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

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A chat alongside historical Logansport Gate . . . short-Cuts to Argonne and Cl formations for Honor Guard drlll and Band at parade.

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IT I-IAS ALWAYS BEEN TRADITIONAL FOR YEARBOOKS of various schools to devote the opening sections to a farewell to their campus, to their faculty, and to their classmates. But for us grad- uates of Culver the task was not quite that easily done, nor could the editors express in words each man's feelings as he went about the Mess Hall during that final break- fast formation, shaking hands with friends whom he had known for years and years and with whom he had then to say good-bye-in some instances good-bye forever . . . You, of course, recall those moments. There were tears in your eyes as you shook li-?lHdS and chatted a few minutes with your friends, and there was a certain tugging inside when you halted to salute the Hag for the last time at Culver, for you knew If ll A you were saying farewell to something which you would never again experience, something which had become a living and vivid part of you, something which jf would not soon be forgotten. And, as you grasped your diploma in your hand, received the congratulations of the Superintendent, and passed through the Iron Gate, you wished to heaven above that you might hold forever in your memory and deep in your heart that scene, that campus, those friends whom you had drawn so near to you while you were a cadet. In a few fleeting moments there flashed before your eyes your entire school life, and the next instant you stood on the other side of the Iron Gate, no longer a cadet but an alumnus. Yes, for each First Classman it meant the culmin- ation of our cadet careers. Above all, it marked the close of another chapter in Culver's history in which you have all had a part. 6

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NGNY YOU ARE AT HOME, RELAXING, THUMBING through these pages, recalling your experiences . . Those were good times, weren't they? Can you ever forget the Thanksgiving review when the Troop misplaced one of its command cars? It was finally found-in the bird sanctuary , . ln the memories of B Company men is instilled the scene when Dan .Pope had to crawl through his transom after his door had been accidentally locked. Sure you recall dozens of cadets, remember there were some 650 of us all occupying our several roles . . There was the time in South when everyone stood outside his room at reveille to prove he was up. And jack Kihm had an interesting experience. Can you still remember when he was voted Mr. America at a girls' school in Michi- gan? . . . Of course the Troop had the most effective warnings for reveille in- spectors. Each time Major Stone appeared, a siren howled its signal through both ffoorsg when that was confiscated, an effective recording ofthe bombing of London was substituted, complete with exploding of bombs and chattering ofmachine guns. 1 . . . Then there was the jingle contest in the Vedetfe, hrst prize of which was a beautifully framed picture of john O'Eallon. A mysterious person ,-.,s,N who signed his entry Four Eyes land was later revealed as Capt. t-Q, , . . . . K H -' Gowanj was chosen winner. In order to disguise himself, .'Eour Eyes f ' claimed his award dressed as in the picture at the bottom . . . Many more incidents occurred, some ofwhich made you laugh, while others- Q,,j,,,-1, t , H1 i V If-A well, perhaps it would be just as well to forget themfor can't you? ze