CAPT S. M. SHELTON
Commanding Officer
CDR H. G. STOUT
Executive Officer
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EDITOR: H.T. DAVIS, YNl 055J or 365
CHAHAJNS CORNER
ONE SOLITARY LIFE
Chaplain Perry
Here is a young man who was born in an
obscure village, the child of a peasant
woman. He grew up in another village.He
worked in a carpenter shop until he was
30, and then for three years he was an
itinerant preacher* He never wrote a
book. He never held an office. He never
had a family. He never went to college.
He never traveled more than 200 miles
from the place he was born. He never
put his foot inside a big city. He never
did one of the^things that usually acc
ompany greatness. He had no credentials,
but himself.
While he was still a young man, the
tide of public opinion turned against
him. His friends ran away, ^e was turn
ed over to his enemies. He wont through
the mockery of a trial. He was nailed
to a cross between two thieves. While
he was dying, his executiioners gambled
for the only piece of property he had
on this earth, and that was his coat.
When he was- dead, he was laid in a bor
rowed grave through the pity of a friend.
Nineteen centuries have come and gone
and today he is the central figure of the
human race and the leader of the column
of progress.
(Continued next column)
I say that all the armies that ever
marched, and all the navies that were f
ever built, and all the parliaments
that ever sat, and all the kings that,_
reigned, put together have not af fecte'cS
the life of man upon the earth as that*^
ONE SOLITARY LIFE, 4
' Author unknown
LANT £L££T DUTY ? %
The Command has received C?NCPACFLlW
NOTICE 1306 which asks for volunteers w
for Atlantic Fleet duty. According to,.;
the Notice certain requirements exist -J
for all ratings except Construction
ratings aboard the USS LEXINGTON and -
the USS NORTON SOUND to be transferred ( !
to the Atlantic Fleet.
A minimum expiration of active oblig
ated service date of July 1963 is reqil^r
ed or personnel must agree to extend for
this duty in order to meet the obligated
service requirement.
Personnel who are currently on SEAVEY
will be extended off the SEAVEY for one
year. .
Personnel with dependents shall not
have had dependents transferred during
the fiscal' year 1962.
All special requests for this duty
must reach the Military Personnel Offipe
no later than Wednesday, 4 April 1962,|A
letter with, ;a 11 names of interested per(
onnel will .be submitted at that time.
If your name is selected you will receiv*.
orders no; later than 1 June 1962. Those
personnel requesting this duty who do nqi
receive orders by that date will consider
themselves not selected. No informatipq
is available as to the date transfer w!3jj
be effected.
If you don’t know how to read the above
you can learn if you enroll in the I&E
Shorthand Class which will soon begin^
if approval is obtained. The Shortha^i
course will be open to military and civ
ilian personnel and will’ begin 18 April.
Classes will be held from 1930 to 2130
every Wednesday at the I&E Classroom,
Bering Building. Call 375 for•informatic