Field Artillery Engineers Armor Robby Mandel Daniel Firestone Benjamin Little Timothy Thomas Joshua Wiley West Point Parent’s Club St Louis Area www.Tinyurl.com/WppcStl (Click on Member Directory for a PDF) Class of 2010 Air Defense Artillery US Air Force Aviation Alexander Farinelli John Eischer Kirk Chitwood 06/01/2010 Revision 2 Index Guide Map of West Point ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 Officers & Past Presidents ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 2010-2011 Calendar .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 USMA Coat of Arms and Motto 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2001-2002 Susan Harryman 1982-1983 Charles Massie 2002-2003 Chip Zdazinsky 1983-1984 Joan Edleson 2003-2004 Kent Howald 1984-1985 Daniel Krack 2004-2005 John Liesen 1985-1986 Russell Schamburg 2005-2006 Mike Collins 1986-1987 Lois Wellman 2006-2007 Greg Cook WPPC St Louis Page 3 06/01/2010 2010-2011 WPPC Calendar May 29, 2010 Jun 2010 6 WPPC Meeting Squires Restaurant 12:00 Door prizes Class of 2013 St Louis 28 R-Day Class of 2014 West Point Jul 2010 25 CBT Detail Changeover Class of 2014 West Point Aug 2010 8 CBT march from Lake Frederick 900 Class of 2014 West Point 17 West Point Society Charity Golf Norwood Hills CC Norwood CC 14 Acceptance Day Parade 10:00 Class of 2014 West Point 20-21 Ring Weekend Class of 2011 West Point Sep 2010 4 Army vs Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, MI 5-6 Army Women’s Soccer (Labor Day) St Louis Univ. 11 Army vs Hawaii West Point 11 WPPC BOODLE Meeting Door prizes Grad Parents St Louis 25 Army vs Duke North Carolina Oct 2010 2 Army vs Temple Philadelphia 9 Army vs Tulane West Point 16 Army vs Rutgers New Jersey 30 Army vs VMI West Point Nov 2010 6 Army vs Air Force West Point WPPC Meeting 1:00 pm Door prizes Class of 2011 13 Army vs Kent State Ohio 18 Firstie Branch Night Class of 2011 West Point 20 Army vs Notre Dame Yankee Stadium Bronx NY 25-28 Thanksgiving Leave Dec 2010 11 Army vs Navy 2:30 pm CBS TV Philadelphia 13-18 TEEs Term End Exam Week West Point 19 Winter Leave Pass begins 26 50th All Academies Ball Army Sponsor St Louis Jan 2011 3 Winter Leave Ends at 7 pm West Point 22 500th Night Class of 2012 West Point 29 Yearling Weekend Class of 2013 West Point Feb 2011 13 WPPC Meeting at Scott 11:00 am Door prizes Class of 2012 Air Force Base 26 100th Night & Post Selection Class of 2011 West Point Mar 2011 6 Founders Day 11:00 Missouri Athletic Club TBD 11-13 Plebe Parent Weekend Class of 2014 12-20 Spring Break Leave West Point Apr 2011 17 WPPC Meeting 12:30 Concordia Lutheran Door prizes Class of 2013 St Louis 30 Sandhurst Competition West Point May 2011 15 Plebes promoted to Private 1st Class Class of 2014 West Point 7-13 TEEs Term End Exam Week West Point 21-28 STAP begins & Graduation Week Class of 2011 West Point 21 Graduation 9:00 am Class of 2011 West Point http://www.westpoint.edu/Dcomm/wppc.asp Pass begins - Cadets with pass privileges may depart after completion Pass ends - 7 p.m. Cadets must be present for accountability formation of last duty May 21 2011 Graduation Class of 2011 May 25 2013 Graduation Class of 2013 May 26 2012 Graduation Class of 2012 May 24 2014 Graduation Class of 2014 WPPC St Louis Page 4 06/01/2010 USMA Coat Of Arms and Motto “Duty, Honor, Country,” a striking expression of West Point‟s time-honored ideals, is the motto of the U.S. Military Academy and is imbedded in its coat of arms. Though not as old as the institution they represent, the USMA coat of arms, also referred to as the seal, and motto have a long and interesting history. According to archival records, the coat of arms and motto were adopted in 1898. Col. Charles W. Larned, professor of drawing, headed a committee to design a coat of arms for the Academy and stated several criteria for the design. The committee decided that the design should represent the national character of the Academy, its military function, its educational function and its spirit and objectives. Symbolism in the Coat of Arms. The committee began with the creation of an emblem that consisted of a sword, a universal symbol of war, and the helmet of Pallas Athena. Athena, a fully armed mythological goddess, is associated with the arts of war, and her helmet signifies wisdom and learning. The emblem is attached to a shield, bearing the arms of the United States, and on the shield‟s crest is a bald eagle, the national symbol. The eagle‟s claws hold 13 arrows representing the 13 original states and oak and olive branches, traditional symbols of peace. Colonel Larned‟s committee believed Duty, Honor, Country represented simply, but eloquently, the ideals of West Point. The committee did not express an opinion as to the relative importance of the three words; however, there is perhaps significance in the fact that “honor” is in the center of the motto. As Maj. Gen. Bryant Moore noted in a 1951 article in Assembly magazine, “honor” forms the keystone of the arch of the three ideals on which West Point is founded. The coat of arms was used without change until 1923, when Capt. George Chandler, of the War Department, pointed out to Superintendent Brig. Gen. Fred Sladen that the eagle and helmet faced to the heraldic sinister side. The helmet, eagle‟s head and sword were soon turned to their current position. Since 1923, the coat of arms has been in regular use at West Point and is carved on many of the older buildings. In 1980, the coat of arms was registered with the Library of Congress