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

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Colonel Dalferes Heads Large Staff WHO teaches all these military subjects that Alban was talking about, Tom? Quite a large number of the faculty are veterans and are reserve officers or national guardsmen, and they do a lot. But the R.O.T.C. Staff takes care of most of the training. Colonel Dalferes, the Professor of Military Science and Tactics, commands a rather large detachment of officers and non-commissioned officers as- signed here by the War Department. Their office is over on the other side of Main. Prac- tically all of them have been in combat and they really know their subject. 9 77 R.O.T.C. STAFF: From left to right: Captain Robert V. Crayg Col- onel Roy L, Dalferes, Professor of Military Science and Tactics: Major Quintus C. Atkinsong Sergeant First Class Cunnard E. Holtg Master Sergeant Robert L. Muravchickg Master Sergeant Fred M. Kimmeyg and Captain Alfred E. Lewis. Not Shown: Master Sergeant Virgil T. Miller and 'Sergeant Thomas A. Carter. ei'-ff IN THE TRIAD of military organizations at Culver, the Artillery plays a unique, even spectacular, role. To the spectators at the parades during the fall and spring, it is a grand sight to watch the two rows of prime movers come roaring down the field. While the Band con- tributes the strains of the Caisson Song, sacred music to the battery- man's ears, the snappy procession of command cars, weapons carriers, and truck-drawn howitzers offers a display which must impress any- one who sees it. Zl ,,,rf ga 1 -if .w:p41L,,,,2'jfa -54-4 2 , ' Wy. 've' ufflmw 'adm

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THE FOUR-GUN DRILL TEAM: First row, left to right: Potter, M. L., Hoover, G. S,, Steele, R. B., Martinson, I. R., Kielton, M. I., Poole, I, C., Alban, j. H., Hoover, L. R., Brooks, C. E., Sumner, E. C., and Hilburn, B. H. Second row: Tabush, j., Strauch, A. E., Frauenthal, D. L., Winning, R. M., Dunbar, 1. B., Burns, I. D., Dull, M. C., Gentry, T. A., Szesny, W. H., and Dyke, 1. T. Third row: Shinn, L. B., Brown, F. A., Meyers, S. N., Cutchin, L. M., Davis, W. B., Moist, R. C., Larimore, 1. W., Talman, W. F., Chil- ton, H, C., and Cuaycong, R. M. L. 'Shout Out Your Numbery Loud and Strong SAY, Whitey, tell us what you do in Artillery except sit in trucks while other people march. So here is Alban, to his surprise, enlightening Tom Grendel and his girl as to Artillery training at Culver. The first big job is to get the Batteries into shape for parade. Then during the winter we learn how to bring down fire on a target. For the new men in Basic, that means learning about the guns and the duties of all members of the howitzer squad. Continuing, he tells them that the intermediate students take up communi- cations and motors, while the advanced red-stripers learn about fire-control instruments and gunnery. To the seasoned artilleryman, the laying of a bat- tery and the preparation of initial data are child's play. Well, not quite, admits Alban. Some of us usually forget what to do with the declination constant, but we always get the tubes parallel before we're done. As the two walk on, Tom tells Vi about the Four-Gun Drill, the stirring spectacle which the elite of the Artillery mount at Thanksgiving and Com- mencement. An exciting demonstration of precision driving and battery team- work, it never fails to delight the audience and to reflect credit upon Culver's Artillery.

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New Truths For Qld Errors IN CHEMISTRY the Second Classmen under Doctor johnson learn the differ- ence between chemical and physical reactions, the results of igniting a hydrogen-oxygen mixture, and the ef- fects of nitric acid on the skin. lt is a wonderful fantasy world of test tubes, Bunsen burners, and wisdom into which this great teacher leads his students. 22 The Labs Arc Four Flights Up 'SORRY I can't take you up to the science labs on the fourth floor of Main, Vig but it wouldn't be practi- cal to go through barracks. Why did they put them 'way up there? 'tYou'll have to ask somebody else that one. Guess they thought that there was no use in letting the chem- ists blow off anything but the roof. Then, too, Colonel Strait likes to measure the horsepower of his phy- sics students as they run up four flights of steps. UNDER Colonel Strait and his colleagues. Captain Benner and Mr, Brown, the advance science students attain a broad foundation of physical knowledge ranging from New- tonian mechanics to the thermo-nuclear re- action involved in the hydrogen bomb. As important as the acquisition of new truths is the fact that students rid themselves of er- roneous ideas based on common sense. The heavier of two bodies does not fall fast- er than the lighter.