Valley Forge Military Academy - Crossed Sabres Yearbook (Wayne, PA)

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Pass in Review! Mrs Milton Baker and General Dwight D, Eisenhower enioy the Escorted by General Baker, Viscount Kilmuir, Lord Chancelor of England and dinner music at a banquet in honbr of General Eisenhower. Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Earl Warren, arrive on post Fallowing the three-month summer leave, we re- turned in September i96i, to don Corporal chevrons and to assume responsibility for others than our- selves. Among the Corps' guests this year were General Eisenhower, Major General W. C. Westmore- land, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, at West Point, Admiral John F. Davidson, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and King Simeon ll, of Bulgaria, class of '60, Younghusband Hall was enlarged to make room forthe Field Music, and the new Officers Mess, Eisenhower Hall, was completed and dedicated by the former President during his visit. The Underclassmen left the Academy for Summer Leave on June 6, looking forward to some time with the family and friends and to pre- pare for the two 'fdecision years lying ahead. Price Hall, our newest gymnasium, was finished early in the fall of i962, and doubled the floorspace for athletic participation. The Cadets marched at the head ofthe televised inaugural Parade for Governor Scranton. The Academy Band provided music for the swearing-in Ceremony and the Inaugural Ball that to receive their official welcome from the Corps of Cadets. evening, keeping a tradition of performing at the inauguration of every Pennsylvania governor since l928, A memorial to Valley Forge comrades who were killed in the Korean War was presented to the Academy in late spring, by Lt. Col. H. Leslie Buswell after a round of tribute speeches on the Mellon Hall Lawn. Summer Leave always seems too brief. The com- bined ofticer and N.C.O. detail returned to Wayne from its summer slumber to face several weeks of strenuous instruction and training. The concepts of instruction were stressed, for there would be little time before the arrival of i963 plebes on August 31. The mood was still that of summer frolic, but daily the tempo of pre-opening preparations beat stronger, mess hall orders were being fulfilled, Capt. Williams was wrapping up his final Academy repairs, as well as supervising the 76th brick building, Lafayette Hall, and Col. Badham was busily checking the gym equip- ment and ordering additional facilities for the approaching influx of gym recruits. These were the busy weeks and by the time the New Cadets arrived,

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A f'Q'FV ' if - i '1 ' ' 'iiifie - ff: H i ,Qsaiizifs we-ng-2 'er is T he plebe year of l96O-ol, for most of the i964 graduating classmen, was highlighted early in the year by the visit of Viscount Kilmuir and Chief Justice Earl Warren, Both are, respectively, the highest iudiciary of- ficials of Great Britain and the United States. Our late President, John F. Kennedy, was inaugurated January 6, and classes were temporarily suspended until after these ceremonies. l-low poignantly his inaugural speech clings to us now. Colonel Walker had passed avvay suddenly over Christmas Leave and the bereaved Corps returned from Leave to pay its respects at the grave of the man and Chaplain it had loved so deeply. During January, Ere gutted the original Lafayette l-lall, home of the Band, and Officers' Mess for the faculty. Though shocked by the sudden early-morning disaster, we were relieved that Washington Hall had been spared by its neighboring inferno.

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most preparations had been made. Col. Feltham's Band was busy coordinating its notes and keys, and in two weeks was performing proudly and excellently for parents and guests of the new arrivals. Most of the bustle had already reached its peak when the plebes-to-be arrived from their scattered homes. From South America, California, Mississippi, and New York they were escorted directly to Shan- non Hall by the white-clad Plebe Detail, there to be otticially welcomed, tagged, stamped, and equipped. Following the New Cadets' basic issue, parents reluc- tantly parted from their sons, some perhaps for the Top: Admiral John F. Davidson, Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, reviews the Corps of Cadets during a parade in his honor. Right: The British Ambassador, Sir David Ormsby Gore, escorted by General Baker and Cadet First Captain Joseph Formisano, reviews the Cadet Honor Guard. Below: The Academy Color Guard passes the reviewing stand during the in- augural parade in Harrisburg. Below Right: The 1963-1964 Cadet Training Detail, bmw EE tiiiiiiiiiiii -1. UWVQQQQQQ Hwfveipeqeveeeg Qg'f't!1'?'1:!? Y ?9a9'eve9,,,,1g g'191!r?'59gg9v9s.eegggviQ-vgg 'r' ew 'ee's'2t -. ., i v -9f?t'?i?Fj?f'ege I' FYQHWS P-nl 1 -'!,- r