)lc, choir director, wish to thank the following twenty-one men of the Thirteenth Battalion for their participation in the cadet choir:

R. S. Allen, W . F . Barnes, R. M. Belcher, V. A. Bogue, M. B. Bradford, R. E . Browne, E . J. Bryan, T. ~J. Cromwell, K. W. Curry, C. T. Hughes, M. M. Jen­son, A. C. Kimbrough, M. W . Lovett, C. D . Pruett, A. H. Rose( J. A. Schiwart, R. Y. Sadler, E . L. Spurlock, B. D. Varner, R. \Var­ten be, B. L. Weaver, Jr.

SATURDAY, OcTOBER 16, 19<43

Navyators Meet Stagg's Tigers In Big Game Today

The Navyators, ranked by sports writers as the nation's eleventh best football team today meet the No. 10 squad-the College of

Pacific T i g e r s at S toe k ton. Lieut. Bill Kern 's men con­tinued undefeat­ed Sunday by dow n i n g the Naval Distribu­tion Center, 34 to

departing cadets CADET FALLON

who hold the Honor ",on in th,

Stealing the thunder from the football team at last Sunday's game was the special drill platoon under the command of G. H. Springer, A-3. Most civilians at the affair talked of the drill exhibition first and then mentioned the gridi­ron exhibition.

C B 6, before 5,000 Miss Smith A Week Old u,:~,:;,:;, fa.ns at t~e Polo

Miss Peggy Fern Smith, new I . . .. i.1I c.?,. FIeld whll~ Pa-spotlight in the Thirt".th

graduation ceremonies to day at 1305.

Speakers today will be Captain Steele, Lieut. Comdr. Forsberg and Lieut. (jg) France.

The platoon, ranked by Lieut. (jg) Stevenson, the drill officer, as the best that has been assembled here, was composed of the follow­ing men : E . Anderson, F. E. An­derson, E. L. Bolton, V. A. Bogue, G. D. Banker, R. E. Browne, W. F. Barnes, S. A. Cabrials, D. Craw­ford, L. D. Dowden, D. Degener, J. W . Edwards, C. F. Hughes, M. P. Johnson, P. E. Luby, F. J.

daughter of Lieut. and Mrs. D. E. CltlC won Its fourth .game m ",:S Smith arrived at the Peninsula many starts by defeatmg the Unt­Com~unity Hospital last Saturday I versity of California Bears. at 1930. In today's game, at 1430, the

Navyators face the double threat

Coincidentally, Fallon, second string Navyator fullback, was closely pressed for top honors by

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THE NAVYATORS-The varsity football squad that meets College of Pacific today at Stockton. Front row (left to right): Eshmont, Cifers, Mc­Donald, Christman, Wyatt, Sargent, Dawson, Owens, Gage, Bray, Hall. Second row (left to right): Dakan, Walker, Straiton, Wickersham, Hudson, Dickinson, Campbell, Keeble, Brooks, Boyda, Vavra. Third row (left to right): Potter,

Lowrey, T. A. Hillman, A. Naum­chik, C. A. Neumann, C. D. Pruett, E. L. Spurlock, R. O. Parish, D. L . Ward and B. L. Weaver.

Brown, Littlejohn, Stegman. Johnson, Godfrey, Swanson, E. Meyers, Bissett, Draper, Schultz. Fourth row (left to right): Fortune, Hearn, Hast­ings, Withing, Hofer, Fallon, Kirby, Whigham, Herrman, Florow, Finlay. Fifth row (left to right): Bronson, equipment officer; Amling, Millard, Pauls, Harper, Olmstead, Tobin, HaaJr, trainer.

of Johnny Podesto's passing and running plus that "something new" cooked up by football's grand 81-year-old man, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pacific's veteran coach. Podesto, a Navy trainee who last season played with St. Mary's College, packs Pacific's Sunday punch and has played the leading role in his team's four ",ictories to date.

The game will be broadcast over station KSFO, San Fran­cisco. Captain for the Navyators will be Murel Brown, 19S-pound right end from Long Beach.

The starting Navyator lineup, as announced by Lieut. Kern in­cludes Walter Pauls (185), left end; Bernard Johnson (195), left tackle; Grant Potter (196), left guard; Dick Ragus (190), center; LeRoy Littlejohn (200), right guard; Earl Godfrey (193), right tackle; and Brown at right end. The starting backfield : Warren Swanson (185), fullback; Bill Draper (165), left halfback; Jack Kirby (182), right halfback; and Emile Meyers (183), quarterback.

In last Sunday's game with the Distribution Center, the Navyators jammed four touchdowns into the final quarter to gain the victory. The opening scoring burst came in the second period when Paul Christman tossed a 2O-yard aerial to Brown, who went the remaining 50 yards for a touchdown and then booted the conversion. A few min-

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lfN TOLSTOY'S masterpiece of lLliterature "War and Peace," we

nnd a continual reference to that which is called the "Law of Ne­cessity."

This might be defined as that principle which makes necessary the abrogation of certain principals because the pressure of a new era or new practices demands it. It thus becomes known as the "law of necessity" or perhaps more familarly to us in terms of the old proverb "Necessity is the mother of invention."

Hitler used this principle when he alienated his people from God. He told them that their mastery of the world depended on the erection of a materialistic God, namely himself. Tojo has followed the same principle in the extreme em­phasis placed on emperor worship. They try to complete their business by a definite negative use of this "law of necessity."

But we must never use this principle as such, in our makeup and in our pressure of winning this war. We must use the "law of ne­cessity" and have been using it in a positive sense. That is to say men, when they have been facing death or difficult battle, have been finding themselves again and again faced by the "law of necessity," of calling upon God ' for guidance in their coming conflict. That is a sensible way to use this principle, but it would seem to have a firmer conviction alld lasting quality if we can learn to call upon our con­cept of God and his aid before the "law of necessity" demands it. We would do well to cultivate Him before we reach the final step of our living. We would do well to know Him as a constant friend and assistant before we even come close to entering that first conflict. Therefore, while we 'ttill observe the law of necessity at various in­tervals and times in our life; as far as the materialistic concepts of life are concerned, it seems highly important that we begin to find the presence of God before the "law of necessity" demands us to seek His aid.

Now is a good time to find God working in our lives. Now is the acceptable time to find Him as our constant companion.

Tonight the Carmel USO will entertain the servicemen with a dance and show in honor of its sec­and anniversary. Music and talent wilt be supplied by servicemen.

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Senior Dental iFOOTBALL

Officer's Duties To Dr. Lindelof

Lieut. Comdr. Robert D. Lin­deJof, USN, came aboard this week from a year's tour of duty in the Southwest Pacific to suc­ceed Lieul. Comdr. Krieger as senior dental of­ficer. Dr. Lin­delof, a native of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, was grad­uated from North Pacific College, Portland, Ore., and hjls been in the Service for D •. L'NDELOF

three years. f, . m P ... / H.,b., t. Returning this Dr/ M.ot.

week from temporary duty in Chi­cago and \Vashington was Lieut. Neufeld, head of the Mass Exercise division.

Informed that orders were forth­coming for Lieut. Ongley, Lieut. (jg) Stevenson and Lieut. (jg) Holt, the Military department has prepared for their departure with personnel shifts to fill the vacan­cies. Lieut. (jg) Stalcup is sched­'lled to replace Lieut. Ongley as :ommander of the Fourteenth; Lieut. Strong will carryon Lieut. (jg) Holt's duties as gunnery of­ficer and Lieut. (jg) Hansen will take' over as drill officer in place of Lieut. (jg) Stevenson.

The Nineteenth Battalion, sched­uled to arrive next week, will have Lieut. (jg) France as comm~nder and Lieut. (jg) Sikes and Lieut. (jg) Taylor as company officers. The following ensigns will act as platoon officers : Baer, Scherek, \Varmerdam, Hall, Banet and Mahan. Lieut. (jg) Luft will be the supernumerary on the staff.

utes later Doyle Tackett, visiting quarterback, intercepted a Draper pass on the Navyator 35 and went the distance to score. The point was missed and the score was 7 to 6 at the halftime and was un­changed at the end of the third period.

Early in the fourth, the Navya­tors climaxed as 73-yard sustained drive when Leonard Eshmont, the team's leading scorer with 30

I points in . three games, went off tackle to pay dirt. Two minutes later the same Eshmont took a 25-yard Christman pass and traveled the remaining 15 yards for another. tally. Bowden Wyatt kicked both points.

Kirby broke loose for touch-down No. 4 with a 30-yard jaunt with Brown converting and in the final minute of play Harvey Dick­inson galloped 38 yards to score ;tfter his 30-yard touchdown run a half minute earlier was nullified because of a holding penalty. John Boyda missed the kick following Dickinson's tally.

The Navyators dominated the statistics with 16 first downs to five, 189 net yards rushing to zero for the visitors and com­pleted 12 of 26 passes for 261 yards as compared to 11 com­pletions in 20 tries for 148 yards by the losers.

~iftin.e ~erftices O.U-Snc.Dt~lnth and Eightt.t:oth Battalions . 0940--Fift~l\th and Sin«nth BattaliOn!. I02J-Tltirt«nth and Fourteenth Batulions. 09lJ~tholic, Bali Room. 0940--Jewi.h, Chaplain's Odicc. 1041-Episcopal, St. John', Chapel. l I J J-Voluntary Communion Service. 13 lJ-Lautr Day Saints, Pown. Hall. ISOG--Chrinian Science, Powv. Hall .

Lieut. (jg) McAboy and Lieut. (jg) McEuen will be shifted to the

Eighteenth as company officers and Lieut. (jg) Lawrence moves from the Fifteenth to the Fourteenth's staff.

REASON TO CHEER-The Navyator cheer aection about to give out with a hearty cheer during the game Sunday. Cheer leaden are McCarthy, Ketzev and Weide, top voice men of the Thirteenth.

SATUJl.DA Y. OcTOBER 16, 19~ 3

TODAY Aboard

).lovie - "vVintertime,!' Sonja Henie, Jack Oakie, Carol Landis, Cae ar Romero. Showings at 1620 and 1910 for cadets and at 2115 for officers, Ship's Company, guests.

Ashore 1430- Football, Navyators vs.

College of Pacific, Stockton, Cal. TOMORROW

Aboard lfovie - "Frontier Badmen,"

Noah Berry Jr., Anne Gwyne. Showing at 1310 and 1500 for cadets. Officers and Ship's Com­pany attend 1500 showing only.

1400-Band Concert, Pool Area. Ashore

1400-Dancing, ?IIi sion Ranch, Carmel.

FRIDAY Aboard

1900 - Happy Hour, featuring Navyator orchestra, Bali Room.

CO)'fING MOVIES Saturday - •. S wee t R 0 s i e

O 'Grady," Betty Grable, Robert Young, Adolphe Menjoy. Su~day-.. Watch on the Rhine,"

Bette Davis, Paul Lukas.

GRADUATION G. B. Potter, A-2, Spirit Lake,

I Idaho, first string Navyator guard who posted a grade of 3.51. Top man in athletics was the

same Fallon with a mark of 3.88 followed by A. Naumchik, A-I, Ashbury Park, N. J., with 3.76.

Cround training honors went to Potter, (still from Spirit Lake, Idaho) who recorded a grade of 3.60 and in second place was R. Broadlick, Jr., A-2, Riverside, Calif., who posted 3.57.

Tops in the officer aptitude marks were R. A. Ragus, A-3, Lo Angeles, Calif., battalion com­mander and varsity football center, and A. H. Asby, B-1, Daisetta, Tex., who jointly posted grades of 3.80.

Of the forty members of the Fourteenth who depart with the Thirteenth tomorrow, R. W. Tist­worth, D-l, Blairsburg, Ill., had the top composite grade of 3.53 with P. E. Russell, C-3, Glencoe, Ill., next in line with 3.50. Tits­worth also recorded the highest mark in athletics, 3.84. J. F. San­ders, C-l, Phoenix, Ariz., ranked next with 3.72.

Russell was tops in ground train­ing with 3.73 and H. O. Jordahl, Jr., C-l, Los Angeles, had second high of 3.57. H. L. Kalousek, C-l, Kansas City, Kansa , tied with D. A. Maloney, C-3, Chicago, and J. F. Misner, D-l, Crossett, Ark., for the highest officer aptitude mark of 3.50.

SATUJl.DAY,()cTOBER 16, 19~3

Two Dash Marks Fall As Barnett Goes On Spree

Gordon Barnett, speediest mem­ber of the dashing Dauntless squadron, ran riot this week to es­tablish two new track marks. Last week he tied the 440 record of :54.1 and Tuesday he took possu­sion of the mark by doing :54 flat.

In the 880-yard dash, he sliced more than a second off the record of 2:09.4 with a 2:07.8 performance.

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New Chins Mark Esta blished By The Thirteenth

The outgoing Thirteenth pulled themselves up to a new record in the chins department, the mark be-10.22 per man average, bettering the old record of 10.03 established by the Tenth Battalion.

D. B. Woodcock of the Buffaloes I".~;'"

The graduating battalion failed to set any new records in the in­dividual testing, but a few were knocking at the door when the cur­tain closed. J. W. Jones, B-2, Salt Lake City, Utah, scampered the speed-agility course in a com-

held the old 880 mark. The Avenger relay team that

last week made a new 880 record of 1 :39.2, this week lowered that time to I :38. On the team are R. D. Morgan, L H. Campbell, A. H. Stirnamin and S. J . Tellefson.

Chief Sanders Will Take V-12 Training

Del Monte this week bids adieu to Chief Pharmacist Mate Robert H. Sanders, who departed Tues­day for Texas Christian University, where he will begin his V -12 train­ing.

"Sandy," as he is familiarly known, reported aboard January 21, 1943, as pharmacist's mate first class and while here was advanced to chief, a niche in his ladder, which is quite commendable con­sidering his comparatively young age of twenty-two. Paradoxically, in leaving, he once again occupies a berth in our Navy as that of an apprentice seaman. This, however, by no means being a demotion, but merely a rating that all V -12 candi­dates are given.

Sander's navy career is that of mer i t and achievement. He wears campaign ribbons for the Asiatic - Pacific, the American Theater of war, American De- CHIEF SANDLI.

fense, and a good H. bu."" • • V./2

conduct ribbon. C4~'j'ot. On December 7, 1941, he was at­tached to a Naval Mobile Hospi­tal in the vicinity of Pearl Har­bor. Unassuming and shy in man-

.J THIRTEENTH'S TESTING CHAMPIONS-Cabrials, Reynolds, Nelson, Weaver, Jones and McCarthy. mendable time of 28.2 seconds. ].

L Fallon, Colorado Springs, Colo.,

ner, one would be inclined to be­lieve hi naval career was un­eventful, but aft e r scanning through his service record a change of mind would take place. His unit was cited by Admiral Nimitz for their excellent work in the evacua­tion of the wounded during and after the air attack on Pearl Har­bor. His individual commendation by his commanding officer reads :

"Commended for zeal and in­itiative displayed during long and arduous working hours, work­inc continuously without liberty (rom 19 November, 1941, to 6 December, 1941, in order to es­tablish this hospital and for diligently assisting in completing preparations for the 110 casual­ties following an air attack on Pearl Harbor, T.H. on 7 De­cember 1941."

He is scheduled to report to Texas Christian University, Fort vVorth, on 31 October. Texas is his home state where he enlisted, upon graduation from high school more than five years ago.

His shipmates at Del Monte wish him success in his new endeavor and feel it awaits him.

Willis Takes a Bride James E. Willis, Mus2c, from

Nutley, N. J., sang out to the tune of "I do," last Saturday at Santa Cruz. The new Mrs. Willis is the former Wanda R. Landry of Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Willis will make their home in Monterey.

Kingiishers Top Sports Program For Second Week

The Kingfishers directed by Lieut. (jg) .Hansen, topped the Sports Program, now in its fifth week of the Fall season, with a total of 58Y. points compiled last week.

Runner-up berth last week was held by the aggressive Avenger team with 55 points, placing themselves close on the heels of the leaders. Perched in third spot was the Seagull squadron with 50 points. .

In the cumulative standings, the Kingfisher are out in front for the second straight week with a total of 180 points with Dauntless and Avengers tied for second with 164 each. Third spot is occupied by the Seagulls with 147 points.

The Kingfishers last week won eight out of nine meets.

The standings: ltiD,ti'bon 110 Dauntlcss ., .. AvtnlC:rs 1'.

;~fd~~~.1~~2 Corsairs 10' Yl

Coronado. l06 Y;r Vindicators 'J V2 MUlun" II ~; H.lldinu II ~ Cualinas 7J Marincrs 10

FOUR MEN DETACHED

. was high man in the jump-reach division with a mark of 31 inches, an inch shy of the record. Most chins were held jointly by R. J. McCarthy, A-I, Pasadena, Cal., and N. E. Reynolds, B-3, St. Joseph, Mo., who were credited with 19 apiece. B. L. Weaver, A-3, Sapulpa, Okla., and S. A. Cabrials, B-1, Corpus Christs, Tex., did 50 push-ups to top this bracket.

The highest physical fitness fig­ure of 109 was recorded by M. L. Nelson, A-3, Belvedere, Ill.

Varsity Water Polo Team Is Organized

Lieut. J. R. Smith this week or­ganized a 26-man water polo squad and announced a schedule of four games. The first clash is next Sun­d~y with the University of Califor­nit Bears as guests of the Navya­tors here. Other dates: October 30, Olympic Club at San Fran­cisco; November 6, California at Berkeley; and November 14, Olym­pic Club here.

The sqpad includes J. H. Br~n­dwberg, R. P. Kress, R. W. Har­per, G. R. Estensen, W. F. Keh~ nert, R. C. Downs, C. Fullar, W. M. Hopper, E. J. McCarthy, R. K. Crawford, J. c. Remsberg, R. A.

The four members of the Ship's Riffle, W. F. Holford, B. M. Hous­Company detached this week for wright, E. J. Taylor, D. L. duty outside the continental limits Wheeler, C. E. Raley, D. S. Wal­of the United States: John T. Ste-I ser, W. E. Hill, J. W. Miller, E. J. wart, PhM2c, Wayne H. Steele, Hillberg, J. a. Sawyer, T. E. PhM3c, John W. Donald and Shields, G. W. Van Loan, V. M. George D. Williams, HAlc. Kepford, W. A. Metcalf.

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lri; EAt;Y, MI,t; A t..ADY NAMED L-ACE" A L-A55, L-ACE! US C;I/YS w~O WENT OUT Wlnl A YANK. DO IT ALL-A nME... oN A PASS, UEIZE - I'LL DAt;U HE SAID Wlnl A 1i>1e.H AS ~E oNE OFF FO~ YUill C;AVE. i-IEIl. TIlE EVf::,

·YOUIl. DRESSB 5Il0W PLENTY.

PAGE Four.

"Give Me Liberty--" Every weekend at Del Monte

the cadets are given what they laughingly call 'liberty .' Your first four weekends here you just hear about it, and during this time you are liable to construe the term to mean that it has meant-a time to be happy and relax, to get away from it all.

The shock of rude awakening comes on the fifth weekend when, all decked out in your blues, you step on the Monterey bus and head for that very historical little me­tropolis. All sorts of vision clutter up the old phantasm - you see yourself meeting a terrific looking tomatoe and start what turns into a beautiful romance; or maybe your tastes are less aesthetic and you are visualizing a big lusC;ious steak with plenty of time and room in which to eat it.

Anyhow, as all this goes through your otherwise blank nogging you decide to catch a cup of coffee. You shuffle your way into a likely looking place, sit down, and it is fully a hour later when you realize you've used up about a third of your liberty and you still haven't got that cup of coffee.

About this time you casually mention to the waitress that you would like that coffee, that you

THE NA VYATOR.

WANTED: ONE ARTIST The Navyator will lose the

services of its ace artist and car­toonist, Robert J. McCarthy, 13-A-l, Pasadena, Calif., upon his graduation today.

Aside from cartooning Mc­Carthy found time to emcee the Thirteenth's show and also lead the lusty cheers at our football games ... versatile, eh what?

A new artist is sought to draw the Newsreel of the Week. All candidates for this exulted posi­tion will contact Lieut. Partner in the Public Relations Office as soon as possible.

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"Is that so-and how did you find out that sailors are all alike?"

~ESQUIRE. INC .• 1943

know people in Washington. She to leave because although you do is unmistakingly unimpressed and not mind gals who won't bring she definitely does not think you you coffee, you absolutely wilT not are funny; by this time you decide have any truck with waitresses

SATURDAY, OcTOBER 16, 1943

who do not laugh at your gags. You are out on the street again,

and you are attracted by the glit­ter of some of Sam Goldwyn's far­flung empire, so you decide tQ beat the ennui by catching a movie. Of course the movie is usually a stinker or you've seen it, and you could have seen a killer at the base for free and this one also sets you back six-bits, but you are, by this time, too bent on enjoying your Iib~rty to have any sensible fun; and besides you feel that you're old enough so that you are not having a big time unless it is cost­ing you plenty.

You even tually stagger out of the movie and after a quick deci­sion that you haven't the time nor the stamina nor the priority to get a malt, you ease matters by catch­ing a cab with a couple of the boys, and head for the base. You offer to pay the check (first time), and your two mates stand by to catch you as he tells you the price. You figure that you've been cheated be­cause you didn't get any sand­wiches, and at that price those cabbies should serve a heavy lunch on the side.

When you get in the boys want to know if you enjoyed your lib­erty, and you play the game (Navy cadets can bite the bullet), you say "yes" though you can't help thinking what 'an egghead Pat Henry must have been to have made such a racket about having it or death. You repeat this liberty process for five hours on Sunday, and then you have had your week­end 'liberty' for another time. Cheer up-you're only here eleven weeks.