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

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ii .. l if up 1 EW. ll lui it 'fs ill W l, li li ll ll l I f , l I f 3 , l Leigh R. Gignilliat ' A HE present Superintendent of the Academy was horn in Savannah, Georgia, the year 1875. His early training he received at the Emerson Institute VVashington, and at the Virginia Military Institute. Later, the honorary degree of A. M. was conferred upon him at Trinity College. In 1897 took up his life-work at Culver as Commandant. of Cadets. A very lffrr aill young man, having hardly attained his majority, he instilled a spirit of loyalty and pride amongst the entire corps. In 1910 he was elected Superintendent It is under his diligent guidance that Culver has grown to its present proud position among the military schools of the country. 'With the advent of the Wforld W'ar, Colonel Gignilliat left the school to serve his country. In France, as Colonel of the General Staff, A. F., :ind in numerous other important positions, his services were most distinguished. He was cited lay General Pershing, and received the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The cause of righteousness upheld, he returned to the Academy to resinne the ssnne vigorous course of action which had marked his entire adn1inistr:1tion. ,ln 1921 he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General O. R. C. as :1 reward for his dis- tinguished record. No one has contributed more to the Acadcinv than 'iOnr General. and his name will go down in the annals of Culver's history among the greatest. l'r1ffc 'l'u'cn1'y-ciylat

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Colonel H. G. GIHSCOCIC Few men have been more con- tinuously in the service of one school than Colonel Glascock. During twenty-nine years he has attended to the 21Cf1d0m1C welfare of Culver Cadets. A native of Missouri, he attend- ed Strother Academy, West- minster College, Indiana Nor- mal, and finally the University of Chicago, where he was awarded the B. S. degree. As headmaster of the Missouri Blilitary Academy his work was so proficient as to 'attract the attention of the authori- ties at Culver, who, in 1896, asked him to come to the latter institution as Headmaster. He accepted, and has held that of- fice ever since except for the years 1917-18 when he acted as Superintendent. It is chief- ' 1 fini V if H i ifiV Vi. fix vi N 75 52 as in li 1 i f 4 fi 'v fl ,, ,, fi 1. . , li i . . . ig fr lv El ll ' F . ,s i 5 , 1 il i li ' 1 i 5 J . s, 1 ly due to the unselfish and untiring efforts of Colonel Glfrscock tl-t tl c lcll. IC Academy enjoys its present high scholastic rating. Major F. L. Hunt Colonel Clascock,s able colleague was born at Mingo, Ohio, i11 1871. He gradu- ated from Ohio Wlesleyan with the A. B. degree and for four years taught in V y p the public schools of South Charleston. 1 . ' 9 Ohio. At the end of this time he entered V - - Vi-0. the University of Chicago, where he was given his Master's Degree. In 1900 he came to Culver as the head of the En0'lish de- - D partnient and remained in this position until 1917, when he was promoted to be Assistant Headmaste NI ' . - f ' fr. 1 alyor Hunt has taken a keen interest in scholastic affairs beyond the Academi 1 l l ld - -' j, ant io s devious honored positions on educational boards which are a signal tribute to his abilitv. There is no more popular man in the school. than the Major: the sineeritv of his purpose has completelv won the hearts of the cadets, and well does he deserve their approbation. Page Thirty