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

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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

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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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Pass in Review! iii 111 VW-- Fellow Cadets help their teammate over the high bor as A Com- Company B passes in review for Admiral des Roziers and Officers of the pany runs the Military Stakes obstacle course. French Navy. Spring housecleaning and numerous building im- provements vvere initiated during Spring Leave and the Corps returned on March 3Oth to find the Acad- emy with a newly freshened face. Final plans were made for the reception of the Middle States Evalua- tion Committee and by the date of its arrival, on April l2, the entire grounds glistened in spot- less maintenance. That first Saturday back, the entire Corps partici- pated in the Military Stakes Competition which tested individual and unit proficiency in the areas of mili- tary science and physical endurance. The final re- sults determined the individual winners of the Mar- shall W. Baker Military Stakes Medals and the win- ing unit, F Company. That night, the Anthony Wayne Legion Guard held its annual hop in the Ballroom, with the music supplied by the Corps' own Kaydets. The Cadet musicians played a host of songs which soon had all dancing away the tensions of the Military Stakes held earlier that day. The swirl of the evening gowns and full dresses was brought to the traditional close with the 12 o'clock rendition of Taps by the Band buglers. Sunday, the 5th, in Chapel, ten Cadets and seven Faculty members were inducted into the Order of Anthony Wayne and presented with their fiaming red medalions. This year's new inductees raised the total Cadet and Alumni membership in this most esteemed fellowship to 284. Following Chapel, the Corps welcomed Vice Ad- miral Burin des Roziers and Officers from the French Helicopter Carrier La Resolue with a Vest Pocket parade. Admiral des Roziers, president of the perma- nent commission for testing ships of the French Navy, was honored at a luncheon in Eisenhower Hall fol- lowing the review, It was the first beautiful weekend of the spring, saddened only by the passing of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. Silently we watched the flag fiutter at half staff as we had once before during that tragic weekend of the past November. On Tuesday, during the Chapel Vespers, sixteen elected candidates were solemnly received into the Valley Forge Chapter of the A.U.S.A., swelling the current membership to fifty-six. That Friday, eighty-odd, silent Cadets experienced the unforgettable and wonderful splendor of the