4/29/2023 0 Comments Reggy ruckYes, it occurred during his plebe sum- mer at the Naval Academy, and the maestro who taught him was none other than our old friend, the Executive Department. " Yet it was only twenty years before that this same captain received his first taste of discipline and felt the driving force of leader- ship. It is that indefinable quahty known as " leader- ship " combined with its e ' er constant run- ning mate, " discipline. It is the quahty of the cap- tain ' s vo ice, his bearing, his decision. No, it is neither of i f 42 1 i these reasons. Although each man realizes that the chances of returning are small, there is no hesitation - his leader has spoken! What is this power that compels men to carry out orders? Is it the fear of punishment? How could it be when the ship is heading towards almost certain destruc- tion ' Is it hope of reward? Hardly, since no special attention awaits those who survive. The captain calmly, but deci- sively, gives the necessary orders. Suddenly, the signal is received to attack with torpedoes. COMMANDER MINCKLER ADMIRAL BROWN I41 1 The Executive Department A SMALL, gray destroyer cruises swiftly on the flank of the battle line - the captain is on the bridge. HAMILTON Superintendent and Staff COMMANDER LARSON LT. LOVELL I40I The Chaplains COMMANDER THOMAS LT. COMMANDER NIELSON Personal Finance Adviser First Lieutenant Officer Inspector of Uniforms COMMANDER TOBIN COMMANDER LUKER LT. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT i THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NAVAL ACADE M Y REAR ADMIRAL WILSON BROWN THE COMMANDANT OF MIDSHIP M E N CAPTAIN MILO FREDERICK DRAEMEL til m I THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER HEWLETT THEBAUD Assistant to the Cotnmandant COMMANDER BARRINGER Assistant to the Executive Officer LT. WE DEDICATE THIS FOR- TION OF OUR BOOK IN APPRECIATION AND RESPECT TO THEM- THAT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND KNOWLEDGE MAY GIVE US POWER TO INCREASE THE FIGHTING STRENGTH OF THE FLEET- THAT OUR COMMANDS MAY BE THE BETTER FOR THEIR GUIDANCE. f $ :f ■t: m Bancroft Hall and Smoke Park Sdntec Basin Isherwood Hall ■ - " iV ' » C V " - ' OUR ACADEMY Ex SCIENTIA TRIDENS " - IN THIS MOTTO OUR EXECUTIVES AND INSTRUCTORS FIND THEIR OBJECTIVE. yj ve -■ ' - l ' ! -■ f Dewey Basin i u [ " !S«1«S?5 !fl5in The Colonnades r Dahlgren Hall.%: i i t Mexican Monument and Chapel w ■f-m!»,s: i mm»: 0irs )i ?i III.its buildings and monu- ments, its color and intimacy, its activ- ities and memories, will remain with us long after we pass through this gate- way to a career, as the common home of every officer, it will remain in each of our lives as a binding tie of a great brotherhood. O R I A M M OUR YARD Ghe beauty and tradition of our yard has brought to each of us much of the fineness, strength and history of the naval service. GEORGE ALANSON WATSON SIDNEY PRESTON SMITH, JR.WE GIVE YOU THIRTV-NINE - NOT MERELY WHO THEY WERE, BUT ALSO WHAT THEY DID - IN THIS BOOK OUR YARD OUR ACADEMY OUR REGIMENT OUR STORY OUR ACTIVITIES OUR TEAMS INTRODUCTION ' HAT ABOUT THIRTY-NINE? ' HEREIN LIES OUR ANSWER TO THAT FAMOUS QUESTION.I N VO CAT I O N " ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE WHOSE ARM HATH BOUND THE RESTLESS WAVE WHO BIDS THE MIGHTY OCEAN DEEP ITS OWN APPOINTED LIMITS KEEP OH HEAR US WHEN WE CRY TO THEE FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA '.7A, - L I S STATES C A D E M Y MARVLAND ' siSan r m LUCK THE ANNUAL F|I OF MID S IIP COPYRIGHT 1939 V. The covers are by Kingscraft, and the binding is by the J. It ivas set in Italian Old Style type and was printed at the plant of The Schilling Press, hic, T ew York., from original plates made by the Jahn Oilier Engraving Company, Chicago. i ! THE LUCKY BAG 1939 Of this edition four thousand copies were printed in the month of May, nineteeyi hundred and thirty-nine. Text from Pages 1 - 634 of the 1939 volume: “ (Tin xm 11 JES NAVY, AND DEFEND THE CO I ■ I OF THE STATE OF AVING BEEN APPOINTED A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE EMNLY SWEAR (OR AFFIRM) THAT I WILL SUPPORT N OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, J I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO BLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVA- ND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER: SO HELP ME GOD.
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