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

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SALTZ.MAN. R. A. GARDNER. C. II. CAI.L VEI.I . REGIMENTAL STAFF CHARLES E. SALTZMAN Third District. Illinois •WASHIN ' GTOX. I). C. Corp. (3, 2); Captain and Reg. Commander (1); Class Tresi dent (2, 1); Class Secretary (3); Hop Mananer (1, 2); Stars (4, 2); Assistant Manaser F.iotball (3, 2): Manager (O; .Assistant Manager Swimming (2); Manager Swimming (1); Hundredth Night (4, 3, 2. 1); Kxpert Rifleman. Tennis (4) ; Lacrosse (3, 2) ; Indoor Meet (4) ; Howitzer lioard (1) ; Rhodes Scholarship. HERE It is. the hahv of tlic Iimise, hnldin.ii ciKiiiijh homirs to make Its licad sick. l)ackccl by the Corps to the last boodle check, and tlie jiiide of the T. D. ; yet It cries for more. Tlie other day we heard It veis;hing the prospects in ditiferent professions of achieving the Presidency. ( .ive CharHe a chance and he ' ll do your dirty work while you are thinkin.t;- about it. He j,a ts up at reveille and shuts the window, briiifjs iiome food from the mess hall for his wives to eat, teaches geometry to the I ' lebes next door, and is generally a useful citizen to have around. Charlie has dreamed ever since he ' s been a cadet of a new kind of First Class and a new Corps spirit. We know the results and we read in the dinner orders what others thought of one phase of the results. He goes to Oxford next year with a Rhodes scholarship and his classmates will w atch his record there with no apprehensions. BBRB

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Al E ' IvYING the same acumen that has caused many an instructor uncomfurtable moments. Dish deduced the opinion that it would be more pleasant to spend the Plebe summer elsewhere. This predisposed us to a suspicion, later verified beyond doubt, that the l)oy was an engineer. Arriving two months late, this precocious and sagacious youth fur- ther evolved the cimviction that he had better step out and catch up with his veteran class- mates who had been through the summer training. Acting on this belief, he was soon under way with such momentum that he lost all idea of distance, so that at the end of two years we find him at the head of the class and leaving a cloud of dust behind. V ' erv human, very capable, and very adapt- able, we see him quietly doing all his work well, and enjoying life at the same time. liesides many honors, including the Regi- mental Adjutant ' s chevrons, he has won a group of friends who know him for his fine and true qualities. Color Corp. (3, 2); Captain and Reg. Supply Officer (1); Golf (3, 2, 1); Polo (1); Hundredth Night (2); Ring Com- mittee (1); Expert Rifleman, Pistol Sharpshooter. ' HO does not remember the Duke en- tering here with his golf clubs swung jauntily from one shoulder and his grin which indicated the attainment of a life ' s desire? I think that we all realized at this time that here was a man who would wear the gold of Color Corporal and Regimental Supply Officer better than most of us and he didn ' t disappoint us in this. For four years he has sailed tranquill) ' and easily as an eagle, gliding on the lazy pinions of summer. Though an engineer, he abhors study and the pursuit of tenths. Duke considers it taking an unfair advantage of the P. to bone up problems before going to class, and meets them as he takes a triple bar in the Riding Ilall, easily, gracefully, contentedly. But we have yet to see him want a thing and not get it. It is men like Roger Gardner who make the partings at graduation a bit less happy. N.V T T- i ' cnly-six