Greeting A Ripple

Little more than three weeks ago were so fresh, so eager and so ignorant. Now the WAVES of the Navy are more familiar with each other. To be sure we know there would be work and play but now we know the third ingredient--balance. Each morning finds us juggling the government's funds and trying to convince ourselves that women are perfectly capable of handling the Navy's money.

The warmth of Cambridge has affected us in several ways but aside from the weather the friendliness with which we have been met in one more reason we are piling up such pleasant memories for the dull days in the future. But why think of proving more interesting? Monday mornings at Briggs are on the way to becoming the most interesting and enlightening silence is broken when the "after-break the "tall" and "short" stories of the week-end! These breaks in the west really furnish the spice for our daily menu of work and it is amazing how difficult it sometimes becomes on Sunday nights to do simple arithmetic after a strenuous week-end!

Tastee Discipline, Too

All is not Utopian in this life of own however, for some of the crew has tasted the bitter fruits of discipline. There is no excuse to let down in any phase of our life here at Briggs, but occasionally we have to be reminded that there is a penalty for returning late from leave that even the best of WAVES may be good housekeepers in the eyes of the Navy, and that we "can be wrong" and often tool.

Our immediate horizon is like a black cloud with a silver lining. There is a rough stretch ahead come Saturday morning and its exam, but a dance in the afternoon and a picnic Sunday should do much toward cheering us up. We have developed a great respect for the Navy's ability to "plot and plan" with an eye of our amusement as well as our education. Thus far we have more than broken eyes.

Although our stay in Cambridge is little more than three months it may be early for prophecy. If appearances count for anything it seems safe to say that we will remember this "stop-over' in the months and years to come as one of the most memorable and outstanding stepping stones in our path.