CAPT. WALTER F. HENRY
Commanding Officer
CDR. CHARLES V. AUGUSTUS
Executive Officer
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FRED J. EGGLESTON
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1 EDITORJRl
High ’spirits are a sign of higli morale,.
A commanding officer or any officer has
good reason for worry when men go about
.. their duties with dull faces and listless
attitudes,
.He should also be concerned when high
, .spirits get out .of hand as expressed in
irresponsible pranks and so-called "prac
tical" jokes. They may not be maliciously
intended, but they can be causes of pro
perty damage and personal tragedy.
Take the recent case of the. man at a
• Christmas office party whose body was'
• found in a ventilation shaft. He was be
lieved to have hidden from his fellow
workers with the idea of playing a joke.'
.His family found little to laugh about'
,‘ovdr the holidays.
And there was-the college fraternity
initiation not too long ago, resulting
in a student choking to death. The number
pf sucja, tragedies is almost endless. They
are all examples l-pfecpirjfang things too
. far. /• ^ -i:
There., id' a great deal of > such "fun" in
the services where* the boys of yesterday
* are reluctant to behave with .the maturity
their uniform deserves. Ask any service *
doctor or safety; officer how many acci
dents have been caused by witless pranks
with no harm intended. Horseplay in' the -
barracks, clowning on the job, misuse
of weapons and equipment - all for
laughs.
The man who resorts to such buff
oonery to enjoy himself at someone
else*s expense is a potential menace
to himself and others. Donft ever ex
cuse his antics with palaver about
high spirits. Don't enlist yourself
in the tomfoolery he dreams up. Give
him a wide berth; if his joke back
fires it*s fitting that he should be
his only victim.
CHAPLAIN'S CORNER
FATHER MARITATO .
WANTED* THE UNWANTED*
The story is told that a wealthy
young couple walked into a large or
phanage one day to adopt two children.
They gladly filled out forms and gave
vital statistics, while the officials
of the institution did their best to
make the visitors comfortable.
Finally, tho director, beaming with
satisfaction, said: MNow we*11 show
you two of the nicest children in the
orphanage.1*
The, wife turned quickly and then
remarked kinkly but firmly; Oh, please
noj We doh*t want the nicest chil-»
dren; we want two that nobody elsei
would take,”
Men. natiirally . choose to associate
with people they like, those who are
most congenial. But, they are missing
something important in life if they
do not try to go beyond this limited
circle. Every follower of Christ,
worthy of the name, realizes fully
well that he has been entrusted with
6 portion of His love that must be
shared with others, especially with
those who have little of it and there
fore need it most.
•4 If this young couple had chosen tfte
nicest children in the orphanage,
those that fitted their particular
JLikes and to whom they were most at
tracted, there would have been hardly
apy, spiritual merit accruing from
this humanitarian act of providing a
(CHAPLAINS CORNER CON»T. NEST PAGE.)