Hargrave Military Academy - Cadence Yearbook (Chatham, VA)

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THE HISTORY OF TI-IE SENIOR CLASS On September 10, 1944, a new Hargrave Freshman Class was born. It was the thirty-third member of a distinguished family, but the first destined to pursue its course almost entirely under the frowning thunderhead of war. In its infancy America and her allies-their outpost garrisons broken, their navies disabled, but fighting with a courage unsurpassed in history-stood sorely stunned from the paralyzing blows of powerful enemies. It was still young when the universal American heart became one gigantic pulse in the all-out battle for the Four Freedoms. It saw our Armed Services formed, trained, equipped, and sent into action--and in this enterprise of great pith and moment made no inconsiderable contribution. And now, on the very threshold of victory, our .armies triumphant in the field, our navies plowing the Seven Seas at will, the Class of '445 ap- proaches its graduation triumphantly. It is my privilege, as Senior Historian, to chronicle some of the incidents that have endeared our school days to us. Vvhen we enrolled at Hargrave in the fall of '41, we were twenty-four bewildered strangers in our new su1'roundings. One of our members, Dennis Bailey, was a veteran of tl1e .limior Depart- ment, and he and Richard lVhiteman are the only charter members of the class who remain with us today. By attending summer school, Forest Baker, Speck Henderson, and Graham Naylor overtook our predecessor and graduated in the Class of '-M. Nine of the original twenty-four are now in the Armed Services. Roy lVebb, our first president, entered Normandy with a medical unit on D-Day. Later he was captured by the Germans, liberated in the Allied advance, wounded in action, and hospitalized in England. In the meantime the Freshman Class donned the gray uniform of I-Iargrave, obeyed the rat rules, studied first-year subjects diligently, and became an integral part in the life of the Academy. Before we realized it, our first year at Hargrave was completed. The next session found our ranks increased to thirty-nine members and brought the first taste of responsibility in our school home. A few of us were given a rating in the Cadet Corps. YVe en- gaged wholeheartedly in every extracurricular activity of the Academy. 'We realized more clearly what had to be done, and with confidence and vigor set about doing it. Thus days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and soon another year had run its course. To the Junior Class were delegated added responsibilities-a final step in the unfolding process that would mold us into the Seniors of tomorrow. Our ranks now included fifty-seven members, only one less than the initial membership of this year's Senior Class. In every branch of sports, in the military organization, in the activities clubs, our classmates held key positions and played important supporting roles. Modest honors came our way. We won our share of the meritorious conduct awards and were well represented on the academic honor rolls. And so the stage was set for the final act in the drama that was to bring our prep-school days to a fitting climax. The Senior year, during which we were to realize the fulfillment of our dreams, awaited us with open arms. In the past we had always looked up to the Seniorsfrespected them for their knowl- edge and leadership, admired them because they were Seniors. Suddenly, almost before we were aware, we were the Seniors. The transition from one phase of our school life to another had been smooth and gradual. We had firmly established in our character the basic principles of Hargrave- loyalty, dependability, obedience, trust, and honor-and were ready for our year of years. Perhaps, before this world conflict is brought to an end, most of us will see action on some distant, far-flung battle front. Our training here has been preparation for living in a world at peace. For that peace, and for the Alma Mater that has fostered in us so many rich and wholesome experi- ences, so many deep and tender memories, we go forward, resolved to strive, to seek, to find, but not to yield. ' 29

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