US Naval Academy and Preparatory School - Cruise Yearbook (Newport, RI)

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Lt. Cdr. K. Steen, executive officer. Une detinition ot the term executive is: any person charged with putting laws or plans into etteet. Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Steen, as Executive Ofhcer, fuliills this definition. Previous to his enrollment at the U. S. Navf al Academy, Lt. Cdr. Steen attended the Uni- versity ot Michigan tor one year. During his so- journ at Annapolis, he held a position on the football squads of '38, YBQ, and l4o. A graduate of the Hrst class to be accelerated because of the war emergency, he received his commission on j February 1941. llis entire vvar time career consisted of dutv on board destroyers, the small but miglitv tin-cans of tl1e fleet. ln October, 1947, he vvas ordered to the Bureau of Naval Personnel, where l1e ser- and ved as director ot the Nledal and Avvards Divi- sion tor fifteen months. ln lanuarv, 1949, he came to NAPS as XVcltare and Recreation Oili- ccr, and in October vvas named Executive Officer. ln this final capacitv xve have been proud to know and follovv him. I TERNA ORG NIZATIO During the past academic year, the heavy wheel of administration rolled steadily along its chartered course, giving organization and pro- gress to our ulife at NAPSN. The commanding otHcer was, ot course, the hub, but his executive oflicer was his munber one supervisor. Then fol- lovvcd the spreading chain of command, led bv men pictured in this section. 'I'l1e areas of life represented bv each one of them, vvhen summed up. gave us our evcrv dav activities. From academ- ics to athletics. phvsical health to spiritual sc- curitv, and battalion routines to personnel prob- lems, thcrc vvas ellicient machinery set up to handle our needs. Cdr. G. R. Iohnston, doctor. l.t. Cdr. l,. ll. llrcnning, dentist.

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ACADEMICS . . . Academic Yeoinen Left-D. A. Petersen, YN3. Right - ls. C. Tyrrell, YNQL Bl. .X. David. YNQ, Each touch of a key, each turn of the mimco- graph machine brought forth blood. syycat, and tears from the besieged studentsg for these were the men who typed and printed the departmen- tal and marking period examinations. 'l'op - Nr. C. L. XlcChec. Director of the .Xcademic Department, pictur- ed xyhile conducting one of his many personal discussions with hopeful Nayal .Xcadciny candidates Bottom - l,t. Cdr. Xl. C. Suppa, US- NR, Assistant Di- rector of the Aca- demic Department. l8l The curriculum of the U. S. Naval School. Academy and College Preparatory was designed with but one purpose in mind: success on the annual Nayal Academy entrance examinations in April. 'l'hough the examination is based on the nor- mal, accredited high school education, scyeral factors make the test extremely difficult. Each examination requires a thorough knoyylcdge of the theoretical and practical applications of the subject, and makes strict demands for speed and accuracy. ln twenty-Hyc yyeeks the school must prepare its approximately four hundred prospcctiyc mid- shipmcn. ln that short period complete and comprehensive courses in linglish grammar and composition. English and American literature. geometry, trigonoinetry, elementary and advan- ced algebra. physics, and American history must be presented to and digested by each student. Of necessity the course inoyes at such an accelerated pace, that students failing to maintain a satisf factory academic mark must be disenrolled. Though unpleasant be this attrition, it is essen- tial so as not to hinder the progress of classmates. To a privileged few the course was a snap, but the majority of the 'Class of 'gon will liken the innumerable quizzes and the long hours of study to an old salt's tale of a weary yoyage across stormy and troubled waters. Those of us who could breast the storm, howcyer, could feel con- fident that our chances for success on the en- trance exams were highly favorable, if not as- sured.