The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 5, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 21, 1934 Page: 2 of 4
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THE TEXAS STEER
THE TEXAS STEER
The weekly newspaper of the U. S. S.
TEXAS, printed on board under the direction
of the Commanding Officer, Captain L. R.
Leahy, U. S. N.
EDITORIAL STAFFSupervisory:
Comdr. R. C. Williams,
Editor:
Ensign F. E. Brown
Associate Editors:
Steinbeck, J. M.-
C. D. Todd
C. A. Moss _
Staff Artist:
E. J. BirdsallL.
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P. Henna ----Executive Officer.
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YOUTH
The Naval organization of today is a
youthful one, the majority of its members
being under the age at which many
famous persons had accomplished their
life's work. Lindbergh flew to France
when he was just 25, a mere youngster,
yet he was as old as Keats was at his
death and a year older than Pitt was
when he became Prime Minister of Eng-
land. Mendelssohn was eight years jun-
ior to him when he composed the over-
ture to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Chatterton finished at 18; Galois, the
mathematician, at 20; Jane Austen wrote
one of her best novels at 21; Shelley was
through at 30; Schubert at 31; Andre
Chenier at 32; Mozart at 35; Danton at
36. At 30, Kipling had published a doz-
en volumes or more.
Bobbie Jones, Carl Hubbel, Red
Grange, George Lott, Babe Ruth, and
countless others of the present gener-
ation, reached their peak in their twent-
ies,
We have our youth but once and it be-
hooves each of us to take every advant-
age of its opportunities offered, so that
when the fall of life arrives we can sit
hack and bask in the sunlight of a life
well spent, rather than dwell in the
shadows of a misspent one.
Anyone can leaf through a dictionary
of biography and make similar lists in
half an hour. In other words, much of
the significant records of the human race
has been made by men and women scar-
cely older than the hundreds of thousands
of students who mull along in crowd fash-
ion, year after year, in our under-grat-
uate colleges (and Navy liberty parties).
Recalling John Wesley's "My Part"-INAVAL NOTES NOTES ON WATER SAVING
The Navy Department has issued a Don't take baths. To take a bath is
general order that will provide basic in- the sign of a sissy and anyhow did you
structions on aviation to all officers of ever see a momma cat wash her kittens
ixxi- h b ra k fxr~r rr f v f nnthe U. S. Navy. The Department states
that it desires that all line officers have
personal flight experience as a basis on
which to judge and appreciate the pot-
ential value and limitations of aircraft
in naval warfare.
The Beech Aircraft Co., has recentyI
completed a plane that has possibilities
of being adopted by the Army and Navy.
Powered by Wright-Cyclone, 690 H. P.,
engines, it attains a speed of 235 m.p.h.,
with rate of climb at 3000 feet per min-
ute, and a service ceiling of thirty-two
thousand feet.
The Commander in Chief of the U. S.
Fleet, Admiral Reeves, is planning to
have the Fleet pass through the Canal in
less than forty-seven hours - - the time
required for its passage to the East
Coast. Attempts will be made to cut the
time down to twenty-four hours.
A new 40 inch reflector telescope is
ready for installation in the Naval Ob-
servatory at Washington. It has been
under construction for nearly three years.
It weighs nine tons and will supplement
the Navy's other 26 inch instrument
which has been in constant use since
1873. Special photographic accessories
have been developed for use with it.
When the giant liner "TITANIC" was
sunk in 1912 with the loss of 1500 lives,
all because of an Iceberg, the world in
general was stirred. A conference was
held in London that year with represent-
atives of all principal nations present.
The outcome was an agreement signed
by eleven leading shipping nations of
the world, putting into effect the "Ice
Patrol." The United States carries on
the service, with all the signing nations
sharing the expenses. Most all of the
icebergs that menace the Atlantic come
from the west coast of Greenland, and
the sharpest lookout is kept during the
months from March to July. To reach
the traffic lanes, an iceberg must travel
2,000 miles. Yet, with this great dist-
ance, the U. S. Ice Patrol reported that
over 165 icebergs were destroyed in the
Atlantic traffic lanes this year. This is
the greatest number to menace shipping
since 1912.
red years hence. He who governed the
world before I was born shall take care
of it likewise when I am dead. My part'am not careful for what may be a hund- is to improve the present moment.
with a ucket o water andh a bar or scent-
ed soap? Be a man! Scrape the dirt oLC
with a hoe.
Quit drinking water. If continued
over a period of several years this habit
will result in your insides becoming coax-
ed with rust. The use of stronger drinks
will have much more effect on you any-
way.
Don't brush your teeth. Who ever
saw a horse polishing his molars with a
tooth-brush?
There is no need to wash your clothes.
Just wear them until they can stand up
by themselves and then get a new out-
fit.
Desist in that unmanly habit of shav-
ing. All the latest fashion reports say
that beards are to be with us again. I 'I
you don't like a beard, burn the whiske
off.
NOT A BAD IDEAI
A recent invention for speedy and care -
less motorists is said to be the Oral
Speedometer, which operates with a pho--
nograph attachment in any automobile.
It goes like this:
AT 25 MILES IT REMARKS:
"The city speed limit has been passed.
Is there a motorcycle policeman behind
you ?"
AT 35 MILES:
"Too fast for city driving. We hope
you are now in the country."
AT 45 MILES:
"Ycur car is still under control, b
watch the car behind the car ahead
you.
AT 60 MILES:
"Are your insurance premiums paid to
date ?"
AT 70 MILES:
"You drive-this attachment will do
the praying."
AT 80 MILES:
"Probably someone will have this car
repaired. If so, we thank you for the
sale of another speedometer to replace
this one which in a few moments is going
to hell along with you."
Mert: "You know, I speak as I think."
Gert "Yes, Mert-only more often."
An opportunist is a man who, when
left holding the sack, cuts it up and
makes a suit of clothes.Page 2.
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