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

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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

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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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9' The two men of mathematics shown on the left are Colonel Shanks and Major Obenauf. The Colonel is the head of the department and has written his own book for advanced mathematics. In athletics he is known for his ability on the tennis and squash courts. Major Obenauf is the founder of the Culver skeet club and heads the varsity rifle and skeet teams which turn in such astonishingly good scores against all kinds of opposition. Colonel Shanks says, People will think of Culver in terms of what you do. Mr. Kiernan looks happier than the marginal time student. Maybe he's just glad Wally's back so he won't have so much responsibility on his hands with the swimming team. I don't see why he should beg he certainly did a swell job. This is Mr. Kiernan's third year in the Math Department, and the third year that he's been regarded by all of us as a most courteous and kindly gentleman. Iill be darned! Major Stinchcomb is astounded to hear one of his well-trained students make an odious error. He is a rule-pounder, and well I know it. I remember him especially because his rules never failed for me. Heis been doing a swell job pinch-hitting for Colonel Walmer as tactical officer of D company since the Colonel was called to active duty. Ceramics is his hobby, at which he works every after- noon in the new Music and Art Building. i'Work hard at one thing is his good word to us. He's been doing so for twenty-one years, he should know. Here he is, the wit of the faculty! He is looked up to as the Addison and Steele CBOTID of today. His advice to us was Beware of a questionnaire! When he stops putting something over on somebody in his class, he coaches D Company in basketball and football. I Flunkumi' Donnelly has one thing over every instructor at the Academy. Some of them can be very funny at times and studious at other times, but hc can be side-splittingly funny and at the same time teach Math. Did you ever have to work one of his special Christmas problems? You thought you'd never get home. Mr. Bentz drew this diagram just for the photographer, but the photographer couldn't figure out the answerg can you? He was a whiz at getting a blackboard covered with figures. His advice was Take time out to relax. Yet, he doesn't follow his own rule, for he coaches B Company's basketball team and is the assistant coach of the varsity tennis team. Opera takes him to Chicago occasionally, and Math takes him to the Math Building all the time. Robert Herbert Shanks, Wfake Forest College, A.B., Columbia University A.M., Cambridge QEng.D, Colonel C.M.A., Chairman Mathematics Department. H. A. Obenauf, Wittenburg College, A.B., University of Pennsylvania A.M., Captain Ordnance Reserve, Major C.M.A. Senior Instructor in Mathematics Department. Director of BiHe Marksmanship. Peter John Kiernan, Columbia University, A.B., A.M., Assistant Instructor in Mathematics and Swimming Coach. Judd Thomas Slinchcomb, Ohio University, BS., Ohio State University, M.A., Major Infantry Reserve. Instructor Department of Mathematics, Tactical Officer Company D. Alfred John Donnelly, Harvard, S.B., Ed.M., Associate Instructor of Mathe- matics, Com any Football, Basketball, and Assistant Coach Varsity Baseball. Ralph Porter Bentz, IVest Chester State Teachers College, B.S., Penn. State College, Ed.M., Assistant Instructor of Algebra and Geometry. Company Basketball Coach and Assistant Tennis Coach. 28