Massanutten Military Academy - Adjutant Yearbook (Woodstock, VA)

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peared to be better matched than ever before. The various teams assume the names of well-known universities, such as Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Pitts- burgh, etc. In the finals of the intra-mural tournament, Ala- bama defeated Yale in a spirited game by the score of 22 to 15. This victory gave Alabama the school championship and entitles the individual members of the team to medals which are presented at the Commencement Exercises. VARSITY BASEBALL With but two veterans left over from last year, Coach Glunt faced the opening of the 1940 base- ball season with a squad of green men as far as baseball experience is concerned. Corry, Slater and Buchanan have had previous baseball experience, TENNIS SQUAD Uqfl lu rightj: Klein, R., Degan, E., Kitchin, Raese, D., Woishnis, Terry, Fahnestock, Fritts. while the remainder have had limited experience. During the first week in April, with but two days of practice in weather suited for football, our boys were taken over very easily by the Harvard Frosh. ln this game it was evident that there were many weak spots and Coach Glunt set about building the ball club the very next day. Very little prog- ress was made owing to twenty days of inclement weather. In spite of this fact our Purple Dragons defeated the Shepherd Teachers' College in a ten inning game by the score of ten to nine. As this goes to press our team is slated to face such strong opponents as VVoodberry Forest, Staunton Military School, Charlotte Hall Mili- tary School, Seton Hall Prep and Navy Plebes. JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL Capt. Allan Keaney has put together quite a smooth fielding club with plenty of spirit. Led by Jerry Smith, captain of the team, the Little Dragons opened the season with a win against Strasburg High School. The score was 6 to 1. Bob Cole held the losers to four hits and showed re- markable control. The second game, against VVoodstock, was dropped by the score of 7 to I, but win or lose the spirit was high. With the fielding taken care of, Captain Keaney concentrated on batting. The J. V.'s won another game from Toms Brook High School on Tuesday, May 7th. Bob Cole pitched the entire game. The score was 9 to 7. TENNIS The tennis team consisting of Fritts, Degan, JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM---Standing tltjl to rightjs Capt. A. Keaney fCoachJ, Morris, Klein, K., Anderson, D., Connelly, Myerston, McClellan, Watson, Dick CManagerJ. Silting: Boyer, S., Beaihm, Cole, Smith, Gervaize, Reilly, Baggett. E. Kitchen, McCleod, Terry, VVoishnis, R. Klein and D. Raese has had very little opportunity at this writing to practice, owing to the bad weather that was predominate in every part of the country during most of the month of April. With very little practice, they opened the season against Staunton Military Academy, which they lost 6 to o. In the second match the Purple and Gold faced St. James School of Maryland and, although they dropped this match also, 6 to 3, they were a much improved team. We are looking forward to a successful season in spite of two reverses.

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ing, while Myerston took second place in the 100- yard free style. Reichman, Watson and McCleod won the I'2O medley relay, while Klein, Busken, Greenwood and Prew took the I6O-yllI'CI free style relay. In meets against Staunton, Fort Hill freturn meetl, our young swimmers showed the form that makes champions. Coach Fouts is relying on sev- eral of these young men to fill varsity positions next year. VARSITY BASKETBALI, The 1939-1940 basketball season was the most thrilling in Massanutten history. After dropping the opener to .Allegany High School of Cumber- land, M aryland, the Gluntmen went on a southern trip to meet I-Iargrave Military Academy, Duke Ilniversity Freshmen, VVake Forest Freshmen and VVashington and Lee Freshmen. The Duke game was played in the new gym- nasium at Duke as a preliminary to the Duke- Citadel game. The Purple and Gold outplayecl a stronger opponent and it was not until the remain- ing minutes of play that Duke Frosh managed to garner enough points to win by the score of39 to 34. Hargrave Military School was the first prep school team to face Massanutten in the 1940 sea- son. Hargrave presented a very strong team and was leading the Purple and Gold IO to 4 at the end of the first quarter. At the half, however, Massanutten was leading 30 to 21 and retained the lead to the end. The final score: I-Iargrave 38, Massanutten 44. VARSITY BASI-fBAI.I. SQIIAD-Slumb ing Ucfl lo righll: Capt. I.. Ii. Glunt ICoachJ, john, Piatt, McMahon, Pulaski, Furman, Courtney, VVillingham fMana- gerl. Sealed: Buchanan, King, Corry, Simon, C., Williams LCapt.l, Slater, Wise, Young, Ifyler. At Wake Forest the Purple and Gold took a very close one by the score of 46 to 4.4. It marked the first loss of the season for Wake Forest. Everett Berger, former Massanutten star, played against several ofhis former teammates, who held him to five points. Among the teams who fell to defeat before Mas- sanutten were: Staunton Military Academy, Fork Union, Shenandoah College, Washington and I.ee Freshmen and University of Virginia Freshmen. Seton Hall Prep of South Orange, New Jersey, was the only prep school team to defeat the Purple Dragons. Massanutten was declared State Cham- pion for the second consecutive year. In the All-State selections Bob Corry and Charles Simon were named as forward and guard, respectively. Leroy Glunt, Jr., and Dan Young were also very steady and consistent through the season. INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL In addition to the many Varsity and Junior Var- sity teams represented by Massanutten Cadets, a very important feature of the school is the Intra- mural Basketball I.eague. About eighty boys com- prise the various teams in the league. Each hall has a team and a regular schedule of games is drawn and adhered to. Rules and regulations for- bid members of Varsity teams to play in the intra- mural league. This year, as in years gone by, the interest was very high. The teams are as a general rule quite equal, but during the past season the teams ap- TRACK SQUAD' Sfrlildiflg flrfl to rightl: Capt. I.. DI. Fouts tCoaChl, Ronci fMan- agerl, Tilley, Raese, C., Corry, Litchen- stein, Slater, Beck, Clark, W., Dennis. Sermm' Row: Curran, Raese, D., I.ambing, Greenwood, Reecher, Morvay, Brooke, Zweirlien,Simon,W. I ir:lRotc.- Mitchell, Marmiun, Shanor, Price.

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UY Tear 0 'dwlifmyf 6 af Jlfassanuffen HH academic year just passed was a memor- able one in the activities of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Massanutten, for the beginning of the school year saw not only the first days of the European war and its resultant intensification in military training but also the arrival of a new Professor of Military Science and Tactics, the in- troduction ofa brand new drill system to take the place of one with which we were familiar, and, finally, the introduction of two entirely new text R. U. T. C. S'l'Al l fluff lu righll: Capt. Cecil M. Newcorn, Major VV. T. Brumlick, Major li. VV. Grimmer, l,ieut. W. M. Riellcy, Sergeant Richardson. books, which were as unfamiliar to most of us as the drill manual. However, there was some com- pensation in finding the new 16 mm. sound movie projector and the delineascope the War Depart- ment had furnished to augment instruction facilities. lt was with regret that the oldtimers saw the departure of Captain Russell Nelson who had been in charge of the R. O. T. C. for the preceding four years. His position was taken by Major lid- win W. Grimmer who came to us from border troop duty in Arizona. However, the presence of Sergeant liarl M. Richardson, who joined us in the fall of 1937, as assistant to the P. M. S. 81 T., and who was here to greet those of us who returned, together with the presence of lst l,t. VVillard M. Reiley, ll. S. Army Reserve, who assisted with the R. U. T. C. instruction, and Captain Cecil M. New- corn, who again had charge of the R. O. T. C. Band, served to temper the unfamiliarity of the situation. Then, too, Major Guy A. Benchoff, our Commandant of Cadets, again greeted the return- ing cadets as proctor and disciplinarian for the Cadet Corps of the Academy. Intensive instruction in the new drill manual was begun on September 15th, the day after school commenced, and a temporary organization was effected headed by the non-commissioned officers of last year. The organization was that ofa Bat- talion, consisting of three rifie companies, a Bat- talion Headquarters Staff, and a Band. Un Octo- ber 5th, less than three weeks after the beginning of school, we put on a retreat parade in honor of the 3rd Corps Area Chaplains Convention, to which our Chaplain, Rev. YV. T. Brundiclc, was host. Reverend Brundick is a Major in the Regu- lar Army Reserve and is Chaplain of the 79th Division. The parade was complimented very highly by both regular army and reserve chaplains. In fact, the Assistant Chief of Chaplains from the War Department expressed his amazement that such an excellent showing could be made in such a short time, considering the entirely new drill. The very simplification of the drill and manual of arms, however, was largely responsible for their rapid assimilation. Due to the rapid progress of both the Band and the Battalion, we were soon ready to take over the guard of all the football games with the colorful ceremony of Formal Guardmount. This ceremony was one of the features of the Homecoming game and in spite of the bad winter weather which beset us on that very day, the Guardmount went off with the utmost success. Another feature under- taken this year for the first time was the ceremony of Escort of the Colours, and this, togetherwith the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of patriotic hymns and songs, soon became a regular Wednes- day morning feature. On November Iith, Armistice Day, the entire Battalion did its part to honor our heroic dead, by a parade and ceremony in front of the historic VVoodstock Court House. On December 14th a War Department inspection, the first of two an- nual inspections held this year, was conducted by Major Carle, assistant to the officer in charge of Civilian Component Affairs at 3rd Corps Area. In addition to the classroom work and indoor in-