Jun, Jul, Aug 1962 - Navy League of Australia

Discovery and. . . discovery of Terramycin* after screening I00.1KI0 soilsamples . . . discovery of Tetracyn* (the original tetracycline)and other antibiotics . . . demonstration of broadscopeantibiotic combination now linding clinical applicationin Synermycin . . . development of the first practical methodof deep vat fermentation which has assured a world-widesufficiency of antibiotics—behind all these are the scientistsin the Pfizer research laboratoriesFrom their ceaseless searching and probing comes a neverendingflow of Pfizer therapeutic agents—bringing the fruitsof research to all humanity—inspiring confidence andspeeding recovery wherever people are afflicted, whereverphysicians practise.IDevelopmentSI M KMVt INICRRAMYC INItlRACYN \I IKKA-l ORIRII.DbXIA-CORIRILI ORIRIIDIABINESEVITERRA RANl.LOF VITAMINSDARICONA I ARAXNIAMIDTYZINEVISINUIOC I.ASKMIDSHIPMENGRADUATEAt a colourful graduation ceremony at Icrvis Bay on the 20th July, twentyyoung Australians and New Zealandcrs became the first Midshipmen to completethe new training programme at the Royal Australian Naval College.The College has raised its academic standards, and the overall patternDI Officer training has been revised, to produce Officers specially prepared tocope with the complex "missile age" Navy.For the first lime lor nearly twenty years. Cadets graduating From theNaval College wore the distinctive white collar patches of Midshipmen.Under the new training .scheme, they will spend a year as Midshipmen inthe Australian Fleet before continuing their Officer training in Britain.About four hundred guests, including the Chiefs of Staff of the Army andAir Force, watched the graduation ceremony at the Royal Australian NavalCollege.ADDRESS GIVEN Blf VICE-ADMIRAL W. H. HARRING­TON, C.B., C.B.E., D.S,0,Your Excellency, my fellowduels f Staff, Cadets about toGraduate, Distinguished Guests,Admiral Gatacre, Captain Peel,Ladies and Gentlemen.May I lirst thank Captainhave.iiulPeel lor his interesting and enagingReport You will re-tourcallPeelthat in his Re|>ort, Captainsaiil "it is necessary toOfficers who are leaders,"he mentions certain changeswhi< h have been made to meetthis aim. I give yon this quotafroinhis Report becausetionit is proper to invite your paratI attention to the aim ofI ic iithis Establishment, i.e.. to protheleaders of the future forduoour Navy. To this end thewhole effort of Captain Peel andhis Stall is devoted. He spokeof certain changes, and in thisregard 1 can tell you that manychanges have been made over thepast few years, |>erhaps morethan are comfortable, but I believe,inevitably, more changeswill have to be made. I haveheard certain criticisms thatthere have been too manychanges. Physiologically, humansare animals, and to all animalschange is upsetting.Science for the world's well beingPFIZER CORPORATIONBOX 57, P.O., WEST RYDE•Trademark of Chas. Pfizer & Co. Inc.Vice Admiral W. H. Harrington, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O, Chief of Naval Staff, inspects the Guard of Midshipmen.Accompanying him are the Captain of the College, Captain E. J. Peel, D.S.C., R.A.N., andChief Cadet Captain, Stephen YoullAUGUST, 1962