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VOLUME XII NUMBER 6 THE STATE UNIVERSITY MARITIME COLLEGE NEWSPAPER Administrative Asst. Passes Away Wallace J, Fischer, chief of administrative office personnel, passed away suddenly on the weekend of 19 December, Mr. Fischer had left the College on Friday afternoon, seemingly in good health and anti cipating a pleasant Christmas vacation. But he ap parently suffered the fatal stroke sometime during the evening in his apartment. His death was not dis covered until the following Monday. The funeral ser vices, including a Mass, were held on 26 December at Buffalo. His next of kin is Jose(^, a brother, also of Buffalo. _______________________ His untimely passing was a great 19 FEBRUARY 1960 CDR. CLARK REPLACES O’HEARNE AS ASSOCIATE DEAN A new arrival in the Department of Naval Science, Commander Harold A. Clark, has been cssigned the duties of Associate Dean of Students. Cdr.'Clark is a gradu ate of the NYSMA Class of 1938 and was a Cadet Division Officer in the last class to live aboard the EMPIRE STATE I. He was Cadet-in-Charge of the Color Detail which raised the colors over Fort Schuyler when it was dedicated as the permanent land base of our school in May 1938. shock to the College and his many other friends. In his capacity as administrative assistant to the president, he had become one of the best-known figures on the cam pus. Wally was a veteran of 26 years il l service lu tuc Navy, e i ^ t of which were spent aboard die trans port U.S.S. SHAUMCWO\ as its chief yeoman. Aldiou^ he had re tired prior to World War II, he was recalled to active duty in 1942. He then served an additional four years as chief recruiting officer in Buffalo. After the war, Wally came to the College on September 1, 1946, as a principal stenographer. Within a few years, he became head of the administrative office personnel and ever>*ody's heeler, from the president on down. He was an Interested and very active member of VFW Post 126 in Brooklyn, and served in the capacity of captain and ship’s writer. Wally long will be remembered by his many friends as an ardent baseball fan and a devout Yankee 1960 TENTATIVE CRUISE SCHEDULE - PORT New York, N. Y. Hamilton. Bermuda Dublin, Ireland Amsterdam, Netherlands Naples. Italy Barceltma, ^>aln New York, N. Y. ARRIVAL June 14, 1960 July 1, 1960 July 11, 1960 July 25, 1960 August 4, 1960 August 23, 1960 DEPARTURE June 11, 1960 June 20, 1960 July 8, 1960 July 15, 1960 August 1, 1960 August 9, 1960 Cruising Distance Cruising Time maneuvering Time Sea Time Port Time Total Cruise period Average cruising speed 11,375 miles 38d-19h 5d-04h 43d-23h 32d-05h 76 - 4h 12 knots The State Department has been requested to approve the ports for 1960: Transportation Lectures By Donald Bresnan H c M m A m i O r y On Wednesday, 17 February the deck cadets met for the second part of a series of talks given by the Arthur D. Little Co. on Trans port ai on In Our Modern Age. The speaker, Mr. John Eyers was introduced by Dean A. O. Porter. Mr. Eyer’s topic for the eve- Wallace Fischer Adrinistrative A s s ista n t hater. He made frequent pil grimages to the Stadium and there suffered untold agonies as his team would suffer a defeat. He was 56 years old andplanned to retire in April. nlng was “The Problems Of American Tran^ortation''. The Railroads were the first topic of the discussion. The Rail roads’ part in transportation was covered from its rise in the 1500’s to its decline in the 1950’s. A major part of this topic was spent showing the problems the Rail roads have fared, and the reasons for their recent decline. Among these commuter transportation, labor, and rates were the mostpres sing. Three solutions for railroad problems were presented: merger, subsidy, and a switch to the con tainer of piggy back system. Mr. Eyers felt riiat alL three of these devices would be necessary for the railroads to profitabley compete in transportation. Trucking was the next topic in discussion. The inherent advan tage gained by the flexibility of truck transportation was the basis for this segment of the talk. The equipment, costs, and strong union system were among the other phases covered. Pipelines were briefly covered as the thing of the future. The Inexpensiveness of pipeline ship ment was te reason given for this prophecy. The shipment of petro leum was sited as a good example of the profitable use of pipelines. Air transportation, was then shown in its rise. With federal aid, and the modem jet, a ir cargo has taken a high share of the pro- Blood Drive During the afternoon the Cadet Corps donated 154 pints of blood from which one-fourth of the total went to the school’s per manent blood bank and three- fourths of the blood to two local hemophelia victims. In spite of the ai^ehensions which caused a derease in the number of cadets giving blood, the sincere thanks form the Circle K Club and its sponsors, is ex tended to all the cadets who so willingly contributed to this very' worthy humane cause. Captain Olivet feels it is the \duty o every American to give blood, not o^y because it is a patriotic thing to do but everyone in the Atomic Age may be called upon to save a person’s life - and it is as easy to give as tak ing a cup of coffee.\ fits frwn transportation. The small expensive cargoes are being carried by air, and these have caused air tran^Mrudon to rise in iacaoie. CDR. Clark After graduadon he served as a deck officer in various ships of the American Scandc and Amerl can Republics lines (Moore-Mc- Cormack) in trade to the Baldc and East Coast of South America. Volunteering for naval duty as a merchant marine reserve officer in 1940 and transferring to the regular navy in 1946 he has served on condnuous acdve duty to date. His sea assignments—spanning World War 11 and Korea — have included command of submarine, surface escort and auxiliary types and from 1957-59, In command of sciendfic expedldons as skipper of the oceanogr^hic survey ship USS SAN PABLO. Among his shore assignments he pursued course of. language study at Columbia University and from 1951-54 was Senior Officer InsttiKtor in the Department of Foreign Languages at theU.S. Naval Academy. Foreign assignments have Included numer ous liaison functions with units of the Netherlands, French and Italian navies and three years as operations-Tralning Officer of the U.S. Naval Mission to BrazlL His latest staff assignment was as Operations Officer, Headquarters, Commander Eastern Sea Frontier in New York, engaged in planning for the control and protection of merchant shipping under national emergencies and for the defense of port and harbor complexes f rone M^ne to Texas. Cdr. Clark holds an unlimited Ocean Master’s license and has been active in the instruction programs of the U. S, Power Squadrons, one of the volunteer organizations dedicated to the in terests of promoting \know how\ and safety among yachtsmen.
