Marine Military Academy - Pass In Review Yearbook (Harlingen, TX)

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Field Meets . . . A Co. . B CQ, During the course of the year two Field Meets are held in which the cadet companies are pitted against each other in various tests of military ability. Emotion runs high and the results are often close. This year the companies tied- A Company won the meet held the first semester and B Company the second semester. The Lower School also participated with the first squad competing against the second squad. The score board for the second semester meet shows B Com- pany the victor. The events are as interesting as they are fun. E i Cadet Gregory hesitates before entering the pile up in the Boot Scramble 92 Cadet Griffith Cforegroundj and Cadet Browne represent their companies in the pie eating contest. Cadet Browne won the event making him this year's pie eating champion. Cadet Henricks fforegroundi and Cadeff ?a::: inspect the eggs used in the Egg Toss 0 Lower School C , ' .A . r K w . f--V r t af B ' S it f iVic,....Q G v ,Q -Q 'I ,-L, - -' . , ' -- ' ...Q , f' ' Q- . .C ' K . , V Y ,, . t -7- .. Y- ,W - 4 .. -. ,I A. - y 7.6 , , -- . 1, , -, .4 H, V .-svn , at ':-,, I f ' :Q-gvimll! ' - . .np 7 . ' ' . .

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Wx Parades, Ceremonies ' ' . The COVPS L Q x tl 1 '-an-W s '. -1 stack arms before entering the Chapel for a ceremony in which a plaque was dedicated in memory of deceased Marines. I 'f ,x , 2 I il' The Color Guard and Corps participate in a Brownsville street parade, and Field Exercises Eyes right for the Drill Team in .1 Harlingen street parade. W Q q 5? Cadet Smith Rations, gets his first taste of delicious C- YY ,, 514 Cadets Reader, Smith and Foster hit the deck in an ambush. Cadets Cummins and Able prepare bed rolls. Ka-3

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The Chapel Chaplain Edward Haffner Chaplain Haffner joined the staff of the Academy in 1966 as the lfliapddmaster of the Drum and Bugle Corps, a post he continues to o . In 1967, Chaplain Haffner became the Academy Chaplain and has served faithfully in that post for two years. As well as Chaplain at the Academy, he is Rector of St. Albans Episcopal Church in Har- lingen. Chaplain Haffner's departure at the end of this year leaves a void that will not he easily filled. After many years of service in the U. S. Army, the Merchant Marine, and in the Episcopal Church, Father Ed is retiring to -his native town of Brownwood, Texas. Wfe shall miss him! i E 1,9 Our organist, Mrs, Cue Williams. ie ceremony in Wl'11Ch 3 aque was placed in the hapel in dedication of all the -Iarines who have lost their lives in the Asiatic Conflict.