Midshipman reading at watch station

It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there.

— William Carlos Williams

Midshipmen walking across the Yard
Scene from Masqueraders' production of 'The Belle's Stratagem'

"Sometimes there are going to be problems that equations won't be able to solve."

— 1/C Midshipman

Marine wearing T-shirt with slogan 'Metaphors be with you;' background is a row of tanks Midshipman on Great Wall in China in English Department T-shirt Midshipmen in ballet pose with T-shirts that read 'English majors make novel lovers' Prof in English Department T-shirt, dwarfed by a mock tin of Vermont maple syrup

"English lets you think outside the box and not get in trouble for it."

— 3/C Midshipman

English Department
United States Naval Academy
107 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21402-5044

Phone (410) 293-6200
Fax (410) 293-4372
Yard Mail Stop 12B