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

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THE FIR T CORP Qu the eve of September 25, 1894, there was naturally no adjutant calling attention to the orders establishing a detail or plans for the morrow, the official opening day for Culver Military Academy. It is altogether probable that the forty-five cadets, 'ggi ook to guide them, were tidying up their rugged l.1..,- s gf.: aration for I, l .rl I, ' their part in the new educational ,3 ture. K Q' 4 -I XJ-, , 4 v,r 7 ,- 1 They had no doubt arriv a ight daily trains that f ,g 'TQ 5 passed through Mar gli! ' as then knownj and ff f ' had perhaps cart g' g steamboat. Disem. .. 9' , . M , y barking at t - 'Ml i gl' ds wharf, t 'f trudged across the bridge, MXAQXW l K 5' . - spanning the ':,-- r.. t iff.. . Q frame building which was to be their barracks, lassrooms: : d mess hall combined. The tom l6wiS:'ifflLqXi:S' P.i Q does, and with it their expectations became real 1? 'n . .-Mfr s W in Math, Latin, English, Philosophy, History, and 1.M1x5,5 :-- s. The battalion was shortly wielded into a smooth working unit. Extra-curricular activities soon flourished and the rugged existence during the first year found the corps moving to Mr. Culver's cottage following the disastrous fire in February. 'aper left-the original buildin g upper right-the plaque listing the 45 members of the first corps, ner left-the 1895 ten-piece band: bottom-cadets in front of Main Barrack, 1897. K K