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

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The Astronomy Club serves as a fo- cal point for all star-gazing cadets, from the daydreaming sky-watch- ers to the more serious astro-pho- tographers. Its telescopes, which are available for use by the entire Corps, are in the observatory on top of Bartlett Hall. The on-going mission of the Club is to provide interested cadets with the opportunity to learn more about astronomy. Trips to the Hayden Planetarium in New York City and the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., are within the scope of this enlightening club. Astronomy Club: Learning More About The Universe 372 ABOVE: AIAA: FIRST ROW: M. Connor. R Shellman. M. Roo.sma. D. Sena. J. Lamborl, MAJ Mahcr. MAJ Wiico.x. SECOND ROW: F, Olcy, B. Ryan. W. Slrickland. K. Clark. H, Curli. ' ;. J. Baumgarncr. CRT Rutherford, THIRD ROW: COL Su-QZicr, MAJ Bcrgantz, M. Heftv, R. Kidd, F. Mover. LEFT: AS-.. TRONOMY CLUB: FIRST ROW: M John- .son. K. Schliofor, MAJ Folev. G. Kuznoroff. SECOND ROW: C. Olbon. D. Solph. J. Oguoto, N. Wallace. D. Guggcmo. ' ;. A. Buehler. J. Rowc. THIRD ROW: T. Duly. M. Monnellc. M. Mon.-sen, V. Lowe. J. Hall. The American Institute of Astronau- tics and Aeronautics (AIAA) in- volves primarily aerospace engi- neering concentrators, although all club members are interested in flying to varying degrees. Working with the Long Island Chapter of the AIAA, the club attends and orga- nizes various events in the area. In the fall the club travelled to New York City to tour the USS Intrepid, formerly an active duty aircraft car- rier converted to an air aviation mu- seum. Later it travelled to Princeton for a tour of the aerospace facilities there, as well as a tailgate at the Army-Princeton football game. Prominent speakers included MG . Brown, the project manager of the AH-64 helicopter program, who spoke in conjunction with the Apache ' s visit to West Point; and H. Ross Perot Jr., the first man to cir- cumnavigate the globe in a helicop- ter. The final event of the year was the Northeast Region AIAA Student Conference held on Long Island where several aerospace concentra- tors presented papers on work they had completed during the year. Flying High With AIAA lr -t ■ t

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Geology Club Those who were able to get a Piece of the Rock, certainly had a great time. The year ' s activities began and ended with a canoe experience headed by OIC MAJ Kratochvil and President Tony Patricelli down, along, and in the Delaware River. Joe Aperfine, the club VP and un- derground expert provided the guid- ing light as the club explored the depth ' s of Suprise Cave. The Smith- sonian Institute was visited as well during the annual Washington trip. LEFT: MAJ Kralochvil, L. William.s. T. Pa- tricelli. R. Livermore. J. Aperfine. ' Um FIRST ROW: CPT Davis. M. Schenkelberg. M. Slcclc. L. .Jones. L. Fotko, J. Shaw, R. Staats. L. Jones. L. Fetko. J. Shaw. R. Slaals. CPT Jurir. SECOND ROW: M. Rave. B. Cahill, D. Persse- hn. R. Schulz. B. Davison. J. Heller. M. Sheridan. R. Nave. R. Prisk. Math Forum The Math Forum helps to show Ca- dets the practical applications for math. Each year the Forum takes trips to selected government agen- cies and universities to examine how math is used in the world around us. Direction was provided by OJC ' s CPT Juric and CPT Davis. 371

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VFT Chess Makes The Right Moves The cadet Chess Club provides an opportunity for cadets to compete in nationally rated United State Chess Federation tournaments. The high- light of this year was the U.S. Team Championship in Sommerset, N.J. In this tournament, the team of Fi- scher, Pursel, Weisz and Wilson played and defeated first rate chess players from the best chess clubs in the country. LEFT: Concentration is critical during a tour- nament match. lld . ; m:li : 11, fc Kuznecti Selph. emos, .! afica. ' ' ait ' = ofife irit 10 cir ar iV2- ' i ihe; 1 LEFT: FIRST ROW: P. Kverett. R. Holbcrt. R. DeLcon. SECOND ROW: T. Weisz, W. F ursel, S. P mme. THIRD ROW: E, Ran- dolph. J. Wil. ;on. M. Sullivan. FOURTH ROW: A Kerbcr. D. Greffey. J. Hciston. FIFTH ROW: R. Fischer. K. Maggie. ABOVE: Edwin Randolph keeps careful tabs on his opponent. 373