United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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They quailed the hearts of some of us, and quailed the marks at the same time, so that three of our noble number were unsat. at the Semi-Ann. Of course, they will be safe in the end, but we feel so sorry for the poor creature that lost his mind when he heard of his fate. Since becoming First Class men, we have learned many things, among others, table manners. We feel so indebted to the kind officer in charge who wastes so much of his valuable time giving us lectures on how to appear rm fait at the table. You must know that this branch of our training has been sadly neglected till now, but we think that by the time we graduate we won't drink out of our soup plates, and, even now, there is none of us that ever eats julie? with a spoon. It has been a custom, heretofore, at the Academy to have a public burial of the life- less bodies of Math. and Skinny after the Semi-Ann., for, at that time, these ungainly creatures, who have followed us through three and one-half years with faithfulness untiring, are supposed to be dead. They may have died this year as they are said to have died before, but they were immediately reincarnated in full force in the Departmentslof Ord- nance, Navigation, and Steam, so that, out of respect for these departments, we omitted that joyous event. After the Semi-Ann., we ran into the English Department again-our high speed, non-return, great unwashed English department-the benefits of which we felt before we left high school. We are now learning how to make our letters and say our A, B, Cls. But the department in which we have shone this year is that of seamanship. This department has already blossomed forth in seventeen pamphlets, numerous drawings, blue prints, plates, and smoking privileges, beside some verbose extemporaneous works, so extemporaneous in some places that it would make Billy Fay run his hands through his hair and cuss. If you have never experienced the feeling of reading page after page of matter without having any idea conveyed to your brain, read Nawz! Colzstafuctzbfz Notes by the Seamanship Department. But let us talk of something cheerful. There are not many days more, as the days grow longer, the time grows shorter-a seeming paradox. We are now waiting with anxious hearts for the day when we go to dress parade for the last time, when we march up to the band stand, seize our diplomas in both hands and yell, when we can stroll outside thepgate, light a cigar, and throw the match back inside. 32

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which carried off vulgar, a cooler, waded into it was a caution, con- sequently, they swiped the exam. The days passed by as in a sweet dream, and, at last, June week came. I might enlarge upon the improper and highly disgraceful conduct that characterized that week. But you might not believe me,innocent reader, if I told you how wicked we became in those last few days. But we went to the june ball, and to the ship next day, in the most charming manner. I hope you have never had the experience ofturning in at four in the morning, after a june ball and general festivities afterward, and risen at six, to spend all day in packing your but the way we thought we had One of the hardest blows that has ever fallen upon us was the Second Class Semi-Ann., some prizes for whom we still mourn. The steam exam. was, in the Uffirr oi Gnmmimhani ui Gahsis. Q- :gl Dnunl J nuq. jmuqlnliu. QB., ' 1677 Mfadfeiifm -Zif,fffZ6'?QW9 time QWS4 EL Wi LA, . vtwf - ,4- clothes aboard tl1e ship, stowing your hammock, finding out your station, standing a watch, and becoming accustomed to the inevitable reality that you are there. First Class year finally came, and with it stripes, buzzards, and insurance policies. We soon began to feel as if we were really going to graduate. This feeling was some- what wealcened, however, when we commenced to toy with ordnance, electricity, and ,. 3: , y-74471 N IIVAAW if ,. X , ,X ri if f' n'li'i 'Q l f-N I f , ,y f A X ffw 44' l vi gi l-U llillll E fi H3121 lllll '-f- ig --gig Q,,l,f,'l u1 ifll1il ' i X Y .' , i x Miitavm :Nlllii 'l.i will . if ,, ' ni yw - ,f x Malls' ,f . i'li ff 'l1 f 7 V ' ff feil itfei I -ff-QAM l li t ' i li'i2lllW1iie3f'll' if 'fly it ' , il pp fwfyw I is tt.' I ,ff I , of ff , Uni gf ' f I ,K , ,. i lll., l ,A- Q , ' 7 114' I f X f fr ff I f K X! ' ' W5 g K , iullllllillfwllllllW1ll ll 1 fl 1liililiiiilllillilgll llllllllfllTllllillll iil'lll'f practical work in navigation. i , X ' , 1 1 .l SI

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History of the Engineer Corps. i w 159 715 kd 0 . . ' . 1' . N the morning of june 4th, amid a crowd of cheering spec- : tators, and before an assemblage of august personages, fig?-4,1 there came into existence the Engineer Corps of the Class of '98, and those who constituted it were indeed f proud, and cheered time and again. A 1 The following day we embarked on the U. S. S. , 'wx kv lg? Standish for the summer's cruise. Knowing her Q to be but a tug, we expected little in the way of ff M' comfortable quarters, and upon finding her fitted up I j fi if 1 inside like a yacht, were doubly surprised and eager I D I I to embark. , . .... The last tragic sight that blessed our vision f f J 3 before casting loose from the dock to hide ourselves 'HY' l ' 't t behind the dingy Monongahelan was a lovely maiden C.. on the dock, Zeke on one side and Brownie on the Z , - other, each dewberrying on the other. Later, we started down the bay, the lVlonongahela in tow. The watches were long and lonely, five hours from breakfast till dinner, five hours from dinner till supper, and an age from supper till breakfast. But each spent the time as best suited him, jake immediately proceeded to take a time sight with a Crosby indi- cator, Ikey cried, I-lullup, fellows, lemme oil the stern gland, and the Piute complacently slept. We towed till the night of june 9th, when we left the Mononga- hela about fifty miles at sea, and made the best of our way back to Newport News. It was then that the work began, ashore each morning to take notes, and on board each afternoon to write them up. We visited the ship-yard, and paid a visit to the New York and one to the Texas, We had occasional glimpses of their engines and made minute examinations of their steerages. Here we received our first written orders, just befo1'e going on liberty one Saturday afternoon. They were to the effect that when on shore we should not drink water, milk, or lemonade. Henry interpreted them to mean that we should drink orange cider, called for in a very loud, high-pitched voice, and so brought disgrace on the rest of us, who were trying to pose as tough old salts. 33 qfsgvul 1 r snnimunoo, W H l