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

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CAROL W. ALTON Dartmouth, Massachusetts Corporal Cavalry Balto spent two years at Culver and during that time became quite popular. He won B. H. T. ' s and set-up pins early last year and showed himself to be an enthusiastic cadet. He showed his mettle on the intramural football field and after having participated two years for the Troop, his second as a co-captain, he was picked as an all-intramural end. Balto was as much at home in the saddle as he was on the football field, and he could handle a horse with much the same proficiency that he could grab a spiral from the backfield. Proving himself efficient with a typewriter, he was promoted to the rank of corporal and given the job of clerk of his organization. Westward Ho is part of Balto ' s address. It might indicate that he comes from the sunny West ; on the contrary he is a Yankee. Page sixteen

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IN RETROSPECT Through the years after Culver we shall always have the recollections of our days in uniform, the highlights of yesteryear recalled in an almost melan- choly longing for the stalwart towers of a great institution. Through our minds will flash those cherished memories of campus life . . . memories common to every cadet .... The stately Memorial Library, symbolic of the service rendered by Culver men to a great cause .... Pershing Walk, flanked by dense foliage and overlooked by barracks, maturing with tradition .... the ivy-clad Mess Hall surmounted by its booming timepiece .... the Quadrangle, barricaded by the Mounted Service quarters .... the Recreation Building in which many memorable hours were spent in molding the fibre of American youth .... the Riding Hall, favored rendezvous of all Troopers and scene of many an exciting polo game and cavalry exhibition .... classroom mo- ments .... thrills of the holiday and glamor of the ball .... all combine to form priceless and unparalleled joys of Culver youth. Plebe week, the reveille of a great experience, colors of patriotism unfurled to the breeze of a new adventure .... first call to discipline and loyalty to one ' s school .... then yearling year, the assembly of one ' s ambitions and the founda- tion of leadership. Months and years pass quickly, and all too soon the First Classman nears the zenith of his school career. The last parade .... rolling drums .... flying colors .... a late afternoon sun casting long shadows on a green terrain .... a colorful atmosphere enlivened by the panoramic back- ground of a Maxinkuckee shoreline. PASS IN REVIEW ' , and the battalions swing by for the last time, exemplifying the spirit of discipline and the romance of Culver training. Commencement morning .... and the First Classman passes through the Iron Gate to exchange his uniform for the garb of a less romantic world. As the inaudible taps of a rich and youthful experience is sounded, he is a cadet no longer; vivid realities become fond memories. But the soul of a Culver man is always imbued with the ideals of his boyhood, and his inward vision is always fired by the inextinguishable embers of Culver training. ROBERT MEREDITH SPEIDEL

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Donald, more commonly known as Bash , made his debut as a musician when he won C. M. ' s in the spring a year ago. As an intramural athlete, he was quite industrious and partici- pated in numerous forms of sport. Being a gridiron pounder , he played half-back and held the position of forward in his basketball team. With a desire to explore the altitudes, he did his best as a high jumper on the Band ' s track team; and as a baseball player he could often be seen behind the batter making signals to the pitcher. When Bash was not out-of-doors he might be found in the bowling alley or shoot- ing at the little black d-ot on the rifle range. He exercised his vocal chords with the Glee Club and was a member of the Nature Club and the Plebe Hi-Y. DONALD LEROY BASHLINE Grove City, Pennsylvania Private Band Pafje seventeen