The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 6, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 7, 1935 Page: 2 of 4
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THE TEXAS STEER
THE TEXAS STEER
The Ship’s Church
Chaplain
(I
CORRESPONDENTS COLUMN
HOMEWARD BOUND
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
the hills):
on
TRUTH AND
HONOR
AS OTHERS
SEE US
Yours sincerely,
Marion Lee Wright
President of Chapter 16, CSF
Inglewood High School
BASKET-BALL
TEXAS vs TENNESSEE
San Pedro “Y” at 1400 Saturday
(to-day)
Having delivered its mail load of 115,
000 letters the China Clipper is cruising
homeward. Scheduled to leave Manila,
P. I., Monday 2 December, the China
Clipper should pass its sister ship, the
Philippines Clipper, westbound, enroute.
When the China Clipper arrives at its
Alemeda base it will have completed Its
first round trip flight across the Pacific
with mail.
Hicks, L. T................................. Prtr. 3c.
Fuller, F. F................. Sea. lc.
Bratt, A. W. .................................... Sea. le
Hanna H. P. .................... Sea. 1c.
Staley, A. O..................... Sea. 2c.
kJ*USS~Texas—12-7-35—1M.”^“
The weekly newspaper of the U. S. S.
TEXAS, printed on board under the di-
rection of the Commanding Officer Capt.
S. A. Taffinder, U. S. N., and under the
supervision of Comdr. R. C. Williams,
U. S. N., Executive Officer.
EDITOR
Alfred de Groot Vogler ...
PRINTERS
A Dishonorable, Bad Conduct, or Un-
desirable Discharge from the Navy bars
a man from pension, from any benefit
of the Veterans Bureau and for any
Civil Service position under the Federal
Government. It also deprives him of
the right to vote or hold office in many
states.
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tend.
soon, but I guess there were no stow-
aways, although one of our advisers was
lost temporarily in the bake shop! We
send sincere thanks to all who helped
make this a day which we shall long re-
member.
Robert Burn’s
poem which begins,
“O wad some power
the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers
see us,” has an explanatory sub-title,
“Upon seeing a louse upon a lady’s hat
in Church.” Taking an humble example,
so to speak, he wrote a very searching-
bit of verse. He could afford to be
philosophical, since the small insect with
the disreputable reputation was on the
lady’s hat, and not on his. People
aware of small insects on their hats
Recruiting officer: “Why don’t you
wipe the mud off your shoes when you
come in here?”
Applicant (just in from
“What shoes?”
Editor of “The Texas Steer” ,
U. S. S. Texas
San Pedro, California.
Dear Sir:
We students of Chapter 16 of the
California , Scholarship Federation at
Inglewood High School greatly enjoyed
our visit to the “Texas” on Thursday,
November 21.
Back in September we wrote to see if
we might be allowed to visit one of the
battleships. (We get excused from
school one afternoon each semester to
take some sort of educational trip. Pro-
bably the real reason for such generosity
is that the students who don’t belong to
our organization will thus have more of
an incentive to get good grades!) After
some time, we received a letter from Ad-
miral Richardson, telling us we would be
allowed to visit. Still later we had a
letter from Admiral Laning, setting a
specific time for our visit, and at last
one from Captain Taffinder, telling us
where to meet.
By this time we were feeling very im-
portant, and also felt as if we were al-
ready well acquainted with the Navy!
Finally the day of our visit drew near.
The weather man was prophesying rain,
but somehow we managed to escape
such a calamity. We at last managed to
get fifteen automobiles promised to tran-
sport us all, and left school at one o’-
clock. After having first stopped at the
wrong landing, we finally arrived - - all
88 of us - -at the Navy Landing.
We throughly enjoyed our boat ride
out to the “Texas,” and we also enjoyed
the girls’ difficulties in getting out of the
boat and up to the ship!
Our tour of the ship was lots of fun
too. We hope you didn’t notice how much
paint some of us carried away! Our only
regret is that we weren’t asked to help
eat the good dinner we saw in prepar-
ation. The time for leaving came all too
Mr. Harry Carr,
in his column, The
Lancer, which appears daily in the Los
Angeles Times, observed recently, “Why
should the high moral standards of West
Point and Annapolis be limited to a few
selected boys with enough instinct for
higher mathematics to weather the stiff
course. Civilian universities should teach
the same hard lessons; but they dont.
“There would be no better way for a
young man to take up his life’s problems
than a disciplined, self controlled soldier
or sailor. . .
Sometime ago the author, Charles
Francis Coe was aboard the U. S. S.
ARKANSAS, and the ship’s paper. “The
Arklight” reported an interview, a part
of which is quoted herewith.
“Unless I desired to enter a specialized
profession I would never consider a
college education as against an enlist-
ment in the Navy. I never have regret-
ted spending my college years aboard
ship. In fact, I would not trade my
Navy cruise for half a dozen B. A.’s.”
“The Navy brings a man into contact
with men. It teaches him to be a man
himself and recognize the traits of man-
hood in others. That is fundementally
the greatest and first precept of success.
No man can control another until he can
control himself. The Navy teaches dis-
cipline. It takes a kid when he is living
his formative years and lays a foundation
upon which he can build as high as he
likes without fear of collapse.”
Tomorrow at 0915 the
Bible class and group foi’
discussion will meet in
the Church compartment.
The Catholic Church
party will leave the ship
at 0940, for the U. S. S.
NEW YORK.
Divine Service will be
held in the Chapel under
the superstructure, main
deck, starboard side, at
ten o’clock. You are
cordially invited to at-
There will be special music, and
Advent sermon by the Chaplain, subject,
“The Man Who Was Waiting for
Christmas.”
should not invite others to look at
them. When we invite the power to see
ourselves as others see us, I suspect we
would rather be sitting in Burn’s seat
behind the lady, than in the lady’s seat
in front of the so observant poet.
The very kind observations of Messrs.
Harry Carr and Coe are well taken.
When we are looking our best, and our
ideals are shined and polished for Ad-
miral’s inspection, we take a bow. Con-
sidering how closely others observe us,
and what high ideals others hold for our
service, it is highly advisable to appear
at our best at all times, especially with
regard to the little things which some-
times escape our notice but which are
painfully evident to others. We thank
you.
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