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

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. . . G4iJ(ll iAJLe leoAMjed tU t .i , ' Our tours through the yard provided some well-earned relaxation and also gave us something to think about. Every building commemorates the name of one of our Navy ' s great men, and every monument pays tribute to some famous part of the Navy ' s past. Our interest was partly natural, and partly artificial, for many of the upperclass inspired us to learn the date on the Herndon Monument and the number of icicles on the Jeanette Monument. One of the most imposing memorials was the Tripolitan Monument— a fitting memoriam to the six valiant naval officers to whom it is dedicated. TRIPOLITAN MONUMENT

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- ¥0--- i.«rf ■■: . n V j .♦■.■ • ■ WT 5 81 unva iai3 4: . ' fyl. MAHAN HALL • • • Mm ■. ep. W. !i2i fe: . Lil 2 r:::.5J- iS r « .:A yft - ' i K ' ' - — ■ ■.ImWvti; When we left Bancroft and proceeded straight ahead, we found the most imposing of the Academic group. Mahan Hall, complete with the tower and clock, seemed to be the center of the yard. In our plebeian ignorance, we even looked forward to the day when we would start our academics within its confines. It didn ' t take us long to appreciate the complete library that was the main part of Mahan, the scientific classics housed in its right-wing, Sampson Hall, and the mathematical derivations hidden in the crevices of Maury Hall. 28

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W to fce Lecho4i . . . OtTR PLEBE SUMMER acquaintance with the subject of Ordnance and Gunnery came in terms of the rifle range and the simple but effective Springfield. We came to re- gard Ward Hall as representing the up-to-date versions of gunnery, the complicated mechanisms and guns in which the first class were involved. This newest building of the Academic group stood out in contrast to the ancient historical guns that were mounted about the Yard. The weapons that it housed intrigued us, but we were forced to turn our minds to forthcoming trips to oxir ordnance classes— the rifle range. 0t WARD HALL : - .V IMf gf ' ' ' ' 2 A. K- - j 0i ■riflH ' ■•- : I« 4 mmi %i ' i ' . .• ? ; ,: - m. ' ■%H ' 7 ' N -;1 BH 1 i%y ' . i m H| L f ■ H K H 1