CAPT. WALTER F. HENFY
COMMANDING OFFICER
CDR. CHARLES’ V. AjSuSTUS
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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EDITING STAFF
FRED J. EGGLESTON CHARLES NICKS
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CHAP!
C HAP L A1N
They tell the story about a .director
of public health who. found it necessary,
to make changes in the water supply of a‘
city. Plans'were formulated for chlorin-.
ation and finally it was announced that
on a certain date the system-would gocin .
effect. Immedi^ely thereafter his office
was swamped with complaints about, the
tasting water and the like. In fact how
ever, the .chlorination process .never
started and the water was the -sjsiwei.. as-,,
usual. The director simply, let the; com
plaints go on. and finally when the chanr.
ge was about to start he published that
information as well as all the comphints-4
Many felt rather foolish and.the- cptopla-r
ints came to'a sudden .. ,
Such a manner’of Acting vis . v n?t: an is
olated instance for there are many times
when so called "griping", .session^ arise
in our life-. I *r|acal^once rhearing: ,>a:
fellow say *if I co^iidnrt gripe, I'd go
home" and a certain amount; of., good, nstog*^;
al complaining ; ih".$6 b.e V expected?
fact, if there: wbhe hot. a certain amount.
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COkNER
MAK ITATO '
of it, there might be cagse for wor
ry. But the continual complaining
abcut things causes no change for* the
better and leads to making things a
bit more miserable all around. Very
often our complaints are the result
of misinformation or not enough in
formation. There are many good poi
nts to the circumstances of the life
of all of us if we*d but concentr
ate upon that aspect of things ra
ther than seeing everything as bad.
Thereeto immediately jump to the con
clusion that a change is no good,
indicates the type of person who
is consistently against the fcltts
who found fault with the chlorination
system even before it went into ef- (
feet. .,. ... ...
It would' serVe all of us well to
take a quick fcheck on pur gripes re
cently. Friendly fine,, bitter why? : .
If it. is'- the ; /latter, surely it is :
riot helping yc&hseiLf • ahd surely the*
spirit* around., the. compartment -or - v
'shop; is hot. any .'better, bqc&pla*. of it**’-.;
It mhkVs'ourselves, unhappy; ahd leads ■; ;:
’to a lot Pf unhappiness in-the; lives' ! ■
of others*” " "
F> vvathletic contests are mere •
grueling or \ require more, abilities -
than the modern peritathIon , ft.,;ieh:rt K
surprising' that*,’.nearly all',.;©f our'. -
best competitors' in theL events, have
been military men, although • • .resent?
years- have‘ seen soine fine civilian- ;;
-entries. ; . ’ •,, • ..-r; : v*.
Initiated ' asan .Olympic event .: in
-1912, the Modern Pentathlon actually ir
is a modified form of the Pentathlon
-contest whicji originated during the-!
18th Olympic Games , of .70&|i.C. . .
a The itod’ern . Fehtathldn combines in
one compet ition fiye sport s which r
are so different ;from each other:as
t& • require entirely different sldlls0 ..
five events'are: . ; y • .>
Riding over'a 5;00inater steeple
Chase ccurse,:';’ihdiuding,,30 jumps.
1 ■ Fencing with t he epee* Running, < : •
P-iatei shooting (3) ,..'Swimming* -