The Citadel - Sphinx Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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COLONEL SMITH J. WILLIAMS PROFESSOR OF HISTORY HISTORY AND POLITICALSCIENCE Two more scholars left the sroup and followed new leads — the pursuer of history, its riddles, and the advocate of the scientific approach to the poli- tical scene. Here were the most elaborate stage settings of all — feudal castles of noble lords, palaces of great kings, halls of congresses and parliaments, and the bloody battlefields of countless wars, hiere was enacted man ' s whole existence — his life, his laws, and his strifes. Here unfolded before the scholars the fascinating and colorful panorama of the world. Here too was something for the would-be states- men and diplomats, and the world of new outrage was compared with the world of the past. Here were revealed the concerts of the giants — political, social, and diplomatic. It was here that the Col and the King reigned supreme, with their subjects clustered about their feet. LT. COL. COLEMAN LT. SKIPPER LT. PRIOR LT. GENTRV LT. MOORE LT. COLEMAN LT. CARSON 28

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T i te COLONEL NEWLAND F. SMITH PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS PHYSICS Under the suiding hand of Colonel Snnith the curtain went up on still another production. This one with only three scenes began after the others were well under way. However, it too opened on a scene containing all our scholars discovering why things expand so rapidly, and why electricity is so shocking a subject. This fundamental training in basic physical science gave our scholars much prac- tical knowledge — in addition to many headaches. Some of the actors in the Chemistry drama joined with Colonel Smith ' s Physic Fanciers for an extra scene or two — namely, those with the nametag Pre-meds attached to them. Here too the last curtain dropped on but a handful of our original assemblage, but those who have learned the parts in the latter scenes of this production can draw apart the curtain of a more realistic and mystifying world. MAJOR RAZOR LT. COMSTOCK LT. LINOSEV LT. ANDERSON LT. HANSON LT. MITCHELL ! i 27

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LT. COLONEL CLIFTON L. HAIR PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS The letters on the marquee spelled Mathema- tics — In order to school our scholars in the arts of the theater of life, each of them was required to dis- play his talents in the opening scene of the mathe- matical stage. At their earliest opportunity, how- ever, most of them forsook this stage and sought more inspiring, though not necessarily more en- lightening, fields. The coaches ' aid in Mathemat- ics was most beneficial and sought after by the players, and the promptees backstage were never idle; but, as the parts were still too difficult for most of our scholars, the latter scenes were participated in by fewer and fewer players. However, the train- ing all received here will aid them in any role they may choose to undertake. LT. COL. MEYERS LT. BARONE LT. HEDGE LT. sunoN MAJOR SAUN DERS LT. HOLT LT. HUTCHINSON LT. THURMAN 29