Texas Military Institute - Crusader Blue Bonnet Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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CLASS OF 1953 DAVID S. CHRISTIAN ll ll San Antonio, Texas 1949-'50 Entered T.M.I. from S.A.A.g P.F.C. Bandg Captain Ir. A Footballg Ir. A Basketball Tearng Varsity Baseball: Varsity Track: Ir. Literary Society 1950-'51 Cpl. Bandp Varsity T Club: Varsity Footballg Varsity Trackp Varsity Baseball: President Sophomore Class: Ir, Literary Society 1951-'52 Sgt. Co, B g Honor Guard: Honor Councilp Varsity T Club: Varsity Footballg Varsity Trackp Varsity Baseballg President Iunior Classp Winner Springall Award 1952-'53 Captain Co. B p Honor Council: Honor Guard: Captain Varsity Football: Manager Varsity Basketball Teamp Varsity T Clubg Varsity Baseball Team: President Senior Class College Preference: Southern Methodist University Service Preference: U. S. Army Ambition: Public Relations

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The third stretch was the most pleasant yet. The heavy forest had thinned considerably and we could see for many miles around. Since we were now old hands in this climb, we knew just which trails to follow, and many of us were led to shady nooks beside a tumbling waterfall or brook. Here we could stop and reflect - an ideal spot to publish our Crusader. Others of us, with a gift for marching in excellent style, were rewarded with stripes. Then came the three-quarter mark and the end of the timber line. And now on the fourth, the last part of the climb, we are getting higher and higher, the View is more extensive than it has ever been before. The impediments are less except for the steepness. Buttons have replaced the stripes , and stripes have gone to new climbers. Our trail has led its followers to another nook of reflection where the Crusader might well be created. All the trails meet at the summit where in a few days We, the Class of 1953, shall come together for the last time. It will be wonderful to realize that we have mastered those trails, and that we have received such sagacious counsel from the wise ones along our paths. Our four-year climb has been in an in- vigorating and inspiring atmosphere, with the heights always before us. It has been the sort which inspires moral courage and character. When we have reached the summit of T. M. I. we must set our pace for even higher and steeper peaks in the range of the world beyond. As we leave T. M. I. we leave behind our sorrows and mistakes, taking with us only those truest friendships, the richest experiences, and'the benefits that have so bounteously been lavished upon us. -I. Wilburn Chapman III Class of '33

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CLASS OF 1953 IOE RAY VIELOCK Crazy-Legs San Antonio, Texas 1950-'Sl Entered T.M.I. from Edison High School: P.F.C. Co. C : Best Day Student Private: High Point Co.: Ir. B Football Team: Ir. B Basketball Team: Varsity Baseball Team 1951-'52 M!Sgt. Co. C : Best Platoon: Honor Guard: Varsity Football: Varsity Baseball: Varsity T Club 1952-'53 First Lieutenant First Platoon Co. C : Honor Guard: Varsity Football Team: First Team on S.A.L. All-District Football Team: Honorable Mention on Little Giants: Varsity T Club: Treasurer on National Honor Society . College Preference: West Point Service Preference: U. S. Air Force Ambition: Engineer or Medicine PINCKNEY FRANKLIN STEED, IRI Teet San Antonio, Texas 1949-'50 Entered T.M.I. from S.A.A.: P.F.C. Co. B : High Point Co.: Ir. B Football Team: Ir. A Basket- ball Team l950-'5l Cpl. Co. B : Varsity Football Team: Ir. Literary Society 1951-'52 Sgt., S.F.C.: Color Guard Commander: Third Place Manual of Arms: Varsity Basketball: All Con- ference Center Second Team: Varsity T Club 1952-'53 Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Platoon Leader Co. B : Honor Guard: Varsity Basketball State Champions: Varsity T Club: Goof-Ball Follies Vice President Senior Class College Preference: Baylor University Service Preference: U. S. Air Force Ambition: Doctor of Medicine