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

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Captain Thomas V. Darrah, 27th Infantry; Class 95; graduated 21. Captain William F. Nesbitt, 4th Infantry; Class C|S; graduated 24. (‘aptain Henry C. Jewett, Corps of Engineers; Class ’oi; graduated 9. First Lieutenant Clifford Jones, Coast Artillery Corps; Class ’03; graduated. First Lieutenant Philip II. Worcester, Coast Artillery Corps; Class '04; graduated 27. First Lieutenant Samuel M. Parker. 20th Infantry; Class ’03; graduated 41. |3rofrssor Colonel Samuel E. Tillman, M. A.. Cadet, U. S. M. A., 1865-1869; appointed at large; graduated 3; Second Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, 1869; First Lieutenant of Engineers, 1872; Professor of Chemistry. Mineralogy and Geology, U. S. M. A.. 1888. assistant professor Major Wirt Robinson, Coast Artillery Corps; Class ’87; graduated 9. Instructors Baxter. -“There are three kinds of asbestos: mountain, leather, and lignifonn.” Instructor. - And the other form?” Baxter.—“Iodoform. Deuel. An aqueous meteor is anything containing moisture. Instructor. “Then I supj ose a saloon is an aqueous meteor? Instructor. -“Where does ‘bomite get its name?” McLane, J. T.— It is called ‘bomite because it comes from Borneo. Instructor. - Now that we have discussed the various classes of animals. Mr. Sibert, to what class do you belong? Sibert.—“The Class of 1012, sir.” Richards (at Lecture).— How does a glassblower blow a vacuum, sir? Pink Hardy.— This metal occurs abundantly distributed in ingenious rock. Instructor. —“You are at the North Pole: what direction would yop go to get to the South Pole? Fechet. Southwest, sir. Harms.—“What time of day is it, sir? 21