University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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The painting by Metcalf on the opposite page shows General MacArthur reviewing the cadets at West Point at the time he was commandant of that institution from 1919 to 1922. General MacArthur was appointed commandant in 1919 to rejuvenate the academy, which had become dis¬ organized and depleted by the first World War. He assumed his administrative duties as a military educator with the same enthusiasm and ability that he had dis¬ played on the field of battle. His aim for the future offi¬ cers who were training at the academy was to prepare them for the ‘next possible future war.” Under his supervision the curriculum was revised to include courses that trained the cadets for the type of war in which we are now engaged. General MacArthur had the vision to see that West Point, in common with other colleges and universities, should prepare the student to live in the changing world of the future; and he displayed his administrative skill by applying that principle to the academy.

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In JHrmortam George Everett Hastings Professor of English Head of Department of English October 27, 1878 November 8 1942 - Giles Emett Ripley Emeritus Professor of Physics Former Dean of Men and Head of Department of Physics June 18, 1874 January 31, 1943