"It matters not that finals loom

"And studies call.

"Gold braid has seen a dirty room

"And wall.

"Then learning stops and books must go

"And gather dust,

"When duty whispers, not so low,

" 'You must!'

"So grab your palls and swab your decks

"And flunk your courses,

"And know there are more horses' necks

"Than horses."

This irritated Captain Wellings; in fact, he considered it an attack on his person and he called editor Smith down for the article in no uncertain terms. For a while it looked as though Smith might be kicked off the paper, but Dean Nicholas McD. McKnight and others intervened and the cooler heads prevailed in the end.

A compromise was reached, says a member of the Spec staff, by which Smith was appointed Navy censor of all "Sea Breeze" material. Wellings achieved his end: Navy material would be censored. Smith remained in command on Spectator.

The Navy is still trying to discover the author of "Sea Breeze," and rumor has it that one of the men suspected of writing the column has been restricted purely on the grounds that he is considered as a likely author of the barb in the Navy's side