Frederick Military Academy - Cannon Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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THE 1964 ANNUAL FREDERICK MILITARY ACADEMY PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Table of Contents 88-89 Company C 2-3 Dedication, 1964 Annual 90 Drum and Buble Corps 4 Fred W. Beazley, Sr., Founder 91 Color Guard and Range Staff 92 Armory and Supply Staffs 5 Justice Lawrence W. I’ Anson, Chairman, Board of Trustees 93 Kitchen and Infirmary Staffs 6 President’s Message 94 Clubs 95 Inter-Club Council and Chris- 7 President Philip G. Inscoe tian Student Union 8 The Administrative. Department 96 Key and Beta Clubs 9 The Military Department 97 Glee Club 10 Faculty Roster 98 Spanish Club and Honor Court 11 Department of English 99 Varsity Club 12 Department of Social Studies 100 Frederick Riflemen and Varsity Rifle Team 13 Department of Science 101 Plainsmen Rifle and Pistol Club 14 Deartment of Mathematics 102 Annual Staff Informals 15 Department of Foreign Langu- ages 103 Annual Staff 16 Department of Religion 104-111 Parades and Inspections 17 Departmentof Physical Educa- 112-127 Football tion 128-135 Basketball 18 Library Staff 136-140 Wrestling 19 The Beazley Foundation 141 Swimming at Y.M.C.A. 20-21 Non- Academic Staff 142-144 Faculty Informals 22-23 Senior Class Officers 145 Daily Bulletin 24-45 Seniors and Preps 146-147 New Gymnasium Facilities 46-53 Senior and Prep Informals 148-151 Christmas at F.M.A. 54-55 Junior Class Officers 152-170 Cadet Life Informals 56-67 Juniors 171 “The Beatles” 68-69 Sophomore Class Officers 172-173 Profiles : Colonel Plaine and Ma- 70-75 Sophomores jor West 76-77 Freshman Class Officers 174-175 The Pistol Team at West Point 78-80 Freshmen 176-177 The Ollerup Gymnastic Team of 81 Cadets entering mid-year Denmark 82 Battalion Staff 178-185 The Military Ball of 1963-1964 83 Roster of Officers and Senior 186-189 Parents’ Day 1963 Non-Commissioned Officers 190-191 Graduation 1963 84-85 Company A 192-193 The Last Will Testament 1964 86-87 Company B 194-200 Directory of Cadet Addresses

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A MODERN PIONEER The door of the C-47 slid back, revealing a uniformed figure in full combat pack. At a signal, the form plunged earthward, jerking suddenly as the folds of the parachute billow- ed white and puffy against the pale blue sky. Swaying gently, maneuvering the lines, the figure dropped unerringly into the painted circle, tumbled and came to rest, on target. “Nice jump, Helen,” said the lieutenant. Did he say, HELEN ? Sure, Helen Conway has always been a pio- neer. Take the first time, back in the early 1930’s. In those days commercial flying was new; no “Coffee, tea or milk” and certainly no hot meals served by pretty stewardesses. In fact, the planes would land only on pass- enger call or if they had to refuel. Lunch was literally a “pick-up” affair. The plane would cruise low over the airfield, drop a hook, and snag a bundle of box lunches. At least, that’s how American Airlines did it at Preston Glen Airport, Lynchburg. And guess who packed those lunches ? Right. And guess who got some free rides in those old “Tin Gooses” and “DC- 2’s?” Right again. Of course, women in the air was not unusu- al ; those were the days of Amelia Earhart, and the days of the “Powder Puff Derby,” in which housewives used to tear around pylons and race cross country in Ryan’s and Stin- son’s, usually open cockpit. But a woman JUMPING out of a plane ; that was different. Helen Conway joined up in 1944 and was sent to W.A.C. (Women’s Army Corps) medi- cal training center at Camp Gordon, Georgia. She learned the basics of battlefield medicine there, and when somebody got the idea that corpsmen should jump with the rest of the troopers, she volunteered, and became one of the first paramedics. The most recent example of her pioneering is, of course, Frederick. Married during the war to Joseph Conway, she had settled down to be a wife and mother; but after her son Ronald was in school she decided simply run- ning a house was a little too quiet. Food service had been Mrs. Conway’s princi- pal interest even before her days with Amer- ican Airlines. At E.C. Glass High School, in Lynchburg, she had majored in Home Eco- nomics; later she worked in the dining facili- ties at Randolph-Macon College for Women, and took courses in Nutrition and Dietetics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Mrs. Conway was working in the Norfolk County School Lunch system when she first heard of the new college that was going to open in Portsmouth. So, ever the pioneer, she was on the doorstep of the cafeteria the day they moved in the kitchen equipment ; and that was only two days before the first registration. Helen Conway no longer jumps out of of planes (although we understand that Wash- ington is dickering with her about being the first American Woman Astronaut) ; her activ- ities instead are reserved to the perhaps less exciting but more rewarding work of her church. Highland Baptist, where for several years she and her husband have been involved in youth work, notably Cub and Boy Scouting. So, “Connie,” eve nthough we complain once in awhile and sometimes have to run for cover when we get you angry, we still love you ; and like so many of the “old boys,” we’d like to come back for coffee once in awhile and kind of just reminisce. 3