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

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Professor Lieutenant-Coi.onel William B. Gordon, Cadet. L'. S. M. A., 1873-1877; appointed from Pennsylvania; graduated 6; Second Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, 1877; First Lieutenant, Ordnance Department, 1881; Captain, 1891; Inventor of t S. 12-inch Mortar Carriage, Model 1896; Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, I’. S. M. A., 1901. Assistant Professor Captain William P. Wooten, Corps of Engineers; (‘lass of (898; graduated 3. instructors First Lieutenant Matthew A. Cross, Coast Artillery Corps; Class of '04: graduated 43. First Lieutenant Benjamin H. L. Williams, Coast Artillery Corps; Gass 05; graduated 22. First Lieutenant Halsey Dunwoody, Coast Artillery Corps; Class ’05; graduated 25. First Lieutenant Geoffrey Bartlett. Coast Artillery Corps; Class ’07; graduated 16. Second Lieutenant Frederick E. Siiuyder. 2nd Cavalry; (‘lass '03; graduated 20. Second Lieutenant Jay L. Benedict, 14th Infantry; Class’04; graduated 26. Instructor.- - Mr. March, was there no mercury in this artificial horizon? Monsieur (gesticulating).— Yes, sir. hut I have used it once, and poured it away. Instructor- - Now, Mr. Murray, how could it Ik that way? Murray.— That's what I would like to know, sir.” Sttgrlic Instructor.— Where is this observation taken from? McCleary.— From the celestial equator, sir.” Instructor.— I don't quite see how that conclusion is arrived at. Kadbt. Yes, sir. It's a very difficult deduction, and it look me two hours to see it. I will explain it over again, sir. '7

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 professor Lieutenant-Colonel Charles P. Eciiols, Cadet, U. S. M. A., 1887-1891; appointed from Alabama; graduated 3; Instructor of Mathematics, U. S. M. A., 1894; Assistant Professor of Mathematics, U. S. M. A., 1897; Associate Professor of Mathematics. U. S. M. A., 1898; Professor of Mathematics. U. S. M. A.. 1004. associate Professor Captain' George B. Pillsbury, Corps of Engineers; Class ’oo; graduated r. assistant Professor First Libutbnant Charles P. Pettis, Corps of Engineers; Class 04; graduated 1. Instructors First Lieutenant Samuel Frankbnbergbr, 3d Field Artillery; Class ’02; graduated 11. First Lieutenant William P. Brydbk, 5th Field Artillery; Class 04; graduated iq. First Lieutenant Francis W. Honeycutt, 5th Field Artillery; Class’04: graduated 23. First Lieutenant George M. Morrow, Jr.. Coast Artillery Corps; Class ’06; graduated 10. First Lieutenant James W. Riley, 6th Field Artillery; Class 06; graduated 12. First Lieutenant Forrest E. Williford, Coast Artillery Corps; Class ‘06; graduated 20. First Lieutenant Joseph A. Green, Coast Artillery Corps; Class 06; graduated 23. First Lieutenant Harold W. Huntley. 3d Field Artillery; Class '06; graduated 30. First Lieutenant Royal K. Greene, Coast Artillery Corps; Class 07; graduated 21. Second Lieutenant Charles Telford, 12th Cavalry; Class ’03; graduated 5. Second Lieutenant Vaughn W. Cooper, 12th Cavalry; Class '04; graduated 14. Second Lieutenant Thomas W. Hammond, 22nd Infantry; Class '05; graduated 35 Instructor.—“What did you say that surface was called, Mr. Phipps?” Phipps.—“A hy-poi-boloid, sir.” Instructor.—“No, Mr. Phipps, that isn’t like any figure I ever saw before. Its intersection with that plane looks like the ears of a jack-rabbit. We will call that a Phipp-oid “ Instructor.— Mr. Clay, your figure is very obscure—I can't make it out. Can you, Mr. Simpson? Mr. Gillespie? No; no one else can. Rub it out and do it over again!” 9