Something, it seems, should be said about the supply exam of happy memory but the less said the better. We do think that the flow charts would have become more comprehensible if we could have linked them to certain Petty drawings.

As the seniors were returning from calisthenics one morning, one junior was heard to say to another: "When we are seniors, I hope we are in that good shape." Ever since then we have been a little uncertain as to just how the remark should have been interpreted. Supposedly the remark was guileless, but then, we have a suspicion that most of the juniors are not as innocent as they look -- they couldn't be! So we shall have to go on the assumption that the remark was meant to be a compliment.

Billet Fever High?

Having filled out our fitness reports, the incidence of billet fever should become high. Many men are torn between choosing what they would like to do and what they think others would expect then to do. Some do not want to disk for shore billets because they do not want to appear to be evading combat service. Our own feeling in the matter is that each man should indicate the place and position in which he thinks he can be of greatest service to the Navy. That is the important thing and if everyone will follow that rule the overall efficiency of the Service should be improved. Naturally, our size-up of the position in which we can best serve must be tempered by that of superior officers at the School who know both ourselves and the requirements of the Service a little better than we do. If the problem of billets is approached in this light, there will be fewer disappointments.

We should all start making plans now for the Battalion Dance on October 13. That will be our first and last free night while students at the school. It will also be our only chance to get together socially as a battlion.

One of the classes is still trying to figure out whether the inspecting officer said they looked silly or chilly--either one would have been appropriate.