Frederick Military Academy - Cannon Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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The president of any institution demands a many faceted personality. Such an individual is hard to find. We can count ourselves among the fortunate, for we have such an individual in the person of Col. Philip G. Inscoe. His talents range from his stage endeavors, to his personal contact with the cadets and faculty, to his church work, to his home and family. His job is not an easy one considering the fact that he is called upon to be judge, counselor, friend and ally. Perhaps Thomas Huxley summed up the philosophy of Col. Inscoe in his work not only with the faculty but also with the cadets. Huxley said, “Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the things you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training be- gins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.” During his six short years as president. Col. Inscoe has done his administrative, executive, and directive job quite well and effectively; he is held in high esteem by the cadets as well as the faculty. I )3

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oun About 1948 Fred W. Beazley con- ceived the establishment of a school dedicated to the fulfillment of the educative and spiritual needs of worthy young men. In 1958 his dream be- came reality, for Frederick College, a junior college and high school, was established upon these present pre- mises. Here the school remained for three short years until the college was moved to a new location in Nanse- mond County. This moving was in- strumental in that it allowed for the establishment of a neW institution, Frederick Military Academy. Since its innovation, Frederick Military Acade- my has grown into the progressive school of today. The establishment of these educative institutions are indi- cative of the progressive mood of Fred W. Beazley, our founder.

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i As Guidance Counselor of Frederick Military Academy, Major Clarence P. Mooring has established a department dedicated to the collegiate preparatory system. Major Mooring acts as the formal liaison between the individual cadets and the various colleges. With such an important task, Major Mooring acknowledges the need for accurate and wise advisement; and to this need he fully responds in avid study of the newest techniques in counseling and in study of the ever changing collegiate re- quirements. Consequently, Major Mooring has become Frederick’s guidance mentor and is directly responsible in many cases to the collegiate education enjoyed by many of Frederick’s alumni. In addition to his counseling duty. Major Mooring sponsors Frederick’s yearbook, “The Cannon.’’ To this avocation, the Major sacrifices much of his spare time in earnest travail. M