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

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. F I =1? HESE THREE WORDS ARE BOTH AN ACHIEVE MENT AND AN ASPIRATION . THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MEN OF THE CORPS VHO HAVE GONE BEFORE AND THE ASPIRATION OF THE MEN WHO WEAR THE GRAY TODAY .THE ONE MAY BE FOUND IN BOOKS OF HISTORY r BUT THE OTHER IS ONLY A HOPE AN IDEAL CHERISHED DEEP WTTHIN US rNVE CAN ONLY PRAY THAT AS THESE

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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

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TY H ACHIEVE MEN OF iTioN or FOUND AN IDEA ,A5 THESE WORDS ARE CARVED IN STONE ALL ABOUT US . SO THEY V ILL BE CARVED IN OUR HEARTS AND AS V E SIT IN CHAPEL THE MORN ING SUN STREAMING THROUGH THE EASTERN V INDOW WILL BURN THEM INTO OUR SOULS FOREVER. .. AS WT PERFORM THE EVERY DAY DUTIES OF CADET LIFE MAY THIS IDEAL NEVER DIE . BUT RATHER INCREASE AND SOME DAY BECOME . , ACHIEVEMENT