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

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F OREWORD eographically speaking, Lake Maxinkuckee is just one of the thousands of small glacial lakes that dot the north central portion of the continent. Long before the first prairie schooner pulled alongside the lake shore on July 26, 1836, giving the white men their 4 3 View of Ml s if across 7 2 MM 4 , the rippling waters, the red man had f it an i ment for 1 'df' 1 his physical, social, and mental develo nt. 865 l ff f ' Here, at the southwestern angle of e - Sa rf Moraine, the particular E if I I I K 1' f mv. . ul' F X' endowments of old mother nature t not only by the Pottawat- . I ' . tomles, but also by ff 'F?,f y ,li ft t: and their descendants. Under the S ill!! leadership of kindl ggqf- 16 u- 5' e ,vt- --... 1 Chief Pau-Koo-Shuck, and the far-sighted Chic ' no mee, and 0 '5 the Indians developed 3 ff - a distinctive pa ving. i S It is not .an'lr- ent here ff draw comparisons between the society of Pl sf the India that of t g cadet corps: rather, we hope to utilize the ua' ' red man s an implem in calling attention to the history of the Academy. Specifically is the purpose of the Roll Call to present an intimate review of the year's activities and, more particularly, to give an insight into the cadet pattern of living during 1944-45. nitations of sign language did not keep local Indians from convey- 5 to other Northern tribes the beauty of Lake Maxinkuckee. ! at ig

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I THE BEGINNING he annual promotion order, indicating the organization of the corps, is a well-known symbol of cadet leadership. Leafing through journals and records of the Academy, one comes upon the names of rsons who have played an important part in Culver's history. ,1- i An introduction to Culver, like the introducti N'-Nl tory, is con- 55' tained not so much in the story without in ather, in 7 xga personalities-in what they did. the circ if aux! in their I dl lifii achievements, agld the results of their ef,-' ri , ' ' ted in the development of he Academy. gy l a ,li ' Thus it is t : our acquain :gf the Academy rightfully began f fs l I : 0 13,547-A 0 I' 0 I I 'i X lf K 4 . with Henry rrlson Cul h tlated the school in 1894. His realistic en usiasm an f c ' ng e ns have dominated the fifty-one- year deve pment 1 ' ' ins tion which bears his name. , lv 1 s, , . , With a 519, nin nth century American ambition, an optimistic vision, per wg, through the school of experience, and a keen interest ' e Qin, ing of boys, Mr. Culver must have gained some satis- faction as the first corps took up its abode, across the bay from his cottage, later to grow to top rank among America's schools. The adjutant named in the 1897 promotion order served for many years as an instructor and ter as Acting Superintendent. The signature of the Commandant will strike a familiar chord ith all old-timers. Q K