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

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T T I Department of Mathematics Brown and Capron ' s Calculus, page 6 (bottom) It will be understood, of course, that in this article the letters y and x have been used for function and variable merely for convenience and brevity; all sorts of letters may be expected in various problems. For instance, time is almost invariably indicated by the letter t, and distance (or space) by s. It may all be true, old boy, but who told you it? The Math, and Mech. Department satisfies itself by wreaking vengeance upon a resistless mass of helpless plebes, airily snatches a few from our midst Youngster and Second Class years, and even after solemn burial, it isn ' t content to die. Every time we go over to Nav. and Ordnance, Math, turns over in his grave, and it is the same all the way through this continual m L. round of pleasure. We have scraped and racked B ° ' ' brains for a few jokes and puns on the Math. R | Department, but nothing has been forthcoming. ' H ' ' ° j ■ 21

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Electrical Engineering and Physicsj .„- Lieutenant Commander Wallace: Mr. Ludlow, with what ear do you hear a sound on the starboard? Ludlow: With the ear you put to the starboard receiver, sir. Slcylstead, after blowing out two ftises during practical work, goes up to the elertrician and says: Hey, get me two more circuit breakers. We know it ' s there, but no one knows exactly where. What ' s that? Juice! Juice has been a bane to the existence of most of us and by its ravages has added its share towards depleting our much- thinned ranks. Brother BuUard with his little volumes seems to have played his part in bringing about the survival of the 40%. have to know the subject, canned and served as meat partments does not ' meat ' Oh, the bull may come, the cow stays on forever. To get marks in Juice you The Bull that is daily in the various other de- (?) with much success here, and the bull may flow, but 23