Dartmouth Navy News

Starting this month the DNAA officially opens its membership drive. Sometime during the early part of June a "Soundings" will be sent to all men who ever attended the V-12 or NROTC here at Dartmouth in the hopes of getting as many members as possible. Ob- viously many men will not want to join even for reasons other than a lack of interest. Many men who were in the Naval Unit at Dart- mouth have regular class affiliations with the College. We do not expect many of these men to join the Dartmouth Navy Alumni Associ- ation, but we would like to emphasize that these men are by no means barred from join- ing. In fact, it would be a very good way to keep in closer contact with many of the friends they made while in the Naval Unit and there is nothing in the college regulations against belonging to both the DNAA and a regular class. In addition to our regular section in the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE, the DNAA will continue to publish the newsletter, "Soundings," exclusively for its members, at regular intervals. Many men who were sent to Dartmouth College by the Navy have ob- tained their degrees from other colleges or universities or are returning to other schools. For these men the DNAA will be the only means at their disposal for keeping in con- tact with the College and with the friends they met while at Dartmouth. However, it is for the men who fall into neither of the above categories that the DNAA is designed. The members of the Executive Council sin- cerely hope that all present members of the DNAA will renew their membership promptly and that as many men as possible who have not done so before will become active mem- bers of the DNAA.

This is it. Where's the mail? Here we have a deadline and nothing to fill the gap with. Our last Newsletter for awhile will be out this month: and, if you want some news, send in a little.

We should like at this point to extend our condolences to Ensign Robert Frank Tulcin whose father died recently in Long Beach, L. I.

Back in Hanover visiting his wife on his thirty-day leave is Marion Carter, Yn/c. He has just returned from the Pacific and expects to be discharged by the middle of the summer. Rumor has it that Dick Floury will receive his degree from the University of Wisconsin in the School of Engineering some time this June. He will also be getting his commission, if he hasn't already captured his ruptured duck via the point system.

AI "Tifno1' Zinovenko, now an ensign, is doing duty still in the Philly Navy Yard, a half an hour from his home. Timo expects to be out very soon and is scheduled to enter the Medical School at Temple University in the fall. Ensign David Eckels is still at Com 14 in Pearl. He is reported resembling the natives for all the resting the poor officer is getting in that sun.

Up for the houseparty weekend were William Evans Jrformer quartermaster who expects to go back to Syracuse University in the fall; Fred Allen, now studying in an engineering trade school in Boston; Ed Basquel, now a civilian who spent the weekend doing the town right in the company of E. P. Connolly, who is back in school this term.

B. M. Battey finished the Jap Language School at the University of Colorado last January and was doing translation work at the Navy Department in his home town of Washington, D. C. He has supposedly been discharged as of the first of April, but no more word has been received" from him. Ensign Hugh Chapin attached to CIC aboard the flagship of the Eighth Fleet, the USS FranklinD. Roosevelt, reports the liberty in Rio to be well above par. Admiral Mitscher's toy with Hugh aboard is heading south for fleet ma- neuvers, and then our boy will be ready for his discharge and a return to Dartmouth.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Crane announced the marriage of their daughter, R. Priscilla Crane to Ensign Frederick W. SchmiedeshoffJr. on the eighteenth of April in Stratford, Conn. We offer the very best to Schmiedie and the Mrs. Ensign William S. Mayer has a San Francisco FPO and is. aboard the USS Strong DD 758. That's all the word we have on the boy. Nippy Lewis is skipper of an LCT in Nip waters doing repatriation duty. This may come as somewhat of a blow, but Nippy is contemplating "USN." More power to you, Nippy.

Locally, we've all just recovered from the effects of the big Green Key Weekend. With fraternity row in full blossom and Tanzi's kept mighty busy we all managed to have a good time. Duke Ellington's orchestra fur- nished enough jazz, blues, and danceable music to suit everyone's tastes. Chief Fergu- son of the Hanover Police Department called it a pretty quiet weekend, and maybe he's right, but it took us four days to recover from an oversize head. Call that quiet?

Seriously, we'd like to remind you again that our membership drive for 1947 will be starting this month. Those of you who re- ceive this MAGAZINE will be sent a Newsletter with application blanks enclosed, as will all those who have been at Dartmouth at any time. We've tried our best during our first year to give you what you want, and we hope we've succeeded. If you fall into the category of those who have no other Dartmouth affili- ation but the DNAA, remember that we represent the school, and you. Most of you probably have a soft spot somewhere for Dart- mouth, and want to have a reminder once in a while of the Hanover plain. We'll do just that.

THAT REAL POST-WAR WORLD is finally here, with still a slight blue serge tint. Navy trainees with their dates at the first Green Key Prom, since 1941. Left to right. Bill Augello '46N; Bob Bade '46N and Chuck Denneen '46N. Chuck's breathing cigarette smoke, not fire.

Secre tary-C hair man, Chicago, Illinois Treasurer, West Roxbury, Mass. Acting Secretary, 307 North Mass., Hanover, N. H.