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

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Cafeefd af CMKUQI' I jo Lear file Lugd ca! -ofallniemoried ow flue? flwif me . . . . . . the memories of traditions that so enriched our life at CULVER, traditions that had grown over the period of years that CULVER has been in existence. The tradition of plebe week in which we all became acquainted with the Academy, her officers, and our own company officers. Then the tombstone formation on the first day of classes and another year of work had begun-new to us, but still a standing tradition at CULVER. On Halloween night with the movie followed by the lunch in the' mess hall we realized that the old men weren't really such a motley crew, and too we felt that all the things we did here which seemed so futile to us at first weren,t so bad after all. And how could we forget those weekly Sunday parades-a tradition at the Academy for years and years, and regardless of what we might have said to our friends, we felt a chill run up and down our spine when we thought we were a part of something that stood for CULVER in all her glory. Then came Homecoming, and we saw and met our predecessors, both from recent years and years backg and then too we realized that there must be something to the school that attracts her sons back to this reunion. VVell could we remember the hours of work we spent in putting up those '4VVelcome Homen signsQsome of us in doubt as to just what they were to symbolize, but that too was a tradition that we would ap- preciate only too well in our life at CULVER. And the many traditions which were a part of the Thanksgiving exercises-beginning with the play, then Thanksgiving Chapel, dinner in the mess hall, the football game, the OfHcers' Figure which opened the formal ball, the award of football letters and the announcement of next year's captain, and finally the special drills-each one a tradi- tion in itself, and we began to feel a keen sense of pride in being CULVER men. Then came Christmas-and that final morning before we went home-one of CULVER,S pleasantest and more exciting traditions. Semester ex- aminations are a tradition of which we care to say very little. Easter approached and we saw the tradi- tions of Thanksgiving repeated. And when we arrived at Commencement-the Baccalaureate Sermon, the in- formal dance, the formal ball, the traditional firing of the reveille gun by the regimental commander's girl, and that last breakfast, we knew CULVER meant a great deal more to us than we had thought, and at the last that Final Formation when we passed through the' Iron Gate we werevuproud of CULVER and to be a CULVER Man. Armistice Day Thanksgiving Dance Homecoming 34811 'fl 'fl 'lfl fAQ l 0I'l Clie . .

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7 Cu UQl ri CU 8Ql The growth of an institution means among other things its expansion. To those who are part of that growth, such expansion is rather a question of internal changes, slowly and carefully planned for, to the casual onlooker, the increase in physical plant is the outward evidence of inner growth. WTC at Culver are apt to take our present-day equipment more or less for grantedg most of it was here when we came, and, without giving the matter much thought, we assumed that things were always pretty much the way they are now. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Two years ago the new Art building was dedicated-only one of a long series of additions to the Culver facilities. And a few years before that the group of service buildings were completed. If you bother to look in the lounge of the Ad- ministration Building, you will see a model of the grounds as they are now, and as they will be in years to come. llluch is planned for, and the plans are there for all to see: new classroom buildings, new stables, a new track, and so on. At this particular moment in the worldts history, few of us stop to realize that the men who direct the school must bear in mind not only ,f . I 5 i , f , 1 7' 4 7 .y ld 1 -X if The First Building. rom ,QB cgourwfafion fo fine predenf g t22l