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

Page 27 text:

Company C has a tactical officer second only to Colonel Kennedy in number of years at the Academy. From his cadet days, when Colonel Johnston was senior officer in the band, he has risen to the rank of a full Colonel. In the military Held he specializes in second year advanced infantry courses and is the tactical officer of the crack infantry drill unit, the Honor Guard. He is one of those faculty world travellers I told you about. If you want an interesting evening, just get him warmed up on his experiences in South America. Colonel Johnston says, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and work hard at it. Colonel Wvalmer claims that he has the proud distinction of being associated with Fightin' D. The W'impmen,' have had a remark- able record in athletics, and this last fall the Colonel broke an ankle as he jumped up to cheer for his football team. When in doubt, says Colonel Walmer, Hdo what a gentleman shouldf, I hated to see him leave the Academy after Christmas, but he was called to serve a year in training with his National Guard unit. He takes with him the affection and respect of everybody in the corps-especially in D Company. Another member of the tactical staff who was called away was Lieutenant Denny Weller, who was graduated from Culver in 1931. He served as assistant to Colonel Kennedy and Colonel W-almer and took over the duties of Colonel Johnston temporarily. Lieutenant Weller warns the first class that, There are no substitutes for brains and hard work. He should have added personality, and then he would have been a perfect example of his own advice. Colonel Bull is Culveris senior Professor of Military Science and Tactics. He is a graduate of West Point, and in the two years that he has been stationed at Culver, he has coached the rifle and pistol teams. In the summer of 1940 Colonel Bull served as senior instructor of the R.O.T.C. at Fort Knox and advises the first class, Develop a sense of humor. Captain Payson and Lieutenant Hayes are taking no chances on this bandman. He's going to learn the piece or else. Numerous times we have witnessed Captain Payson's superb playing of the 'cello and have heard Lieutenant Hayes, baritone voice. The latter says, Let your conscience be your guide. Incidentally, these two are among our leading hobbyists that I mentioned. Have you scratched the paint job on that boat yet, Lieutenant Hayes? William Glen Johnston, Colonel, Infantry Reserve, Senior Instructor Infantry R.O.T.C., Economic Geography, Tactical Officer Company C. Hillard YY. Wialmer, Indiana University, A.B., MS., in Ed., Lt. Colonel Indiana National Guard, Instructor of Mathematics and Tactical Officer of D Company. John Dennis Vieller, Heidelberg College, A.B., Ist Lieutenant Infantry Reserve, Associate Instructor of Science Department, and Gym Coach. Harold Roe Bull, U.S. Blilitary Academy, B.S., Lt. Col. Infantry, Professor Mili- tary Science and Tactics, R.O.T.C., Pistol, rifle. Edward T. Payson, Harvard University, Wooster College, Tactical Officer of the Band, Captain of the Indiana National Guard, chairman of the Music Depart- ment. Hubert L. Hayes, New England Conservatory of Music, First Lieutenant, Na- tional Guard, Assistant Tactical Officer of the Band, Instructor in the Depart- lnent of Iiflusic. 23 at Q-

Page 26 text:

.g-s.i.:-1g,na.ngf,l-.4 La , ,,,M,,,,,, ' sabbatical leaves and summer vacations in further research either for advanced degrees or for improvements in C.ll'T.A.'s curriculum. But this .sounds too serious. I had always thought thefaculty were either correcting or inspecting or rejecting something or other, but that's where I was wrong. They have interests of their own entirely aside from class room or parade ground. Ask Chesty Graham,-for instance, about those puppets he displayed in the faculty hobby show. See if you can get Captain Payson started on the subject of photography or get him to show you the model railroad train he built. Talk about boats to Lieutenant Hayesg you may get a ride in the eighteen foot mahogany cruiser he built down in the shop with his own hands. Or try Colonel llliller on the same topic, and you may go for a sail in the real square-rigger he helped design for the Naval School. See Uyou can persuade Colonel Mac to let you sit on some of thefurniture he has made in his spare timef' Perhaps you think the pursuit of hobbies is all the fun the faculty ever have. W e don't realize it, but from what I've heard the faculty meetings are some of the best fun of all. Of course, I really wouldnlt know, as what goes on behind those closed doors is a secret I never could jind out: but certainly a hundred men wouldn't talk about us from seven- thirty until midnight very often unless they got some kick out of it. Seriously, though, these men who mince over our records deserve a lot of credit. They are the ones who decide whether or not we have the stuff to stay here or whether we have the swf to go to college. Many of us will have their decisions to thank for the course of our future careers. Wfelktheyfinally put some chevrons on my sleeve and squeezed me through that narrow Iron Cate, but it took them a long time to do it! But it's time nowfor me to introduce these people to you as individuals -not just llflajor X and Captain Y but as the intelligent, friendly men with whom we have been matching our brain and brawn at Culver. Be- fore I present them as individuals, however, I salute thefaculty as a group -a group who, with all their dI:wI70T'CHCCS, have thisaone thing in common- that we can trust any or all of them because of their unfailing loyalty, which for some reason is so outstanding here at Culver. Gentlemen, I give you the faculty .... I shall introduce the members of the faculty not by alphabet but by departments-Military, English, Mathematics, Science, History, Languages, and Athletic. In the Military department I shall go through by organizations, and, of course, the A man of Company A is Captain Moore. His foremost desire is to make his company the outstanding organization in school, and every man in his group is with him there. It is he who receives credit for the Motorized Unit of the Infantry, thc pride of the Fathers' Association and one of the things on which Culver bases its reputation. The harder the road, the higher the chin, says Captain Moore. Colonel Kennedy, affectionately known as the Duke, presides over the destinies of all men in Company B. I hear a rumor Cun- founded of coursel that long ago he reported our present Com- mandant-then Cadet C. F. McKinney-for an untidy wardrobe. The Duke knows the book of regulations so well backward and for- ward that he stepped into a cadetls room one day after noticing an improperly filled orderly card and said tersely, This is a violation of paragraph HOB. I guess that's an example of what he means by his advice to us: Take nobody's word for itg investigatef' Kemp Moore, Indiana University, A.B. Captain in the Infantry Reserve, Tactical officer of Company A, English Instructor. William Raper Kennedy, Vincennes University, Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry Reserve, Tactical officer of Company B. 22

Page 28 text:

Great balls of fire!-if it isn't Major Kitts on his famous equine wonder, American Lady. He has been thrilling Culver audiences for two years now, as he used to thrill Olympic Games audiences with his exhibitions of dressage. By the way, Major, how old did you say that horse was-21? And who gets the credit-you or American Lady? I hope youill be coaching jumping and pistol for many a day, but of course youire only fooling when you say, M90 is passing, -or aren't vou? Yes, sir, Ilve caught Captain Dayhuff in the act. He's just pound- ing out that blurb to my home-town daily wheeze. As publicity director for the Academy he has literally put Culver all over the map. You ought to see his scrap book of newspaper clippings from coast to coast. It takes a good man to write up any Culver event so that my local sheet can get it straight, but he did it. The paper had all my list of medals, awards, activities, and E.D. reports Cwell, almostj. For five years he has been leading Batterymen to greater heights while he set them an example of rising from a lieutenancy to a cap- taincy himself. As we go to press, he is packing his bags to leave for Washington and the War Department, leaving behind him a big job for somebody to fill. Colonel Miller is a man who talks only about what he knows, and he is talking a good deal of the time. When he's not trying to explain the intricacies of mechanical drawing or designing a square-rigged ship for the Naval School, he acts as the academic advisor for the Battery. Get him started on his favorite topic-boats-if you want to see what I mean by faculty members with interests outside the drill field and classroom. To horse, men! Here comes Major Whitney. As you were. Hit the line, men! Here comes Coach Whitney. Well, have it either way, but get moving, because the Major ,ll git ya if ya don't watch out!,' Whether it's horses or horsemen, it's pretty hard to bluff a man with an eagle eye like that or to resist a man with a smile like that-hand- some, dashing, colorful leader of one of the school's most colorful organizations, the Black Horse Troop. Captain Stone is just limbering up one of his old campaign stories acquired during his long service in the army 'round the world. An assistant tactical officer for the Troop and a specialist in equitation, he has done much to revive the days of old by his contribution to the work of the Lancers-Troop honor unit. One of his favorite sports is polo, and another is swinging a mean foil in fencing-he's head coach! Isaac Leonard Kitts, St. Stephens College, Major, U.S.A. Pistol and Jumping. C. H. Dayhuff, Virginia Military Institute, B.A. George Washington University, M.A. University of Virginia, Capt. Cavalry Reserve, Tactical Oflicer of Artil- lery, Director of Public Relations. G. L. Miller, Colonel, Field Artillery Reserve, Louisiana State University., Academic Consultant, Artillery, Instructor in Mechanical Drawing, Assistant coach of crew. C. A. Whitney, Major, Cavalry Reserve, University of Maine, LL.B., Tactical Oiiicer of the Black Horse Troop, Assistant Coach of the varsity Football team. G. B. Stone, U.S. Army, Captain, Cavalry Reserve, Assistant Tactical Officer of the Troop, Coach of Fencing. 24