The Citadel - Sphinx Yearbook (Charleston, SC)

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i D M I M I S T R AT i O N This year vc of The Citadel celebrate our One Hundredth Anniversary — and this year as our thoughts return to the formative years of the college, we marvel at the work done by the administrative staff of the South Carolina Mili- tary Academy. It is true that this staff was small, comprising principally the Board of Visitors and superintendent, but nevertheless, it successfully guided the first group of Citadel cadets through four years of arduous work. From such an Inimble beginning, this small organization has grown to the greatly enlarged administrative staff which serves today. In these one hundred glorious years this gallant group of men and women have played no small part in the development and growth of this institution. Rather they have devoted their time, and even their lives, being ever mindful of their privilege to serve the youth of The Citadel.

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Qyidnunistrcition ' BuiL h i f l oivder S !agazine Erected about 1704. this old struc- ture is located on Cumberland Street. It is the oldest building in the city of Charleston and is still in use.

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PAST, PRESEIIT, UW FUTURE Ghnhral Chari.hs p. Summlrall No structure is stronger tlian its foundations: if one would find the most massive building, he would do well to seek the one with the sound- est base. In this respect. The Citadel is fortunate in having a glorious Past, upon which the Present constantly is being built, and upon which the Future must rest. Conceived for the noblest of purposes, that of training young men to carry out to the full the responsibilities of citizenship. The Citadel is built upon the wisdom and strength of character of its founders, and upon the deeds of its cadets and its alumni in every test and in every crisis. The Present of the college is ever with us. At this writing, in the spring of the year 1943. we find The Citadel through its alumni tak- ing a strikingly important part in the cataclysmic global war: many have made the supreme sacrifice, and many others must die that the mistakes of our political leaders of the past two decades and more may be atoned for. 7 he college itself is lending all its strength to the war effort, not only by training its Cadet Corps to be Christian soldiers and leaders, but by lending its facilities and instructors to the technical training of many others than cadets. The Future of the college is in the hands of its present cadets and of its alumni. No institution can be stronger than its component parts: and its Cadet Corps and its former cadets, graduates and non-graduates alike, are vital parts of this college. To them we look for its continuance of Citadel ideals and efforts, and the development of our Citadel to be- come ever greater and grander. Without them, we should fail — but fail we will not. I 111- l ' Ki-snM-;NT