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

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OBSERVATORY BANDSTAND

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The time and place: Monday morning. 1100, Mac Hall. The event: Prof. Hoag s magical science show. This was the method in which we were introduced to the Science Department in our swab year. It seemed like fun then. But it was only the beginning. From magic we progressed through physics, chem- istry, nucleonics, and meteorology — not without pain, anguish, and casualties. Ah, how could we ever get by without knowing the equation for the decay of an isotope? Why we can even read the weather maps that appear in the news- papers every night: in fact we can even draw them. All in all. the times spent in chem. lab were the most exciting and adventurous moments of our class- room work in this department. There was always a group of practicing Pasteurs in some secluded setup trying to concoct a new discovery in the explosive field. There are cork marks in the lab ceiling to attest to the success of these junior Einsteins. We emerged from the science classroom head bloody but unbowed. with a comprehensi e knowl- edge of the subjects studied and their application in the world of todav. Copt. J. B. Hoag ScCi ccettce M. Weiss, R. Lenczyk, R. Dinsmore, R. Perry, W. Bahlaii. R. Bosnak, E. Castle, M. ioiuaiiic, T. Corns i);»i miUH- ' i

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! C. Hatlmway, R. Dolliver, A. Lawrence, F. Foye, E. Espelie. R. Bosnak. N. Marvin. Ci. Biiron e te%aC Studies Kni) ving an engineer ' s version of the English Lan- guage is usually atrocious, the General Studies De- partment set about righting this wrong from the beginning. As bright and starry eyed swabs we delved into the mysteries of composition and the weekly essays. After struggling through our own puny elTorts we discovered the way the problem should be handled by reading the great author ' s works from Plato to Poe, interspersed with tiie events leading up to these masterpieces. When the others had finished with us. the hcail man, professor Lawrence, took over ami iried lo ingrain the fundamentals of Economics ami (nncrn- ment into our by now feeble minds. We are not quite sure just yet whether the (ieneral Studies Department succeeded in tiieir task of making us literate, but we are indeed giaieriil iluii ihcs even tried. We know that at times ilic task mnsi have seemed insurmountable. As we wander mei ihe sur- face of the earth in the years to come, jusi as our literary counterpart Ulysses, we will have only the fondest of memories of the General Studies Depart- ment. 26 . A. l.awrcwL mm