Columbia Military Academy - Yearbook (Columbia, TN)

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5' VALEDICTORIAN Ralph Alvin Cover oT Columbia. Tennessee. wiTh an average of 98.l2. achieved The highesT academic honor aTTainable aT Columbia MiliTary Academy: ThaT oT being named valedicTorian oT The l96l graduaTing class. During The Tour years he has aTTended C.M.A., Ralph has disTin- guished himselT in many phases oT school liTe. He won The class medals in his sophomore and junior years, The science medals in biologly and chemisTry. and The medal in journalism. A member oT The FTTiciency Company one year and a winner oT The Good ConducT Award Three years, he has always been in The Top Ten per cenT oT his miliTary class. He has aTTained The rank of CapTain. BaTTle Group S-2. Ralph played varsiTy Tennis during his senior year. He has been ediTor-in-chief of The Bugle Call Tor The pasT Two years, being The TirsT iunior in The hisTory oT The Academ named To ThaT posiTion. He has served as a member oil The RECALL sTaTT Tor Two years. This year as an associaTe ediTor. Ralph is a NaTional MeriT Scholar- ship TinalisT, was elecTed To The Academy's Hall oT Fame. and was voTed The one MosT Likely To Succeed by his classmaTes. SALUTATORIAN James Rush Freeman, Ill. of Savannah. Tennessee, in being named saluTaTorian oT The graduaTing class oT I96l, has been awarded one oT The highesT scholasTic disTincTions conTerred by Columbia MiliTary Academy. ln addiTion. in being appoinTed To The posT OT BaH'le Group Commander. he has earned The highesT miliTary honor aTTainable aT C.M.A. His service in This capaciTy was so exemplary ThaT he became The TirsT cadeT in The hisTory of C.M.A. To aTTain The ranlc oT Colonel. His scholasTic sTanding and his rare leadership abiliTy have combined To make him one oT The mosT ouTsTanding sTudenTs in The school. ln his Treshman year Jimmy won The Class Medal and The General Science Medal: in his Sophomore year he won The MaTh Medal. In The miliTary Tield, Jimmy was chosen Superior CadeT in his Mili- Tary Science l and 2, and was awarded The AssociaTion oT The UniTed STaTes Army Medal as The ousTanding Junior in his MiliTary Science 31 he was a member oT ETTiciency Company one year and commanded The BesT Drilled Squad aT CommencemenT. He earned The Good ConducT Award Tor Two years. He served as Vice- PresidenT oT his Freshman class, Treasurer oT The Y.M.C.A. in his Junior year, and was a member oT The band and Third baseman on The baseball Team Tor Three years. Jimmy was elecTed To The Hall oT Fame and voTed Mr, C. M. A. by his classmaTes.

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