United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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english history government In our modern and tightly-knit world containing as it does wars of propaganda and lies, it is important that our military leaders should know the why and wherefore as well as the how. It was toward this important portion of a midshipman ' s education that the curriculum and efforts of the Department of English, History and Government were directed. During his tour at the Academy the midshipman studied literature, history, economics, government and political science. The First Class individual research paper was a fitting end to the four-year program, for it brought into focus all that had been taught before.

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mathematics Mathematics demanded hard work from all of us during our first two and one-half years at Navy. We were at it five days a week and it seemed as if we would never follow all those derivations. But whether it was calculus, spherical trigonometry or strength of materials, it was all information which we were to use many times. In most cases we learned its practical application right in the classroom, and demonstrated our learning in the Math Department ' s examinations, which were universally respected for their comprehensiveness and fairness. The Department of Mathematics succeeded in presenting us with a basic and in- teresting tool for our work and our careers.

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aviation It was the task of the Department of Aviation to intro- duce us to the fundamentals of aerodynamics and flight, in order that we might better understand the acceler- ating developments in air warfare. We learned of the theory of flight and the application of its basic formulae, and gained practical experience in the N3N Yellow Perils. First Class year introduced us to meteorology, a fitting end to a course in aviation.