United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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Diiiihlr time to all formatiotis Uk Present arms. There ' s a spot on your tie. intste.

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f-ong horns arc spctil Irtnuini llir itmnttal of arms. ll ' s the same thing every morning. .■I knowledge of signallitig is required. S. jHdoctmatloH I ' crhaps no otlier word used at the Acadeiin covers as much ground as indoctrination. Broadly speaking, it refers to those acti ities vliich tend to replace civilian attitudes and thoughts by Coast Guard mental processes. Nat- urally, the effects of indoctrination are felt most in the underclasses where men are not far away from civilianism. Every phase of a cadet ' s life is influenced by indoctrination. If he has been properly indoc- trinated, he no longer regards regulations as a necessary e il. but as just another of the facts of life. It becomes second naiiuc for a cadet to juniji out of his bed at a bugle call, climb into his coki clothing, care for his personal needs and make a formation in ten minutes time— a fact which may some dav stand him in good stead hen the general alarm soimds on his ship. Immetliately after this process, morning after morning, he is marched to the dock for boat drill on the not- always-still Thames. Here he learns the han- dling of small boats, another usefid art in a C oasi Guard career. At meals upjjerclassmen may plv him with (picstions concerning the service in general— ques- tions which are not considered in the crowded Academy cmricidiuii. I ' ifleen minutes a dav aic dcxoiid to flevilop- ing proficieiuv in tin- maiuial of arms, which adds lo discipline and lo the abiliiv to act in a giou|). . nother fifteeniiiiiHUc |ki iod is based on a sdiedidc designed lo cover such varied topics as service eli(|U(iie, (ire (ighiing and seamansliip

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ni Mathematics Alaihciiiatics is the iuii(lanitiital science on which nearly e eiv study in a technical ciuriculum is based. J he nioie ad ancecl one ' s knowledge becomes in naviga- tion, engineering or science; the niore one realizes that our present mode of lite would be impossble were it not tor Etulid, Napier and others of their kind. 1 he Academy rurricuhnn in math includes two vears, the first ot which ccners the same groinid as is covered in two years by most colleges— trigonometry, college algebra, slide rule, analytical geometry and ditferential and integral calculus. In the second year engineering mechanics and mechanics of materials are considered. For the most part, cadets are well equipped to handle this accelerated program of mathematical training since their appointments are to a large degree basetl on mathe- matical ability and background. The ctficient faculty in mathematics is headed by Cap- tain Chester E. Dimick, who has retired and been called Ixick to active duty to complete the present academic year. Others on the statf are Connnander H. S. Sharp, Lt. C:. C. Hurd. Et. L. M. Kelly and Lt. (j.g.) V. G. Dver. Mr. I) er replaces Lt. A. I,. Lanckton who has returned lo ( i ilian cniplox incnt. C:. I ' T. C. E. DlMlCK J ' rlrraii ( litiirmtin of iiinlhrni ilics Tlnif Iii.sliiiiin — ISiinvii. Kcllx and Obarski — tcaltli- « laugh prulilrm. Jtw., X r 28 h