As the 1975-76 academic year draws to a close, it seems most appropriate to reflect briefly on what the College is, what it does, and where it is going. First of all, the College is today-as it has been since 1884-the Navy\u27s senior institution dedicated to the advanced professional military education of carefully selected naval officers who spend 10 months here in the company of outstanding colleagues from the other services and from other nations. The College\u27s business, like that of other graduate-level institutions, is teaching and research