Show College shipmates University unit heterogeneous crew with great Approximately nine months ago I walked into the main hall of one of the converted barracks on Hempstead Road two suitcases and trying my best to evince a broad In the opposite corner of the room the dean of men was greeting a number of new arrivals with free cokes from the coke I tapped one fellow on the shoulder and he all We stood around in an atmosphere of strained each fellow trying to size up the We had come together from many cities and towns throughout the and yet we all had something in We had successfully passed a series of qualifying examinations and had been assigned to the midshipman unit at the University of in Salt Lake Before long we struck up a few chance chose roommates at tested each other through the medium of touch and were sworn into most honorable profession in the by Camp at the Naval Science We were on our and a few of us set aside that evening to celebrate the inception of what we hoped would be an intimate association of at least six years with the United States It was Friday and knowing that gang as I do we probably would have celebrated Within a few days the saga of ships and the sea seemed far removed We were suddenly university students going to And when the campus became inundated with thousands of home grown Utes we began to realize that we were a slightly different kind of We were part of that heterogeneous flock known as the We could not thrill to the melodious sound of we assumed that a was a fellow from we had only recently learned which building was the But when most people had gone home at five we often found ourselves in sole possession of the Park When the Annex was deserted on Sunday we went up there for And whether we cared to admit it or this actual living on campus was forging a bond between the university and Within the confines of our modest quarters we were reaping the invaluable benefits of dormitory We were learning to live and more we were exchanging We had first clasped hands and shared and then asked each other We found to our great delight that we represented almost every section of the We hailed from Illinois and New We were Mormon and J We cursed each played and went to We revelled in all-night discussions on man and the and no subject was We had the extreme good fortune to make the friendship of numerous foreign students from such countries as India and and to exchange ideas with And insofar as our horizons so did we earn our keep from the American During our first few months at the many of us felt like the handle of the there but not in However we soon became habituated to college life at the We became a part of the university and of the community at Some of the boys found accommodations in the a few cast their lots with while others preferred to remain at the Douglas Now with a full year of college behind our thoughts turn once again to the sea and our summer We have tasted university life as and we are proud of our proud of the campus we and though we may at times be loath to confess proud of each Dick |