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

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Well here thev are, bovs-those masters of the innermost secretsl of 9 . . earthworms, turtle livers, alternating currents, 2CsH1s, and Boy 9 S Law-better known as the Science Department. These supermen dwell in a private pent-house known as The Lab on top of Main Barrack on top, so that any explosion will take off only the roof instead of sending the entire structure skyward First, we hail Bugs7' Benson, who has spent the best years of his ' ' Wh n not engaged in such pursuits, he is generally to be found plowing patriotically in his victory garden in the greenhouse on the roof or else plowing through comment sheets and pink slips in the Battery Counselor's office. Sitting next to him is that dynamic bundle of electrons, Doc7' John- son, who has yet to succeed in blowing up the lab. Keep at it, Doc! Any one of us would be happy to take the rap for you. And then we see Hurrell' Strait a one-man lab-manual in himself who has been known to lead the Camera Club into the Indiana blizzards in pursuit of shadows on snow formations Forming the rear guard of this impressive army against ignorance 6941 WN xl f Vt , If Standing' f Seated-'E CIE E DEP RTMENT vouth probing inside of frogs to find what makes em Jump. 6 F X , 9 N 'e 4? f I 'K ,ll ' . 'S f - K-H 5 are Mr. Archimedes Strow, Mr. Cruiser Kernohan of A Company fame. Mr. See-me-in-marginal-time Baker, and Mr. Bumblebee Umpleby. We can assure you, gentlemen, that if We do not bear the marks of Htpe scientific attitudei' for the rest of our lives, We shall not ame vou or it. ii Standing-W. A Slrow.. R. H Seated-E. B. Benson, O. Jljlfqillylzlohapwg. Baker, A. B. Umpleby. 1 - - rait. 28

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I J.. j f I HI TORY DEP RTMENT se MZMS-Q ' HJ S t x 'fi' 9 ss Nr X 1 IJW 1 1 If UI lu' ' fi, ul 1 Ah, here's the History Department meeting to censor the latest issue of TIME. Seems there's a Petty picture on the cover, that means a large sale and an even larger resale. The project is to get orders taken, copies collected, and covers off. Then perhaps the boys will be reduced to reading the inside of the thing. As head of the works, Major Bishop holds the offending rag, ostentatiously going over the contents. Determination is written on his face. The Reverend Mr. Sexton is setting up a diversion by suggesting that they use LOOK instead, he has a disciple in Major Bates. The conservatives, however, seem to be maintain- ing a solid front. Nobody ever even tried to get Mr. Robert- son to look at LOOK, but perhaps that left eye of his is wavering. Only perhaps. Having paid your money for Culver's finest publica- tion, the ROLL CALL Cadvtj, you may study the picture at your leisure and form your own opinion. There can be no possible doubt what- ever that Major Leland will be on the side of the angles. Pun my word, that,s so. The judi- cial look on his face is clear enough indication that a well-reasoned opinion will be forthcom- ing. Captain Harper is concerned, as usual, with practicalities. He wants to know How. And Captain McMinn doesn7t like any part of it. Guess he,s hard to please. Looking at the individual talents faithfully delineated above, it might be a little difficult for an outsider to know just what social science consists of. History, of course-old, new, and middling. Four out of five teach it before forty. And Religion: that's Mr. Sex- ton's specialty, weekdays and Sundays. And Commercial Law, Bookkeeping, Motors, prac- ticalities and Economics-in short, those mat- ters which bear a very direct relationship on our peacetime careers. Gentlemen members of a very hardworking department, we who are about to take your final examinations salute you! Standing-H. H. Harper, W1 E. Leland, J. R. Robertson. Seated-C. S. McMinn, J. H. Bishop, F. W1 Bates, H. Sexton. 27

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Standing-R. C. Jurgensen, C. W. Goulding, A. J. Donnelly. S , t 11-E. Ch l ea e ar es, A. W. Butterfield, Capt. G. Blackburne, D. C. Sutherland, R. H. Shanks, M. L. Sta ples, R. P. Bentz, K. Hesgard, Capt. E. Stephenson, Col. E. J. Middour MATHEMATIC DEP RTMENT v 355 Q7 4 'Ill I t. Q ' s Don't tell us 13 isnit an unlucky number-just count the brain busters in this picture, and you'll see what we mean! The Math De partment is positively ivy covered, it has so many traditions. For in stance, there's Msuicidei' math, and Mr. Donnelley's sarcasm, and Mr. .lurgenson's Gentlemen, and Colonel Shanks' cigars and southern hospitality, and Mr. Gouldingis preoccupation with mechanical drawing and varsity wrestling-but the list could easily be extended to infinity, or whatever that extremely remote point is. But we don't wish to give the impression that this department is famous only because it is encrusted with tradition-not at all. In fact, it has more anew bloody' in it than any other academic group in school. There's that master of leather covered spheroids known as basketballs, Mr. Charles. Seated next to him is Mr. Butterfield, whose house is located on the lake shore-as near the water as possible to remind him of his navy daze. The man keeping a suspicious eye on the photog- rapher is none other than Captain ''the-way-we-did-it-at-West-Point Blackburne. That's Mr. Sutherland beside Colonel Shanks. Yes, he's reading an exam question. Looks tough, but not quite tough enough,'7 his expression seems to say. Whatever it is the others are cooking up, it must be good. However, Mr. Staples isn't going to commit himself- scientific attitude, no doubt. Mr. Bentz is clearly just about to be hooked, Mr. Hesgard is completely sold, and Captain Stevenson is obviously the chief promoter of the project. However, Colonel Middour's sales resistance, like Mr. Staples', is still strong. All kidding aside, however, we have a very healthy respect for these men-those who uphold old traditions and those who start new ones. We have a feeling that in the near future we shall be remembering them gratefully for what they have taught us as well as for who they are. 29