United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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ii ' m P lip m m Hin fF iTr TvU M mk- If ' 4f m B ' iFs IV B. S -r. FIRST CLASSMFN Wimer Whiteley Callcry Miller, W. Mackintosh Majors McKeague Moody Chard Morrill, P. K Wentworth Samuels Stubbs Heidland Phillips Pfannkuchen Woodbury Jones, S. W. Losey Stevenson, H Armagost Ofsthun Maulsby McClelland, C. B. Rau T COMPANY D Company is more than a military unit; it is an institution. It is tratJitional that D Company act as a liaison Company between reaction and prooress. In our attempts to combine intelligence with Spartan discipline we are called indifferent and non-regulation — Art for Art ' s sake is our reward, — we are the best drilled Company in the Corps. Though we possess no outstanding athletes, we have men on every Corps squad and every activity. The Plebes have more inter-murder cups to shine, and the C. C. Q. ' s larger punishment squads to post than any other Company. So you get the picture of a well rounded Company, a cosmopolitan (Red Book and College Humor also) group— men outstanding only in their ability to take things as they come and enjoy life — though of course any man would be ostracized who admitted that this wasn ' t the worst place on earth. ' We have had several foreigners sent into our midst to act as missionaries of the T. D., but they, like the man in the fable who came to scoff, but remained to praise soon were themselves converted. If you are looking for help on Einstein ' s Tlieory, the Fourth dimension or a new recoil system don ' t bother us, but if you want to discuss horses, femmes, fiction or high class night clubs drop in any D Company room and you will talk with Connoisseurs — if you smoke, bring your skags, also a couple extra.

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FIRST CLASSMEN Bell, W. L. Hammond, T. W. Bryan, T. L. Vander Heide Sutherland. G. R. Browne, R. J. Bush Adcock Minniece Guyer Brewster Ranck Hunter, C. N, Fadness Pierce Hammond, |. W. Acklen Bork Cooper, A. B. Moseley, E. L. Parks, H. C. Rasmussen Robey Smith, R.V.M Wiegand £ COMPANY a IT was a cold day. In fact, it was a terrifically cold day, one of those particular kind of icy blasts that only West Point and the Arctic know how to blast. Out in the area, sections shivered as they formed to march to class; the O. C. had deserted his poop-deck for warmer and better places; the O. D. and O. G. ' s beat each other in a vain effort to keep from freezing; doors and windows of barracks were closed tightly. Then something happened. No one knows just who discovered it, but someone looked over at the 5th, 6th and 7th divs and perceived every window wide open! There was a mighty yell of amazement. The contrast to all other windows of South Barracks almost blinded the eyes to behold. What manner of esquimaux, what sort of frigid fiends were these.- Well, we point rather proudly to that incident, even though we never dared confess it was by order. It typifies the E Company ' s proud claim that we are neither runt nor flanker, and we alone could sur- vive so real a test. Runts would have evaporated on t ' le spot, flankers would still be immobile because of it . . . but not E Company. We point to our stamina and superior qualities with an attitude of actual conde- scension toward all others. We view runt-flanker quarrels with disdain, for we are above them (and below them, respectively!). The keynote here is enthusiasm, and effortless and pleasant existence. Yet there is accomplishment. We still have our star men, and goodly share of engineers; we still manage to get second or third best company in the competitive drills; we still have our representatives on Corps squads, and on the first teams of those squads; we have our high-ranking makes ; and we still help bear the other activities like the Pointer, Howitzer and 100th Night Show. Wc of the Class of 29 who are leaving say. Vale, and good luck! Some day we shall come back, and when we do we want to find E Company just as we know it tod.iy.