The Citadel - Sphinx Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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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

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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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COLONEL SMITH J. WILLIAMS PROFESSOR OF HISTORY HISTORY AND POLITICALSCIENCE Two more scholars left the sroup and followed new leads — the pursuer of history, its riddles, and the advocate of the scientific approach to the poli- tical scene. Here were the most elaborate stage settings of all — feudal castles of noble lords, palaces of great kings, halls of congresses and parliaments, and the bloody battlefields of countless wars, hiere was enacted man ' s whole existence — his life, his laws, and his strifes. Here unfolded before the scholars the fascinating and colorful panorama of the world. Here too was something for the would-be states- men and diplomats, and the world of new outrage was compared with the world of the past. Here were revealed the concerts of the giants — political, social, and diplomatic. It was here that the Col and the King reigned supreme, with their subjects clustered about their feet. LT. COL. COLEMAN LT. SKIPPER LT. PRIOR LT. GENTRV LT. MOORE LT. COLEMAN LT. CARSON 28