New York Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Cornwall on Hudson, NY)

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GLWIESKGSNGHZK iii l !5Sif.V5 I ' ir' KLDDQ vu.- .Hwy-ai-.-.,.-1-.- - , - .-1-.-af-LFY.. x.,-.-.v-,-.w...-,..-5-:-nsvfe--:sri .-:Eze-7-1--.,,..-...1 YT-. ,f .,... ... L ...gn . ...Y .Wi -. American Car and Foundry Corporation, has as its other members Colonel Frank A. Pattillo, Mr. A. C. Palmer, Colonel H. M. Scarborough, Dr. George R. Dempsey, Lieutenant Kohout, and Lieutenant F. M. Williams. Thus Shattuck and Reynolds joined a group of men who have loyally and energetically supported the administra- tion of the Academy and who have borne the responsibility that such administration entails. Efforts to bring alumni groups together more often were signalized in 1936-37 by golf tournaments at the Pelham Country Club in Westchester and the Lido Coun- try Club on Long Island. john G. Shattuck, '05, played host at the former and Ted Harding, '23, at the latter. The Association also sponsored the football game between N.Y.M.A. and Admiral Farragut Academy at the Polo Grounds in New York, and several groups held dinners and theatre parties at intervals. Continued interest through- out the year drew more than 200 members of the Associa- tion to the campus for that Commencement. Five members of the Association were honored at the 1957 Commencement with diplomas for distinguished ser- vice in business life. These five were John G. Shattuck, '05, B. Winthrop Pizzini, '16, Robert Loughborough, '14, Bradford Manning, '07, and Harry Clark, '05. At the 1938 Commencement, Daniel Wright and Charles Poutney, '17, were awarded honorary diplomas for loyal and efficient service to the Academy. At the 1939 Commencement, honorary diplomas were awarded to the following alumni: Theodore P. Harding, '23, Paul H. Pil- grim, '02, and William D. Harrigan, '05. The Academy also awarded inscribed keys to former presidents of the Alumni Association. The past year, with Brad Manning at the helm of the Association, has been one of ever-increasing activity and interest among the members. Sponsorship of this Golden jubilee Book and elaborate plans for alumni participation in the Fiftieth Anniversary Commencement exercises kept officers and committee members working hard constantly. The Association has been working and is now success- fully bringing alumni records up to date. In addition to the present membership consisting of 750 alumni there are approximately 3,500 graduates and former cadets who are eligible for Association membership. The enthusiasm and co-operation of the individual mem- bers of the Alumni Association have assisted materially in making possible the detailed history which forms a por- tion of this volume, as well as the extremely interesting pictures of bygone days which appear throughout the book. One instance of this co-operation was shown on April 25, when Jack Shattuck invited a large group of old- timers to dinner in order that, from their stories and recol- lections, the history of N.Y.M.A. might take on color and life. The following alumni attended the dinner: joe Taylor, '90, Frank Zittell, '91, Art Simonson and Pat Flaherty, '95, Pa Lord and Hen Bassford, '97, Burns Magruder, '98, Ben Jones, Zack W'alton, and Lloyd Brooks, '99, Mike Aschoff, Buck Dewey, and Eliot Moore, '00, Stuart Reed, '03, john Brewer, '04' w L musing., . . - . ....-.,..-..t-0.-.fee U- - -.--.f :-- .-f. -- Y. .... , -- .-.-,9.f,. . .. ...-...-..- . . 1. ,- ,.,- - , ,-- L ---....--................,..f,..,-. Y-.,..e....,.-. - . . ,. .. 5-. -L-Q.. .... Y..-,Y , 1-:--f:- su.a.uuu,tf- xwua:n.lo:Qamm9n!g1m !l Page Sixty-eight

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f 11,1419 I its annual meeting in Davis Memorial Chapel, Where the C1858 of 1939 was inducted into the Alumni Association, and the oilicers for 1939-40 were introduced. Luncheon for the alumni and their guests was served at the Encampment, following which the Regiment of Graduates formed for the Final Parade, the ranks holding the largest number ever to gather at Cornwall. The Staff consisted of Bradford M. Manning, Theodore P. Harding, John G. Shattuck, B. Winthrop Pizzini and the late Ru- dolph Carlson, while the three battalions were under the command of Lt. Col. George S. Clarke, Capt. Frank Reynolds and Lt. Col. H. A. C. deRubio. Three hundred old guys, with every class in the fifty years of New York M. A.'s history represented, participated in the Parade in honor of the Class of 1939, thus bringing to a close the most successful Commence- ment and Regiment of Graduates' re-union ever held in Cornwall. Year after year greater activities and more interest in Alumni affairs have been demonstrated. The Board of Gov- ernors, selected for their business acumen and loyalty to the Academy, have worked without stint to make the Association a continuous success to the extent that there does not exist in any section of the country to-day a more PRAYER AT THE GRAVE OF GENERAL DAVIS We pause for a moment beside sacred dust of one whose memory love. Our hearts stand at attention as done and a life's rourse well run. In deriding the question what believe no one has lived in vain the silent mound and above the we fherish and whose spirit we we remember a life's work well is worth while in this life we who has taken something from the pile of human rare and added much to lhe pile of human cheer. Bless the memory of this man who like his Master went about doing good and built his own monument in the hearts of his friends. Mag' his spirit always live in our hearts and in the lives of a legion of others who knew him and loved him. efhcient organization representing any preparatory school. General Milton F. Davis, when Superintendent of the Academy, established a bond between the Academy and the Alumni Association that laid the foundation for the suc- cess of the Association to-day. Colonel Pattillo, as Com- mandant and later on as Superintendent of the Academy, and who also acted as Secretary of the Association for many years, is greatly responsible for the exceptional liai- son between the Academy and the Alumni Association. Before and after becoming Superintendent of the Acad- emy, his cooperation and untiring efforts have created a solid bond of friendship. The list of presidents of the Alumni Association fol- lows: 1902-07 Cord A. Meyer, '98 1913- Albert G. Bryan, '95 1908- Wm. Lloyd Brooks, '99 1914- Cord A. Meyer, '98 1909 WA. W. Pennimen, '98 1915- Charles J. Brooks, '00 1910- Samuel T. Munson, '98 1916-17 joseph F. Taylor, '90 1911 james L. Loomis, '97 1918-19 Elliot D. Moore, '00 1912 :z:Wm. N. Gulick, '97 1920- L. Roberts Waltrmn, '99 1921 B. M. Manning, '07 1932-33 john G. Shattuck, '05 1922-24 Henry E. Mills, '95 1934-35 Frank 1. Reynolds, '08 1925- George M. Porges, '14 1936- Edward j. Dalton, '07 1926-28 B. W. Pizzini, '16 1937- 'f:Rudolph Carlson, '08 1929- R. Loughborough, '14 1938 B. M. Manning, '07 1930-31 Sanford M. Treat, '15 751 Deceased. 1939 Page Seventy Theo. P. Harding, '23