Oak Ridge Military Academy - Dress Parade Yearbook (Oak Ridge, NC)

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Military Instructors PinGOnIOsEsoNY DERSU SAS RETIRED 2 Mis eANDsi: (Extracts from Official Army Records, and from ‘‘Who’s Who in American Sports’’ ) First enlisted in U. S. Army, September 16, 1896; commissioned Second Lieutenant, In- fantry, July 25, 1900; promoted to First Lieutenant, Infantry, November 28, 1903; promoted to Captain, Infantry, February 20, 1914; retired (disability), December 5, 1916; promoted to major (temporary), August 17, 1917; promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) July 9, 1918; promoted to Major, retired, May 27, 1920; promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, retired, July 11, 1920. Campaigns and Foreign Service: Served in Cuba, through Spanish-American War, 1898; Army of Cuban Occupation, 1898-1899; Philippine Insurrection, 1§98-1901 and 1903-1905; Army of Cuban Pacification, 1906-1909; Mexican Border, 1911 and 1914; American Expeditionary Forces in France, April 2, 1918, to August 17, 1919; A.E.F. in Germany, October 18, 1919, to January 9, 1920. Distinguished Marksman, Rifle, U. S. Army, 1909; Distinguished Pistol Shot, U. S. Army, 1919; Member of Infantry Rifle Team, National Matches, 1910 and 1913; Captain of A.E.F. Pistol and Revolver Team, Inter-Allied Matches, 1919; Captain of U. S. Olympic Pistol and Revolver Team, Olympic Matches, Antwerp, Belgium, 1920; Captain of U. S. Rifle and Pistol Teams, International Matches, Lyon, France, 1921. Citations: Legion of Honor of France; Certificate for Meritorious Service, A.E.F.; Dis-— tinguished Service Cross, State of New York. Col. Snyder is ably assisted in his work by MAJOR R. P. LARKINS, Commandant of Cadets, and SERGEANT GEORGE M. POTTER. Magsor LARKINS COoLONEL SNYDER SERGEANT POTTER Page one hundred

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HIGH LIGHTS IN THRE HIstorRy OF OAK RIDGE NUMBER 6 In early January of 1914, the Chapel, Holt Hall, and the Church on the Campus were destroyed by fire. The dormi- tories were not burned. The spirit of 1566 was in evidence in 1914. The sessions of the school were not suspended. Rooms in private homes and storehouses were converted into classrooms, and school work went on with a deeper meaning. Difficulties, seemingly almost insurmountable, were over- come and the 1mmortal lesson that true greatness finds its supreme example in the spirit of a people, rather than in might and 1n power and 1n material things, was emphasized. Before the ashes had cooled, telegrams came from several towns, offering land and money if the school would move to them. But Oak Ridge Institute, born in northwest Guilford, up among the headwaters of streams that make the great waterways of the state, would have been and could have been Oak Ridge Institute nowhere else, and the kind and generous offers were declined. By the financial assistance of friends and alumni, preparations for rebuilding were made, and on the tenth day of June, 1914, the cornerstone of the new administration building was laid in the presence of a great host. Page one hundred two.