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

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. . . . the impressive array of buildings. Before them, like a great green carpet, stretches the parade field. From the company street, the regiment marches to this oval for the parades. It is a beautiful sight to watch the corps pass in brilliant array. Every button glistens in the last rays of the setting sun. The immaculate white trousers move with mathematical precision; the long lines of rifles, and shining blades make an impression not soon forgotten. i

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. . . . Mess Hall. Here it is that the hungry horde has its ravaging appetite satis- fied. Incidentally, the roof is the largest single span in the country, having no pillars nor supports to obstruct the passage of the hustling white-coated waiters. If you aren ' t like all girls, always thinking of dancing! But I heartily agree with you; it would be a wonderful place to give a dance. But note the ivy on the walls. Reminds one of the castles in Ivanhoe, doesn ' t it? Let ' s walk thru the Sally-port, stroll along the track, and look back at ... . iiM sa iiiii ' i iiiTiiii

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Way out there are the athletic fields, where many a Culver victory is won, each as glorious as the one that you saw this afternoon. Farther away still is the new golf course. Why, of course we can play a game in the morning. And from the top of the hills, I ' ll show you the beauty of the campus. When the day is cloudy, and a morning fog envelops the school, one can fancy that the glimpses of the towers are the turrets of the proverbial castles in the air. But come, we have been here long enough. I have yet to show you ....