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

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port back on the 2nd of February. The ringing of the Cushing Bell on Wednesday, January 29, marked the announcement of the T964 Anthony Wayne Legion Guard. Organized in five units: Rifles, Dragoons, Gunners, Band, and Field Music, the Guard was comprised of the top Cadets in each rank classification. The Cadets appointed to the A.VV.L.G, Rifles were to put on the distinctive Guard Mounts for the visiting dignitaries in the spring, and their training began immediately. The third annual dinner meeting of the Academy's Honor Societies, on the 3rd, was highlighted by the visit of the eminent historian, Dr. Forrest Pogue, director of the George C. Marshall Research Center at Arlington. Members of the Troop, Battery, Band, and Field Music escorted their dates into Mellon Hall that next Saturday night for the Mounted Battalion Dance. Displays from each of the four Cadet Units added color to the main ballroom which was further en- hanced by the colors of a hundred formal gowns. On the night before Lincoln's birthday on the l2th, select members of the Corps of Cadets presented A Lincoln Day Salute to the Union League of Philadel- phia at the Academy of Music. The program began with the playing of the fanfare by the Herald Trumpets of the Band, followed by a few appropriate words from General Baker. The Academy's Field Music entered the scene playing the lively Guadal- canal March, followed by a Color Guard carrying the flags of the states represented in the Civil War. Completing the evening's program, the Band and Glee Club entertained the guests with an inspiring concert. l :y2xsfss:vsfa.saee1swzv.r mis- -, infantry Battalion Dance in Thomas Hall. Cadet Ronald, o Hop Manager, explains artillery piece to his date at the Mounted Battalion Dance.

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bookbags to begin their last half year when the annual Alumni Board Dinner was held for them in Thomas Hall. A fine roast beet dinner was enioyed by the 400 Cadets and former Valley Forge men. A distinguished alumnus, Mr. Seybolt, '32, left us with this little thought: Success depends upon matching your capabilities to the task at hand. January ii was another day forthe C.E.E.B. Tests. For many tirst classmen headed for college, this was their last opportunity to score well . . . and many did. The next morning in Chapel, we were all im- pressed with that high-voiced, highly devoted and wonderful gentleman, Bishop Tsu of China. Well known by the G,l.'s of the Burma Road, Bishop Tsu was compelled to flee his diocese in China as the Communists enveloped his country. The graduating classes of the Academy attended their long-awaited Ring Dance in Thomas Hall on the l8th. After an opening fanfare by the Band and Field Music, the class presidents, Dave Knecht and Kenneth Heymann, led the Grand March through the traditional Ring. By the authority invested in me as Superintendent ot the Academy by the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, I hereby authorize the Cadets of the graduating classes of i964 to wear their rings. After the ring ceremony, the combo struck up the dance music and we danced until mid- A A 553' ' .f ' . ' 'Jag ' Cadet Arnovitz listens intently to a point being made by Dr. Pogue at Honor Society Dinner. Cadet First Captain Gordon Hanscom and his date pass through the Ring at the i964 Ring Dance. night. On Saturday the 25th, regular classes were in session and the J.C.'s took their Hrst volley of semes- ter examinations, From the 27th to the 29th, the en- tire Corps was involved in testing - after which the Junior College departed on its five-day leave, to re- The Grand March of the 1964 graduating classes at the Ring Dance.

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The Winter athletic program was well under way by this time and victories as well as losses were being posted by the several Varsity teams. The Wrestling and Rifle teams were enioying an excellent seasong the Swimming team won its fTrst meet, but lost the next three, The Troian Cagers had a little cliftTculty in coming out on top of their scores, but the energy of the Team kept the games ci contest to the end. The Junior College squad met a similar fate. On February l5, D Troop cantereol away with the honors by winning the annual 316th Infantry Rifle Match. The Trooper sharpshooters posted a 382 to edge G and F Companies which both tTred 38O's. The Freedom Foundations annual Awards Convo- cation was held in Thomas Hall on Washington's Birthday to honor the tTrst astronaut, John Glenn, with its George Washington Award. The members of the graduating classes attended the convocation as guests of the Foundation. Cadet Giles of the Band won the T964 Dunaway Oratorical Contest that Friday night with his rendi- tion of Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Con- vention, His selection, which followed this year's theme, Highlights and Headlines in Literature and History, was one of the eight offered to the Corps during the program. On March 7, the infantry Battalion Dance was held in Thomas Hall. Several weeks of preparation went into the dance which was thoroughly enioyed by all the doughboys who attended. After a week of important tests fthe C.E.E.B. Exami- nation onthe 7th and the National Merit Tests onthe l4thD, the Corps of Cadets departed for its Spring Leave on the 20th. Colonel John Glenn delivers an address after receiving award from Freedoms Foundation. 1 3 I 5 'I 'K The Band, Field Music, Glee Club, and Massed Flags form Tableau at 01 the Academy of Music in honor of Abraham Lincoln. Right: 1964 Contestants sit in front of their in- Dunaway Orotarical troducers. Cadet Richard Giles of the Band, winner of the Dunaway Medal for Oratory. 25 x . xx 5, z, ' , gn I v