From the Ship’s Librarian, Friday, May 25, 2012
It’s time for midterm exams. A librarian can tell how serious the students are studying by what they ask for. A sample of student requests in the past few days: the classic Bowditch American Practical Navigator, the Empire State VI Safety Manual, the 1979 Marine Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Fire Safety, a ruler with centimeters on it, a pencil sharpener, and the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. I’m not sure which exam the Poe was for, but we do have his complete works in a gold-stamped, leather-bound edition with gilt edges.
Last night, for the first time, the sky was not pitch black after closing the library at 2200. It is also getting colder outside, but the weather has been absolutely gorgeous today. Cadets are chipping, painting, sunbathing, and, I think I got this right, shooting apples and tomatoes into the sky with a potato gun.
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