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

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y c i, til ' (f vA ; - g ' t .- ' ' ji ' t Frieze of the mantel, Post Headquarters, representing the nine greatest warriors of the world: Joshua, Hector of Troy, David, A lexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, King Arthur, Godfrey de Bouillon, and Judas Maccabeu s

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THE MCMXXXIV 1,1 THE ANNUAL OF THE CORPS OF CAD E T S UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

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,S THE GREATEST SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN CARVED IN STONE THAT THEIR SPIRIT MAY GUIDE US . SO HAS ALL ARCHITECTURE BEEN AN ENNOBLING INFLUENCE ON OUR LIVES... THE BUILDINGS AT THE POINT ARE TODAY CONSIDERED THE OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF A CITY DEVELOPED AESTHETICALLY ... DECADE BY DECADE THEY HAVE ARISEN EACH V ITH A FUNCTION AND A PERSONALITY AS UNCOMPROMISING AS THE CORPS ITSELF... THESE MAJESTIC TOV ERS HAVE EVER BEEN MUSIC AND INSPIRATION TO THE MEN NVHO HAVE LIVED AND V ORKED FOR THE SPIRIT OF DUTY. HONOR. COUNTRY. ..THEY ARE A PART OF THE TRADI TIONS OF THE CORPS. AND NOV THESE MONUMENTS HAVE BECOME THE DIES V HICH ARE STAMPED UPON EVERY MAN V HOSE MEMORY QUICKENS AT THE NAME WEST POINT... LET US THEN DEDICATE THE HOV ITZER OF NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR TO ARCHITECTURE .AND MAY THE MEN OF THE CLASS BE INSPIRED SO THAT THEY MAY CARVE FOR THEM SELVES EACH A NICHE AMONG THE GREA ' TEST IN HISTORY ' S HALL OF FAME