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

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. MLM, .. . .H Wl'he building now immediately in front of you is the Administration Building. Here was our symbol of authority and command, whether you cite its official-looking appear- ance or the blue flag with two stars that you see atop its flagstail. Here the Superintendent has his ollice, and here the dreaded Academic Board convenes after each examination period. lVlany a joke has been posed about the second deck of this building and the ilong green table' in its conference room, but for those of us who visited here, there was always the inadvertent quickening of the step as we passed. Here also you will find the amazing press which produced the countless forms that inevitably found their way to Bancroft Hall and became Such a potent force in our lives. Plebes could not walk adjacent to the building, and it was a prized Youngster privilege to use thc short-cut that its walk provided to Gate Three. We quickly learned the importance of authority and chain of command and it was the Administration Building that ailorded us a great measure of this feeling. 1904 we o 4 f L. 0 A'! J I I Q BH . N 3 Q , XX m p -I I si U PT. QTRS. ii Illini i

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