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

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH It fell to the English Department to instruct us in the proper methods of expressing ourselves in both the written word and the spoken word. We also learned much about the classics as written by Shakespeare, Keats, Byron, and many others. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the round-table type discussions that we had during our First Class Year. It was a new experience for some of us to be able to sit down and express our views on some of the vital problems that are confronting the world today and that will become the problems of the next several years. We became aware of the fact that most of these questions will be answered by our generation. Front Row: Major JB Roberts Jr. Major WC Burton, Major CC Ulsaker. Col GR Stephens, Col RK Alspach, Major AW Jones Jr. Lt Col BJ Gault. 2ncl Row: Capt LR Fortier, Capt AJ Price, Capt SR Martin. Capt RH Smith. Major OB Patton, Capt LE Surut. 3rd Row: Capt JC Faith. Capt M Sanger, Capt GL Miller, Capt WM Briggs, Major HT Wickert, Major SW Mulkey, Jr. Capt JL Wood. 4th Row: Capt PA Hutcheson, Capt DR Hughes, Capt BK Herbruck, Capt RJ Lamb, Jr, Capt CM Adams, Capt CL Anders.

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Front Row: Major DL Knoll Jr. Major RE Wright, Lt Col PW Ramee, Col PD Calyer, Col WW Bessell Jr, Col CP Nicholas, Lt Col H Richardson Jr, Lt Col JL Fishback, Capt JB MacWherter. 2nd Row: Capt LB Genebach Jr, Capt CG Roebuck, Capt LH Cassler, Capt JG Christiansen, Capt RT O ' Brien, Capt DL Levy, Jr, Capt RG Weber, Capt FR Westfall. 3rd Row: Capt KM Hatch, Capt WC Ross, Major KE Eiler, Capt RT Curtis, Capt RB Griffith, Major IW Snyder, Jr, Capt CE Weyland, Capt CA Wurster. 4th Row: Major TJ McGuire Jr, Capt ME Hendricks, 1st Lt RL Johnson, Capt FW Crowe, Capt CR Supplee, Major DM Fowler, Capt HW Prosser, Jr. 5th Row: Capt JW Mastin. 6th Row: Capt RH Gushing, 1st Lt JB Lewis, Capt LP Bayard, 1st Lt RM Isaac, Major RA Plett. The mission of the Department of Mathematics is to develop the powers of analysis of each cadet so that the mind will be able to reason to a logical con- clusion. This development is attained through train- ing in the various courses of Mathematics beginning with algebra and geometry and ending with calculus and differential equations. The basic knowledge ac- quired from the Department of Mathematics was to find its way into the courses of the succeeding years. The cadet who had trouble with math soon found that it was to his advantage to attempt to master the subject since so much of the last two years work depended on that knowledge. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS i 22

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Front Row: Lt Col MS Mirski, Capt R Rodriquez, Lt Col JF Troll, Col WJ Renfroe, Col CJ Barrett, Lt Col GG Bartlett Jr, Major JEM Fortes, Major GJ Brein- del, Lt Col AN Thompson. 2nd Row: Capt EB Peters, Mr. C VioUet, Major H Reiner, Lt Col P Denisevich, Mr. J Martinez, Capt EF Crowley, Capt RT Lom- bard Jr, Capt WW Palmer. 3rd Row: Capt TS Skladzien, Mr. P Vils, Mr. F Tiller, Capt KM Home, Major RJ McCrorv, Lt CL Herman, Capt JP Burner. 4th Row: Capt LE Bolduc Jr, Major S Willard, Capt BL Landis, Capt FW Mclnerney, Capt TE Benson. 5th Row: Mr. N Maltzoff, Major GR Moe, Capt JW McEnerv. Capt JO Paules. DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Each cadet studies a Foreign Language for a period of two years. Cadets have the opportunity to select one of the following languages: French, Ger- man, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish. It was sur- prising how much could be accomplished with only a little hard work and practice. Many of us could not even read the titles to our texts on our first attendance, but now we are all well-qualified in the language of our choice. After learning and practic- ing the fundamentals of the language in the class rooms, many cadets spent their summer leaves in Europe and put the many hours of practice to the practical test. ■ last two ye loiiesnhv tubes i itatWek me as a I Phis win ttwing DiPA PHYS 24