Midshipmen officers will take their first big step into the social whirl that is Boston on Saturday, February 27, when they display their best white shirt and social graces at a formal dance at the Hotel Vendome ballroom.

The dance, sponsored by the Private School Association of Boston, will be the first formal affair open to the midshipmen since their recent arrival at the Harvard Business School. The dance will feature Ruby Newman's orchestra.

Invitations went out to the men this week for what Mrs. Beatrice Giard termed "the most important party that has come to my attention this year." Invitations have also been tenderd to the officers of the Navy Supply Corps School.

Company 1 Midshipmen who came from Northwestern can be distinguished from their brothers of Company 2 by several articles of uniform. Their visor caps and raincoats are quite a contrast to the "Oversea's" caps and bridge coats of the men from Columbia. But the really distinctive feature of their uniform is that, for the most part, they have only one pair of trousers.

Perhaps, the number of trousers per man doesn't seem to be very relevant to the distinctive appearance of the company. But since that one pair of pants has been worn steadily for five weeks, day in and day out, a certain similarity in uniform has very noticeably developed.

The history of this sad tale is, briefly: The men of Company 1, having purchased only one pair of pants with their uniform, put on that one pair to go on liberty the week-end before they heard they had been selected to come to Harvard. The turned in their undress bell- bottoms the first of that following week and remained clad in their sole pair of dress trousers. The still are.

The second pair has been ordered, and in the case of some fortunate individuals, has arrived. But the great majority are the service men who best know what "being in uniform" means.

Attention! Adjust bow-ties! Two! "Off we go into the Vendome yonder. . ." It's this Saturday evening, men, and hundreds of beautiful women, so finish off that nasty old report and let's hobnob with Boston's bellest belles. And watch those married men go to town! BUT, that's somenone else's assignment.

It's a blessed even already in Company 1! His name--Brian Early Goldner, born to the wife of Midshipmen Herb Goldner this week. We'd guess the middle name is in honor of the proverb with the same theme, but wasn't it Herb who wanted to say up and study?. . . Remember, fellows, that's one way to get special leave. The only other way we've seen is much less agreeable--like having a very sick girl friend, who is much better now, thanks, says Lee Shannon, Batalion Commander. . . Hope you get that apartment by June 1st, Lee, so you can really take proper care of your sailorette, who will by then be Mrs. Lee. After more than two years on active combat duty, we think you deserve the best, and from what we've seen, she's it.

Oh yes, we musn't forget "Red" Schuette's offer to serve three watches for anyone willing to take his if he pulls one around March 20. And you oughtta see her picture, you'd know why. She's this week's candidate for the "most charming wives" club which already includes Mrs. Russel Preston, Jr., Mrs. Warren Haddaway, and Mrs. W. H. Fisher. . . Something will be done to get midshipmen's wives together--one of these days.

Here's a thing or three we thing you'd like to have unsucttled. . . How soon may we jump over the Charles afternoons for laundry, tailoring, and other "necessities"?. . . Instead of the mud ball game some of us tried to play after drill Monday, when do we get started on a physical training program of some kind--cause man, we need un. . . How is Ship's Service coming along, and what's for sale at the Fargo Building store?. . . How's the co-op housing move