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Volume XIII Number 5 THE STATE UNIVERSITY MARITIME COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 13 February 1961 DEAN PORTER TO RETIRE; PROF. DOND TO RESIGN Admiral H. C. Moore announced the retirement of Dean A, O. Porter and the resignation of Professor Thomas Bond at a faculty meeting last Friday after noon. Both actions will become effective on 31 Aug ust. Dean Marvin Rapp of the Central Administration was here to brief the faculty and administration on the impending visit to the campus of the Middle State As sociation accrediting committee next Monday, Tues day and Wednesday. Dean Porter leaves the campus after fourteen years at the aca demic wheel. Because of the many changes resulting from the tre mendous growth and constant ex pansion in the College during his regine, the Dean is probably the one on the campus who l^ w s more about all phases of the col lege situations, the requirements, the possibilities and the expecta tions. Professor Bond had been a stal wart in the Engineering Depart ment since 1947. He will continue his teaching career at his alma mater, Webb Institute. His years of service at the Fort also mark him as one of the pioneers in the development of the College pro gram ^most from scratch. ARRIVE DEPART DATE DAY SEA TIME REMARKS • Ft, Schuyler 5/31 Wed. Ft. Schuyler 6/10 Sat. lld-17hr Drills and Maneu vers in Long Is land and Nantucket Sound Southhampton 6/29 Thur. Overnight tours to Southhanqiton 7/7 Fri. 4d-21hr London Local tours Copienhagen 7/1 Tues. 6d-21hr Copienhagen 7/17 Mon. Lisbon 7/24 Mon. Local tours Lisbon 7/28 Fri. 4d-20hr Ville-France 8/2 Wed. Local tours Ville-France 8/8 Tues. 13d-23hr Fc Schuyler 8/22 Tues. ** Ft. Schuyler 8/25 Fri. « EYALUATIOK COMMITTEE DUE MASA GROUP ARRIVES SUNDAY A committee of the Middle Atlantic States Accredit ing Association will arrive at Fort Schuyler to conduct the five year \re-evaluation\ survey mandatory for all educational units accredited by the association. The committee is composed of prominent educators spec ially selected to evaluate the c o l l i e program at the fort. The three and a half day visit will begin with a briefing session on Sunday evening at Admiral Moore’s quarters, were the com mittee will meet with department chairmen and plan the schedule of their visit for Monday through Wednesday. Monday morning the committee will start in on a rapid and thorou^ exploration of the educational process at the Mari time College. Classes will prob ably be visited; faculty and ad ministration will be interviewed for their evaluation of the program: and students will be questioned on the longs and shorts of the school as they see it. An eighty-eight page report of self-evaluation has been prepared by the faculty fra- the committee’s view. It attempts to present an objective view of the total program, indicating shra-t- comings, ideas for the future, and successful achievements to date. With this in hand, the committee can set about discovering how well the school meets its stated dtjec- tives, where it needs improving. and where it should receive more aid from State University. Two copies of the report have been made available to the student coun cil, Dean Spring announces, so that the student body can get some idea of what the faculty thinks of the school it is responsible for. Dr. Limouze, Chairman of the Com mittee responsible for the final form of the report, has expressed regret that more copies are not available for student use, but the last-minute official demands for the report exceeded orignal esti mates and cut local distribution down to minimum. Interested stu dents are urged to get in touch with their student council members to get a chance to examine the re port. “Accreditation by the Middle Atlantic States Association is the highest possible fcr a college in our area.’’ Dean Spring pointed out, “and all of us will be anxious to reaffirm our high academic position by demonstrating the con tinuing excellence of the education University Maritime College.” In Memory Of THOSE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT RETURN THIS SEMESTER TEMUfE CEliSE ITIIEyRY * - Pre-cruise period commences ♦♦ - Post-cruise leave commences ■ir’a v| ■M \1 Above is the tentative schedule for the 1961 Summer Training Cruise. Upon receiving this information your' reporter approached Commander James Maley, Chairman of the Cruise Planning Committee, to find out just how one of these training cruises is planned. Commander Maley graciously consented to the inter view, the results of which follow. Each summer training cruise is planned three years in advance of the time for that cruise. The reason for this long range planning is to spread the ports, diat is, tp make sure that no cadet will repeat any port during his three summer cruises. Each cruise is based on Coast Guard restrictions which dictate the number of days at sea, number of days in port, number of weekends at sea and finally the number of weekends in port. Once these restrictions are met, a cruising distance is decided i^ton which will fit into the amount of money ap propriated for fuel oil. Next on the planning schedule is the choice of ports. Ports are chosen on the basis of cultural interesttocadets, availability of points of Maritime interest, cost of ports, cost of piloting ship, avaUibility of piers and facilities for small boat drills in port (in many countries advance permission is necessary toconduct boat handling exercises in a harbor). A port must also be large enough to accommodate the sh4)s force in as far as beaches, restau rants and other personal needs. By now a complete file on eachcountry has been gathered by the college, including pilot fees, berthing, fuel oil, water for the boilers, harbor depth, cost of garbage disposal, fresh food and ship rqjairs. The Cruise Planning Committee, consisting of Commander Maley Prof. De Simone, Prof. Foody, the Chief Engineer, the Slip’s Navi gator and the Assistant business Officer, then submits to the P resi dent of the College one or more cruises with their recommenda tions for any one of the cruises. Once selected by the President of the College, the cruise is cleared through the college council. Once cleared by the council, the cruise is sent to the Maritime Adminis tration, in Washington. The Mari time Administration, through the State Department obtain pier- mission from the representatives of the countries to be visited for the landing of the ship in his coun try. Once the cruise plan has reached Washington it is generally accepted, except in cases where one piort will be too crowded when we are due, so that the pxirt will have to be dn^jpied or rescheduled. Each cruise is so arranged so that a change in ports is easily facili tated. What many people fall to realize is the number of special immu nities granted to us in contrast to an ordinary visitor. Among these, are the doing away with piasspjorts and the d reeing of cus tom and immigration formalities. In return for these immunities it is the respionsibility of the ship force to see to it that no member of the ships force violates any laws of the country he is visiting or in any way bringing disgrace on the College. The Porthole takes this opjpior- tunity to thank Commander Mialey for the information given by him on how a cruise is planned, and Admiral H. C. Moorer-ErfSifient. JLl a ^ i U Of l u X ^ i U ¥ 8 1 5 lU C ' ^ X H < O 0 f ^2U-C0 of our College, on his consent for the release of the cruise schedule at this time. In conclusion, it must be stressed that the above printed cruise is tentative and now in the hands of the Maritime Administra tion in Washington, D. C. STUDENT FACULTY ASSOCIATION REPORTS Iff CCNtfliFOU) -ggfjr. . 4 ^ .
