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

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THE DEPARTMENT OF NAVIGA- TION. AVIGATION, like astronomy and some other kindred subjects connected with the Sun, Moo n and Stars, has an infinite sense of mystery about it for those who never have had to navigate anything more than a raft or a ferryboat. This subject, once learned, is absurdly simple, and it gets to be interest- ing when you try to dope out how a man, in an open boat on the Pacific could find his position and get back home. Commander G. R. Mauveli. Gone are the days when we used to sit and gaze fondly at the moon ; now we wonder why it was ever made — must have been put there just as a nuisance to first class navigators. Witness the tortures of this creature: First classman at Nav. P-work, between snatches at his hair and yanks at his collar, attempting to find declination of the moon. Takes out some hours, minutes and seconds and then multiplies hourly difference to 15 decimal places. No, he should have taken minute difference — rubs it out. Tries again, and multiplies to only 12 places this time. Ob, ! He has the Right Ascension instead of the declination — rubs it out again. He ' s getting mad ! Now it ' s correct by contracted multiplication to 17 places — wait a minute! Ye gods! He has taken it out for December 14th and this is December 16th ! One gasping sigh and he expires.

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MM • m ■.-..■ MmMmm ■. ' .■;. .:• ' ■■■ ' ■■ NAVIGATI ON Head of Department of Navigation: Commander G. R. MARVELL, U. S. N. INSTRUCTORS: Lieutenant Commander E. B. FENNER, U. S. N. Lieutenant Commander F. J. HORNE, U. S. N. Lieutenant Commander C. P. SNYDER, U. S. N. Lieutenant LEWIS COXE, U. S. N. Lieutenant J. C. TOWNSEND, U. S. N. Lieutenant W. W. SMYTH, U. S. N. Lieutenant P. P. BASSET, U. S. N. Lieutenant C. C. SOULE, Jr., U. S. N. Lieutenant A. K. SHOUP, U. S. N. 20

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Head of Department of Marine Engineering and Naval Construction: Lieutenant Commander A. W. HINDS, U. S. N. INSTRUCTORS: Lieut. Commander W. B. WELLS, U. S. N. Lieutenant J. G. CHURCH, U. S. N. Lieutenant FRANK McCOMMON, U. S. N. Lieutenant W. J. GILES, U. S. N. Lieutenant R. A. DAWES, U. S. N. Lieutenant E. C. OAK, U. S. N. Lieutenant L. N. McNAIR, U. S. N. Lieutenant A. CLAUDE, U. S. N. Lieutenant H. A. STUART, U. S. N. Lieutenant R. F. DILLON, U. S. N. Lieutenant J. J. McCRACKEN, U. S. N. Lieutenant E. S. ROOT, U. S. N. Lieutenant BENJ. DUTTON, Jr., U. S. N. Lieutenant V. K. COMAN, U. S. N. Lieutenant H. M. JENSEN, U. S. N. Lieutenant D. L. HOWARD, U. S. N. Lieutenant W. B. DECKER, U. S. N. Lieutenant (J. G.) F. M. ROBINSON, U. S. N. Lieutenant (J. G.) R. W. CABANISS, U. S. N. Professor T. W. JOHNSON, U. S. N. Chief Machinist BEN SMITH, U. S. N. Machinist MAX VOGT, U. S. N. 22