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

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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

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lHSfI'lIC'fOl'S - Ilfiis. XY. XICNiitt. luiis. XX, H, Ho Iziciwcliiit-, Lt. tjgil R, FI. Howe tdcpziitiiiuiit hczidb. :md Nils. IH, Boggs. pkiiis. lhiis. R. Slzishiiig LINYQIX. .Xht Nerds mic thzit will stump thc V i HISTORY A iizixui officer must kiicm' thc wherc, whcii, wliy, ziiid how of this giciit tlciiiocixicyg hciicc. thc 'tpowcrs that hc sotciimhi pmcliiiiiicd, 'l'hci'c shiih hc 21 Ucpnrtiiiclit of History tit thu Nzivzil Aczidciiiy Pi'Cpgii'zitoi'y School, iiiid that dcpzirtmciit shall hc rcspoiisihlc tm' t1'lSi'iHilI,Q into Cach Amizipolis Caiiididzltc 21 tlirimiigli kiiowlccigc of the history Lmd hzic'kgi'0ii1id of the Uiiitcd Stzltcs ot iXiiiCriczi. As timc mis im cxci' pitcicms qiuiiitity, l.t. ijgi Ilowc, thc dcpzirtiiiciit hcud. jziiiiiiicd thc tlirottlc glgzliiist the torwmd cxttcmity of the qiizldmiit, amd thc coursc pmt-ccclcd zihmg its niciiy Way. ,X pcrsoii who dropped his pencil might miss out IJII thc history ot two oi' thrcc iicliiiiiiistiuitioiis, l.ct us not discuss thosc poor iiiifmtiiiiiitcs who had to lciivc thc chiss rormi to shiiipcii their pciicils. 'though iiuiiiy SfllCiC.llfS hchcxcd that the tcxthriok was oiitmodcd. thc dcpziit- nciit did ll Illklglliiilfllf joh of cmichitiiig thc xmiriiis Qliglptcrs amd prcsciitcd ll .vcll-ccmstructcd, pi'ogi'cssix'c coiiisc. tigt