Sewanee Military Academy - Saber Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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The Sewanee chapler ol lhe Cum Laude sociely was lounded al S.lvl.A. on December l9, l94l. Since lhen many cadels have become lhe proud owners ol lhe small gold cross. Any cadel wearing lhe cross has The salislaclion ol knowing lhal he has lhe highesl academic award capable ol being beslowed by lhe Academy. To be eligible lor membership in lhe Sociely one has lo have an average ol over ninely percenl in his acad- emic subiecls, be in lhe ubper fillh ol his class, and musl possess an excellenl moral characler. The presenl members ol lhe Cum Laude sociely are: Gilberl Varnell, Presideinlq Jerry Loclcell, Vice Presidenlq Don Anderson, Secrelary-Treasurerg Rich- ard lvlccreadyg Gene Preausq Peler l-lilly Alberl Key and George Beniamin. COLONEL R. P. MOORE Faculfy Advisor CUM LAUDE SOCIETY Firsf Row, Leff io Righf: Key, Anderson, Varnell, Lockeil. Second Row' Benlamm, McCready, Hiff, Preeus. 81

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Seafed, Left To Right BuTler, Millingfon, Gaylor, Williamson, Sillay, Barlling. Sfanding: JohnsTcn, Zimmerman, Wilkerson, STudsTill, Fowler, Lucas, THE GUIDON CAPTAIN NORMAN DILL Facully Advisor J. D., Parker. A special parT oT any school is The newspaper, The GUIDON, The newspaper oT The Academy, noT only gives news oT The Academy To The Corps oT CadeTs, buT also To parenTs, alumni, and oTher residenTs oT The mounTain, ln iTs currenT issues, prinTed once a monTh, The GUIDON voices The opinion oT The STudenT Body and helps To mold The ideals oT The school. lT gives an up- To-daTe accounT oT The acTiviTies and achievemenTs in all Tields aT Sewanee lvliliTary Academy. This year The GUIDON has sTuck To The same sTyle, TormaT, and layouT ThaT has won excellenT raTings in Two regional high school scholasTic press compeTiTions Tor The pasT Two years. These are The Nashville Banner BeTTer Newspaper conTesT and The Tennessee l-ligh School Press AssociaTion conTesT. This is The Third year ThaT The GUIDON has been a member oT The Quill and Scroll, which is a club made up oT The beTTer high school newspapers oT The world. Each year some oT The ouTsTanding sTaTT members are selecTed Tor Quill and Scroll keys, They are selecTed on Their individual iournalisTic eTTorTs Tor This high scholasTic press honor socieTy. More Than 5,000 copies are mailed across The naTion Tor each issue. As The GUIDON is published by The Corps oT CadeTs aT The Sewanee lvliliTary Academy, The enTire sTudenT body can be crediTed Tor The success OT Th GUIDON. 80

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THE COTILLION CLUB Dance lnTermission 82 One oT The Things ThaT alrnosT evey CadeT loolcs Torward To during his sTay aT SMA. is The week-end dances. They occur Three Times every year and are sponsored by The CoTil- lion Club. The dances are planned and su- pervised by The CoTillion Club OTTicers who are elecTed Trom The Corps aT The begin- ning oT every year. This year's oTTicers are T-lugh Graham. PresidenTg lvlilce lvlcCrary, Vice PresidenT: Diclc Chrisman, SecreTaryg Nelson Miller. Treasurerg and Bryan ScoTield, Rod Koberq. Bill Bull, Dsie Managers. The Fsaiiiy Advisor is Mai. John WrighT Jr. ln addiTion To These Tormal dances a num- ber oT inTorrnal dances are sponsored by va- rious organizaTions several Times during The school year. These provide a brealc in The miliTary rouTine oT liTe aT The Academy. The Tormal dances are held each year aT l-lonnecorning, The period in beTween ChrisT- mas and Spring or Mid-WinTer, and aT Com- mencernenT. AT each dance a Senior Lead- ouT is held in which each Senior presenTs his daTe.