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NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL

A Beaver's Tale

The seniors have their perennial man-out-of-uniform, too. Last week we mentioned Captain Higueras of the Peruvian Air Force as being the most distinctively dressed man in the junior class. This week that honor, as far as the seniors are concerned, goes to First Lieutenant Thomas B. Lenhart of the United States Marine Corps.

According to the best available records, he is the only member of his service ever to brave the hallowed corridors of Beaver Hall. We thought perhaps that the USMC had decided to send a one man gang to Boston to take over NSCS, but such is not the case. Lt. Lenhart was unfortunate enough to choose one of the few branches--aviation supply--of the Marine Corps that works under the Navy supply system, so it was his penalty to undergo the SC course.

A veteran of seven years of service in the "fightingest" of outfits, this lieutenant is a real Marine, coming up through the ranks. Seems that all during his career he's been thrown into contact with the Navy; as an enlisted man he served in the Marine detachment on board the U.S.S. Colorado. Upon graduation he will revert back to the Marine Corps itself for a change, for he's headed to Camp Lejeune, New River, N. C.

We've discovered two brother combinations on the campus. There may be more; we'd appreciate any information if there are. Unique in the annuals of U. S. armed forces is the situation of Bob and Dick Carney, both midshipmen in the junior class. These fraternal twins (reference: Life of a couple of weeks ago) have been together all during their naval career. Leaving Portland (Oregon) University last June, they entered V-12 together at Willamette University; then stayed together for temporary duty at the Seattle air base; and continued on to Harvard.

Although the NSCS put them in different companies, they still room together. Bob and Dick seem even to think alike, for they are on the "P" lists of their respective classes. They don't expect, however, to be inseparable upon graduation; that is too much to hope for.

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Bob's instructor had a shock several weeks ago when, after dismissing his class, he walked into the hall, looked into another classroom and saw Bob's alter ego reciting. The teacher "swore off" for a few days.

The other brother combine also comes from the West, hailing from Boise, Idaho, and Stanford. They are Ted Eberle, midshipman in the junior class, and Bill Eberle of the "sophomore" class in the midshipmen-officers' school. In direct contrast to the brothers Carney, Harvard makes the first time these two have been together during their naval career, Ted going to UCLA V-12, and NSD Oakland for temporary duty, and Bill heading inland to Colorado Springs' famed Colorado College for two semesters. They are both Stanford Kappa Sigs.

If any of you watched the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena a few New Years' ago, you probably saw the Eberles, drum majors par excellence, strutting in front of the Stanford band.

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