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

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-ani' These two gentlemen hashing over some poor fellow's English exam are, respectively, Mr. Goode and Major Mather. A graduate of Wesleyan, Mr. Goode has been with us for sixteen years Qfive out for collegej, and has, since his return as an instructor, been the coach of the varsity tennis team and assistant coach of the basketball team. His advice to the graduating class is Improve your knowledge by easy degreesfi As for Cecil B. de Mather Qaffectionately tagged thus by the members of the Dramatics Classj, in addition to being the Chairman of the English Department and Dramatics director, he has coached Company D's football team to numerous victories. He always loses something in class and says, Now who in the world would want that? . . . Five minutes later he finds it. Yes, sir, he's been doing that for nineteen years. What could be more typical? Perhaps Mr. Roberts is trying to put something over on somebody Kas usualj. He certainly used to get me all mixed up .... I still shrink when I see the third class English tests he gives .... Sure, sure, sure-everybody's going to fail this one! . . . When Mr. Roberts gets through teaching the hardest English course in school, he usually runs over to varsity crew practice to show the boys how to get calluses on their hands. Lieutenant Adams is just beginning to get used to the excuses we give for not having something done. Evidently the cadet isnit getting away with anything this time. He is an instructor in English and helped with swimming and skating. I've known him only one year, but, judging from his advice to us, I think he will be admired by those of you who are starting out this year. He says, Think for yourself, act for others, and develop ideals that can survive daily disillusion- ments. Master at arms Cas well as the instructor with the biggest smilej, Mr. Edgell may be seen every afternoon wielding a mean saber in desperate defense against cadet after cadet. During his two years he has won the respect and affection of the corps-especially of the Troopers, who hated to see him desert North Barrack for the sake of matrimony this winter. I understand that this year's ROLL CALL never would have made the Ndeadlinesw except for his high-pressure, stream-lined typewriter. Mr. Hodgkin is not a change boyw in a penny arcade at alll He is the gentleman who runs the reading center. Soccer and squash are his sports, while English and Remedial Reading are his subjects. When asked what his hobbies were, he replied, I paint. Mackarness Hutchins Goode, Wesleyan University, A.B., M.A., Harvard. Asso- ciate Instructor in English, Coach of Tennis, Assistant Coach of Basketball. Charles C. Mather, Lake Forest College A.B., Harvard University CEnglish 47 Wforkshopj, Stanford University, Major C.M.A., English and Dramatics Teacher, Company Football Coach. Walter Garland Roberts, Yale, A.B., Associate Instructor in English, Asst. Crew Coach. V Edward Larrabee Adams, Jr., University of Michigan A.B., M.A., Ist Lt. In- fantry Reserve, Assistant Instructor in English and Military Science, Assistant Coach of Swimming and Skating. John F. Edgell, Amherst College, A.B., Columbia University, M.A., Assistant Instructor of English, Coach of Varsity Fencing, ROLL CALL Staff. Patrick Henr f Hodgkin, Haverford College, B.S., Assistant Instructor of English and Remedial Reading, Coach of Soccer and Squash. 26

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One day a Culver visitor inquired of his campus guide, What is that equestrian statue in front of the riding hall?', Why, that's no statue was the reply. That's the assistant tactical officer of the Troop. Get it? You can easily see from this snapshot where Lieu- tenant Graham got his nickname of Chesty. He looks so military that you wouldn't think of Chesty as a hobbyist, but he is one of those people I told you about who go in for art in their spare timefi He designed the Troop bookplate, which is so proudly displayed in all the volumes of the North and East Barrack libraries. Keep a steady trot is Chesty's advice to this yearis iron-gate men. Colonel Hoge, the genial, pipe-smoking Cavalry instructor, has spent six years developing Culver horses and horsemen. He is famous in Troop circles for having worked out his horse one day after a thirty-mile ride. Benny may be seen at all the polo matches, and his able coaching has helped to make the Culver team the nem- esis of many visitors. His advice to us, is Seek simplicity. In his twenty-three years at the Academy Colonel Kellam has risen to the rank of master instructor and director of guidance. Behind his genial smile lurks a profound knowledge of isochrons-the term he uses to mystify parents and cadets when they claim that all the in- formation on the guidance chart is perfectly clear and simple. Be king of yourself but a servant to mankind is his advice to first class- men-advice which he has always followed himself. Major Leland is on so many committees-academic and disci- plinary, athletic eligibility, etc., etc., that I don't know how he has time to keep up his interest in athletics and teach math and eco- nomics as well. For nineteen of his twenty-five years here he coached C Company in practically every intra-mural sport. Now he is aca- demic advisor to third and fourth classmen and director of measure- ment and appraisal. I understand he did a piece of research at llar- vard last summer which has gone a long way to make the Culver guidance program one of the most outstanding in the country. Ah! The guardian of the library is just preparing to stick me for that book now two weeks over due. When Major Bennett is not tell- ing plebes to stop whistling in the library, he spends his spare time' working over every blade of grass in his practically perfect front lawn. Being a true southern gentleman-yes, suh-he says, Be a Demo- crat, young man, be a Democrat. 7 W'illiam J. Graham, Norwich University, First Lieutenant, Cavalry Reserve, Assistant Tactical Officer of the Cavalry. Benjamin F. Hoge, United States Military Academy, B.S., Lieutenant Colonel, Senior Instructor Cavalry, Coach of Polo. Lee Roy Kellam, Indiana University, A.B., and M.A., Research at University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago, Harvard, and University of Vienna, Colonel C.M.A., Master Instructor of Mathematics, Director of Guidance. Wallace E. Leland, University of Chicago, University of Colorado, Harvard, Ph.B., Major C.M.A., Senior Instructor in Mathematics Department, Di- rector of Measurement and Appraisal. Marvin V. Bennett, Wofford College, A.B., and M.A., Vanderbilt University, Columbia University, University of Wisconsin, Major C.M.A., Librarian. 25 1.-1' 'Max rx ,r.:'v-f

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When not shaking his head sadly over a misspelled word or ex- plaining the technicalities of parallel structure in English class during the morning, Mr. Hill is generally to be seen through a mist of blood and rosin playing second to Mike's boxers or swinging a racket on the tennis courts in imitation of Mr. Goode. In his spare1time he was advisor to this year's ROLL CALL. Blame him if you donit like what's said about you. He censored the story I was going to tell! His advice is Never explain anything. Your friends wonit need it, and your enemies won't believe you anyhowf' A Yale man of great proportions, with a list of degrees that looks like a New Deal report, Dr. McKee is the active sponsor of Vedette and Quill. CDeadline Mack-they call him.j Our learned professor must have been talking to some very cheerful alumni, for he says, Forsan et haee olim meminisse iuvabitf' which means roughly, This won't look so bad later on',-very roughly. Mr. Rust is smiling with satisfaction as he files those photos away in good order. If you can drag him away from his favorite pastime of journalism, he will discuss a wee bit of English and history with you tif you insistb, as he has taught both. He has led a varied career at C.M.A., having been in Summer School, coached Troop basketball, and assisted in the Admissions Office. Here he is-the man we dedicate this book to, Major Young. How could anyone ever remember Chaucer and forget Major Young at the same time? And could you ever forget Chaucer after that course? Remember how the Major always used to say, Chaucer is easy to read and easy to understand. Everybody understands it-cvery- body! Did you ever get into Major Young's room? Yes, you're right, those were books--from wall to wall and from floor to ceiling and all over the room books, books, books. Whenever I had any very obscure reference to look up-much too deep for the library-I'd go to him. Then he'd drift through the volumes in his bookcase and finally say, Let me see, I think itis here.'7 And he was always right! Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and those of us who took English II under Captain Smith last year have certainly missed him this year, while he was on sabbatical leave, adding to his already copious knowledge of English. One of his greatest claims to fame is his book, The Reading of Poetry. Just ask me what Nonomatopoeiaw is. Go ahead-ask me. All right then, look it up in his book for your- self. Trochees, iambs, abba's, hexameters-they're all in there, and the funny thing is that you'll like 'em too the way Captain Smith explains them. A. T. Hill, Brown University, A.B., Harvard University, Ed.M., Associate ln- structor of English. Assistant Coach of Varsity Boxing and Tennis, ROLL CALL Staff. Irving McKee, Yale University, A.B., A.M., Ph.D:, University of California, Department of English, Advisor of Quill and Vedette. Robert Rust, Franklin College, A.B., Indiana University, Assistant Instructor in Histor ' and English, Assistant Director of Admissions. Charles Stuart Young, Union College, A.B., University of Chicago, M.A., Major, C.M.A., Instructor of English. J. H. Smith, Harvard University, A.B., M.A., Captain, C.M.A., Instructor of English. 27