Michiganensian. [1910]

[] a aBe NINEaTEEN-TEN MiCHIsGANE SIANM sA 1
[]We had severe weather during the equinox in February, 1908, and some M
f trouble in weathering "Mathematics Reef." From then on fates were kind, and.f though we met with several severe spring squalls, we finally let go our mud-hook at [
M Second Year Island, where we laid up the hooker 'till fall.
m September '08 saw our crew reshipped for the hardest part of the voyage.
9 Practically the same bunch of the deck-swabbers as left in June. Some, however,
mf having been found lacking in seamanship, were allowed to ship only on agreement
to do extra duty before being classed as "able-bodied."
Skipper "Jim" Cress (who has since left the sea for West Point and the
[ ] army), Don Tylee, Harry Bellamy and "Bill" Hurley were elected to office. As
in the other fall regattas we showed our name on our stern to all competitors for iJ
[i the "Football Cup," winning hands down. [
Very severe weather was encountered in "S and R Straits," and the mid- I
M year storms temporarily put many of our crew out of commission. Some recuper[ ated sufficiently during the Easter calm to weather the con squalls in good shape,
M but many remained on the sick list when the anchor dropped in Third Year Island
harbor in June. They remained for a summer rest cure under the care of the ship's
surgeon "Joe" Parker, with whose help and the exhilarating effects of an occasional
[ journey to the Orient, they got into shape again.
M October, '09, saw "Dug" Jamieson at the helm, with George Rollin, H. M.,
H Pierce and George Anderson as mates. Trouble developed soon after the start. i
f The vessel took on a decided list to port. Upon investigation it was found that the a
M big trimming tank in the starboard bow had sprung a leak. "Balty" Browne
m saved the day by volunteering to take its place until repaired. "Stretch" Fletcher
said there was no danger, anyway, as he had saved up enough corks to float the ship.
We lost the "Football Cup" races this year, due to the lack of wind. The roll
[ from "S and R Straits" could be still felt as we neared the turbulent waters of
"Hydraulic Sound." These two bodies of water, presided over by the god of [
r stormy passages, Gardener S. "Neptune," gave us the hardest sailing of the whole -
] four year voyage. Indeed, at the end of the third year, there was nary a man jack M
al of us who did not realize that sailing through the seas of Engineering preparation
q meant work, real work, requiring powers of endurance and perseverance. 'Tis
m1 not all top s'e weather there. We have many aboard who have not recovered
from the hydraulic water spout which struck us in February last.
As we near our final anchorage we feel quite chesty as we look back over the
[ log of the cruise and see the record of the ship. It is with feelings of pride that we
^ point to such names as Magidsohn, Ranney, Allerdice, Linthicum, May, Leger, J
r who have been the most active jack tars on the cruise. Besides we have many H
M skillful navigators whom we look forward to as successful commanders of future i
* ships. And when the anchor drops for the last time this coming June, and "Tenner"
M goes out of commission to take her place with other abandoned crafts of years
gone by, we'll know that though no longer an entity the good ship will ever exist
3 in the hearts of her crew till each one has sailed his final voyage over life's sea.
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