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

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ana! Sfepa The Black Horse Troop escorting Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall at his inauguration, 1913. Dinner and celebration of the onening of the new Mess Hall. i 1 Cadets rescuing citizens of Logansport in the Hood of 1913.

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I 94-7942 .. tary training at Culver. The Government, too, recog- nized Culver as a military school by detailing Captain John Quincy Adams to the Academy as P.M.S. 81 T. 1Vhen 1900 arrived, one of the biggest events in Culver's history occurred- The Big Fire. The Acad- emy had dismissed two popular football players, and half the corps f105 cadetsj, to show disapproval of the Academy,s action, went off limits to see the two cadets off at the town. The entire group was promptly dis- missed and Culver,s reputation was Hmadef' To Culver was awarded in 1905 the distinction of c4Honor Schoolv by the 1Var Department for the first time. Since then she has never failed to receive this award. In 1909 Colonel Fleet retired as superintendent of Culver, and the Academy bestowed on him the title of Superintendent Emeritus. Major Gignilliat became the new superintendent. The entire corps went to Xvashington, DC., in 1913 where the Black Horse Troop acted as a personal escort to Vice President Marshall-the iirst time in history that a vice president had been accorded an escort. In the same year, over 80 cadets rescued 1100 persons in the Logansport Flood, and in 19144 the City of Logans- port erected and dedicated the Logansport Gate in recognition of this service. The year 1915 saw the wooden stables and mounts of Below-The Culver faculty in 1896, the year that Colonel Fleet took over as Superintendent. The Hrst faculty, 1894, consisted of three instructors

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0 7 'fl GJ MUG? 6 a,l QQl the Black Horse Troop burned in the night. Immediately new mounts were purchased and a Riding Hall with fireproof stables was begun. In April, 1911, the Mess Hall was dedicated with many nota- bles present. December of that year, with the outstanding figures from the Allied Countries present, saw the Memorial Building dedicated as an everlasting tribute to the Culver men who were killed in action during the war. The most significant event in the entire history of Culver took place in 1932. llr. E. R. Culver and lllr. B. B. Culver had acquired the stock of all other owners of the school and trans- ferred it as a free gift to the Foundation!-thus insuring the perpetuity of the institution. A new Board of Directors of the Culver Educational Foundation was formed. On Thanksgiving of 19410 the Music and Arts Building-one of the most complete of its type in the countrye-was dedicated, and at the same time the Culver family gave 350,000 to the Foundation to be used as a Music and Art Fund. Thus Culver has grown from her original status of 25 cadets and one building to a corps of 630 cadets and a complete plant of her own-a thriving city. From a position of obscurity her name has been spread all over the world, and, still not at the peak of her career, Culver will continue to grow and flourish for years to come. As Culver herself passes in review in these pages it is clear that with her love of peace, her patriotic devotion, and her cultural goals she is reaching beyond the greatness of the individual careers of any of her founders into a real institutional career of her own-the Career of Culver. The Music and Art Building dedicated at Thanksgiving, 1940. The ceremony transferring the Academy from the Culver family to the Culver Educational Foundation, june, 1932.