United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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BHgiHeering Dm iiis4 lour loii cars Engiiicci in has l)ccii our nunil)ir ouf adversary, hut our lirsi cn- couutcr was not rcprcsculal i c. (IDR ' au hu and L ' l . Hoover let us down easy in Kngineer- ing Drawing and Descripl. Two years passed with hardly a notice of Engineering until sec- ond class year arri ed and we ioinid omseKes again conironted hy this lorinidahle opponent. 1 hey hit us with the to]) ol the hatting order: riiernio. EK. and .Stren ;ih. We etched and polished in Materials Lab: we blew iuses in double E : e measured the weight-rale of floAV of vater in Sieani lab b e er manner et devised. I ' iist (lass WAX the I ' .ii ;ineerini; lincuj) was l)olsleic(l by Iresh i eiidort ciiuiUs. W ' l- met CAP I Hicks. CDR Houtsma. and l.C.DR .Minichnieyer. We build a ship and il sinks . . . you and 1 can ligure out h . ' We ' ve for- gotten our calculus, but you and 1 ha c ' out old irajKVoidal rule lor sic heea shuiis such at this. ' Til tell you one thing: when I sa jump, I want to hear a splash. ' ' o (|ueslions? Well conic Friday there ' ll i)e a (|ui , ' li was a cycle of futility. .About this time we vowed, in toto. ne ' er to set loot in an engine room again. One winter patrol on an icv North Atlantic and we may reconsider. Back Row: M.IC l Kilimi . CDH lahih. I.CDH Ol -n. ( l)l I hiiiluiia. JCDK M inn Ir meyer. ICDR lir idiiiw-Vv.u T Row: LCDR RrcdHill. I A.DK lindir. CII ' T links. 1 Cnn Rivard. IT Hixwrr. 29

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