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

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With the beginning of Cow year we found that everything that we had been told about the hard academics was true. We were at last beginning to see some reason for learning all of the math and physics and chemistry. We were becoming familiar with the various machines that are common to this day and age. We worked with air compressors and automobile engines in the Fluids laboratory and found out what made them work. In solids we learned more fundamentals that would be put to practical work in our design problems of First Class year. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICS Front Row: Capt EG Braun Jr, Major RE McAdoo, Lt Col RT Batson, Col ER Heiberg, Lt Col VH Ellis, Major RC Sellers, Capt FC Badger. 2nd Row: Capt TB Cormack, Major AK Keller, Major AE Weston, 1st Lt RE Uhrig, Capt CB Humphreys, Capt MD Coffin, Capt S White Jr. 3rd Row: 1st Lt EM Markham, III, Major VK Sanders, Capt EC Whitehead Jr, 1st Lt EC Peter, Capt FW Draper, Capt JC McWhorter, Capt AH Quanbeck. 27

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f ont Row: Maj RH Hammond, Maj JK O ' Brien, Lt Col WE Hensel, Col L Schick, Col CR Broshous, Maj PB Toon, Maj WP Gardiner. Second Row: Capt FC Davies, Capt WW Scott, Capt HF Lombard, Capt RP Singer, Capt WF Joffrion, Capt JL Schram, Maj JE Glab, Capt WE Bart- holdt, Capt WC Smith. Third Row: 1st Lt HC Otten, Capt WB Rogers, Capt CO Eshelman, Capt RW Wilson, Capt WR Miller, Capt RK McCutchen, Capt PC McMullen, Capt RT Adams, Capt HE Adams, Capt LE Walter. During Plebe year we were introduced to the broad field of drafting. We drew pictures of every- thing from the simplest block of wood to the com- plicated M-1 Garand Rifle. During Yearling year we became familiar with all of the various tools of the surveying engineer and even had an opportunity to put our drafting to good use by drawing a map of the Observatory Hill. The basic skills in reading and evaluating the maps used by the Army and Air Force will certainly be of value to us in the future. We may not know all there is to know about maps, but we will at least be able to tell if we are in the right country and headed in the right direction. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY TOPOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS Widitk eventhinj ■ academics i see some It physics ami withiiieva! ilayaiiiia{( automobile found out learned moi practically DEPA Of V 26

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICITY Another of the many courses of appHed engineer- ing fundamentals was the course in Electricity. We learned to tell the difference between a motor and a generator. Then we had an opportunity to find out how a radio works. Surprising enough it takes a lot more than just the simple turning of a knob. We spent many long hours in the laboratory trying to keep from causing shorts and burning out ammeters and wattmeters. We finished the course with more Nuclear Physics. We found out how the various atomic reactors work and how feasible they would be for doing various kinds of work. Front Row: Major JR Waterman, Capt SE Reinhart Jr, Col JW Green Jr, Col BW Bartlett, Lt Col EC Cutler, Capt JB Pankowski, Capt RM Lowry Jr. 2nd Row: Capt WC Burns, Capt AA Wheat, Capt DC Weaver Jr, Capt DB Dickinson, Capt DA Peterson, Capt HE Davis. 3rd Row: Capt CW Spann, Capt TR Clark, Capt FJ Knauss, Capt RI McFadden, Capt WB DeGraf. 4th Row: Capt DF Pack- ard, Capt WO Enderle, Capt LP Monahan Jr. WAKnowitot. Capt WC Bum Caratt III, Ci Km. C«pi Knipp. M « (jptft ' ' Siut ft)rm.Ci| l CaptEJRmiii McGiik. 28