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

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Settled, hv now, more or less comtortablv in barricks — having exchanged fieldwork for brainwork — we man- aged to find free hours to spend enjoying our still new upperclass privileges. Dragging to shows and hops, learning our way around the Lower Walk, boodlin ' up at Scottv ' s, and two-stepping it in the paint and canvas- covered Thayer ballroom made life considerably more tolerable. The zip in the air that presaged another Siber- ian winter turned our thoughts to football . . . We cheered as Army took Villanova, Temple, and Colgate — sweltered in overcoats going up to Baker Field in New York subways and watched the Lions hold us to fiftv-two points before it rained. We looked

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■ ■;■.;:: oat 3M i apthmciiis. .(II.UCol, ;:■ E, c oco io fUci. 1st Row— Maj. J. C. Denton, Jr. L» Col. W. H. Kinard, Jr., Assistant Pro fessor; Col. H. Beukema, Professor, Lt. Col. J. I. Coffey, Maj. H. B. Kirk Patrick • 2nd Row— Maj. D. P Flanders, Capt. R. S. Cowen, Capt A. L. Freer. JiUi0A4f, 1st Row— Maj. W. M. Greer, Maj I. W. Rosers, Lt. Col. G. J. Weitiel Assistant Professor; Col. H. Beu kema. Professor; Maj. G. F. McAn eny, Maj. M. C. Harrison, Capt. J. C Ward, Jr. • 2nd Row— Capt. G. A Lipsky, Capt. D. S. McHargue, Capt R. C. L. Scott, Capt. M. K. Bushong 1st Lt. W. C. Masatlian, Jr., 1st Lt, F. R. Darby • 3rd Row— Capt. E Holloway, Jr., 1st Lt. B. W. Rogers Capt. D. P. Evans, Capt. J. E. K drick. efLaAi4fie4 o an d m Have vou done your map yet? . . . Where ' s Pondi- cherry? Yes, we had our troubles running up rivers and along boundaries locating Poltava or the territorial provi- sions of the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji . . . Besides history in its pure form, Yearling Year consisted of discussions of contemporary and current events presented in the section room and in the lecture halls, and included a study of the theory and practice of governments . . . Supply and demand and marginal productivity in First Class Econ kept us puzzled and busy, but rationalized an irrational economic world with graph and theory. In all, E G H with maps, discussions, graphs, and epic WGR ' s gave us a broad background in many broad subjects. 47

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m ' to Biker Dress Rehearsal on — stunned — as Penn tied untied Armv on the Grid- graph and raised the roof at Yankee Stadium from open- ing whistle to dosing gun while the Irish postponed for another year the terrible defeat we ' d hoped so hard to hand ' em. Navy proved another, greater disappoint- ment, with class and Corps split in the stands though one in spirit . . . By now, anyway, autumn had become winter, and the nearness of Christmas had captured our hearts, minds, and imaginations. PICTURES: Our river home The great sack.