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

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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