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

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CA PT Hoag, Department Head Science Much of our class time during the first two years at the Academy was spent under the watch- ful eye of the Science Department. Who will ever forget uDaddy,' l-loag's weekly Magic Showsm? Professor Hoag had his own unique way to make the learning process both a pleasant and profit- able one. Third and Fourth class Physics prepared us for the engineering courses that were to come during our final two years. Only this Hrm foun- dation made it possible for us to undertake the difficult Second class year. Chemistry classes were intensely informative, even if we sometimes had to choose between a joke and a quiz-we could usually laugh! Chem- istry Lab was always a challenge. We were taught the importance of neat graphical and statistical results. However, it was not all work. We can all remember the dust explosion experi- ment very vividly. I wonder who knocked the acoustic tile off the overhead or who turned the Agar Agar green. The background given by the Science Depart- ment has been invaluable. As we enter the service as officers We will remember the theoretical and practical knowledge imparted to us. Q' 6 'I The Depczrfnient .Stuff

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'X Ofvfilfllflfbi Gunnery, and law Capt. Knapp, Dept. Head Below the Academy hospital lie the classrooms of the Qrdnance, Gunnery, and Law depart- ment. lt is here that we received the majority of our professional classroom instruction. Our gunnery training began with fourthclass ammu- nition handling and was climaxed by a thorough course in anti-submarine warfare. Practical ap- plication on the practice cruises of what we learned in the classroom showed us that Eig did come from the left-hand gear box and those long mathematical monsters, commonly known as formulae, werenit something dreamed up by the 'fBig Guns Departmentw to make our lives miserable. In law classes, we were given a thor- ough familiarization with the U.C.M.J. and cur- rent maritime laws. During the winter term our understanding of what we had been exposed to was tested in moot courts. What went on in these trials could not stand the test of a Supreme Court review, but we became familiar with the pro- cedures used in actual courtsmartial. Communications covered a multitude of pub- lications and forms. Combined with the practical experience gained on the summer cruises. this course h-as prepared us to assume the duties of Communications Ofhcer aboard ship with a mini- mum of confusion. Many of our early assign- ments aboard ship will require us to apply well the information given to us by Captain Knapp and his well qualined staff of instructors. But we still wonder what would have happened if we had shot down the tow plane last summer? Cfll71lI6'l',X' Departuiwtr Staff li fffffll .9 V, I