Frederick Military Academy - Cannon Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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Ifrebertck ilttarg cakeraw |Iorl£HtttuttI|, Virginia PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE On September 3, 1963 Frederick Military Academy opened its doors for its third successful year of operation as a secondary school. We were proud of our two beginning years in spite of the many heartaches, frustrations and adjustments that were faced. We realized that all of these problems and others, just as trying, were necessarily a part of a new school. Even as we faced the new year, 1963-64, we realized that we were still quite young when compared with most independent schools. We knew that similar problems of adjustment, frustra- tions and disappointments would meet us along the way. With- out the support and cooperation of the cadet corps, the faculty and the staff we knew that our school would not prosper to its fullest potential. Now as we stand at the end of the year looking back, we can say that our successes were largely due to the spirit, enthusiasm and hard work of the cadets. They proved to be the heart of the program; the majority of them prospered. It is true that we lost some cadets along the way because o their inability to cope with the entire program and their unwi ingness to abide by the regulations, but the vast majority o cadets proved to be worthy of our faith and trust. Surely many of the young men who have passed our way t year as graduates will be our leaders of tomorrow. Their pnde in accomplishment, spiritual strength, sense of fair , ay an moral integrity will take them far. We all wish for them very best in life. May they reap their just reward. PHILIP G. INSCOE, President