The Citadel - Sphinx Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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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

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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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COLONEL LOUIS KNOX PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRV CHEMISTRY This stage too was divided into four scenes — unroman- tic, stern, but fascinating. It too had its vast number of extras — all the scholars of Our School had roles in the first scene. hHov ever, from these bit players — most of whom made a rather hurried exit at the close of the scene — stepped forth two who were to have stellar roles in the following three scenes — the chemistry followers and the pre-med majors. It was they who were to be ex- posed to the realm of knowledge where valence, atomic weight, reagent, and catalyst are bywords. It was they who were to act on a stage set with test tubes, flasks, retorts, and bunsen burners. The long hard hours of the lab and the perplexity of the lectures were often to prove discouraging; but, thanks to the diligence and patience of the coaches and promptees, these scholars were to prove themselves worthy of their role and carry on in this unending drama. So successful is this play in its run that it is now hoped that it will even- tually have its own playhouse. LT. COL BVRD LT. WIDEMAN LT. METCALF LT. JONES MAJOR WATKINS LT. STEEDLy LT. KENNER LT. SMITH 26