United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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fZb'e H O W I 'I' Z E R 29 - L. A GUESS. .3-ETF1 F '- Q' 1' U, IJIEUT. B.: Mr, Parker, what is the E, meaning of the word allotropic? M 1 Hg UCOURTJJI uIt means that the element L g , Wire .ff is found in all the tropics. , 'I .- T' ll Y' J- ' J! UP AGAINST IT. fI'lN X INsTRucToR: Name twelve mollusks I my '11 of the Mesozoic. GOAT fin one long despairing stahl: Six Orthoceratites and six Cephalopodsf' JOHN JERVEY MAUL P.: 'lCan you see back there, Captain P 'Jaxx J . F' JOHN MAUL fpromptlyyz K'Yes, sir, quite ' . , well, already. X lg I -NN .N J' NO JOKE. A P NSTRUCTOR: r. ucrot,1s tie ou e ffl I QM D ' 1 d bl chromide of tantalum and rubidium soluble P . , . 1 E l 4 CADET' 'kYes sirl fm INSTRUCTOR! UNO, sir! Is it decomposable - my ,f . 7 by heat FU 2 CADET: KNO, sir! INSTRUCTOR: 'KYes, sir! -and so on. -,,,... ONE ON THE YOUNT: uColonel, what is sloe gin ?'l ' 1 f Y l difference it K I d 't know Mr Yount, what tie is between slow and fast ginf' 'J' . . ' 'kSing a song of chemistry, A test tube full of nitre, Add some powdered charcoal Hold it o'er a Bunsen flame, And try to smell the fumes' The hos-pi-tzil is very near, i - And YOU can staY till June? I PROF. T.: on , . M 56 D smite Sir!! lt' lizilfi J .1 III T And pack a little tighter, I