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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4 Will it CXPl0ClC7 Sif? Klondav morning blues. Seated - Lt. fig! R, E linrigh Qdepartinent headj, lit. ljgj E. lh lriclaev. Standing 7 lfns. R. I llarris, Lt. Ijgij R. C. lohnson, lin: .X. C. Perkins, lllns. R. 'If Dempsey PHYSICS hlanufacturers of lifts and hoists should hasten with all possible speed to the Naval Academy Preparatory School. 'l'he Department of Phvsics, in devising one of its fiendish problems, invented a four ton elevator capable of rising at the astounding rate of 4,685 feet per second. Can any other school. whether civilian :ir niilitarv, boast of such an iinaginativc group of physicists as drcxv up this one? l'he Class of 'go will never forget the last xvcck before thc Christmas holidavs. when such problems were the order of thc dav. Yea, though we flonndered -- in the sea of joules, ions, electrons, ergs, dvncs, ohms. calories, and frequencies - the stcadving hand of Lt. Qjgj lflnright at the lhelm, and thc guiding channel lights pointed ont bv his capable assistants, brought ns toward our chosen port: the Naval Academy phvsics qualification. fizl