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

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i 'lark 'GAII stations report when manned and ready . . . Then we have to mention the military pre- cision required in the passageways of Ward Hall, enforced hy shouts of uLet's give a column movement, cowhoyln Ordnance and e+Q-sie G L MX 4 B' v- t EV VN t Ngxf F 53 53 Gunnery contributed more than its share to an already heavy academic load, and we all breathed more freely after those double- weight quizzes and exams. Now that it is ove1', we can take our hats oil' to the instructors who tried to give us such a good background in this important element of naval warfare. Gunnery . . . and when they match up . . . s 'K L Learning by doing. . . . fha y, . . .

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fh.ay,lmou4hLio l At the beginning of Second Class Year, we were introduced to the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery. From that time on, the world of breechblocks, recoil mechanisms, and computers was a big part of ou 1' academic lives. Many of us came to dread the Walks over to Ward Hall or the occasional trip to Dahlgren or the gun shed for the competitions. However, we all came to agree that the program of theoretical and practical instruction was indispensable to success in our future naval careers. From the 'nuts and bolts' course of Second Class Year, we proceeded very rapidly, . A it seemed, into the intricacies of modern naval tire control with its maze of directors, computers, ballistic predictions, and so much more. Who can forget the hours we spent poring over rangekeeper flow diagrams or the countless dehnitions and symbols which we had to memorize? How about the many times we heard, Gentlemen, this isnlt a memory course, and then wondered who was kidding whom? Captain John V. Smith Head of Department Left to right: Front row-Pattillo, Donovan, Hartley, Slagle, Smith, Joslin, Gastrock, Hel- strom, Gambrill. Second row-Oberholtzer, Janiszewski, Babcock, Farrell, Orvis, Evans, McNamara, Jones, Cheapman, Parker. Third row-Gorman, Patton, Gray, Roach, Townley, Metcalf, Salin. I i I i I I A

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Hops Charleston, Charleston . . . FIRST CLASS HOP COMMITTEE. Front row: Wandell, Hernandez, Hocker. Second row: Jaeger, Hemingway, Wiedemann, Goldberg. A Naval Academy hop . . . a unique being . . . to them we brought all sorts of drags . . . our OAO's . . . the blind date who earned you that brick Youngster Year . . . sister ,loanie and the hop you took her to . . . small girls . . . medium- sized girls . . . working girls . . . coeds . . . yard engines . . . girls deeply in love . . . girls not so deeply in love . . . girls sporting shiny new crests . . . mids with returned crests . . . arguments begun . . . arguments ended . . . dreams made . . . dreams shattered. Eyes uplifting and smiling . . . eyes downcast and despairing . . . guileless eyes . . . not so guile- less eyes . . . taunting eyes . . . provocative eyes . . . vibrant eyes . . . frivolous eyes . . . serious eyes . . . and inevitably, the sleepy eyes. Walls stacked with rifles . . . colored lights . . . the refreshment tables . . . punch and cookies. HlVlay I borrow a cigarette?', . . . This punch isn't too bad . . . UDO those guns actually work?', . . . My, this is a huge placeli' . . . Wfhose uniforms look awfully uncomfortahlei' . . . 'aWho's that man with the sword? . . . I must admit that this is different. . . . The danceable music of the Chiefs . . . of the NA-I0 . . . '4Coodnight, Sweetheart . . . I'l1 See You in lVly Dreams . . . Navy Blue and Gold . . . 6'Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light . . . '4The land of the free and the home of the brave . . . The rush for the door . . . the run for the drag house . . . l'll see you after Chapel tomorrow . . . three minutes to go . . . the goodnight kiss . . . the Flying Squadron. These and other random thoughts, each one integral to an Academy hop, blended to give us our final impression of a Saturday evening in Dahlgren Hall. l Alemande left, grand right and left . . . Nil Q 5 Z punk ' M055 -...., -C L 2 L --Q,