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

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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

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tl General Studies Department General ttzdies The curriculum at the Academy was for the most part, exactly what we had expected an en- gineering course to be. There was, however, one exception, the study of the humanities through- out our four years. As is almost traditional for engineers we showed little interest in this ma- terial set forward by the General Studies depart- ment. As swabs, they gave us English composition, and started us on F.M.W. Next, Professor Buron, somehow, gave us the literary and historical background of the period from the time of Charlemagne until the Twentieth Century. ln second class year Capt. Lawrence himself taught us the basic fundamentals of our government and economy. In our last semester Professor Marvin and Lcdr. Foye made a final attempt to give us an understanding of modern literature. Through their efforts, although we rarely admit it, we have a better insight into the society around us. 26 Q ,M W Y Q, r ft? tx ,gr KW4 Q , ' pt. I,c1wre11c'e. Dept. Hem!