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

Page 15 text:

ALMA MATER : . Hail, Alma Mater dear, To us be ever near, Help us thy motto bear Through all the years. Let DUTY be well performed, HONOR be e ' er untamed, COUNTRY be ever armed. West Point, by thee. Guide us, thy sons, aright. Teach us by day, by night. To keep thine honor bright. For thee to fight. When we depart from thee. Serving on land or sea. May we still loyal be. West Point, to thee. And when our work is done. Our course on earth is run. May it be said, Well done; Be thou at peace. E. ' er may that line of gray ' increase from day to day, g 2 I ye, serve, and die, we pray, ' • - ' ' West Point, for thee. ' sa:

Page 14 text:

THE CORPS The Corps! Bareheaded salute it. With eyes up, thanking our God That we of the Corps are treading Where they of the Corps have trod — They are here in ghostly assemblage. The men of the Corps long dead. And our hearts are standing attention While we wait for their passing tread. We, sons of today, salute you — You, sons of an earlier day; We follow, close order, behind you. Where you have pointed the way; The long gray line of us stretches Through the years of a century told. And the last man feels to his marrow The grip of your far-off hold. Grip hands with us now, though we see not. Grip hands with us, strengthen our hearts As the long line stiffens and straightens With the thrill that your presence imparts. Grip hands — though it be from the shadows — While we swear, as you did of yore. Or living, or dying, to honor The (;orps, and the Corps, and the (xjrps!

Page 16 text:

CONTENTS ORGANIZATION Administration Departments CORPS Pass in Review Biographies Under Classes SS HISTORY Plebe Year Yearling Deadbeat Second Class Year First Class Year ATHLETICS Major Sports Minor Sports Navy Games I ACTIVITIES Organizations Publications Occasions