Sewanee Military Academy - Saber Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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The STudenT Council was organized aT The Academy in I95o. Now as Then The purpose is To serve as a linlc beTween The Su- perinTendenT and The CadeT Corps, Through The Council The SuperinTendenT obTains The ideas and senTimenTs OT The CadeT Corps on cerTain issues which he may bring beTore The Council. CadeTs may make proposals To The Council which are con- sidered by The Council and Then iT passed senT on To The Su- perinTendenT. The members oT The Council are selecTed so ThaT all organiza- Tions oT The Corps are represenTed. These organizaTions are grouped under The TiTle OT social, moral, miliTary, or service. The members are noT allowed To wear any insignia or emblem Tor Their service. The Council cannoT hold any social TuncTions or go on any Tund raising campaigns. This is done so ThaT The members will noT lose sighT oT Their main obiecTive ThaT being service To The Corps and The SuperinTendenT, Col. Cornelius has devoTed his Time To acT as TaculTy advisor To The Council. IT is largely due To his help ThaT The Council has been able To help malce SMA. one of The besT schools in The SouTh. OTTicers Tor This year are Doug Muir, PresidenTI Robin Gaylor, Vice PresidenTy Gene Preaus, IsT SecreTaryg and Gene Ball, 2nd SecreTary. COL. CORN ELIUS Faculfy Advisor STUDENT COUNCIL Firsf Row, Lefi To RiqhT: Hiff, Henderson, SeaTed: Williams, Scanlan, Gaylor, Col, Cornelius, Muir, E. Sfanding: Graham, Ball, G., WesT, Johnson, Preaus. Nof Picfuredz Adoue, STudsTilI, Jones, R. C., Edwards. 85

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TNWWN. Lefi' To Right Bancroff, Adoue, Hair, Williams, Johnson, Scanlan, Muirl Eu Pafrick, Graham, Ball, G-,, McCrary, H0 N O R COUNCIL CAPT. BILL DOSWELL Faculfy Advisor This year, The l-lonor Council has again been successTul in TurThering iTs main obiecTive. This being, Through educaTion To insTill in The CadeTs ThaT honor is a TundarnenTal aTTribuTe ol characTer and ThaT honor implies courage, TruThTulness, selT-res- pecT, lusTice, and generosiTy. The l-lonor Council is composed OT eighT seniors, Two iuniors, and one sophomore, elecTed by The Corps of CadeTs, The Courif cil inTerpreTs The l-lonor Code To The Corps, explains The princ- iples upon which iT is based, and acTs as The proTecTor oT The Code Trom violaTion. The Council is primarily responsible To The Corps and has no puniTive powers, iTs TuncTion being enTirely invesTigaTive and advisory. Through all iTs inTerpreTaTions The l-lonor Code has never ouTgrown iTs simple meaning--ThaT a cadeT will noT lie, cheaT, or sTeal. A cadeT's spoken word is always regarded as The TruTl'l. The Council is TorTunaTe To have as iTs advisor CapTain William T. Doswell. 84

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GORGAS GUARD CAPT. HOWARD M. HANNAH Faculty Advisor fupiwsfww f A V Wg ' W A ' is .,5,1 ,,,--: . . AA,,:, :.A 1 : W l 2 ' gf' ,.- 59 Gorgas Guard The i958-59 Gorgas Guard was under Jrhe com- mand ol Cadel Caplain Flavis Casson who was as- sisfed by Cadel Masler Sergeanl Mike lv1cCrary. The Guard gol orl Jro a good slarl lhis year pulling on a line performance al lhe Academy Homecoming. By invilalion Jrhe Guard parlicipaled in The pre- game and hall lime shows al lhe Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on January I, l959. This was considered a greal honor and a deserving reward lor lhe cadels comprising lhe precision drill unil who nol only possess a nalural Jralenl buf also a willingness io worlc lhe long hours if Jralces lo approach perleclion. Al lhis per- formance lhe Guard enlerlained a crowd of ninely lhousand people. Along wilh earning honor lor Them- selves Jrhe Guard gained dislinclion for S.lvl.A. 86