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

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nient heady, lfns. Il, YY. Iesse lt Lia! VK O, Glenn. ALGEBR A'Are there any questions on last nights homework assignment? None. VVell then. I have a few questions to ask you. 'lake ont a peneil and a pieee of paper. So would say the algebra instruetor after entering the elassrooni. Ile also seenied prone to assert eontinnally that the ClCP2ll'fIllCllt'S examinations were easy. But with equal fervor, the student hodi' was prone to voiee its definitely opposite and contrary opinions. Lt. Cdr. Snppa and his stalt of instruetors were faeed with the problem of getting some four hundred and titty of us to ahsorh a two year algebra course in hut seven short months. Knowing the ty pe of questions found on the Naval Aeadenn' entranee examinations. they set np their tests aeeordingly, and in that perspective the elass of 'go expresses its appreciation. A hard preparation led to a sneeesstnl perforinanee. 1- , f ,,,, , , lnstrnrtors 5 l,ns. ll. l . Shea Lt, Cdr. Xl. C. Snppa tdepart Rainnie, and not sliown, Lt, rig! Q. Xl A'l7onn two elielas and left three elielis windrge C Xlr. xxlillllllllyll ,X seene eonnnon in the .aen llni I xiorlsed it last night. sir, lmmgg

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VGLI Why was it the lfnglish L'XLllllllliIllOlIS ,nwsns canne lmclx eoxeiecl with teal eioss- nuzn'l4s7 XX'z1s the pzitient, helptnl Dt, Ielqll ot the l'l1lNSl'OOlII the sinne exil Xlr. Ilule who wielclecl El iecl peneil with sneh clexus tziting etleets? Slnclents wept Llilll fQllllSllCCl then' teeth, tot though then' ettoits were cliligent, the exttii instrnetion and night stitch' tosteis were :ilwzns long LlllCl cliseouiziging. ist lit, lliillon ilncl the l1lSl'l'llClOl'S ot the llnglish l7epzn'tinent were cletenninecl that the aspiring young eiincliclzites nnclei' their eine wonlcl, upon eonipleting the eonrse at NAXPS. he ptotieient in the ants of gmiiiiiign iincl litei'iitni'e. XYluit with those clitlieult theines. vague iezicling eoinpiellension tests, spelling iincl voeiiliiilgin clrills, confusing lit- etziix' ninnes, :incl Above all those ligiiissplitb ting gmiiiiimi' sentences, the lsnglish clepzirtinent, with llC1NLlIlCllI1g attention, pre, pineal ns tor oin' supieine ettort in April. 'I 'op -- Iu, B. l .i liot toin ff llhdit Hoy! lllll going to throw the hook git theni, ist lt llon, US X l C. nlepziitinei it heiicl, - z.4oo eh? Bilge hiinl ol iniik Lt. lisgl ll, Xl. RlL'llLlI'ClS, liistinetors 3 lfns. XX . Shoe ei, lCns. ll XY. Czninnziclx 1 lx-rg. 4, l,ns R, Nl Xlillei' llns R l I I

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I11sl1'111lc11x 7 I'llN C I Cor clci. ist ll li I lumix US NIC, tclcpiitllii-inf licncll. I.t. lyfgl l,. IXI. IIIIU. lm S XI '1l.1ll1.1111s, .mil IIIS I ll Illlll GEOMETRY AND TRIG. 'l'i111c: Ifriclay zlftcmoon. lllziccz Gcuzncfry class. lizstrizcforz I do not wisli to clchucl Il'O1ll your lilncrty time. Init for Mciiiclaifs class you will do prolmlciiis 11. ig. 15. zz. 1111cl 2' from tlic gccniictri' x1'o1'lQsl1ccl. p1'ol1lc111s Q, 5. f. S. 12. llllll ig frmii flic l1'1g011o111Ctry' wmlisliccf. zmcl IDIYJIJICIHS 1. 4. 5. z111cl f O11 pagc .16 ol Ciiitiss giml Xloulfoii. Stuclciifsz B11tSi1l lnstriicforz Section lciiclcr. clismisa tlic class. 'I'l1is scciic might well Inc cgillccl A l'l1c lrzigccly of tlic Lost XXYCCIQCIICIHZ liowk cx'c1'. tlic gcoiiictry and t1'igc111c1111ct1'y scctimis of the Naval .Xcziclciiiy ciitrziiicc cx11111i1111fio11s lacing cxtrciiicli' clilliciill. Ll tough cmirsc of i11st1'11ctio11 is 11l1sol11tcly 11cccss111'y. Illllilllgll wc arc still Ill QI stulc of almsoliilc cxl11111stio11 frcmi wrestling with flicsc sulajccfs for Hvc iimrkiiig pcriocls. wc muster cimugli sfrcngtli to my A I'l1z111lc 1011. M11 liiiczisf' 0111111-. mmm- XII. limuixg 14111 unli lvilgccl tliirtx pci' LQIII of llic wli . . W , . XIV wflfliw HUWI ffllfl NIC IIUY isiiilvizg iruzmcl, Xxllillx tlic' iuiwii. Luffiiig wft7 ?L