Culver Military Academy - Roll Call Yearbook (Culver, IN)

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History of the Class of 1916 by W. D. Ellis IN looking over old Culver annuals it is very evident, that, in order to bring his book to the high standards of its predecessors and in order to demonstrate that his graduation class is the greatest since the founding of Culver, the Editor must possess a superhuman line, (so to speak) and the more hot air he puts into his class history, the higher this organization will soar. He must let flow that attenuated stream of asphyxiated thought which emanates out of his organs of conversation and which will efifect his classmates to the extent that they will each buy two books. This year, however, statistics only will be used ; statistics which are in themselves more convincing than the strongest arguments. The class of 1916 has, without a doubt, participated in more notable events and aided more to the establishment of Greater Culver than any other class that has ever passed through the iron gate. It found its beginning in the year 1912 when the stings of Sally and the distinction between plebe and old man were at their prime. The Inaugural Parade was a large afifair, but it wasn ' t too large for the members of the class of ' 16. Its men were plebes to be sure, but that didn ' t keep them from escorting Vice President Marshall down Pennsylvania Avenue. It was in this year that the Battalion answered Logansport ' s call for Help, and ninety of her cadets rescued one thousand four hundred people from the fatal death of the rushing flood. During the second year of our existence we can well remember the erection and dedication of the Logansport Gate in honor of our afore mentioned services in behalf of Logansport. And Oh ! that day of dedication ; the day of days when the entire Hoosier city came down to enjoy a picnic dinner on the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee and to watch Miss Helen Fickle christen the gate with a bottle of flood water. It was during this same year that the Administration Building and the North Barrack were erected. In the third year of our career the class was really organized under the control of Bon o Reece as President, Walter Brown as Honorary President. The class chose as its colors, maroon and white, and just before Christmas large coat sweaters with glowing sixteens could be seen accompanied by members of the second class with smiles from ear to ear. The first great thing that the class did was to feed the Seniors. We put the food before them and the easiest way to express it is that they ate. Now, in all due reverence and respect to Mr. Boblett, those bo s acted as if thev were starved and the reaction of a free feed was [13]

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Class of 1916 W. Brown, President Reece, Vice-President McLean, Secretary J. Zahn, Treasurer Vii Anderson T Arend • ' . ' ■ Broderick Black ■ Bolton Boughner Brevillier Brinkman B roderick Brown C Brown L trW-o Brown S P- - I • Brown W ' i,l- ' Buck W Burke JVji- ,. ,s-... Cattern CaJU. Clark E-tyvj . Clay -h rv . Conant ' r ' - Cooper Crotliers De Coning L Devonshire Dosbaugh Diekema Drake C Dunlap Ellis W Erlenborn gi . Fordtran Franklin Frasier Frenkel Geupel Gibbs Given Grainger J Gregg Hardie Harting Hastings Herr Higgins S Higgins P Hodge Holmes Hodgman James C Janssen [ohnson A Johnson T Kellogg D Kellogg W Kutschinski La Gunke Lane LeflFell Leinenkugel Liepman Loose W McReynolds Mann Marshall C Maxwell O Merton Menefee Millard D Millard H Mitchell Montgomery Moore Moran Meakins Nelson N Noble E Noel Oviatt Parkinson Perkins Perley Perrot Pfleuger Kullman Quear Reece Reib C Reid Russell Scholtz Schuette Sheffield Shimansky Slagle Smith M Smith D Smith G Smith H Stewart N Stewart W Stiefel Solt Thompson P Townslev Ulmer C Urban Vette Vickers Warren Weber Wehn Po- ' Wells Werner W White E White S White W Wilkinson Wortendvke Zahn C Zahn J Zellars T [12]

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too great ; so on the next day after the banquet Engine Annex was turned into a hos- pital. We were favored during this year by visits from Mr. John Barrett, Vice President Marshall and General Wood. We have now entered, and are all hoping to finish, the crown ing year of our glory. The class started out with a big rush, its members numbering 120 and its prospects wonderful. The trip to Fort Sheridan was an event long to be re- membered and we are only sorry that the plebes in the class were not able to join in the enjoyment of it. Possibly the greatest calamity that has ever befallen the school hit us earl} ' in the first term. This was the Troop Fire. We were sad only a few days for we found that the fire was only to hasten the Still Greater Culver, and it did. Immediately, ground was broken for the Arsenal and the New Riding Hall. Construction gangs, steam shovels and building material were seen at once, and, soon afterwards, the Arsenal was sheltering 65 black horses and the Riding Hall followed. A great leniency was made with the Seniors and a number of changes were made in the schedule. Spring found us free from Exams, but working hard on maps and essays and enjoying our many freedoms. We have crossed, by hard forced marches, the mountains and plains of our Prep, days to come at last to the broad ocean of life. The question which now con- fronts us is, In what boats and how shall we embark? It is up to us fellows. Some will not embark, yet others will go on and on to success. The Roll Call Staff wishes to extend its hand to every graduate of the class of 1916 and say, Good-bye, old man, God bless you. L14]