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

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Professor N. M. Terry, U. S. N. A. THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY S long as the study of physics and chemistry is included in the work, it is to be regretted that a little more time cannot be spent on these subjects. Although we cannot all be Michelsons, to find the velocity of light on the sea wall, yet there are a great many inter- esting experiments that we could perform if we but had the time to spare. Here again we make the plea that the amount of work be cut down and the course be made more thorough. Take, for instance, the physical and chemical laboratories, with all the fine apparatus that they contain. About all the average midshipman knows of them is that they are in the building, and that the equipment is there waiting for him to come and use it. Midshipman in Skinny Section, reciting on Simple Harmonic Motion: This S. H. M. is represented by the swinging of a ball in a circle across a straight line, and may be shown by this sine curve. Sine curve, Mr. A — ? That sketch looks like the cross section of a wave at Atlantic City. Go ahead ! Well, sir, you draw this circle and then project this line, and from the circumference of the radius Now think what you are saying! Say, Mr. A — , you don ' t know very much about this subject, do you? No, sir; I don ' t think I do. Well, why didn ' t you say so, then? Sit down. 27

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Head of Department of Physics and Chemistry: Professor R. M. TERRY, U. S. Naval Academy. INSTRUCTORS: Lieut. Commander C. M. TOZER, U. S. N. Lieut. Commander A. BRONSON, U. S. N. Lieutenant J. M. ENOCHS, U. S. N. Lieutenant H. D. COOKE, Jr., U. S. N. Lieutenant MACGILLIVRAY MILNE, U. S. N. Lieutenant L. P. TREADWELL, U. S. N. Lieutenant A. W. SEARS, U. S. N. Lieutenant G. V. STEWART, U. S. N. Lieutenant S. C. HOOPER, U. S. N. Lieutenant W. O. SPEARS, U. S. N. Lieutenant W. L. CULBERTSON, Jr., U. S. N. Lieutenant W. L. FRIEDELL, U. S. N. Lieutenant J. W. WILCOX, U. S. N. Professor of Mathematics P. J. DASHIELL, U. S. N. 26

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r sMUP IffiBBmBNSgm ELECTRICAL EN G IIN E E IU NG Head of Department of Physics and Chemistry: Professor N. M. TERRY, U. S. Naval Academy. Lieut. Commander C. M. TOZER, U. S. N. Lieut. Commander A. BRONSON, U. S. N. Lieutenant J. M. ENOCHS, U. S. N. Lieutenant H. D. COOKE, Jr., U. S. N. Lieutenant MACGI LLI VRAY MILNE, U. S. N. Lieutenant L. P. TREADWELL, U. S. N. Lieutenant A. W. SEARS, U. S. N. Lieutenant G. V. STEWART, U. S. N. INSTRUCTORS: Lieutenant S. C. HOOPER, U. S. N. Lieutenant W. O. SPEARS, U. S. N. Lieutenant W. L. CULBERTSON, Jr., U. S. N. Lieutenant W. L. FRIEDELL, U. S. N. Lieutenant J. W. WILCOX, U. S. N. Professor of Mathematics P. J. DASHIELL, U. S. N. 28