Gunroom Lecture
[ just before Cadets were allowed to go ashore]
Notes taken by Cadet Ken Plourde

 

1.                  Sunday Divisions, ...picked up - will not go ashore that day
            and shall be inspected at such times as the  O.O.D. may set aside.
2.                  Until further notice, ...the Gunroom is
out of bounds on Sunday
            from noon until after church.
                  3.                  Don
't smoke in the heads.
4.                  No bad language.
5.                  Salute officers in plain clothes.
6.                  Don
't hitch-hike.
7.                  Don
't accept a lift in a truck or from a casual passerby.
8.                  Don
't drive a truck in uniform.
9.                  Bus, Taxi, ...walk!
10.              Don
't stroll or saunter.
11.              Don
't smoke on the street.
12.              Don
't chew gum.
13.              Don
't eat anything on the street or in any place other than a restaurant.
14.              Don
't hold hands or walk Aarm-in-arm@ with anybody.
15.              Don
't overload a U-Drive.
16.              Leave cap on in a car.
17.              Don
't have hands in pockets.
18.              Do walk purposely, ....somewhere to go.
19.              Walk in step.
20.              Give female a bus seat.
21.              Give old man a seat.
22.              Take cap off in elevator when female is presant.
23.              Take cap off in a movie, restaurant.
24.              Leave cap on in a store.
25.              Don
't patronize second rate food houses.
26.              Do eat in nice places,
            a.      Empress Hotel
            b.      Princess Mary Restaurant
            c.           Oak Bay Beach Hotel
            d.     Chez Marcel
            e.      Chez Ernest
27.              5B
's for leave with Burberrys - carried, ...worn in rain, ...no gloves.
28.              No picking up girls.
29.              May go,
            a.                  Any picture theater
            b.                  Crystal Garden Swimming Pool\
            c.                  Any good hotel
            d.                  Any golf club
            e.                  Yacht club
            f.                  Shops and Stores
            g.                  Naden Gym.
30.              May NOT go,
            a.                Any bar or Cocktail Lounge
            b.                 Liquor Store
            c.                 Greasy spoon restaurant
            d.                 Any dance hall
            e.                 Any dance of admission fee
            f.                  Any pool room
            g.                 Bowling alley
            h.         Veteran
's club, Legion, etc.,
            i.           Arena, ..except as a spectator
            j.                 Roller skating rink.
31.              Shall not keep company with,
            a.                 Non-commissioned personnel of any armed service of any country
            b.         Zoot suiters, ...peasants
32.              Can
't go in any Mess.