Oklahoma Military Academy - Vendette Yearbook (Claremore, OK)

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A faithful Servant Seldom in the course of life does one find people who go out of their way to find work or to serve others. Far too many go out of their path to avoid work or to evade those who might ask them for some slight favor. Because of these facts, the sponsor feels called upon to present the qualities of an individual who constantly seeks opportunity to serve in any way possible, and from an official standpoint he is not connected with the Okla- homa Military Academy, so far as his W?l.1' Department orders go. Staff Sergeant John Fruhbauer has a record of many years' service to his country. He entered the United States Army in 1916, and went to France as a member of the First Machine Gun Battalion, First Division, in 1917. No necessity exists for any mention of that organization, for every one is familiar with the noble record of the indomitable First Division from the very beginning of our part in the Vilorld NVar to its close. And one of those who helped to make that record John Fruhbauer. Orders of the Vllar Department took him to various stations until 1925, when he was sent to the Oklahoma Military Academy as Instructor for the 120th Ordnance CMD Company of the 45th, Division. This unit was made up principally of academy cadets, but it was in no way an official part of the academy. But Sergeant Fruhbauer is not the type to do only the work laid out for him, he seeks still more ways of serving. Accordingly, he offered himself to the authorities of the school and to the officials of the city for any assignments they might care to give him. He has taught military theory classes at the school, has served constantly with the Claremore Chamber of Commerce, and is now Commander of the MeKiney-Mont- gomery Post of the American Legion, which he served also as Adjutant before his elevation. Truly, the Writer has never seen any individual who lived up to the lines of Foss, as given below, any better than does Staff Sergeant John Fruhbauer, United States Army: U Let me live in a house by the side of the road Where the race of men go by- The men who are good and the men who are bad, As good and as bad as I. I would not sit in the scorner's seat Or hurl the cynic 's ban- liet me live in a house by the side of the road And be a friend to man. SERGEAINT FRUHBAUER SCUCIMCCIL .----. ni' il.itllfllllfiiillllliiiif 1 x mu ll' mllllh .illll'mmlI'llv+rl . A

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A, U V. ll ll' ln l 'l.flll..lil,h..l!..llzeieull v w .plwH1' HHm1u.. I 1. ..ml u 'llfiiiiiflllflmlllwflil . Wi. I . . llln' Regular Army personel The l11.Sl1'LIClQO1'S and care takers of the Military Departinent ue det uled ioi duty with the institution by the IVa,r Department. Above are the present rnelnbers of the Regular Army non on duty at the Oklahoma Military Aeadeiny. They are: sixteen Q COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Major Philip Coleman Clayton, Cavalry CDOLJ. First Lieutenant James R. Hamilton, Infantry QDOLD NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Staff Sergeant Frederick H. Funk, Cavalry KDEMLJ. Sergeant Frederick C. Crowell, Cavalry CDEMLJ. Sergeant Hugh C. Reddic, Cavalry CDEMLD. PRIVATES FIRST CLAS Barnell Pittman, Cavalry QDEMIJ. IVI. B. Stevens, Cavalry fDF.MLD. Clifton I-I. Vance, Cavalry KDEMLJ. James B. White, Cavalry CDEMLJ. PRIVATE Russell Allton, Cavalry KDEMLE. Andrew Arnold, Cavalry KDEMLJ. R. L. Bumpus, Cavalry KDEMLJ. Jesse B. Dix, Cavalry fDEMLJ. ,Iolm Gibson, Cavalry CDEMLD. Frank Hopkins, Cavalry IDEMLJ. Aubrey Taylor, Cavalry QDEMLJ.

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..-.... H551 ,......, l.2si.Il2.1i1!2!i?,l:saiss.lll' .fi1'l umwi WW f 4gi:g1'flr21m '1:-:::r :' 0...-:..:1 !,1..u.lI -V ill llll' ,' 'illlw nllllllp A Hasty Review In the year 1910 the present administration building of the Oklahoma Military Academy was constructed upon a hill about one and one-quarter miles due west of the City of Claremore. This edifice dominated not only the surrounding terrain, but it domina.ted the school life of the community as Well, for it was the first high school Claremore ever knew. It was the entire Northeastern University Preparatory School, and it flourished for seven years, when the World Wai' caused its abandonment, and every one bemoaned its uselessness for two years. But it was not to remain idle long, for a far sighted member of the State Legis- lature, the Honorable H. Tom Kight, secured the passage ot a bill creating the present Oklahoma Military Academy. So keen a piece of foresight looking toward the better- ment of Oklahoma's youth has never since been equalled. Starting out with less than a hundred cadets, using wooden guns for drill pur- poses, the institution began life as the humble acorn. It struggled through seven years of existence, more or less precarious at times, until it received its first, national recognition: in 1926 a junior unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps was allocated to it by the WVar Department. With this Infantry Unit, the young school began to grow. New buildings were added to the reservation, and its fame began to spread over the state as a place where youth learns the best principles of manhood and citizenship. In 1931, again through the determined efforts. of its God Father, Colonel Clarence B. Douglas, Colonel Pat Hurley, and others, the academy received still further recog- nition: the standing of the Infantry Unit was raised to that of a Senior Unit, and a unit of Cavalry was also added, making the institution an outstanding one in the United States, due to its having the two senior units. Also, a complete course in all phases of aviation was made an official part of the academy, through affiliation with the Spartan School of Aeronautics, at Tulsa. Today the school stands out as a distinctive monument to its creator, as Well as to the present head of the institution,-the man who has guided it through the past eight years of its existence. That it has made remarkable progress in the fourteen short years of its life is attested by the fact that it was examined for HONOR RATING by a special War Department board from Wasliiiigton during the week this copy was prepared. And while the report of that inspection will not be available before June, all those who watched the inspectors during their stay firmly believe that the Okla- homa Military Academy will be one of the 21 Honor Schools on the War Department's 1933 list. , . ' . Truly, few young schools have made such rapid progress in fourteen years! eighteen