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

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Capt. A. R. Gallaher. C SX Head of Department Adding the Third Dimension bridge should collapse, there was smooth sailing. The slip stick” was a mid’s right arm and woe to the man who did not master its intricacies. The Math people were so gung- ho they never even named their buildings you guessed it thev numbered them. The Big Question Mark That slash in' slipstick Math this department seldom threw a curveball without giving the equation for it. It you could remember the integral of 3x $in 2©d©, or the way an overloaded

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“Seamo” those sea-going scholars who most enjoy see- ing the results of today’s studies today found this depart- ment to their liking. To the most ardent tars in the Brigade this was evidenced in practicing navigation, station keep- ing, and communication drills during our summer cruises and YP drills first and second class years. From our first introduction to “Shorty to our last maneuvering hoard problem, this department mixed practical work with class- room instruction and lectures to prepare us for “taking the conn in the Fleet. The theory of navigating 29

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A pointer or an Irish setter? Red alert, guns free “Ordnance as the weapons of modern war have steadily improved, so they have steadily increased in com- plexity. This fact was more than once driven home as radar and lire control systems baffled the midshipmen. Learning by doing during many hours in the mounts on cruise and down by the seawall was alternated with classroom in- struction to give us the knowledge to “fight the Fleet. ORDNANCE AND (iUNNERVHHHi 31