The Citadel - Sphinx Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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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

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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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T i te COLONEL NEWLAND F. SMITH PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS PHYSICS Under the suiding hand of Colonel Snnith the curtain went up on still another production. This one with only three scenes began after the others were well under way. However, it too opened on a scene containing all our scholars discovering why things expand so rapidly, and why electricity is so shocking a subject. This fundamental training in basic physical science gave our scholars much prac- tical knowledge — in addition to many headaches. Some of the actors in the Chemistry drama joined with Colonel Smith ' s Physic Fanciers for an extra scene or two — namely, those with the nametag Pre-meds attached to them. Here too the last curtain dropped on but a handful of our original assemblage, but those who have learned the parts in the latter scenes of this production can draw apart the curtain of a more realistic and mystifying world. MAJOR RAZOR LT. COMSTOCK LT. LINOSEV LT. ANDERSON LT. HANSON LT. MITCHELL ! i 27