CAPT. WALTER F. HENRY
Commanding Officer
CDR. WESLEY E. SKILL -
Executive Officer
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EDITING STAFF
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own life,but if we try to accomplish
it to the complete neglect or flagr
ant violation of our neighbors1 wel
fare, it will in the long run prove
harmful even to our own.
Cooperation,especially in the Ser
vice, is an absolute necessity. In
a group or in society in general,any
contribution for the better redounds
not only ro our own self-improvement
but to the betterment of the whole.
Taking a "lone-wolf"attitude results
not only in a poor spirit in general,
but also, in lessening our advance
ment and improvement in our own
lives.The progress of the individual
always advances the progress of soc
iety. Our own national defense would
be "nil" if we did not depend on our
world neighbors,both great and small.
We need them in so many ways -Polit
ically, economically, defensively,
offensively. We need to get along
with our immediate neighbors too -in
our nation, in our Service, on Adak.
Chaplain maritatq EDITORIAL
;• A HELPING HAND
v- Perhaps, the farmer did have a selfish
motive-. -At least his explanation w»uld
indicate that.It seems that this partic
ular individual invariably won the many
' ribbons awarded at the State" Fair each
year. His produce was considered by the
judges to be the best time and again.
Yet, he always shared his success with
his neighbors.He even assisted them with
their crops. Why? His explanation was to
the effect that their produce influenced
the success or failure of his own crops.
If their cropw were not good* then the
wind-swept pollen- from* his neighbors’
crops would hamper the quality of his
own produce. Hence* he assisted them in
producing only th-e'best*
So,., what at-first seemed to indicate
selfishness,on the other hand was really
"prudence”. Man being gregarious by nat
ure, of necessity must depend in large
measure upon his neighbor for a measure
of success. To think otherwise would be
utterly rediculous* W© have every reason
to want to improve 'the condition of our
. ‘CIVVIES1 ARE A PRIVILEGE
As long as a man‘s in the service,
the wearing of civilian clothes in
his off-duty hours is a privilege,
not an inalienable right. He is open M
to disciplinary action if he app~ "
ears in public in a dirty uniform.He
is no less an offender when he goes
out on. the town in another kind of
‘’uniform1’- the sloppy, stylized garb
of the adolescent beatnick.
What it amounts to is a sort of
sartorial Jekyll-Hyde comDlex. The
same who in his military attire on
duty presents a smart,wholesome app
earance may unaccountably turn up in
civvies as a“RebelMof the James Dean
school. Is this an expression of in
dividuality? It’s hard to see how,
when the standardized blue jeans,
black jackets and motorcycle belt
with all the. tinny access ories have
become the ultimate trappings of
group comformity*
Civilians duds are fine if worn in
good taste and’properly*