The Citadel - Sphinx Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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LT. COL. MARION S. LEWIS PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION The second scholar, endowed with a taste for modern business complexity, stood before the footlights of the largest stage setting in our school. The heterogeneous courses cast individual shafts for the scholar, but during the denouement there emerged a blended illumination. Statistics, accounting, finance, economics, and adminis- tration blended these lights into a single harmonious effect, producing the correct tone for proficiency. Branching off to accounting, this individual delved into the mysteries of transaction accompanied by a perusa of practical laboratory problems. Then he went into finance, wherein mathematics was prominent in such technical divisions as annuities, insurance, rates of in- terest and bonds. Finally, administration required his probing into vast stores of sales policies, advertising, training, promotions, and operations. Nor did he omit a smattering of psy- chology — the polish after the smoothing of the rough ground. And so the footlights became irradiated, oblit- erating the shadows of perplexity. MAJOR TIBBETTS LT. WHITMAN LT. BERNFIELD LT. DEBNAM LT. CLOUGH LT. GARLAND LT. BROWN LT. WILCOX LT. HOTCHKISS 24

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ENGLISH Ahead of one lay a cobblestone path. It was divided into four sections, and on the stones of the first section he read the nanne and works of Thomas Hardy intermingled with weeds of the verb, the comma, the colon, and other com- mon varieties. The next section looked like an English grave- yard for the great and wise men of the past. There lay ahead of him the immortal works of Shakespeare, the paintings of Milton, both horrible and beautiful, and the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. hHere the path divided. At the right fork was the admonition, travel at your own discretion. And having a thirst for knowledge, he traveled. On through the English drama and Victorian poetry he passed into Ameri- can literature. Continually developing and enriching his style and appreciation throughout his four years, this scholar emerged a gentleman polished and clothed in beauty and tradition. He was now possessed of a keenness of mind and quickness of spirit in emulation of the cultured men of the world. CAPTAIN SANDERS LT. PECKHAM LT. DURHAM LT. TREVITHICK LT. OSTROM LT. COOK LT. HOLM ES LT. GIBSON LT. SAMS LT. LINTON 23

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LT.COL. GOODING PACKARD LT. COL. RO C. HILTON CAPT. A. P. McGEEHEE CAPT. H. F. TASKER LT. PAUL F. BYTHER LT. ALEX H. LUCAS LT. W. J. WILLIAMS |not shown) LT. COL. WILLIAM L. ROBERTS PROFESSOR OF MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS Here all the scholars met equally on one stage. Though all realized the worth of his particular field of endeavor, each was equally innpressed with the vastness of Mars ' own production, hiere the pan- orama of military science and tactics aided the group in facing the perils of the time. Our new director. Lieutenant Colonel Roberts, exemplified the familiar maxim that action speaks louder than words, and the numerous improvements in military policy attested to his ability. From Colonel Roberts and his office came the appoint- ments of cadet officers and non-commissioned officers as well as a large number of orders for the efficient functioning of the military organization of our school. Abetted by the officers, these scholars received the fundamental requirements of practical military knowledge. Unfortunately, it had proved that a working knowledge of the 37MM. gun and the 155MM. gun was Infinitely of greater value than the more desired theories and philosophies of Vergil, Aristotle, Pasteur, and Adam Smith. 25