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

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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

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M A-2 1, .1 . F I FIFTIETH ANNUAL COMMENCEMEN T EW YORK MILITARY ACADEMY'S Fiftieth An- nual Commencement Week was opened on Sunday, June 4, with the Baccalaureate Service in Davis Memorial Chapel. Chaplain Hagen conducted the special service. Then Colonel Pattillo made a memorable address to the seniors, soon to be graduates. During Parade on that day, the Rifle Team was pre- sented with the Hearst Medals, for having brought the Academy supremacy in the Second Corps Area. The next few days were full of informal celebrations. Then, on Thursday, June 8, the cadets marched through the final Guard Mounting of the year, working with snap and precision. After third mess, the Corps turned out for a concert by the Band, and a program of current music by the Cadet Orchestra. Accepting Captain Leone's invitation, three ranking West Point officers visited the Academy on Friday morn- ing. Expertly judging a competitive drill among the Acad- emy's military units, they awarded the title of most effi- cient to Captain Arme1lino's Company B. In the follow- ing competitive drill for individual cadets, john Flemm, jr., was rated best in West Barracks, and Kenneth R. Heit- man was selected from among the Bard Hallers. The cavalry and the artillery treated guests to an ex- hibition drill during the afternoon. The mounted men of Troop D, under command of Captain Hugh McIntyre, and Captain Bill Nelson's motorized Battery E, demonstrated the results of fine training in their specialized drills. The day's military program was concluded with the Superintendent's Parade in the evening-a parade which cadets themselves felt was the best executed of the year. Then came the high point of the social activities of Commencement Week-the impatiently-awaited Gradua- tion Hop. Parents, friends and sweethearts were the guests of a proud regiment that evening, and the event, staged in the gymnasium, attracted one of the largest attendances in the history of the Academy. Reveille, played by the entire Band-a pleasant and stirring Academy tradition-awakened the Corps on the dawn of Graduation Day, Saturday. Then, in the shade of N.Y.M.A.'s historic Old Maple, Colonel Pattillo presided over the publishing and awarding of Commissions and Wfarrants. The scene shifted to the gymnasium for the conduct of Commencement Exercises, where, after Chaplain Ha- gen's invocation, Colonel Pattillo introduced to the as- sembly the Academy's oldest living alumnus-Mr. Joseph F. Taylor, '90, hardly appearing, in his sprightliness, to be qualified for the position. As principal speaker of the day, he addressed the graduates in a youthful spirit, speaking to them more as a brother cadet than as a member of a long- preceding generation. After Mr. Taylor's address, the Superintendent pre- sented the special awards, notably the two most desired honors in the Academyis power-the Head Boy Medal, which went to Arthur S. Hollander, and the Achievement Alumni Award, which was presented to Charles Govea. N.Y.M.A.'s prominent alumni were also honored. Spe- cial diplomas were given to Mr. Theodore P. Harding, to Dr. George R. Dempsey, and to Mr. Charles Hardy, president of the Board of Trustees, in recognition of his services to N.Y.M.A. for more than a quarter of a century. And to each of the past presidents of the Alumni Associa- tion, the Superintendent, acting for the Academy, presented an inscribed gold key. With the distribution, by Mr. Hardy and Colonel Scar- borough, of diplomas to the graduates and certificates to the post-graduates, followed by the Benediction by Chap- lain Hagen, the program was concluded. Then the Regiment of Graduates, many of whom had been in Cornwall overnight, formed for the annual meet- ing in Davis Chapel, at which time the newly graduated members of '39 were formally made Old Guys . Luncheon was served on the campus to the thousands who were present as guests of the Academy at its Fiftieth Birthday Party. Shortly the call for Graduation Parade was sounded. With the Old Guys heading the line of march, the Graduating Class took the final parade, and the entire Corps wheeled past, for the completion of the final event of the Golden Jubilee Year of the New York Military Academy. Page Seventy-two