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rvrrrrarrIIBL:madOudlt;as,Capt. Newell F. Williams, upon reading of Western's swimming victories in the “Shrapnel”, sent the following letter to the team through Coach Schubert. Capt/“Spike” still relishes the tank victories. For over |je,'fv ten years he was the successful swimming coach hero, and the outstanding coach in this section. His team won Lnstltitle after title. I CamLast spring he entered the F. B. I.service, hut he asks in his own inimitable way that the boys carry on in the Western traditions. Here’s thewerecorpAithewereg ra (1uateRoll'reseinow.oiuletter.“ ‘My heart leaps up'—when I see that the old swimming team is back in the grind, and whether it wins or loses, yet let the old fight an determination stay with it!Along about Thanksgiving I got a funny feeling as though I had forgotten something which I should he do- ^l ing (no ciacks, please); something Awas lacking in the well-ordered plan ^ of things. But it was not until the day that f stuck my nose into th bathtub that I found the missing link sr|in the emotional pattern. Chlorine. [ 10WAnd - with chlorine came a myriad of images, a powder train of memories, I a nostalgic sinking—oh, hell, I was h5.^ homesick for the old team. ket.“The situation is well in hand. The ]lcv I‘►Shrapnel* reflects the old gang, and |t() }K ’* the times are Good!—and in the-Brin• I pool, with the Commodore undoubted-♦ *ly. booming the pistol and nursing the stop-watch. And the onions, Lordhelp us! However, the standing record of two hundred hamburgers still stands, let’s hope, for the good of the cause and the rationing of meat.Power to everyone! (and it comes only through the grind of the Work- sc‘nil:outs). The tradition which blows ca(lewhite-hot will stay steady'right where w^°1 •it belongs, tucked in the old Western | l)eric bill fold.me* l44Each “Shrapnel” brings you individually close. My, my, how I would enjoy seeing the4 foam of a hundred-length workout plus fifty on the hoard, a few flip turns, and a couple of warmup relays!Is lan on IWi\abouwere0Best sal lid os to each. I will not at-tempt to name you individually, as I \v(^ ^ do not know the new members, hut 1j ■ 1an abrazo to them who have become a part of a tradition. Someday we will meet.Sincerely yours, Newell F. Williams44P. S. Barker will, with tin* aid of a dictionary no doubt, assist in f hi
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Alton Western Military Academy Shrapnel
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 18, 1943
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