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

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Students Probe Expanded Academics Whether struggling to comprehend the antics of a “sick” computer, squeezing the solution to a homework problem from an instructor during the final seconds of study and help period, or grasping on a December Comprehensive Exam for a fact lost after a confused cram session the night before, students found that the learning process begins with a series of realizations and discoveries. Often students viewed discovery as the required job at Culver. Gaining enough Quality Points for college admission pro¬ vided the materialistic goal for most stu¬ dents, but in seeking the highest possible slot in the class ranking, all stumbled across a captivating interest or frustration. Through the maze of concepts from a “Fine and Brown” history book or an English lecture “Between Heaven and Earth,” the students identified with and began to probe an individual fascination. The depth to which they contemplated and developed interests became a guage of what they had learned. 22

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English Electives Build Literary Perspective Eric Olsen, a sophomore in William J. MacQuillan’s Eng¬ lish II Oral Interpretation class, presents a literary speech while Mr. MacQuillan tapes it for the class to ana¬ lyze and correct at a later date. The course, in its sec¬ ond year, teaches a student how to interpret a poem or reading selection to an au¬ dience using only oral and gesticular means. Thomas E. Walker leads a discussion over Homer’s “Odyssey” during an English 3 class. Mr. Walker will be¬ come department chairman and Epp- ley chairholder in English when the present chairman, Arthur G. Hughes, assumes the chairmanship of the newly-created Fine Arts department. Mr. Walker, who initiated a new composition class in 1967, has been a member of the Academy faculty for 13 years. “To buy or not buy; that is the ques¬ tion,” as Rex Becker looks over a book from the English Department bookrack. The miniature bookshop was the outgrowth of an honor sys¬ tem bookrack established several years ago by the English Department for the convenience of students. Coeds volunteered to run the book¬ store between classes.