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

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fhxf fi, -sfkil -V-X-f QUADRANGLE WAS UNDER fifties we never had the privilege of knowing the late Brig. Gen. L. R. Gignilliat - in whose memory the new academic center is a tribute. The records show that he came to Culver as Commandant in 1897, and became Superintendent in 1910 serving until his retirement in 1939. Obviously. he was a great teacher and soldier and the architect of many of the traditions of Culver that we came to know so well. In recognition of his leadership and in their desire for Culver, hundreds have contributed generously, making possible this project. Eugene C. Eppley, an honor graduate of the Class of 1901 and a member of the Board of Directors of The Culver Educational Foundation. in one of the largest gifts in the field of secondary education, con- st' Kits CICNILLIAT Memorial, center is flanked by Eppley Hall of Humanities, left. and Eppley Hall of Science, right. CONSTRUCTION tributed 81,250,000 through the Eppley Foundation making possible the construction of both the 22-room. L-shaped Hall of Science and its companion, the Hall of Humanities. VVith an active Culver interest dating back more than five decades the nationally prominent hotel executive, joined by hundreds of fellow alumni and friends, have contributed to Culver's physical development in a manner that will be felt for years. EUGENE C. EPPLEY, CMA l9Ol AN ADMIRER and close friend of General Cignilliat, Mr. Epplev has long been active in Culver alumni assosiation activities. He is president of the Eppev Hotel Company operating twenty-two hotels in six states, a director of the Sheraton Corporation of America, and president-owner of Pittsburglms William Penn Hotel. ,NN PANORAMIC view of construction activity on Cignilliat Memorial Quadrangle as it appeared at mid.vear, ln the left foreground steel vvork is beginning to rise for the Epplev Hall of Humanities and at the right is the Science building 25

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BRIG. CEN. LElCH R. CICNILLIAT H875-l952i THE MEMORIAL QUADRANCLE will be a fitting tribute to the former Culver superintendent who for fifty years was closely identified with the development of the Academy. Known to thousands of former cadets of the Major , the Colonel , and the General , his leadership effort as an educator and soldier brought to him, as to Culver, wide recognition. ' 4 1 , .'f?W' L ' Q ' Q- l ,V w , ' A 1. Qfiftl' ' Q ,- ' We -63.5, A '32 gf? Q wi? ., we ,g ..Q,,-.Q 1 M 'f if ' ff' ' :-rw fly f.-,Mr 6 f ' M' '5,.,f,'f ' iw, A Ml ,X ,W L ' at Q, V ,LA .Vi ' ff.-'ft rw uw 3553115 ' . wisv, ...W E s . i ., ..i..... .. , 13. H -4' - Las, fi 1 Wah . -. ' A , ' l an ,, V,V . 4, ,,f,, 'f -y Q , .ge if- ,a .W--L Y ef mp, WMVY4 f' . ' .L .,,, ,,, V, ,, H wtf: tink kw- .?-E Z . , '73, , .1231 ff? H '47 ' , ,xr A -1'r'J' 'M 5.. ,V ,, 'Egg-gJQ,' . .M A ' l ' ' ,ffw wa.. fr -' f' -. .,, ':',f l ' ,mf W ' G vgw ' ' , r t ARCHITECTURAL detail is suggested here in this photo of the entrance to the Eppley Hall of Science. 2-1 GIGNILLIAT MEMORIAL DURING the year there was construction activity aplenty as Gignilliat Memorial Quadrangle began to take shape. lt lent positive evidence that it wouldnlt he too long until many of the classrooms so familiar to us and to cadets of other years would be a memory. No longer will cadets trudge up to the top of Main to Science class, to the History and Math building, or to many other classrooms for the new and modern Eppley Hall of Science and the Eppley Hall of Human- ities and Memorial Hall, to comprise Gignilliat Quad- rangle, will be the site of academic activity, In the philanthropic inception, and the develop- ment and construction of Gignilliat lVlemorial Quad- rangle we have real evidence of the stuff out of which Culver memories are made. As cadets of the mid- ff? ARCHITECTS perspective of Gignilliat Memorial Quadrangle suggesting its appearance upon completion sometime in l956-57. VIEW of construction progress of the Hall of Science as it ap- peared from the Beason Hall balcony in early january.

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