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Title: Taps

Date: 1987

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MMA’s entire student body was the special guest of the University of Missouri at their Big 8 football game with Kansas, Nov. 22. The Tigers' mascot joined the cadets after their pregame march.

MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY Mexico, Missouri 65265

Contents gj Events 6 12 24 28 30 32 34 36

Registration Academics Dad’s Weekend Homecoming Evensong Military Balls Mother’s Weekend Educational Tour

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‘ Seniors Juniors Final Promotion Order Sophomores Freshmen

Activities 68 70 72 74 76 78 80

Fusileers Drill Team Band Drama Glee Club/Chapel Delta Phi/Cadet Council Art/At-Ease Journalism

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Soccer Football Cross-Country Company Football Swimming Basketball Wrestling Rifle Sr.-Faculty Basketball Company Basketball Cheerleaders Weight Lifting/Boxing Track Baseball Tennis Golf M-Club

Junior School 130 135 139 143 155

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Command Inspection Army Day Activities/Staff

Staff ‘ " Cadets Activities Sports Graduation

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Class of 1987 History

H y © Roster of Cadets g ©© Advertising The Last Page Editor, Chris Gentry Brian Baum, Chris Bruns, Matt Dunhill, Jef Funderburg, Jeff Gordon, Steve Green, Greg Lochridge, Don Mieger, Jason Polliard.

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Gonzalez, Armando Haddad, Peter Lewis, Dave McConnell, Jason Polliard, and Scott Price. Up to the top 15 percent of recruits may be recognized, and selection depends on their academic, discipline, and athletic records, and the results of the Cadet Handbook test.

a Matter of History

“P his is the Eighties, the age of motion and color — J vibrant reds, yellows, and blues, muted Miami Vice astels. Color is everywhere, combined in wild abandon, i Jams and Swatches, on M-TV — the pinnacle of color id motion.

Our world is filled with motion, filled with color, but think r a minute of history, of the tragedies and triumphs of jr times. They are captured in black and white and lades of gray, still photographs from the photojouralists’ cameras.

Think of the leaders no longer with us, John and Robert ennedy, Martin Luther King. Think of black and white and lades of gray: Little John John saluting his father’s isket, Robert cradled by a stranger on a hotel kitchen >or, and Martin supine on a motel balcony — black and hite and shades of gray.

When America first took to space, the images of its

astronauts — Shepard’s thumbs up sign before the U.S.’s first space shot, and Glen’s wary smile before its first or­ bital flight — rolled across the pages of a magazine that made black and white and shades of gray an art form — Life When man first set foot on the moon, most of us saw the historic event on television. Yes, the photographs the astronauts took were in color, the earth rising in the background, but the first images seen by the inhabitants of that “blue marble” were fuzzy, indistinct images in black and white and shades of gray.

History is best recorded in newspapers, and until the advent of USA Today, color has been a stranger to them.

From the bounty of information presented in the daily press, readers decide Vvhat is history to them. It might be the events previously described, or it may be a birth or wedding announcement, or the photograph and story in

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Black and white and shades of gray expresses more than real­ ty, it expresses the feelings ex­ perienced hy the mud-caked football player. the Eagle describing the Academy’s First Recognition Ceremony.

Many say that motion and color represent life at its fullest and most accurate. Others argue that it is false, seamless, artificial. Yes, color is pretty, pleasing to the eye. But it lacks the texture of black and white and shades of gray that expresses more than reality, expresses the feeling experienced by the mud-caked football player near the end of a game that could go either way.

Color is a recent invention, commercially available, but not perfected, in the 1940’s. Before then it was black and white and shades of gray. Remember Matthew Brady’s photographs of the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln. Look at the photographs of the Academy’s early leaders in the reception room. They sit stiffly, braced to endure the long exposures needed then, in black and white and shades of gray.

Since the Academy was founded in 1889 by Gov. Charles Hardin, Mr. Benjamin F. Cauthorn, and Col. A. F. Fleet, its great moments have been captured in black and white and shades of gray. The fire that destroyed the school in 1896 was portrayed in the local papers via a woodcut, the precursor of today’s halftones.

All but a few of MMA’s more than 20,000 graduates have been photographed in their dress uniforms, as have the many instructors and administrators who have guided those graduates into adulthood. Leaf through the literature of MMA’s 98 years, the catalogues, Eagles, and

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I Joel Spurlock, wet, mud encrusted, and unhappy with the progress of the Dad’s weekend game with Wentworth Military Academy, fixes an agressive eye on the Colonels’ opponents Oct. 25.

Taps, and you will discover academic, athletic, and leader­ ship history and tradition captured in black and white and shades of gray.

The Academy is approaching its Centennial celebration, to be held in 1988-89, and like its previous milestones, the golden and diamond jubilee celebrations, it will be covered in black and white and shades of gray.

Taps is different from most high school yearbooks, just as Missouri Military Academy is different from most high schools. Yet both have common denominators. For schools it’s education, and for yearbooks, it’s recording memories, a bit of history.

Capturing this bit of your history — the people, places, and events of 1986-87 that will affect you for years to come — is important to us. The motion, color, and words of this year will best be recorded in your memory, vivid recollections that will amuse, sadden, and make you thoughtful in the years to come. This book and its photographs and words are just reminders of what you have already experienced.

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Presentation of senior ring, Sept. 5, Is a special part of each senior’s final year.

"Whenever I see the eagle clasping the shield with the ’87, ” said one, "I know what those before me have felt.”

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Moving Up and M©ving in 1986, would be a busy day for me.

Making a one-way trip up the Stribling Hall steps (I later learned that I wouldn't tread them again until I was an alum) and entering the white-columned, red brick building, I wondered if this is where the classrooms were.

I saw this man in a green uniform, but he wasn’t a teacher. I remembered him from earlier in the summer when he visited my family and me to talk about MMA. Capt. Roger Hill, admissions director, welcomed us and introduced me to my guide.

I learned immediately that he was my platoon leader, and with my registration card in hand, he stepped off quickly and stopped almost immediately in the business office. I was a bit worried as I didn’t know what to say to Mrs. Brenda Rodenbaugh, office manager, or Mrs. Kathy Brooks, bookkeeper. I relaxed a bit as my parents came to the fore.

While they completed some last-minute paperwork, my guide told me about some people who help out behind the scenes: admissions secretary Mrs. Kathy Diederich, development and publicity secretary Mrs. Pat Schindler, and mailing secretary, and Mrs. Marguerite Sullivan.

My guide informed me that we would see MMA’s Presi­ dent, Col. Charles R. Stribling III, next. “Nothing to worry about,” he said. “Just be polite, courteous, and relax. He graduated from here in 1944, so he knows what you’re feeling.”

Col. Stribling welcomed me into his office and to MMA with a smile. We exchanged some questions and answers and then my guide directed me across the hall to meet Lt. Col. Ronald J. Kelly, the executive officer. He handles the school’s day-to-day operations, my guide explained.

My next stop was the commandant's office, home of Maj. Robert P. Samples, Class of 1955. During our wait my guide said the commandant oversees cadet life, discipline, and activity. “He learned all the tricks when he was a cadet, and he still, unfortunately, remembers them.

He’s near impossible to fool, but he’s there when you need him, too.”

Maj. Samples introduced his assistant, Lt. Bryan Withers, who's learning the tricks quickly. He welcomed me to school and gave me my room assignment, room­ mate’s name, nametag, and copy of the Cadet Handbook.

I visited the barber shop, and while we waited for the barber of finish, my guide pointed out things to study in the Handbook, MMA's rulebook.

I escaped my haircut. Mr. Don Dick, the barber, judged my head satisfactory. By the evidence on the floor, I saw most new cadets needed a bit of a trim. I learned that my escape wasn’t complete, everyone gets their haircut every two weeks.

he first thing I thought when I drove up to the Academy that late summer day was. “Wow! This is it. I’m starting a new grade at a new school.” Sept. 2, With the help of Guide Ken Llnck and his parents, Jarret Sokolowski moves into his new Alpha Company home. Hal Price’s belongings wait fi / RfiniQtrafinn to be unpacked and placed in his press upon his return.

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After lunch, which was much better than rumored, we went to the Cadet Hospital. The nursing staff, Head Nurse Mrs. Barb Williams, Night Nurse Mrs.Jacqueline Ham­ mers, Evening Nurse Mrs. Martha Hill, and Weekend Nurse Mrs. Ann Calhoun, collected my medical records, asked if there were any medications I needed to take, and told me that the hospital was staffed 24 hours a day. Dr. Peter Ekern, MMA’s physician, who holds sick call every morning, was a phone-call away in emergencies, Mrs. Williams told my mom.

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While the new members of Echo Company show what they’ve recently learned at drill In the field house, left, Capt. Walt Diehl, guidance director, finishes his conversation with a registering cadet on the “A” Barracks steps, above. Brian Baum says good-bye to his hair before Mr. Don Dick begins his work.

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Grabbing my baggage, we headed to my new home, the barracks. I met my company advisor, and my company commander showed me to my room. I met him later in the military department, heart of the school’s top-rated Junior ROTC program. He was talking to the Senior Army In­ structor, Lt. Col. Robert E. Weeks. He said “Hi,” as I was introduced to Col. Weeks, a 1954 West Point grad. I then met Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Teel and Staff Sgt. Merrel Evans.

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I added to my load of boots, shoes, fatigues, canteen nd belt at the next stop — the Quartermaster. A graylastic bin is filled with blankets, shirts, pants, ties, belts, nd athletic uniforms. I feel ridiculous staning here in my horts and Gl black shoes.

Capt. Edward Sick, the new quartermaster, marks my

Worfc/ng through the Quartermaster during registration is a precise pro­ cess. After being issued uniforms, cadets are fitted to them by Capt. Ed­ ward Sick, the quartermaster, above. Mrs. Cathy Dailey, QM book­ keeper, assisted by Mrs. Kate Maupin, then tallies the items In her records, as she is doing for Phil Jimenez, left middle. The uniforms then go to the tailor shop, where Mrs. Terry Bailey and Ms. Nannie Blue after them to the QM’s markings. Cadets, such as John Tredway, Chad Gates, Scott Gledhill, and Glenn Austin, receive their fatigues, boots, and web gear from the Military department, which starred In the TV news spot done on registration, bottom left.

pants for hemming and compliments me on wearing my Gl blacks. Others have forgotten. Going through the warren of mail line, Mrs. Cathy Dailey, QM bookkeeper, tallies the contents of my bin. After everything is imprinted with my property number; all goes into my laundry bag except for two pair of pants. These take a detour to the tailor shop, where seamstresses Ms. Nannie Blue and Mrs. Terry Bailey will hem them.

My first day at MMA ends with visits to the dean’s office where I meet and receive my class schedule from Lt. Col. 9

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s Being a registration guide, especially during the warm early September days, can be draining, as Allen Herbert shows while he Is awaiting his next call to duty.

My first day at MMA ends with visits to the dean’s office where I meet and receive my class schedule from Lt. Col. Frank Meredith, the dean, and his secretary, Mrs. Carla Hobbs, and with Capt. Walt Diehl, guidance and counsel­ ing director. He asks me if I’ve thought about the college I A/ant to attend yet.

While today ends registration for new cadets (new Junior School and all returning cadets register the follow­

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The Barber Shop can be a traumatic place for some, but the majority, such as Gabriel Ugarte, accompanied by his mother, leave Mr. Dick with a smile and a careful examination of what used to be.

ing days), it’s the start of many other things. Strangers meet and begin friendships. Old boys help the new in organizing their presses and tidying their rooms.

There’s an assembly for new cadets tonight. We see familiar faces, Col. Stribling, Lt. Col. Kelly and others, and we meet the battalion commander for 1986-87, Todd Misemer. Questions such as “Who am I?, Who’s he? and “What do I do?” are asked and answered.

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xu ie academic year officially starts with an /•school assembly, which concludes with le singing of the alma mater, led by Lt. Col. aul Cherches. Adding to the cadet voices ’e, first row, Maj. Samples, Maj. Ron Rosenahi, Col,. Stribling, Lt. Col. Kelly, Chaplain irry Trump, Capt. Diehl, Capt. Roger Hill, Lt. ol. Frank Meredith; second row; Lts. Mark eger, Marty Hunt, Julian Kite, Bud Cole, Jon astman, Willis Kleinsorge, Sgt. Thomas Teel,

Lt. Col. Robert Weeks, Capt. Paul Baum, Sgt. Evans; third row, Maj. Mike Menneke, Maj. Waldo Roberts, Capt. Tim Burgess, Capt.

Kevin Diehl, Maj. Jim Garrett, Mrs. Marilyn Hamilton, Lt. Col. Ken Mortenson, Capt.

Richard Twells, Majs. Dave Steinmetz and Ray Campbell, Col. Bob Johnson, Mrs. Karen Spangler, Mr. Jim Sours, Mrs. Becky Erdei, and Maj. Sam Mounger.

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Col. Charles Stribling III, president, leads off the assembly for all new cadets with a question, “Who am I?” Most new boys know the answer, but the answers become fuzzy as he asks about other faculty members attending the gathering.

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* Registration testing Is both academic and athletic in nature. Rafael Villanes makes a quick turn in the shuttle run, left. Dancing

The following days are filled with activity. Recruits take physical fitness test, running, shuttling, pulling and sitng up, and throwing to meet or surpass the national verage of 6000 points. They start learning drill and eremony from Sgts. Teel and Evans, and Col. Weeks, nd the company commanders. Marching and saluting tart to become familiar.

room was at a premium at the mixer held that first Saturday of the year, but neither cadets nor guests seemed to mind.

The 98th corps of cadets is complete Thursday. Classes start tomorrow. Saturday there will be a mixer for the corps, a chance to relax and meet some of the local girls.

Mrs. Cindy Sours, student center hostess, wife of food service director Mr. Jim Sours, ask many how they think the year will go. Many answer, “I think it’s going to be a good one!”

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Ladder to Enlightenment ZA cademics is like a ladder that all must climb. To 27-A some, being a senior is being on top. To others it’s a college degree. As MMA is a college preparatory school, most of its graduates are reaching for the topmost rung.

Regardless the goal, there are other rungs of merit: Academic Fourragere, Deltra Phi membership, valedic­ torian honors. Before these, let alone the top, can be reached, one must start at the bottom and have a plan.

This plan is formulated with the freshman year. Lt. Col. Frank S. Meredith, academic dean, and Capt. Walt Diehl, director of guidance, assist by suggesting classes and schedules that match a student’s needs and meet his post-high school academic requirements.

The Academy also has its requirements: four years of English, three years of social sciences and history, two years of science, and one year each of algebra and geometry, and fine and practical arts. Foreign language and computer courses are also strongly recommended.

The remaining units are achieved through elective courses.

English is the anchor of each academic year, and it’s the largest department. Lt. Mark Reger, new to the faculty this year, gives the freshmen rigorous workouts in grammar, spelling and vocabulary through writing exercises.

After learning the fundamentals of English from Lt. Reger, students learn how they’re used from Capt.

Richard Twells. The sophomores are heavy into literature, and Capt. Twells feels one will better understand the work if he knows the author.

Lt. Julian Kite takes students to the next rung, and juniors write more than they have in the past, putting all they have learned to use. For Lt. Kite, content counts, and correct use of the language carries equal weight.

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Maj. Samuel Mounger is the final rung of the English ladder. The seniors polish their knowledge of the language with study of the classics, Canterbury Tales, Tom Brown’s School Days, and modern literature, such as Pet Sematary.

Adjacent to English are the foreign language ladders — Spanish, French, Latin, and English as a second language. Although the languages, except ESL, are elec­ tives, all students are encouraged to take them. Not only do many colleges have requirements for at least two years, being bilingual in the ever-shrinking world is a benefit.

Capt. Paul Baum teaches Spanish, including an Advanc­ ed Placement section that may earn its students college credit. Maj. Bob Fedora teaches French and Latin. Add Lt. Reger to the list and one has the instructors for the three levels of ESL. Another language that is required deals with numbers rather than letters. While the spectrum ranges from Pre­ Algebra to college preparatory courses, all must have algebra and geometry.

Maj. David Steinmetz starts students with either Pre­ Algebra or algebra. He hands them off to Lt. Col. John Reddick for geometry. From there, the student can pick an option, Algebra II or pre-calculus with Maj. Ray Campbell, or college prep math with Capt. Joe Ableman, who likes to delve into the more esoteric domains of the discipline.

These courses are helpful in Maj. Campbell’s computer literacy and programming classes, and in science.

Students can choose from physical science, chemistry, or physics with Maj. Waldo Roberts or biology with Mrs. Vicki Darr (new to the faculty this year) or Maj. Ron Rosendahl, who also teaches the advanced class. Regardless

Sitting In the back of the room with two of the visiting NCA/ISACS English committee members, Capt. Richard Twells, right, listens to the rough draft of sophomore Mark Magnon’s speech for the W. Wallace Fry Public Speaking Contest that is held during Commencement.

Portraits of the world’s famous authors are popular with both Maj. Samuel Mounger, above, and Lt. Mark Reger, right. While the students of both read the works of the famous, Maj. Mounger’s seniors do more so than Lt. Reger’s freshmen. Maj. Mounger also brings In more contemporary literature, as here he’s showing his students a book about the recent discovery of the treasure ship Atocha, which ties In with the class' current events discussion.

the choice, students must have two years of sciences, with one having a lab, such as chemistry.

Science is also social, as in the study of geography, world history, U.S. history, and economics and govern­ ment. Capt. Kevin Shaddox shows students the world and describes how its nations govern and fund themselves. Lt. Col. Kenneth Mortenson tells of the world’s history. New faculty member Lt. Col. Jerry Leadabrand does the same for the United States.

Students must climb three rungs of this ladder, to in­ clude U.S. history and economics and government.

Writing is a way of life on the ladder, and each class re­ quires a research paper. Consequently the library is

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always a busy place. Mrs. Marylin Hamilton, librarian, and Mrs. Nancy Archer, her night-time counterpart, assist students in their search of MMA’s more than 5,000 books, magazines, and vertical files.

The remaining 11 rungs are on the elective ladder and comprise the fine and practical arts. On the practical side, there are the business courses taught by Col. Robert Johnson: keyboarding, accounting, and general business.

Mr. Ricky Davis teaches mechanical drawing.

Drawing on the right side of the brain, home of creativi­ ty, is enhanced in Mrs. Becky Erdei’s art classes. Her students display, and win awards for, their work at two ex­ hibits during the year.

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. Julian Kite, above, Is a fount of useful Inrmation about research papers, on which ils Juniors, In a cooperative effort with the social studies department, are working, istlons about bibliographies are most fre­ quent, he says.

1MA’s musicians often work an learn together, but they instructed by Lt. Col. Paul F. Cherches, music director I, for 37 years, leader of MMA’s band, and Lt. Marty it, vocal music director. .tudents who like to tell stories but don’t want to make m up inhabit Capt. Scott Spangler’s journalism class, iting, and photography, is the name of their game, and ir work is displayed weekly on the Academy’s radio >w, monthly in the Eagle or on the TV show, and yearly his book. although each student’s program is geared to his abilisome need extra help during the year. This need is met h the Learning Resource Center, directed by Mrs.

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Students attend the LRC during their daytime study hall, and Mrs. Spangler, working with the classroom instruc­ tors, re-explains the material using such techniques as computer drilling.

Seen as a whole, the academic ladder seems almost in­ surmountable, but the MMA method is to take it one rug at a time. It seems to work. On average, 90 percent of its graduates enter college, and last year, all were accepted to the colleges of their choice.

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Spanish class during the NCA/ISACS reevaluation In February.

NCA/ISACS Evaluates MMA n ike students, the Academy must be periodically evaluated. The North |_!=j Central Association of the Central States does this every seven ears. A visiting committee comprising 17 educators from NCA/ISACS lember schools were on campus Feb. 22-24, for the second phase of the j-evaluation.

“You’ve done all the work,” said Dr. Robert Shaw, Missouri NCA chairtan and visiting committee head, referring to phase one — self­ valuation of the Academy’s program, which was coordinated by Lt. Col. □hn Reddick, steering committee chairman. Enumeration of strengths, eaknesses, and recommendations for improvement came from this elf-evaluation. The commiittees’ purpose was to take an objective look at IMA’s findings.

Drawing from the committees’ reports, Dr. Shaw praised MMA for its nprovement in the past seven years. “MMA was in good shape then, and s in better shape now.’’

They commended the school for its emphasis of correct English usage cross all academic disciplines; for its increased instructional use of comuters; and for its dedicated, caring faculty.

MMA has high academic expectations and a sense of academic mison, the report said, and doesn’t modify its curriculum to match student bilities. Extensive extra help through the LRC, guided study hall, and ESL curses helps students achieve these expectations.

The visitors were most impressed by the students MMA serves, escribing them as “Impressive, competent, poised, friendly, helpful, entlemanly, respectful, mature young men who are proud of their chool.”

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ix weeks have past since school’s start, and its time for the Academy’s first major event, Dad’s Weekend.

The cadets have now settled into the regular routine of cadet life. Now they have the chance to show their parents what they have learned.

Activities start Friday, Oct. 24, on the athletic field, and the variables of the weekend come into play, the superiori­ ty of one team over another, the weather. The Junior School Eagles beat the Lions 14-6 on the upper field. On Colonels Field, the Alpha Company Green Wave tied the Echo Company Golden Warriors 12-12, the second Dad’s Weekend company football tie in as many years. In their first state military meet, the cross-country Colonels outran Wentworth Military Academy 15-42. It rained, on and off during the entire weekend.

The next morning, parents and teachers conferences discussed the cadet’s progress, grades, attitude, behavior. Additionally, parents were able to put a face with the name on their son’s monthly green grade slips.

After watching their sons undergo an inspection of quarters, and commenting on the neatness of those quarters, more than a few mothers mentioned to fathers that such inspections might be continued at home.

Fathers were honored by their sons at the Dad’s Day Review, in which the dads trooped the line with Adacemy officials and then comprised the reviewing party as the cadets passed in review.

Unless their fathers were alumni or served in the military, the cadets finally found something they could do that their fathers couldn’t — competitive drill. Being judg­ ed by the masters of the art, Lt. Col. Bob Weeks, senior army instructor, Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Teel, and Staff Sgt. Merrel Evans, military instructors, the cadets com­ peted for the Best-Drilled title.

Competing, in old and new cadets of the high school and Junior School, Pablo Garfias and Federico Huesca earned the high school honors, and Mike Dempsey and Vic Mann did the same in the Junior School.

After a convocation for all parents in the Memorial Chapel, the parents collected their umbrellas, met their sons, and feasted on a buffet luncheon in the dining hall.

While many parents of seniors attended Capt. Walt Diehl’s college admissions after lunch, parents and sons found a dry spot to talk before the afternoon’s big event, the varsity football game between the Colonels and the Wentworth Military Academy Dragons.

In classic football weather, cold, windy, and rainy, and with the vocal support of hundreds of parents and cadets, the Colonels slid to a muddy 21 -6 loss.

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that evening’s Dad’s Day Ball. Cadets introduced parents and dates to faculty and staff members in the reception line. All stepped off smartly in the grand march, which con­ cluded by passing under an arch of sabres formed by the cadet officers, and then danced the night away to the music of the Dick Crockett Band.

Parents and teachers met again Sunday morning, spen­ ding time in those classes not yet visited. At the battalion review, the top 10 percent of last year’s Leadership Development classes were honored with the Academic Wreath and Star. The Academy honored a Charter

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ore than 300 former cadets and their wives, hailing from 22 states, gathered on their old stomping grounds for fun, refreshed memories, and camaraderie with old friends at Homecoming Nov. 1.

The Homecoming activities started the day before with the pep rally and bonfire that stirred the cadets and the alums in preparation for the gridiron battle between the Colonels and the North Callaway Thunderbirds. The Col­ onels spirits matched that of the fans, and they shot the Thunderbirds down 40-12 Nov. 1.

Before the bonfire, and after, the cadets decorated their barracks for the judging of Homecoming decorations the next day. Working on a “Join Us Alumni" theme, the Band took the decoration honors.

After registering and remembering their own Saturday morning inspections, the alumni compared the 1987 Fusileers to the drill platoon of their years when the group performed at the field house.

Alumni trooped the line, and the cadets honored the Classes of 1926, 1936, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, and 1976 for their 60th to 10th anniversary reunions at the Homecoming review. The alumni returned the favor during the football game halftime when they honored Lt. Col. John Reddick for his long and significant service to MMA. Borrowing weapons from the cadets, the alumni went head to head in competitive drill, which was judged by the cadet officers and members of the military department.

Tex Dodson, ’56, former Delta Company commander, proved that he still cut a dashing figure In his uniform, despite the non regulation hat and tie. He did give Oscar Canales his guidon back.

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Although Col. Charles Stribling III, ’44, was in the competi­ tion, Jeff Jorishie, ’76, and Cy Watson, ’81, were named the top two.

The top five alums then competed in the Sweepstakes Drill against the five best-drilled cadets, who were selected at Dad’s Weekend. Carey Seay was the last cadet representative in the final three. Pablo Garfias, Gilberto Montemayor, Chris Gentry, and Steve Butner were tapped out by judges Lt. Col. Robert Weeks and Sgts. Thomas Teel and Merrel Evans, Curt Kirtley, ’74, new president of the Alumni Association, won the Sweepstakes.

At lunch, the alums applauded Delta Phi President Todd Misemer as Capt. Paul Baum, ’62, presented him the Lamm Plaque. The Association held its annual meeting after lunch. Maj. Robert Samples, ’55, presented the Class of 1955 Alumni Homecoming Award to the Class of 1956 for best attendance and the Class of 1941 for greatest philanthropic achievement.

In the final note of the *55-’6O battle that spawned the trophy, Ron Baran, ’60, tried to present a live turkey to Maj. Samples, who conveniently was not present. Baran next tried to present the award to Silvio Lombardi, ’55, who refused to touch the flaping bird. The turkey was last seen tethered to the Commandant’s door.

The alumni concluded their annual gathering at the Mex­ ico Country Club for a dinner dance.

W/ves of the Alumni Association board members judged the barracks decorations and found the Junior School’s “Colonels Fried T-Birds" most amusing.

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A Celebration of Miracles

Evensong n ittle has changed in the Academy’s Evensong service | L, since it was first performed shortly after Pearl Harbor in 1941. It is still a festival of music and Scripture readings that celebrates the miracles of God and the coming of Messiah.

The 46th Evensong, Dec. 18, featured the talents of cadets, such as Evensong readers Stephen Green and Scott Cargill, who worked with MMA Chaplain Jerry Trump on selecting and practicing their passages from the Bible.

Lt. Marty Hunt, vocal music director, worked with the high school and Junior School glee clubs, that comprise the Evensong Choir. It featured cadets, such as Phil Mid­ dleton, Mark McGovern, Jesus Olivares, Mike Hollenberg, and “Three Kings” Tony Giuliani, Alan Jones, and Grant Brickley. Congregation joined the choir in such carols as Joy to the World and Silent Night.

Instrumental musicians, supervised by Lt. Col. Paul F. Cherches, played not only at Evensong but at the barracks parties the night before. A roving brass ensemble and a saxophone ensemble visited each of he high school com­ panies, who hosts students from the Missouri School for the Deaf at their affairs.

A Christmas tree could be found in each of the barracks, and there were presents for their guests. Santa Claus also visited the parties, to the wonderment of the MSD students. But the most frequent visitor to the parties was the delivery man from Domino’s Pizza, the repast of choice in 1986.

The musicians also visited the Junior School Christmas Party, which featured the talents of its cadets in music, dramatics, and art.

Earlier in the week, the M-Club officers distributed food parcels to Mexico residents, an annual practice with the athletic honor society, and members of the Centennial Class of 1989, with senior Jesus Olivares, and led by Sponsor Mrs. Karen Spangler, caroled at the Missouri Veterans Home, which has become a continuing class project for the sophomores.

Evensong also marks the end of the year’s first half and the start of Christmas furlough. And the cheer and fellowship evident at the end of the Evensong service wasstill present, as were many hummed and softly sung carols, when the cadets boarded their buses on the first part of their journeys home.

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Balls Are Better Than. Ever ©

f the Academy’s four formal military balls, the Valen­ tine Ball, sponsored by the junior class Feb. 14, and the Tulip Ball, April 18, are the most eagerly awaited and anxious.

The anxiety comes op the part of the sponsoring classes, not the participants, agree Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Teel, senior sponsor, and Staff Sgt. Merrel Evans, junior sponsor. “We did the Valentine Ball last year," said Sgt. Teel, “and I still can’t believe the amount of work needed to put one together.’’

But the work was worth it for both classes. It was “The Last Night In Heaven With the Class of ’87“ at the Tulip Ball, and the 50th Valentine Ball put everyone’s “Hearts in Paradise.’’ In addition, the respective class officers got to select their ball’s queen and court.

The year’s first ball, at Dad’s Day, introduces attendees to the reception line, where they meet members of the faculty and staff, and the grand march, which concludes by passing under an arch of sabres formed by the cadet officers.

The officers’ arms got very tired at the Final Ball at Commencement as perhaps one of the largest crowds in recent history passed, two by two, through their arch.

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Leading the line through the arch of sabres at the Tulip Ball are senior class sponsor Sgt. 1st Class and Mrs. Thomas Teel. Everyone gets a chance to meet unfamiliar faces In the reception line.

Iddleton Joined the Dick Crockett Band lumber at the Dad’s Day Ball. While are four formal ball, there are Just as Informal mixers. Each of the high */ classes sponsored at least one each sar.

Mother's Day Breaking New Ground rr\/7] other’s Weekend was made special by the ground[O]breaking ceremony for MMA’s Centennial Gym­ torium May 10. With the cadet corps and guests formed around the building’s proposed perimeter, Lt. Col. Ronald J. Kelly, executive officer, representing the Academy's ad­ ministration and faculty, turned the first shovel of earth.

The final shovel of earth was turned by Cadet Maj. Todd Misemer, who, as battalion commander, represented the cadet corps for 1986-87 "and the alumni of the second century.’’

Mother’s Weekend began with the Festival of the Arts, May 9, which included an art exhibit, and performances by the high school and junior school glee clubs, and the jazz ensemble. It concluded with vespers, at which speaker, Dr. Jean Davison, mother of two MMA grads, who answered her question, "What Do Babies Cost?"

The Gymtorium will contain 32,000 square feet on three levels to serve the Academy’s athletic, performing arts, and social programs; it’s more than twice as large as the present gymnasium and two and a half times as large as the adjoining Natatorium.

It will contain a regulation NCAA — size basketball court, two cross courts, and three locker rooms. A carpeted weightroom will serve varsity and intramural athletes, with a 5,200 square-foot mezzanine above it for tentative use for wrestling and boxing.

The performing arts area will feature a 60-foot pro­ scenium, 26-foot stage depth, dressing room, projection­ lighting-sound booth, a full basement for storage, and spectator seating for 1,100.

A 2,000 square-foot lobby-gallery, with an octagonal skylight, will include north and south entrances, cloak room, concessions nook, and trophy and awards display.

The construction is part of the Academy’s planning for its second century, hopefully to include later the erection of a new dormitory on the school’s front campus at the site of the present gymnasium. in presenting the representatives of MMA’s constituencies to break ground, Col. Charles Stribling III, president, urged all to “applaud them for what they have done for MMA, and for what they are about to do.”

They Included Mr. Jackson A. Wright and Mrs. Suzanne Stribling Koster, Board of Trustees; Vice Chairman George Cline, ’46, Board of Visitors; Vice Chairman Lester Krupp, Parents-Alumni Committee for MMA Development; Alumni Association President elect Nelson Nauman, ’55; Mr. George Davison, ’68, The 1889 Society; Mayor Larry Webber, City of Mexico. MMA Chaplain Jerry Trump, ’67, added “the guidance of God Almighty.”

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he 22 members of MMA’s 39th Educational Tour started their six-day exploration of the many worlds of Florida at the Everglades, Feb. 6.

In hiking two nature trails, the cadets, and supervisors Capt. Roger Hill and Maj. Ron Rosendahl, saw about 50 of the 300 species of animals that call the park home, such as fish, snakes, and alligators, not to mention such flora as saw grass and mangroves.

They saw more mangroves at the New Found Harbor Marine Institute at Big Pine Key, where the movie PT-109 was filmed. But the tour was there to study the ocean, and after more than seven hours of instruction and lab work, the cadets dove into the Atlantic, equipped with masks and snorkels.

Learning about salinity and turbidity, they measured those things in the bay. Closely supervised by Institute in­ structors, the cadets examined the ocean's plants first hand. They snorkeled on a coral reef and saw such fish as sea bass, a wandering barracuda, and parrot fish.

From the ocean, the cadet traveled on day four to America’s doorstep to the future, the Kennedy Space Center. A NASA tour took them to the world's largest building, in which the Apollo moon rockets, and now the space shuttles are assembled, and to the launch pads, such as 39-B, from which the Challenger departed.

Aside from the IMAX movie on the shuttle program (shown on a 50 by 80-foot screen), the Exploration Station excited the cadets the most, said Capt. Hill. Here they saw Newton's second law in action, got to try on a space suit, and to experiment with many other hands-on exhibits.

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While Skip Ryder tries on a space suit, assisted by Luis Mendiola, other members of the Ed Tour examine exhibits at the Kennedy Space Center’s Exploration Station.

The tour ventured even further into the furture, and into the past, at Walt Disney's Epcot Center in Orlando. While some exhibits displayed what the world might have looked like in the time of the dinosaurs, and what it might look like in the not so distant future, the Living Seas took the cadets back underwater as they travel through glass tubes in the giant aquarium.

The cadets also traveled across Europe and Asia at Ep­ cot as many countries from each are represented. After experiencing the culture and food of many diverse coun­ tries, many wanted to return to Moracco for dinner that night, said Capt. Hill.

The tour's final day was spent in the realm of fantasy, Disney World, and here, Capt. Hill said, the future won out again as Space Mountain proved to be the cadets' favorite.

Seniors

The senior class officers and their sponsor are, from left: President Todd Misemer, Vice President John Tredway, Sponsor Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Teel, Secretary-Treasurer Mitch Gentry, and Cadet Council Represen­ tative Rafael Vlllanes.

n eading the Academy’s 98th corps of cadets has 11—! been the main activity of the Class of 1987, both of which are led by Todd Misemer, battalion commander and class president.

Sandwiched in with their leadership responsibilities, the seniors held two mixers, Oct. 11 and Jan. 23, both of which were well received, and planned a trip to Sgt. Louis’ Six Flags Over Mid-America in the spring.

But there are three other events that figure pro­ minently in any cadet’s senior year. For the Class of 1987, the first occured Sept. 5 when the class’ 49 members received their senior rings at noon formation.

Company advisers presented the coveted circle of gold

to their seniors, and Col. Charles Stribling III, whose own ring is worn smooth, presented rings to the bat­ talion staff.

Misemer said he never really thought about the ring until he put it on. "It makes the last five year’s work worth it,” he said. "Now I’m looking to the day I can move it to my right hand and let everyone know that I’m an MMA graduate."

Graduation is, of course, the third important event in a senior’s life. The Tulip Ball, held April 18, is the se­ cond, and perhaps the most satisfying. "It’s a lot of work, but when it starts, the happiness you see on peo­ ple’s faces makes it all worthwhile,” Misemer said.

Todd Paul Misemer I learned things here I couldn’t have learned anywhere else and had fun doing it. It was worth it! I wouldn’t have had things any other way, well, maybe a few things ... I would like to thank my Dad for his support and for giving me this priceless opportunity.

A special thanks and good luck to Rev. Trump, Col. Weeks, Maj. Samples, Capt. and Mrs. Spangler, Col. McClure, Ricardo, Bob, Ralph, Willie, Mitch, Steve B., W., and M., Juan Carlos, Mark, James, 3 Phils, Brian, Kurt, Garrett, and Chris. I’m gonna miss everybody. Go get ’em, Mike!

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Cadet Major — Battalion Commander.

Academic Fourragere 1,2, 3, 4; Delta Phi, 1,2 3, President 4; Spanish Honor Society 2,3,4 Cadet Council 1,2, 3, Vice Chairman 4; Class President 2, 3, 4; Bryan Essay Contest Win ner; Sen. Eagleton Junior English Award Wallace Fry Speech Contest Finalist 2, 3, 4 Sophomore Pilgrimage, Full Army ROTC Scholarship; Vespers Reader 2, 4; Cross Country 2, 3, 4; Swimming 2, 3, 4; Fusileers 1 2, 3, Platoon and Squad Commander 4 Chapel Worker 2, 3; M.P. 1, 2, Provost Mar shal 3; Maroon Bar 1,2, 3, 4; Soldier's Bar 1 2, 3, 4; Marksman Rifle and Grenade; Sharp shooter, M-16; ROTC Summer Camp 1, 2 Outstanding Commander 3; MacArthur Cade' of the Year; Superior Cadet; PT Ribbon Military Wreath and Star; AMSCUS Award foi Leadership 2; SAR Medal; LD III Daedalior Medal; Association of U.S. Army Medal.

Christopher William Arbow I have learned a lot of things in my hree years at MMA, and one really nportant one is that you really do leed some one to lean on. Thanks luys, and thanks to my special pals /had G., Jeff E., Phil C., Joel S., Phil /I., Jason F-G., Scott M., Karl W., odd M., and to the rest of the eniors. Hasta Luego Capitan y iracias. Buena Suerte!

Exemplary School Ribbon 3; Honor Company 2; Best-Drilled Company 2, 3; Football 3, 4; Company Basketball 2, 3, 4; Horseman 2; Softball 3, 4; At-East 3, 4; Maroon Bar 2, 3; Sharpshooter 2.

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Soccer 4; Tennis 4; Weightlifting 4; District Soccer 4; Maroon Bar 4.

Giovanni Boschi Ricci I enjoyed my three years at MMA s it was an interesting and varied xperience with many highs and )ws. I found many friends, with-out /horn I could not have possibly lade it to the end of the road. I /ould like to wish good luck to AJ, T, HO, J McL, BG, BG, CS, FH, OC, ;w, WW, Gl, JG, EG, MG, RE, RP, /ID, JD, LC, PL, JF, RL, MLL, GM, ndTM.

Battalion Operations Officer: Academic Fourragere 2, 3, 4; Delta Phi 2, 3, Vice President 4; English Bar 2, 3; Cadet Council 2, 4; Soccer 3, Captain 4; Wrestling 3, 4; Tennis 2, 3, 4; Com­ pany Football 2; Company Basketball 2; MClub 3, 4; Undefeated Soccer 3; Battalion Wrestling Medalist 4; Busch Stadium Perfor­ mance 3, 4; Arrowhead Stadium Performance 2; Fusileers 4; At-Ease 3, 4; Chapel Worker 4; M.P. 2; International Color Guard 2, 3; Maroon Bar 2, 3; Soldier’s Bar 3.

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Barry C. Brackebusch I would like to thank those respon­ sible faculty members and ad­ ministrators for making my cadetship where worthwhile. From the bottom of my heart to the top of my mind, I’d like to thank all my friends for making life here viable, and for listening to my philosophy of life. I have grown here, but it’s only a step down the yellow brick road. This place will make you hurt the worst, but it will make you reach the best.

Football 3, 4; Track 3; Horseman 4; Weightlif­ ting 4; Lifesaving 4; Marching Band 3,4; Stage Band 4; Drum and Bugle Corps 3, 4; ROTC Scholarship Finalist; Hannibal Mass Band 3,4; St. Louis Performance 3, 4; MU Performace3, 4; Honor Company 3; Guidon 4; MU Homecoming Parade 4.

Steven James Butner Well, it’s been real. I would like to give thanks to Col. Mortenson, Lt. Kite, and Mrs. Spangler for helping me get through all this. Good luck to Lt. Withers, Garrett S., Allen H., James F., Kurt S., Joel S., Todd M., Rhett, Matt D., and last, but not least, Brian G., for putting up with me.

John, remember, Semper Fi! Best of luck to friends departed.

Football 3, 4; Swimming 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3; M-Club 3, 4; Cheerleader 4; Volleyball 4; Lifesaving 2; Fusileers 4; Dramateers 4; Maroon Bar 2, 3, 4; Honor Company 2.

Fabian Oscar Canales In my three years here, I learned more than is possible to mention now, but as I think back, what stands out the most are the friends I’ve made and the good time we shared.

Thanks to all my friends, and especially to Mom and Dad. Good Luck!

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English Bar 3; Swimming 3, 4; Baseball 2,3,4; Company Football 2, 3, 4; Company Basket­ ball 2; International Color Guard 2, 3; Maroon Bar 4; Parade Ribbon 2; Honor Company 2.

Michael Scott Cargill I would like to thank my parents for iving me the opportunity to attend lissouri Military Academy, and for leir support. Good luck to Steve, ee, Craig, Jarrod, and Brian.

Evensong Reader 4; Basketball 3; Baseball 4; Lifesaving 4; Archery 4; Marching Bank 4; Stage Band 4; Drum and Bugle Corps 4; Chapel Worker 4; Color Guard 3; Maroon Bar 3, 4; Sharpshooter; Marksman.

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Cadet Captain — Echo Company Commander; Academic Fourragere 3; Cadet Council Secretary 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Swimming 2; Track 3, 4; Company Basketball 4; Weightlif­ ting 3; All-Conference Football; Company Basketball All-Star; M-Club President; Weightlifting Medal; Fusileers 4; Chapel Worker 2, 3; M.P. 2, 3; Maroon Bar 2, 3; Soldier’s Bar 3; Marksman Pistol; Academic Wreath and Star; SAR Medal; Busch Stadium Performance; Hearnes Center Performance.

Rafael Correa Siqueiros I spent three years at MMA, and I arned a lot of things and acjmplished all my goals. I would like thank my parents for this great oportunity, and also thank Col. )hnson and Capt. Ableman for their jpport. Good luck Maldonado, uben, Ricardo, Edgar, Canales, isemer, Paras, Arias, Orendain, Innte, Lt. Kite, and Staff Sgt. Evans, ood Luck, Alpha '88.

Cadet Captain — Alpha Company Commander; Meritas Plaque 3; English Bar 2, 3; Glee Club Honor Medal; Art Bar 3, 4; Evensong Choir; Exemplary Private School Ribbon 2; Football 4; Wrestling 3, 4; Company Football 2, 3; Com­ pany Basketball 2; Boxing 2, 3; Volleyball 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Art 3, 4; M.P. 3; International Color Guard 2, 3; Maroon Bar 2, 3; Soldier’s Bar 3, 4; Marksman, Grenade, M-16; Sharp­ shooter; Pistol; ROTC Summer Camp 3; PT Ribbon; Commendation Ribbon; LD Ribbon; Parade Ribbon; Academic Wreath and Star; Boxing Medal 2, 3; State Military Wrestling 2; Battalion Wrestling Medal 3, 4; Bush Stadium Performance 3.

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Lawrence Lee Cotrell, II I would like to thank you, Mom and Dad, for giving me this great oppor­ tunity. I hope I have lived up to at least some of your expectations. To the underclassmen, don’t let things get to ’ya, stick it out, you won't regret it! To the Class of ’87 ... Take Care, guys!

Busch Stadium 3, 4; Hannibal Mass Band 3,4; Wrestling 1, 2, Captain 3; Track 2; Company Football 4; Archery 3, 4; Weightlifting 4; State Wrestling Qualifier 3; Marching Band 3, 4; Stage Band 4; Marksman; Expert.

Scott Joseph Daniels I had two very good years at MMA. I had a wonderful time being in the band, and being able to time with my friends. Good luck to Boyd, Dan, Scott, Jon, Steve, Doug, Lance, Dave, Jeff, Steve, and to all my friends not mentioned above.

Busch Stadium Performance 3, 4; Armed Ser­ vice Awards Ceremony 3; Shriner's Perfor­ mance 3; MU Homecoming 4; Hannibal Mass Band 3, 4; MU Football Game 4; Swimming 3, 4; Baseball 4; Horseman 4; Fulkes Swimming Trophy 4; Marching Band 3, 4; Stage Band 4; Journalism 3; Student Center 3, 4; Maroon Bar 3.

Matthew Marshall Dunhill To my Mom and Dad, I love you for opening life’s door to me. Thanks to Lt. Withers, who is one of the most understanding faculty members, and to Lt. Kite, who was there whenever I needed anything. To my friends, JRod, Giorgio, Gus, Giovanni, Chris A. and C. Rhett, and LLC from Po. Bo., Mo., remember your friendly neighborhood Beek. A mi noria Stacy, yo te amo para siempre! This is the final edition of Beek This Week.

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Ricardo H. Elizondo Diaz I would like to thank my parents for e opportunity they have given me, id for their support. MMA has been good experience with many emories that will be with me for the st of my life. Good luck to Correa, aldonado, Garcia, Monte, Huesca, id the Class of 1987.

Battalion Adjutant; Exemplary Private School Ribbon 3; Busch Stadium Performance 3; Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade 2; CrossCountry 2, 3; Rifle 3, 4; Track 2, 3 Captain 4; Company Football 4; Company Basketball 3; M-Club 4; Dramateers 3; Glee Club 2; Art 4; In­ ternational Color Guard 2, 3; Maroon Bar 2, 3, 4; Soldier's Bar 4; Marksman, M-16; Sharp­ shooter, Pistol; Expert, Rifle and Grenade; ROTC Summer Camp 3; PT Ribbon; ROTC Commendation Ribbon; LD Bar; Battalion Track Champion 2, 3, 4; District Track 3, 4; State Military Track 2, 3, 4; Undefeated Track 3; State Military Rifle.

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Carl Peter Elliott To all the guys who went through / years here with me, sometimes it as a pain, but more often than not it as fun! Good luck to all the seniors.

Academic Fourragere 4; Football 4; Rifle 3; Company Football 3; Boxing 3, 4; Winter Soc­ cer 2; Weightlifting 4; Archery 2; M.P. 2, 3; Maroon Bar 2, 3, 4; Marksman, M-16; Sharp­ shooter, Pistol; Expert, Grenade; ROTC Sum­ mer Camp 3; PT Ribbon.

Geoffrey Jacob Ennis My two years at MMA were fun, it I’m glad they are over. I would e to thank all my friends for the )od times! Chase H., George G., arl W., Frank T., Scott M., Chris A., m A., and Sid U., and best of luck Col. Mortenson.

Busch Stadium Performance; MU Homecom­ ing Parade; State Drill Competition; National Drill Competition; Company Football 3, 4; Company Basketball 4; Horseman 3; Boxing 3; Fusileers 4.

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James Lewis Forrest I came, I saw, I learned, I left.

Here’s to the whole gang, Steve, Scott, Steve Butner, Brian Gallagher and Grissom, Todd Misemer, Jeff McClain, Allen Herbert, Jon Short, and all the rest.

Academic Fourragere 2, 3, 4; Cadet Council 2; Cross-Country 4; Wrestling 3; Company Basketball 4; Weightlifting 2; Volleyball 2,3,4; Color Guard 3.

Brian Michael Gallagher I was here, and “Time will tell if all these things will cure” — Jordan Chalden. The one who dies with the most toys wins. Take care James, Jeff, Brian, John, Phil, Chad, Scott and Steve.

VFW Speech, third, 4; Wallace Fry Speech Finalist 3; Academic Fourragere 3; Football 1, 2, 3, Track 1, 2; M-Club 2, 3; Softball 3; Weightlifting 1, 2, 3, 4; Boxing 4; Marching Band 3; Stage Band 3; Drum and Bugle Corps 3; M.P. 2; Maroon Bar 2, 3; Marksman; Sharpshooter.

Edgar Arturo Garcia Gamez My three years at MMA were hard, but still I had fun. MMA taught me a lot of good things that will help me in the future. I would like to thank my parents and brothers for their great support they offered me. I wish good luck to all my friends, and especially Correa, Paras, Elizondo, Monte, Maldonado, Gastelum, Gonzales, R., Canales, Oncale, Delgado, and Williams. See you Chihuahua.

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English Bar 2, 3; Barracks Honor Medal 1; Athletics Honor Medal 4; Football 4; Wrestling 2, 3, 4; Track 3; Company Football 3; Boxing 2; Volleyball 4; Battalion Wrestling Medalist 4; State Military Football 4; Glee Club 2; Art 3,4; Student Center 4; Maroon Bar 2, 3, 4; Soldier's Bar 4; Honor Company 2; Exemplary Private School Ribbon; Parade Ribbon; Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade.

Juan Carlos Gastelum I have spent the three hardest ars of my life at MMA. They were > greatest lesson I have ever exrienced, and I have learned so jch. Thanks to the dedicated faculand my friends. Gracias a mis dres por haberme dado tan ande oportunidad. To all my jnds, good luck and God bless u.

Cadet Captain — Delta Company Commander; First Order Private; Presidential Classroom 4; Academic Fourragere 3, 4; Delta Phi 3, Secretary-Treasurer 4; English Bar 3; 10-K Winner 3; Undefeated Track 3; Cross-Country 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Company Football 2; Com­ pany Basketball 2; M-Club 3, SecretaryTreasurer 4; Weightlifting 3, 4; Dramateers 4; Glee Club 3; International Color Guard 3; Maroon Bar 3, 4; Marksman; LD Ribbon; Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade; Exemplary Private School Ribbon; Busch Stadium Perfor­ mance; Vespers Reader.

Chadwick Patterson Gates would like to thank my whole nily for the support they gave me make such a great education ssible. I learned a lot from my two ars here. I’d like to thank all my mds, Chris A., Joel S., Phil M., and Ties F. I couldn’t have done it hout you.

Cadet Council 3; District Choir; Football 3, Captain 4; Basketball 3, Captain 4; Baseball 3, 4; M-Club 3, Vice President 4; All-Conference Football 3, 4; State-Military Basketball; Best Baserunner; Glee Club 3; Sharpshooter.

Mitchel L. Gentry /Veil, it’s finally over, and it didn’t sh before my eyes like they said it •uld. Overall, I have an enjoyable ir years and did all sorts of •nderful things. Most of Company knew me well, and that I could nost always be found in my room. I •uld like to thank Correa for makI things interesting and Maj. mples for always being on my le. I would also like to thank all >se people, they know who they ), who helped me.

Cadet Captain — Charlie Company Commander; Busch Stadium; Arrowhead Stadium; Veterans Day Parade; Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade, Hearnes Center; Hannibal Mass Band; MU Homecoming; Shriners; Westminster-VP Bush; Armed Services Awards; Academic Fourragere 2, 3, 4; Cadet Council 3; Class Secretary-Treasurer 4; MClub 3, Treasurer 4; Crain-Jorishie Award; District Music 3, 4; Honor Company 3; District Wrestling; 10-K Medal; Football 3; Cross­ Country 4; Wrestling 1, 2, 3, Captain 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Company Football 2; State Military Wrestling; State Military Track; State Military Cross-Country; 10-K Medal; Marching Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Stage Band 1,2, 3. 4; Drum and Bugle Corps 3, 4; Chapel Worker 3; Maroon Bar 2,3, 4; Soldier’s Bar 3, 4; Marksman, Sharp­ shooter; ROTC Summer Camp 2; PT Ribbon; LD Ribbon.

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Arturo Gonzalez Cantu MMA is a good school and has an excellent system. It has helped me in my studies and organization. I am really glad to be a student of this wonderful school.

English Bar 4; LD Ribbon; MU Parade; ROTC Commendation Ribbon; Busch Stadium Per­ formance; Swimming 4; Weightlifting 4; Life­ saving 4; International Color Guard 4; Maroon Bar.

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My time is up, but I’ve been allow­ ed 50 words, more or less, to say goodbye. Good luck to .my fellow seekers of leisure, Jef, Doug, and Lee, and my amigos Scott and Berry.

Special thanks to those who made it possible, Rachel, Capt. Spangler, MSC, and PMG. Thanks and goodbye!

Churchill Plaque; DAR Excellence in History Award; Presidential Classroom; VFW Speech Contest, fifth in state; Quill and Scroll; Missouri Student Journalist of Year Nominee; Academic Fourragere 4; Vespers Reader; Evensong Reader 4; Journalism 2, 3, 4; AtEase 2, 3, 4; Eagle Editor 4; MMA Presents Producer and Anchorman, 3, 4.

Brian Robert Grissom My four years have helped me to become a responsible person. The two people that made it all possible are my parents, whom I love very much. I would like to thank my closest of friends, McClain, Gallagher, Brackebusch, Tredway, Forrest, Clayberg, Moody, and Butner. Remember: You only live once, but if you live it right, once is enough.

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State Drill Champions 3; MU Halftime Show 3, 4; Busch Stadium Halftime Show 3, 4; Shriner Show 3; MU Homecoming Parade 4; Guber­ natorial Inaugural Parade 2; Cross-Country 3; Basketball 2, 3; Baseball 1, 2, 3, Captain 4; Company Basketball 1, 4; M-Club 3, 4; Fusileers 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramateers 2; Journalism 1; Marksman, Pistol; Sharpshooter; Expert; ROTC Commendation Ribbon; Exemplary Private School Ribbon.

James Allen Herbert I had a great four years at MMA, >ars that will never be forgotten, for ey have changed me, making me itter than I ever was or ever could ive been. A special thanks to my irents for giving me this chance.

Dod luck to Garrett, James, Jef, )ug, and all my friends.

Cadet Council 1, 4; Most Versatile Dramateer 2; Company Basketball 1,2, 3, 4; Horseman 1; Volleyball 3, 4; Softball 1, 2; Dramateers 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4; M.P. 2, 3; Cheerleader 4; Maroon Bar 3; Marksman; Sharpshooter, Ex­ pert; ROTC Summer Camp 1.

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Federico Huesca I have a lot of thoughts about this sar, but I'm asked to be brief, and I m’t explain an incredible year in st 50 words. I just want to give anks to my parents, who gave me is opportunity that has been a big ep in my life.

English Bar 4; Company Football 4.

Jorge Infante Escamilla Ladies and gentlemen ... of MMA. asta la vista people! Thanks Mom id Dad, Dios los bendiga. Good ok to Juan Carlos, Orendain, jesca, Todd, Beek, Correa, Phil C., aras, Boschi, Meda, Williams, aldo, and my cousin Gus. Thanks Col. Stribling and Capt. Spangler r your support on my career, and I member, slowly, and with fire. To e Toul family, thanks for being ere. I love you Munch-kin! Giorgio.

Davison Broadcasting Trophy, 3, 4; An­ nouncer for Halftime Shows at Busch Stadium and Hearnes Center; Cadet Council 4; Ex­ emplary Private School Ribbon; Eagle Bar; Honor Company 2; Football 2, 3; Swimming 2; Track 2; Company Basketball 4; Volleyball 3, 4; Weightlifting 3; Softball 4; Cheerleader 4; Journalism 2, 3, 4; Battalion Annoucer 2, 3, 4; Vespers Reader 4; Maroon Bar 4; Marksman; ROTC Commendation Ribbon; Parade Ribbon.

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David James Kionka I have been at MMA for five years now, and although I haven’t done anything extraordinary, I have im­ proved my life. I have learned that nothing is ever as bad as it seems, and that you are the only one who can make a difference in your life.

Basketball 1; Company Football 3, 4; Com­ pany Basketball 4; Archery 3; Weightlifting 2, 3; Marching Band 3, 4; Stage Band 2, 3, 4; Drum and Bugle Corps 3, 4; Glee Club 1; Marksman, Rifle; Sharpshooter, Pistol.

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My four years at MMA passed by in the blink of an eye. I want to thank my Mom and Dad for everything they have done for me in the last four years, and for their support. I would like to thank BEL and AIR for taking care of me the last two months of my senior year. Good luck to Lee C., Mitch G., Scott C., Matt D., Phil M., and Homer. See you in California.

Honor Company 3; Guidon 3, 4; Exemplary Private School Ribbon; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Swimming 2; Basketball 1; Company Basket­ ball 3, 4; Archery 3, 4; Lifesaving 2; State Military Football 4; Marching Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum and Bugle Corps 1,2, 3, 4; Maroon Bar, 1, 2, 3, 4; Marksman, Grenade, Pistol; Sharp­ shooter, Rifle; Expert, M-16; ROTC Summer Camp 2; PT Ribbon; Arrowhead Stadium Per­ formance; Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade; Veterans Day Parade; Busch Stadium Perfor­ mance; Hannibal Mass Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Hearnes Center Performance; Missouri Homecoming Parade; Armed Services Award Ceremony.

Kenneth Arthur Linck I started school here in my sophomore year, and it was rough!

But my junior and senior years have been excellent. I learned more from this school than I expected, and I am very honored to be a part of it. If you truly want to be a better person, and you make an effort, this school can be a great help to you. Thank-you for the opportunity, Mom and Dad.

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Peak Music Award; Excellence in Music Award; District Music; State Music; Academic Fourragere 3, 4; Soccer 3, 4; Basketball 4; Baseball 4; Volleyball 4; Company Basketball 3; M-Club 4; Company Basketball All-Star 3; Marching Band 3, 4; Stage Band 2, 3, 4; Chapel Worker 3, 4; Maroon Bar 4; Soldier's Bar 4.

Gregory Scott Lochridge Of the three years I was at MMA, ly senior year was definitely the 2St. I would like to thank everyone ho assisted me in anything. I would so like to thank Willie, Bob, Prats, illanes, Bernal, Boschi, Butner, unhill, and Kurt. Take it easy, and Dn’t take life too seriously, you only re once.

Academic Fourragere 2, 3; Art Bar 2, 3, 4; Ex­ emplary Private School Ribbon 2; Football 2, 3; Wrestling 2, 3, 4; Track 2; Tennis 4; M-Club 2; Archery 4; Softball 3; State Wrestling 2; District Wrestling 2; Sectional Wrestling 2; Battalion Wrestling Medalist 2; State Military Wrestling 2; Journalism 4; At-Ease 2, 3; Art 2, 3,4; M.P. 2, 3; Maroon Bar 2, 3; Sharpshooter 2; LD Medal 2, 3, 4; Parade Ribbon.

Jeffrey J. McClain I came to MMA two years ago as a ay out, a change of course in my e. Here I have found discipline and mor, and friends whom I will have r the rest of my life. I wish the best fortune and glory to the Class of )87. Some of us deserve it!

Gallagher Boxing Trophy 3; Soccer 3, 4; Weight Lifting 3, 4; Boxing 3, 4; Sharpshooter, Grenade; Expert, Rifle; ROTC Summer Camp.

Roberto Maldonado Siller My two years at MMA were great! e learned things that I’ll use in ture years. Gracias Papa y Mama i apoyo u carino. Thanks to Eilz, orrea, Arias, Giorgio, Federico, jgar, Lalo, Todd, Jaime, Bob, Juan, id Ricardo for being friends. Col. id Mrs. Johnson, thank you! Good ok, Class of 1987. Viva Mexico.

Second Order Private; Presidential Classroom; English Bar 3; Vespers Reader; Football 4; Golf 3, 4; Company Football 3; Company Basketball 4; M-Club 4; Weight Lif­ ting 3; State Military Golf, 3; At-Ease 4; Glee Club 3, 4; International Color Guard 3; Maroon Bar 3, 4; Soldier’s Bar 4; Marksman; Com­ mendation Ribbon; LD Ribbon.

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Gilberto E. Montemayor My three years at MMA were long and hard, but now the finish line is here. I would like to thank my parents for their support. Good luck to Garcia, Tredway, Orendain, Canales, Gallagher, Gastelum, Williams, and the rest of the Class of 1987.

English Bar 2, 3; Cross-Country 3, 4; Track 3, 4; Company Basketball 3, 4; Boxing 2; Softball 2; Battalion Track Champion; State Military Track All-Star; Fusileers 2, 3, 4; Squad 4; In­ ternational Color Guard 2, 3; State Drill Ribbon 3, 4; National Drill Ribbon 3, 4; ROTC Com­ mendation Ribbon; Maroon Bar 2, 3; Marksman; Exemplary Private School Ribbon; MU Parade, 3, 4; Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade; Busch Stadium Performance; Shriners Performance; State ROTC Drill Champions.

Scott James Moody My stay at MMA was short but sweet! It was a struggle, but worth every minute of it. I would like to give special thanks to Capt. Ableman, and all the members of the faculty.

Best of luck to Boyd, Karl, Adriano, Chase, seniors, Alpha, and George, but I couldn’t have made it without Michelle.

Baseball 3; Company Football 2, 3, 4; Com­ pany Basketball 2, 3; Horseman 4; Volleyball 2; Softball 4; At-Ease 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2; Maroon Bar 2, 4; Sharpshooter, Rifle, Pistol; ROTC Summer Camp 2, 3.

Jesus C. Olivares Gonzalez I spent two years at MMA. I learn­ ed positive things. I want to thank Lt. Hunt. Col. Weeks, Col. Mortenson, Lt. Withers, Maj. Samples, my teachers and friends, and my parents for their support and friend­ ship. Good luck to Garcia, Montemayor, Castelum, Maj. Fedora, and Larry.

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English Bar 4; LD Bar 3, 4; Evensong Choir 4; Glee Club Bar 4; Company Basketball 3, 4; Volleyball 3, 4; Journalism 3; Glee Club 4; Maroon Bar 4.

Roberto Paras I spent three years at MMA. I arned a lot of things and made any friends. I would like to thank y parents for their support. Good Dk to Correa, Garcia, Rodriguez, □ schi, Infante, Maldonado, astelum, Canales, Montemayor, arza, Huesca, Orendain, Sauceda, algado, Villanes, Elizondo, Molina, anamar, and Misemer. I'll see you Monterrey.

Battalion Logistics Officers; English Bar 2, 3; Soccer 3; Cross-Country 4; Swimming 2, 3, 4; Marching Band 2, 3; Drum and Bugle Corps 2, 3; Dramateers 4; Marksman, Rifle, Pistol.

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Ricardo Javier Rodriguez I spent three years at MMA. I ?uld like to thank my parents for is opportunity they have given me, id I would like to wish good luck to y friends Gilberto, Ricardo, Rober, Edgar, Oscar, Giovanni, and the st of the Class of 1987.

English Bar 3; Soccer 3, 4; Wrestling 4; Com­ pany Basketball 3, 4; State Military Soccer 3, 4; Undefeated Soccer 3; State Military Soccer 3, 4; Undefeated Soccer 3; State Military Soc­ cer Medal; Glee Club 3, 4; International Color Guard 2, 3; Maroon Bar 2, 3, 4; Marksman 2; Sharpshooter 4; Parade Ribbon 2; Exemplary Private School Ribbon; Color Guard Commen­ dation Ribbon.

Michael Joseph Rubio My two years at MMA were an em­ inence I’ll never forget. It was hard, id yet it was fun. I met a lot of new jople and made a lot of new ends. Good luck to the Class of >87. I would like to thank Col. and rs. Johnson for treating me so cely, and Mrs. Spangler for all the Hp she gave me.

Football 4; Track 3; Baseball 4; Company Basketball 3; M-Club 4; Weight Lifting 4; Glee Club 4; Maroon Bar 3, 4.

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Claudio Sahut My three years at MMA were very hard, and I had my ups and downs. I learned a lot about people and myself. I made a few good friends, whom I would like to thank, especial­ ly Lt. Kite, Everardo, Tito, and Armando.

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Soccer 3, 4; Company Football 2; Company Basketball 3; Dramateers 3k, 4; Art 4; Interna­ tional Color Guard 3.

Kurt Lee Siciliano I spent four years at MMA. I had my ups and downs, but in the end, it all leveled out. I would like to thank my family for all their support, and all my friends past and present. Good luck to the Class of 1987, especially Steve, Brian, Matt, Carey, Willie, Phil M., Phil H., and Allen. Last but not least, Lt. Col. Mortenson, Lt. Withers, Lt. Kite, Mrs. Spangler, and Mrs. Erdei.

Football 3. 4; Swimming 1, 2; Wrestling 3, 4; Track 4; Tennis 1; Company Football 1; MClub 3, 4; First, Mexico Quad; State Military Wrestling 4; Best Wrestler Award; District Wrestling 3, 4; District Champion 4; Sectional Wrestling 3, 4; State Wrestling Qualifier 3, 4; Dramateers 4; Glee Club 1; Art 2, 3; Archery 1, 2, 4; Softball 3; Maroon Bar 3, 4; Marksman, Grenade; Sharpshooter, Rifle, M-16; ROTC Summer Camp 1; Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade; Veteran's Day Parade.

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When I first came to MMA, I thought two years was going to be a long time, but it wasn’t. I found a lot of hard work, but also a lot of fun. I would like to thank my parents for sending me here, and wish good luck to all my friends.

Academic Fourragere 4; Delta Phi 4; Soccer 3; Captain 4; Wrestling 3, 4; Tennis 4; Golf 3; MClub 4; State Military Wrestling; Battalion Wrestling Medal; Undefeated Soccer 3; Sec­ tional Wrestling; State Military Soccer 3, 4; Student Center 3, 4; Marksman.

Joel W. Spurlock i my four years at MMA, I had a coliction of good times as well as bad. hrough these times I learned two ary important lessons: Never look ack on the past, and never let your listakes hold you down, just cut the >pes that bind you and keep going, d like to thank the faculty as a 'hole, and my friend in the corps ho shared the good times as well s the bad.

Spanish Honor Society 3, 4; Football 1,2, 3. 4; Wrestling 1,2, 4; Company Basketball 3; Box­ ing 3, 4; Lifesaving 2; Fusileers 2, 3, 4; At-Ease 2; Maroon Bar 2, 3, 4; Marksman.

Garrett Michael Stockum In my four years I have had many iends. I have also had many exeriences that will help me in my iture life. There are too many peole to thank and wish good luck, but ere are a few: my parents, Paul and eter Kispert, Col. and Mrs. ohnson, Capt. Spangler, Allen erbert, Kristi, Kelly, an Kari, Elise, randie, and all of my summer-time iends. Good luck to the Class of 987.

Green-Schmoeller Swimming Trophy 4; Swim­ ming 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 2; Lifesaving 1,3; Softball 1; Archery 4; Dramateers 1, 2, 3, 4; AtEase 3, 4; Editor; M.P. 2; Assistant Provost 3; Maroon Bar 4; Marksman, Rifle; M.P. Com­ mendation Ribbon.

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Robert Tahmasian I spent two years at MMA. It was a >ng time for me, but I learned a lot of lings here. I’d like to thank my arents and the faculty for their suport. I also would like to wish good ick to Jarrod, John Cuadra, Walter, nd Freddy.

English Bar 4; Soccer 3; Tennis 4; Weight Lif­ ting 3, 4; Art 3, 4; Maroon Bar 3.

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John DeWitt Tredway To all my friends at the Academy I bid y’all good luck in the future, esppcially my roommate Molina and his gang of compadres. Para Melissa y Kris, um habra yo y todo muy amor; espero te ver es verano. Semper Fi. I love you, Mel.

Meyer Cup for Most Creative Cadet 2, 3; Creative Arts Award 2, 3; Baseball 3; Captain 4; Company Football 2, 3, 4; Company Basketball 1. 2, 3, 4; Horseman 1; Softball 1, 2; Cheerleader 4; Dramateers 1; At-Ease 2, 3; Art 1.2, 3, 4; Color Guard 1, 2; Commander 3; Maroon Bar 1; Sharpshooter, Pistol; Marine Corps ROTC Summer Camp; Expert, M-16, M-14, AR-15, .45, 9mm; Military Wreath and Star; Veteran's Day Parade; Color Guard Commendation Ribbon; Arrowhead Stadium Performance; Busch Stadium Performance.

William Dunstan Walker During my six years at MMA I met many friends whom I’ll never forget. I would like to thank my parents and friends for their support, and wish an especial good luck to CS, PC, GL, TM, GB, AJ, and FJ. Good luck to the Class of 1987.

Spanish Honor Society 2, 3; Academic Fourragere 2; Rifle 1.2, 3, 4; Tennis 4; Volleyball 4; Softball 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Student Center 3; M.P. 2; Maroon Bar 2; Sharp­ shooter, Pistol; Expert, Rifle; Academic Wreath and Star; Veteran's Day Parade; Gubernatorial Inaugural Parade.

Karl Farrales Williams I had three great years at MMA. At first I was confused, but as the years went on, I started feeling proud of this school, and I’m glad to say I went to it. I’d like to say good luck to Frank T., Jeff E., Kim, Guy, Mark M., Meda, Mendiola, Scott M., Jorge I., Charles W., Garcia, Elizondo, Cor­ rea, Harlan, Maldonado, Boschi, Lt. Hunt, Sisco, Capt. Diehl, Col. Mortenson, and the senior class.

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Best-Groomed Cadet 2; Academic Wreath and Star; Busch Stadium Performance; MU Homecoming Parade; Hearnes Center Perfor­ mance; Exemplary Private School Ribbon; Wrestling 2, 3, 4; Tennis 2, 3; Captain 4; Com­ pany Football 4; M-Club 3, 4; District Wrestl­ ing; Sectional Wrestling; State Military Wrestl­ ing; Fusileers 4; Maroon Bar 2, 3, 4; Soldier's Bar 4; Marksman Rifle, Pistol.

Juniors I The Junior class officers and their sponsor are, from left: President Jeff Curtis, Vice President Don Jones, Sponsor Staff Sgt. Merrel Evans, Secretary-Treasurer Phil Masaoay, and Cadet Council Represen­ tative Dave McConnell.

■j5> reparing for the one’s senior year is a cadet’s primary goal during his junior p year. It’s the year when serious consideration of final high school goals and amitions take precedent over those things that are unproductive.

The senior-year opportunities are almost limitless. A whole new crop of leaders, attalion commander and staff, company commanders and platoon leaders, will be eeded. And so will leaders for such Academy organizations as Delta Phi, Fusileers, nd all of the varsity sports.

One’s junior year is also the time when the majority realize that the high school ear’s are coming to a close, that college, and after that, a career, looms brightly and omewhat uncertain. Regardless, it’s still a time for fun, and the Class of 1988 had ’s fair share.

It sponsored a mixer Oct. 18, which was well attended, and with the freshmen, pent Dec. 13 roaming the new Columbia Mall to get their last-minute Christmas hopping done. But their biggest event, aside from Senior Review, when they take ommand of the battalion, was the Valentine’s Ball Feb. 14.

It was the juniors first big project, and it truly did put many “Hearts in Paradise.” erhaps the most blissful of all those attending the ball was class president Jeff Curs, he got to escort Miss Missouri 1986, who was fourth runner-up at the Miss merica Pageant in Atlantic City.

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Marcos Alejandro Brad Allen Chris Aparicio Jose Arias

Glenn Austin Grant Brickley Chris Bruns Mike Burmeister

Eduardo Canamar Alejandro Canedo Chris Chandeysson Randy Chaney

Alejandro Chavarriaga Chad Clawson John Cuadra Jeff Curtis

Arturo Delgado Ruben Elizondo Jason Falbo-Gwinn Tony Fruits

Jef Funderburg Pablo Garfias Boyd Geiger Chris Gentry

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Tony Giuliani Clay Grant Kort Gritty Jose Guapo

Craig Guttey Eric Heidtke Greg Holten John llges

Alan Jennings Phil Jimenez Jett Johnson David Jones

Don Jones Jett Kannegiesser Peter Kispert Marcus Kraus

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Jett McKinney Phil Masaoay Phil Middleton Don Mieger

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HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF CADETS MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Mexico, Missouri 12 May 1987

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Upon the recommendation of the Promotion Board, the follcwing appointments are hereby authorized in the Corps of Cadets. All previous appointments are hereby rescinded:

To be Cadet Major: Miseiner, T. To be Cadet Captain: Correa, R./Gentry, M./Gastelum/Elizondo, R./Paras _____ _: Clayberg/Garcia, E.A. To be Cadet First Lieutenant: t: Linck/Boschi/Srciliano/Williams/Rodriguez, R.J./ To be Cadet Second Lieutenant: Montemayor e. To be Cadet Sergeant Major: Jones, D.W. (Battalion Commander Designate 1987-88) f. To be Cadet Master Sergeant: A Cctopany: Spurlock C Company: Cotrell D Company: Seay (Company Commander Designate 1987-88) E Company: Stockun g- To be Cadet Sergeant First Class: A Company: Maldonado/Falbo-Gwinn ’ (Platoon Leader Designate 1987-88) C Company: Curtis (Company Commander Designate 1987-88)/Masaoay (Platoon Leader Designate 1987-88)/Guffey (Platoon Leader Designate 1987-88)/Webb, J. E Company: Elliott, C./Butner/Jimenez (Platoon Leader Designate 1987-88)/ Kannegiesser (Platoon Leader Designate 1987-88) h. To be Cadet Staff Sergeant: A Company: Arbow/Elizondo, R.H. (Company Commander Designate 1987-88)/Guapo (Platoon Leader Designate 1987-88) C Company: McKinney/Mieger/Fruits/Chaney, R./Kionka D Company: Oncale (Battalion Adjutant Designate 1987-88)/Canamar (Battalion Operations Designate 1987-88)/Arias (Platoon Leader Designate 1987-88)/Ilges (Platoon Leader Designate 1987-88)/Johnson, J./Lochridge/Tredway E Company: Lowe (Company Commander Designate 1987-88)/Tilton (Platoon Leader Designate 1987-88)/Grisscxn/0’Brien/Alejandro/VAiite/ScheTTeI7Brickley, G./Herbert/ Green To be Cadet Sergeant: A Company: Moody/Gates/Inf ante/McGovem/Burmeister C Company: Cargill/Kispert/Misemer, M./Kelly/Ihomp"son, S./Brackebusch/Thcmpson, T./ Daniels/Heutel D Company": Olivares/Sena/Canales/Delgado, A. E Company: Wentz/Rubio/Tabaka/Magnon/Johnson, Wentz/Rubio/Tabaka/Magnon/Johnson, T. T. /Giuliani/Sahut To be Cadet Corporal: A Company: Zulueta, J.L./Geiger/Gonzalez, 0./Ennis/Kim/Tiirmons/Cue C Company: Lewis, J./Duncan/Soper/Bruns D Company: MDlina/Schafer/Thoopson, E./Gentry, C./Southwick/Andre sen /Middle ton/ Krupp, J./Walker E Company: HbTTenberg/Aparicio/McClain/Casso/Funderburg/Tahmasian/Sousa/Kraus/ Little/Hall, J./Hancock, B./Leach k. To be Cadet Private First Class (listed alphabetically) : Adriano/Alonso/Atwood/ Aus fahi/Aus tin, G./Aus tin, P./Baker/Bar too/Bates, A. P./Bavrn/Bernal/Cain/Cane do/ Chapin/Clawson/Clifford/Correa, E,/Cronib e/I)avila/Dunhi 11 /Fle 1 d/Floyd, E./Forrest/ Gal lazier/Garcia Flores/Gar fias/Girardeau/Gonzalez, R. / Grant/Gutierrez, L. / Gutierrez, R. /Guy/Haddad/Harlan/Heidtke/Hodges/Hoke/Huesca, F,/La Brecque/Lewis, P./ McCloskey, J. /McConnell/Meda7Mi~tchell/Miyake/ Patel/Polliard/Prats/Price/ Ramirez/ Rangel/Rasmus sen/Rodriguez, R. /Roel/Rosinol/Silva/Soto/Stopczy/ Ulibarri/Vilchis/ Villanes/Wilkinson/ Wolf, H. 1. To be Cadet Private (listed alphabetically) : Al len/Almada/Berry/Bower sox/Brown, J./ Bur ch/Carreras/Cervantes/Chancey, C./Chandeysson/Chavarriaga/Cuadra/Davis , K./ De Echavarri/Feinstein/Fesler/Garrett/Garza, G./Givens/Gonzalez, A./Gonzalez, J./ Gordon/Griffy/Hashey/Hiller/Holten, G./Hunmel/Johnson, C./Jones, D.S./Mendiola/ Metcalf/Mi tchem/Newland/Northem/Orendain/Roubion/ Sampson/ Sauceda/ Schmidt/ Scoble/ Sokolowski/Strickland/Wagnon/Wallace/Walters/Vfylie/Yaeger/Zieger/Zyck

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The sophomore class officers and their class sponsor are, from left: President Mike Misemer, Vice President Randy Kelly, Sponsor Mrs. Karen Spangler, SecretaryTreasurer Scott Hancock, and Cadet Council Representative Gilberto Crombe.

t=rp he Centennial Class is continuing it’s active life in 1986-87, the halfway to their I | historic graduation in 1989. Organization and quick starts seem to be the sophomores ’ strong points. Before the first month of school was over, they went on an overnight camping trip at Mark Twain Lake.

They enjoyed the first campout so much that they did it again in October, this time staying at Mismilaca. The food service crew provided a fine Mexican feast for the night, and for those not interested in playing rugby or volleyball, a rented VCR and TV played movies continuously in the lodge.

In what has become an '89 tradition, the sophomores braved the crowds at St. Louis’ Chesterfield Mall Dec. 13 to do their Christmas shopping. To raise money for their spring trip to St. Louis’ Six Flags Over MidAmerica, they held a shoe, boot, and brass shine one Saturday in January. They also sponsored several mixers, which were well-attended.

Another ’89 tradition is its volunteer work at Mexico’s Missouri Veterans Home.

Each Wednesday general leave, a different group of sophomores visits the home to talk with the men, help where they can, and work on various projects, such as pain­ ting a mural on several of the emergency exit doors.

The sophomores also have been seriously studying the juniors and seniors, know­ ing that next year will be their turn to assume more responsibility and to prepare for their final and historic year.

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Ithough they probably haven’t realized it yet, the freshman, Class of 1990, are the first students of the Academy’s second century. With them begins a new era in the school’s history.

They have started their history slowly and with caution. Learning the ropes, they understand, is the best way to start before making their presence known. The core of the class are the Junior School graduates, such as Brent Atwood, Jon Baker, Jamie Chapin, Kevin Clifford, Eldon Floyd, Mike Girardeau, Jeff McCloskey, Liberty Met­ calf, Troy Miyake, Guatam Patel, Gus Silva, and Jim Zyck.

They have started their history well. Of their number, Adam Bates, Peter Lewis, Scott Price, and Jason Polliard, were honored at the First Recruit Recognition Ceremony Oct. 22.

The freshmen celebrated their first year with a shopping trip to Columbia Mall in December and a trip to St. Louis’ Six Flags in April.

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Winners of State, National Crowns n t has been a busy, successful year for the Fusileers Drill 11 Platoon. In addition to a parade and two halftime shows, they won their seventh Governor’s Trophy, symbol of the national championship, at the University of Illinois Invitational Drill Meet April 10-11. They and MMA’s color guard won state championships in Jefferson City April 4.

The Fusileers won the exhibition drill and the Infantry Drill Regulation categories in addition to the Governor’s Trophy. Brian Grissom and Joel Spurlock placed third as an exhibition duet, and Spurlock took third in individual ex­ hibition drill.

Fusileers comprised half the drilldown’s final 10. In drill’s version of "Simon Says,’’ Gus Silva placed seventh, Jeff Ennis sixth, Karl Williams fourth, and Jack Kim se­ cond. Paul Tilton won the category, making him the bestdrilled cadet of the more than 140 participants.

More than 100 teams from universities, colleges, and high schools from across the nation vied for the prestigious Governor’s Trophy, said Cadet Maj. Todd Misemer, commander of the 17-member Fusileers pla­ toon. The meet was judged by active duty drill instructors from the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps.

The Fusileers were well prepared for the national com­ petition, said Lt. Col. Kenneth Mortenson, Fusileers supervisor. By winning the state exhibition championship, they were able to identify and correct minute flaws in their routine before the national meet.

The Fusileers and color guard competed against more than 50 teams from ROTC-affiliated schools across the state. The platoons won the exhibition championship and placed second in IDR. Spurlock became the best-drilled cadet in the state by winning drilldown.

Since underclassmen comprise the majority of Fusileers, said Col. Mortenson, there is good chance the Fusileers till retire another Governor's Trophy in 1989, which would be another high note during the Academy’s Centennial celebration. Seay will be next year’s commander.

The Fusileers started the year by marching, and winning a trophy, in the University of Missouri homecoming parade in Columbia Oct. 11. The halftime show for the St. Louis Cardinals — Kansas City Chiefs game at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, followed Nov. 23. They performed their second halftime show of the school year at the Missouri — Col­ orado men’s basketball game in Columbia Jan. 24.

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The Fusileers formed an arch of Springfields, through which Com­ mander Todd Misemer walked, at Commencement, the team's last per­ formance of the year.

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Band Sweeps State Music n nstrumental musicians wrapped up their year by makU ing a clean sweep at the state music contest in Colum­ bia May 2, and by having two band members recognized

by Who’s Who in Music.

MMA’s seven musicians earned their ticket to state by getting a I from district judges (at Moberly in April). They received their state first-place medals by earning the same rating.

Saxophonists Mitch Gentry, Randy Kelly, Randy Chaney, and Mike Misemer played Quartet Movement to win their blue ribbon. They played this place at Mexico’s United Methodist Church the week before the state con­ test. “The performance was superb,” wrote a member of the congregation, and the state judges agreed.

Piano soloists Ken Linck and Kelly played Sonata No. 1

by Beethoven and Sonatina No. 2 by Kahlau respectively to earn their state firsts. Lt. Col. Paul Cherches, music director, nominated the duo for Who's Who, and they

received notification of their recognition the week before Commencement.

The band started its busy performance season by mar­ ching, and winning a trophy, at the University of Missouri homecoming parade Oct. 11. Three days later it lead the Hannibal Mass Band parade. The band and the entire MMA student body marched at Faurot Field, Columbia, prior to the Missouri — Kansas football game Nov. 22, the then the band joined the Fusileers and color guards for a halftime show at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Nov. 23 (below). It joined the Dramateers and Glee club for the musical Snoopy Dec. 6.

The band closed 1986 by playing for the barracks par­ ties and at Evensong in December. It started 1987 by per­ forming the halftime show at the Missouri — Colorado men’s basketball game in Columbia Jan. 24. This was followed by the Pop Concert March 12, the Festival of the Arts May 9, and Commencement.

Music Director Lt. Col. Paul F. Cherches spans all musical worlds, from arranging to designing field designs. Parade work, such as at Missouri University, below left, Is Includ­ ed. But he Is happiest at the podium, using hand and facial expressions to get the most of his musicians. Bandmen often have the best seat In the house, such as Sousaphone player Tony Fruits, left.

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)rum and Bugle corps members are from left, first row: Steve Rohrer, be Brown, Jeff Curtis, Jal Hutcherson, Dave Kionka, Lance Heutel, Ken inck, Band Commander Mitch Gentry. Second row: Jon Soper, Jeff HcKInney, Barry Brackebusch, Dave McConnell, James Webb, Chris Iruns, Tod Thompson. Third Row: Scott Cargill, Ming-Lee Lowe, Scott )uncan. Fourth Row: Phil Masaoay, Tony Fruits, Craig Guffey.

Marching Band members are from left, first row: Commander Mitch Gentry, Rich Stopczy, Eric Heldtke, Joe Brown, Brad Allen, Jeff Curtis, Lance Heutel, Blake Fesler, Dave Kionka, Drum Major Don Jones. Se­ cond row: Mike Misemer, Randy Chaney, Jason Polllard, Scot Thomp­ son, Randy Kelly, Don Mleger, Lee Cotrell, Scott Daniels, Jim Zyck, Jal Hutcherson, Alex Canedo. Third row: Ming-Lee Lowe, Jon Soper, Peter Klspert, Jeff McKinney, Barry Brackebusch, Dave McConnell, James Webb, Tod Thompson, Chris Bruns, Luis Mendiola. Fourth row: Ken Llnck, Tony Fruits, Phil Masaoay, Scott Cargill, Guidon Jarrod Lewis, Craig Guffey, Steve Rohrer, Larry Wylie, Scott Duncan.

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Dramateers Top Their ramateers had a’tough act to follow this year — their own. They established themselves last year as ambitious producers of quality theatre. To maintain their reputation, the Dramateers had to be better than their reputation, the Dramateers had to be better than their last performance. They succeeded and more by being what they were last year — innovative.

Starting with a bang, and starring with the band, the Dramateers presented the musical Snoopy Dec. 6. Lt. Julian Kite, drama supervisor, worked with Lt. Marty Hunt, vocal music director, and Lt. Col. Paul Cherches, music director, to prepare the cast, which included two girls, Lucy and Sally, who were played by Capt. Richard Twells’ daughters.

Jeff Kannegiesser starred in the lead role, and Allen Herbert filled in as his master, Charlie Brown. Chris Aparicio was a hit, using his mime techniques to play the silent Woodstock.

Before the show opened, everyone knew it would be dif­ ferent, but the big question was, "Could the Dramateers sing? and Would the show be as funny as the Broadway hit?" Yes to both.

Mixing slapstick humor with social commentary, Snoopy kept the audience laughing and thinking. Visual humor also was added. The lead beagle affected a Miami Vice look, and Woodstock, true to his avian origin, wore an over-sized flight suit and waddled with Charlie Chaplin shuffle.

There wasn’t any part of the production that would have caused a dog to howl at the moon. Although it was funny, the message came through. Snoopy was a dog that wanted to be treated like a human, but he also said humans shouldn’t be treated like dogs.

The Dramateers next production was the opposite of the first. Inherit the Wind is based on the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of the 1920’s. It asks the long-unanswered question, "Which is correct, creationism or evolution, Dar­ win’s Origin of the Species or the Bible, Adam and Eve or the apes?"

The play’s purpose was not to answer the question. As it states, that’s a personal decision. It’s job was to make people think, and this it did.

Set in a North Carolina courtroom, the play pits one side versus the other in the trial of Bertrem Cates, a high school biology teacher (Jason Falbo Gwinn) who taught evolution, against the state. Although he is the nexus of the case, he’s a minor player.

The lawyers carried the battle, Henry Drummond (Doug O’Brien) for Cates and Matthew Harrison Brady (John Scheffel) for the state. O’Brien clearly won the case of who gave the best performance of the year.

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The Festival of the Arts completed the drama season. A collection of one-acts and skits, the Dramateers pulled many things from their bag of talent. Heath Oncale and O’Brien’s recreation of Abbott and Costello’s famous "Who’s on First?" was good, but the Latino Express stole the show.

Middleton Sings at State hil Middleton was nervous going into the state music [_p contest at Columbia May 2. Yes, he’d earned a I rating at district (held at Moberly in April), and yes, he was singing the same songs that earned him that I rating in vocal solo, Shenadoah and Sing Me a Chanty, but that was no guarantee.

After he had won his state first place rating, Middleton said he was still nervous, and that he would be for as long as he sang, just as he was when he sang with the Dick Crockett Band at the Dad’s Day Ball. "Nervousness is part of singing," he says.

The same was true for the six vocalists who were selected for 190-member district choir that performed at the state teachers’ meeting in Kirksville Oct. 3. And since Phil Jimenez, Tom Tabaka, Tony Giuliani, Al Jennings, Chad Gates, and Middleton had been chosen the previous April, they had a lot of time to let the nervousness build.

Although the butterflies never fly south for the duration, practice let's singers control them, said Lt. Marty Hunt, vocal music director. And the glee club gets plenty of that.

In addition to singing every Sunday at vespers, they per­ form at the Pop Concert, Evensong, in a play this year, the Festival of the Arts, and at Commencement.

Nervousness, that caution the makes one want to do things correctly, is also apart of the Chapel workers, acolytes, and vespers readers’ life. But guided by Chaplain Jerry Trump, a 1967 MMA graduate, the nerves are, if not contained, at least controlled.

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Work Is Responsiblity, Speaker [7\/7| embers of the Academy’s academic honor society, LlWU Delta Phi, had a typical busy year — duty in guided study hall, sponsoring didactic assemblies, helping friends with academics, and keeping their own grades up. At times it all seemed too much, but they felt better about what they had accomplished after the 58th annual Delta Phi banquet May 14.

Maturity, work ethic, responsibility, and the ability to bounce back after disappointments are the true measures of success that can be attained at MMA, said Mr. Jeffrey MacLellan, '66, banquet speaker.

The chairman and chief executive officer of Republic Bank North Dallas told the Delta Phi that MMA offers many opportunities that will give students a head start on their peers. “You mature at a young age here, learn to function without parental support — you learn to do for yourself.”

“You learn discipline, self-order, the habits that bring you successes, that let you achieve your goals. MMA’s environment is conducive to learning, and there’s no ex­ cuse for your not doing so. That is part of your responsibility.”

Delta Phi members have been blessed with intelligence, said Mr. MacLellan, who was president of the society his junior and senior years. “But you need more to be suc­ cessful. When I went to Southern Methodist University, I thought I could sail through with no sweat. I was good. But so was everybody else. Luckily I didn’t forget the work ethic I learned at MMA, and it got me through.”

Learn from your mistakes, he suggested, and bounce back from them. “I was busted twice in my four years as a cadet. As a junior, I got busted to private. I’m not proud of what I did (I got caught making a midnight run to the A&W stand), but I’m proud of the way I bounced back.”

As a senior, Mr. MacLellan was battalion commander, Delta Phi president, and captain of the baseball Colonels.

He was 1966’s salutatorian and is a member of the Legion of Honor.

The Academy is built on the basics, on character and in­ tegrity, he said. Take full advantage of all MMA oppor­ tunities, and with intelligence and the work ethic, success can be had.

Delta Phi officers, President Todd Misemer, Vice Presi­ dent Randy Kelly, and Secretary-Treasurer Ming-Lee Lowe inducted eight initiates: Rolando Gonzalez, Craig Guffey Armando Haddad, Peter Lewis, Dave McConnell, Everardo Sousa, Eric Thompson, and Scot Thompson.

Col. Charles Stribling III, '44, with Lt. Col. Frank Meredith, Delta Phi sponsor, presented senior keys to Misemer and Sousa. Installation of officers for next year recognized Eric Thompson, president; Lowe, vice presi­ dent; and McConnell, secretary-treasurer.

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Mike Heimos, Juan Carlos Zulueta, Gus Silva, Mike Mlsemer. Standing at rear are Allen Herbert, Todd Mlsemer, John Tredway, Phil Clay berg, and Col. Charles Stribling III, sponsor.

3adet Council: Che Academy's Student Advisory Body | he Missouri Military Academy Cadet Council, which -I meets biweekly, considers the welfare of the school id its students and makes recommendations to either 3 student body or administration for improvement. In her words, when some one, regardless the uniform col, sees something at MMA that he thinks can be improvI, changed, or instituted, he takes it to the Cadet Council rough his representative.

At the meetings, the Cadet Council members discuss 3 merits of all the recommendations, which have come motions, and then put them up for a vote. If passi by a majority, they are forwarded to the administration, ually through Col. Charles Stribling III, the Council's onsor.

Also during the year, the Cadet Council members meet th the Academy’s Board of Visitors to give the Visitors a sling for pulse of the cadet corps. The Council members

also met with the North Central Association/lndependent School Association of the Central States visiting commit­ tee during the school's re-evaluation in February.

Some of the motions carried by the Council this year were the approval of non-reg clothes at mixers, a Junior School sports/awards banquet, consistency in barracks inspections during general leaves, and a general leave bowling activity.

Cadet Council members comprise the battalion com­ mander, class president, class representative, who by Council bylaws must be new cadets; three Junior School representatives, company representatives Delta Phi and M-Club presidents, and a non-voting Eagle representative.

This year’s Council officers were Chairman John Tred­ way, Vice Chairman Todd Misemer, Recording Secretary Phil Clayberg, and Corresponding Secretary Allen Herbert.

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At-Ease Is Excellent utting together At-Ease, the Academy literary l_p magazine is a great deal of work, as any one on the staff, including advisers Lt. Julian Kite, Lt. Mark Reger, and Mrs. Becky Erdei, will tell you. But the work went easier this year because of the “Excellent” rating the last volume received from the-National Council for Teachers of English.

“The only problem on the award, is that we don’t know what we did well and what we didn’t do so well,” said Lt. Kite. There was no critique with the award, he added, “So we are just using our best judgement.”

This year’s edition will again be evaluated by NOTE, but it also will be critiqued by the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association, which will tell what’s good and what’s bad.

Given the quality of last year’s edition, At-Ease this year received even more submissions, said Lt. Kite. Like last

year, there was an editor for each class who gave the author a number, sterilized the original, and then passedit onto the readers, who determined if it met At-Ease quality.

Once the submission passed the readers, it went back to the editors who started the production work of checking the spelling and grammar, and got it ready for printing.

There was something new on the art side of the publica­ tion this year. Mrs. Erdei held a competition to get the cover art. Quite a few entries were received, she said, but David Feinstein’s skateboarder took the prize, and the cover. The majority of the art inside the book came from her art classes. Photographs of some of the artwork were taken by Eagle photographers.

The Advisers and the staff were all "leased with the 1987 edition, but, they agree, the hard part will be waiting for the critiques so they can start planning the next volume.

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Irt Honors Many / ore artists than ever took part, and earned awards, in this 'U year’s two judged exhibits. bout 165 works of art were judged at the 18th Epple Art Ext, on display in the Alumni-Visitors Lounge the third week of >ruary, and 27 artists earned first through third-place ribbons their work. texico Art Guild members Mrs. Fanchon Burchfield and Mrs. ie Norman judged Chase Harlan the high school’s overall win. He took first in blind contour, which resembles the work of tisee with its unusual shapes and vivid color combinations, ond in pastel portraits, in which attractive young women med the most popular subject, and second in coiling, a fiber­ project that produced vases, pots, and platters from coiled n and cord. iilberto Crombe also earned three awards: second for poin;m charicature of basketball players, second for his optical ilon, and second for his grid drawing of the “Guess Men’’ ad. ohn Scheffel took first in pointillism with his modern-day veri of Moby Dick's Queequag, and second in weaving. David nstein took first in pastel portraits and tied for third in coiling i Scott Southwick, who also earned a second in blind traits. lerbert Wolf took second in blind contour and third in poin>m with his version of the 1980’s man. Eldon Floyd took first in i and ink drawing with his surrealistic view of a man on a >ical island leaning against a giant padlock, and second in ) art, in which the shapes must resemble popcorn. ohn Tredway took first in pencil drawing for his portrait of a ten Beret by the name of Ugly. Guillermo Roel took second in i and ink with his multiform man and tied for third with Brett >hey in grid drawing. licardo Elizondo took first in optical illusion, Pablo Garfias k first in grid drawing with his portrait of a women, Joe Hall k first in coiling, Greg Lochridge took first in weaving, and id Johnson earned first in pop art. lark McGovern was third in blind contour, David Cain took d in optical illusion and pop art, Enrique Correa did the same en and ink, and brothers Rafael took third in pastel portraits, he Junior School division of the exhibit honored many difmt artists for their work. In landscapes, first, second, and d went to Chris Grunewald, Danny Jung, and Regan

Schoengarth.

The optical illusion winners were in order, David Rich, Jeremiah Jahn, and Alex Flores. Russ Dasovich, Skip Ryder, and Matt Cage placed first through third in Snoopy characters, which the artists created for the Dramateers last play of the same name.

Guillermo Roel was the big winner at Festival of the Arts cadet art exhibit, which was on display in Stribling Hall’s AlumniVisitors Lounge during the Mother’s Weekend, May 9-10.

There were more than 150 entries on display, and 17 artists earned recognition in the nine high school categories. Eight Junior School artists won awards their three categories. The ex­ hibit was judged by Mr. Martin Jones and Mrs. Sandy Binder, members of the Mexico Art Guild.

Roel took first in positive-negative designs and pinchconstructed ceramics, and second in linoleum prints and plaster sculpture.

Seven artists placed in two categories. Paul Tilton took first in scissor art and third in wire sculpture. Rafael Correa was first in wire sculpture and second in slab-constructed ceramics. Curt Johnson was first in the miscellaneous category and second in positive-negative designs.

Luis Gutierrez was second in coil-constructed ceramics and third in positive-negative designs. John Scheffel was second in scissor art and third in miscellaneous. Gilberto Crombe was first in plaster sculpture and third in scissor art. Greg Lochridge was second in both pinch-constructed ceramics and miscellaneous.

Ricardo Elizondo won linoleum prints and Luis Garcia-Flores was third. Claudio Sahut was first in slab-constructed ceramics, and Glenn Austin was third. Pablo Garfias was first in coilconstructed ceramics, and John Cuadra was third. Mark McGovern was second in wire sculpture, and Brett Hashey was third in pinch ceramics.

Danny Jung was tops in the Junior School division. He was se­ cond in ceramic fish and third in grid drawing. George Guigou and Gabriel Ugarte were first and third respectively in ceramic fish,, and Mike Heimos and Russ Dasovich placed first and se­ cond in grid drawings.

Alex Flores, Frank Hall, and Chandler Moore placed first, se­ cond, and third in ceramic pinch pots.

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Staff Wins Top J-Awards n\/7| MA's student journalists had an outstanding year, UV/U winning seven awards at the annual Missouri In­ terscholastic Press Association high school awards day in Columbia April 13.

The Eagle earned first honors. The MMA radio show, MMA This Week earned an overall second place. The Eagle, established 1900, is the state’s oldest high school newspaper. The weekly radio show is produced and hosted by Cadet Jorge Infante and airs on KXEO at 6:30 p.m. Mondays.

Eagle Editor Stephen Green was recognized as one of the state's top student journalists and as a nominee for Missouri Student Journalist of the Year. He also won in­ dividual honors for his work. He took first for his editorial on the farm situation, and second for his column that ask­ ed, "What’s the price for a wonderful life?’’

Eagle Sports Editor Jef Funderburg took first and se­ cond for his sports columns on the America’s Cup and his answer to "What’s a coach for?” Freshman sportswriter Jason Polliard rounded MMA’s awards by earning an honorable mention for his coverage of the basketball Colonels.

For the third consecutive year, the Eagle has earned Quill and Scroll’s top rating, International First Place, said Editor Stephen Green.

Judged in five categories, policy guidelines, coverage, writing and editing, display and design, and business practices, the MMA monthly earned superior marks in all and totaled 905 of 1,000 possible points.

Quill and Scroll is the international honor society for high school journalists, and its judge made copious com­ ments in each section. His final comments included: "The Eagle is a fine paper ... serving your readers well ... covering an extensive range of events and issues of im­ portance to them. Stories are well researched and packed with significant information. Photography is definitely a strong component, and the Eagle displays a high level of quality journalism.”

Pleased with the results, Green said more work still needs to be done. "Last year’s Eagle was the best volume to date, a step higher than the year before.”

Capt. Scott Spangler, Eagle adviser, echoed Green’s sentiments. "Although the writing, photography, and design are good, that doesn’t mean they can’t be improv­ ed. Improvement is an indication of learning, of growth, and that is our goal. As we continue to strive for this goal, not only will we benefit, but so will our readers.”

Judging of Taps has been a problem, said Editor Chris Gentry. MIPA didn’t do it for the ’86 book, and the National Scholastic Press Association is still trying to fine the criti­ ques of both the Eagle and Taps. "But given the responses from readers of last year’s book, I would say we did well."

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Winning Tradition Soccer Keeps It Alive in '86 FF or the fourth straight year, the soccer Colonels have Ln kept their competitive tradition alive by competing on the district level. Despite losing good shooters to gradua­ tion, the team developed its returning and new talent to finish the season with a 6-3 record and a place at district.

The Colonels would have advanced from district had it not been for one of those instants that happens in all sports.

Almost everyone saw Jose Guapo’s last-minute goal that would have tied the second-round district contest with Duchesne except the referee. Guapo, and Gilberto Crombe, who assisted on the score, saw the ball enter the net. A Duchesne defender, and their keeper who pulled the ball out of the net, saw the score, and admitted it after the game.

The referee, standing by Crombe, only saw the ball, held by the keeper, on the line. He didn’t see the Colonel’s joyous dance or Duchesne’s dejected stance. He ruled no

goal. Play on. And the Colonels lost the Nov. 11 game 2-1.

The Colonels hosted and won the first round of district, defeating Winfield 2-0 Nov. 4.

Winning the state military championship took the team 15 minutes Oct. 28. In that time Eduardo Canamar scored twice, and Crombe and Giovanni Boschi each scored once. MMA led Wentworth Military Academy 6-1 at the half; 9-1 was the final score.

Besides district and the state military championship, the Colonels also judge their season on the contests with Col­ umbia’s Rock Bridge and Hickman high schools. The cadets surprised Rock Bridge Oct. 16 and beat them 3-1 with goals by Crombe and Guapo. Prepared for the Oct. 23, rematch, Rock Bridge won 4-1. The Colonels lost both Hickman games; 2-1 Oct. 7, and 3-0 Oct. 30.

Maj. Bob Fedora, coach, was pleased with the season, and philosophical about the final district game. "The game is played by humans, for humans — and it’s judged by humans; humans make mistakes and have to live by them.”

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Although the defense was relatively intact, the offense, especially the backfield, was decimated.

Sophomore Mark Magnon, started as quarterback. Phil Middleton became one of his favorite receives, and Ralph Molina and Joel Spurlock carried the Colonels’ ground attack.

MMA’s young team opened against Mid-Missouri Con­ ference foe Missouri School for the Deaf Sept. 12 and defeated the Eagles 14-8. The day was sunny and spirits were high.

Yet the cadets’ inexperience showed from the first quarter. MSD fumbled on their 26. MMA recovered, only to fumble it back two plays later. But things were to im­ prove. Chad Gates scored on a 10-yard sprint in the se­ cond quarter, and Masaoay recovered an MSD fumble in their endzone.

Neither team scored in the third, and MSD took their turn in the endzone during the final period. Masaoay stop­ ped another possible score by intercepting an Eagle pass in the game’s final seconds.

From this zenith of victory, the Colonels reached the season’s nadir when Warrenton defeated them 61-0 in the next game. “We were obviously up against a better ballclub,” said Maj. Dave Steinmetz, coach.

Nothing the Colonels tried in this Sept. 20 game worked.

Magnon punted eight times, and Warrenton got good field positions because the MMA defense was slow in covering the ball’s landing. But the defense, tired after a long game, did deny their opponents four additional scores in the se­ cond half.

The Van-Far game Sept. 26 wasn’t much better, the Col­ onels were again shut out, but the point spread wasn’t as great. The team was showing some improvement — it was learning.

The cadets showed more improvement against Grand­ view Oct. 4. Although they were shutout for the third con­ secutive time, the Colonels held the conference for to 20 points.

MMA got back on the board in their third conference game. It scored 14 to Vienna’s 39 Oct. 10. Despite the loss, the team’s spirits remained determined, and this ad­ ded to the team’s rebuilding.

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Football Builds New Foundation of the conference schedule. MMA scored on its first possession when Edgar Garcia sprinted 75 yards to the endzone. The cadets led Iberia 20-8 at the half Oct. 18.

Iberia closed the lead in the third, and it sealed the Col­ onels fate with a last-minute score for the 23-20 final score and the Colonels’ fifth straight loss.

By Dad’s Weekend the team was frustrated. It was look­ ing to take out its aggressions on Wentworth Military Academy Oct. 25. What it got instead was something to which it wasn’t used — rain.

There were more than 20 fumbles by both sides in the Dad’s Day mud bowl. Traction belonged to the larger Dragons, who defeated the Colonels 21-6.

Frustration boiled over during Homecoming and it was the North Callaway Thunderbirds who received a 40-12 scalding Nov. 1.

Garcia set the game’s tone by exploding for a 70-yard TD shot on MMA’s first possession. Garcia did it again after the Colonels forced the T-birds to punt. With the flame of frustration still set on high, the Colonels led 20-0 at the half.

Masaoay opened the second half with an 83-yard sideline tip-toe for a score. Mike Girardeau, who capably handled the kicking duties, finally got his first extra point of the game.

Maj. Steinmetz substituted players frequently in the se­ cond half, and all members of the team got much-needed experience. When the final gun sounded, the Colonels were eagerly awaiting the season’s final contest — the Kemper game.

The Colonels won the game, but not in the manner in which they had intended. Kemper Military School forfeited, giving MMA a 2-0 win. The Academy retained the Gold Football, trophy of this 90-year-old rivalry, for the 18th consecutive year.

Although it was a rugged season of reconstruction, the team agrees that it was worth it. Underclassmen comprise the team’s majority, and they understand that all teams have similar years, and in the end, all give as well as receive.

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XC Rebuilds a Winner i=7p o say the graduation hurt the cross-country Colonels U would be an understatement, said Lt. Marty Hunt, coach. But more than 25 hopefuls tried out for the team, for which the coach was glad. With three returning let­ termen, the team was in need of new talent.

Captains Juan Carlos Gastelum and Jeff Curtis, and the third returning letterman, Craig Guffey, composed the nucleus of the team. Complimenting this core were newcomers Ming-Lee Lowe, Mitch Gentry, and Alan Jenn­ ings. With the rest of the team, the Colonels put together a 6-3 season and that was capped by winning the first state military cross-country meet, held during Dad’s Weekend.

Gastelum finished first for the Colonels at every meet but one, and he led the cadets to a clean sweep over Wentworth Military Academy at the state military race Oct. 25. Placing in order behind him were Gentry, Marcos Ale­ jandro, Jennings, and Curtis.

The Colonels opened their season by hosting, and defeating 26-29, Harrisburg Oct. 1. The Academy's top five were Gastelum, first, Alejandro fourth, Gentry sixth, Jennings seventh, and Curtis eighth. Like golf, the low score wins with the totals being the sum of a team’s finishing places.

The runners didn’t do well at the Centralia Invitational Oct. 4. They placed fifth among six teams. Gastelum earn­ ed a medal, though, for his overall fourth-place finish.

MMA met the new Wentworth team, and defeated them 17-41, Oct. 7. Gentry edged out Gastelum for first by one second.

The Colonels won a close race with Hallsville Oct. 10.

Gastelum led Gentry, Alejandro, Curtis, and Jennings across the line for the 28-29 victory. “Our fourth and fifth­ place finishers made the difference,” said Lt. Hunt.

Finishing as a group has been the secret of the team’s success, he added.

Making amends for their performance at the Invitational meet, the cadets defeated Centralia 39-41 Oct. 15. Backto-back losses followed this triumph. MMA lost to Hallsville 24-31 Oct. 17, and lost 25-30 to Harrisburg Oct. 20. The Colonels made amends for these by taking the state military championship.

The runners’ season closed with a 29-36 loss to Cen­ tralia. Regardless the team was in high spirits. Its majority will be returning next year. “And you can’t complain about a winning season during a rebuilding year,” added Lt. Hunt.

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and the Delta Blue Devils played to a 0-0 tie in the championship game that concluded the season.

Echo Does It Again! /7\ t the beginning of the 1986 company football season, the Alpha Green Wave was seen as the sleeper among the four teams, the one that would unseat the Echo Golden Warriors as the undisputed champs.

“The team has an excellent attitude, motivation, and determination,” said Capt. Joe Ableman, coach. But despite the team’s determination, it couldn't match Echo’s superior manpower. The same was true with the surpris­ ing Delta Blue Devils team. It came in third in the company rankings, but it did manage to do what no other team in re­ cent memory has done — it tied the Warriors.

The Charlie Red Raiders didn’t win a game this season, but their play was competitive, and they came close to knocking off Alpha for third place. Perhaps they would have done better had they not lost the services of Dave McConnell, who was sidelined with an injury early in the season.

Delta finished the year with a 2-1-1 record, and they sur­ prised many by finishing second. Their playoff game with Echo Nov. 6 was another surprise. After four quarters of battle, the score remained tied at zero. The Devils also destroyed Alpha 20-6 Oct. 31 in retribution for Alpha’s

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snatching second place from them last season.

The Warriors, champions for the past four seasons, had a dream year. They defeated Delta in a six-point shutout Oct. 9. They had no idea what awaited them in the playoff game.

In that game, there was absolutely no offensive attack from either team. The respective defenses were working double shifts, though. Such was not the case for the rest of the season.

Alpha dropped Charlie 8-0 in the Oct. 7 season opener.

Echo had that shutout over Delta in their opener. Delta danced over Charlie 20-6 Oct. 16, and Alpha and Echo played to a tie at 12 Dad’s Day, Oct. 24. Echo rolled over Charlie 34-6 Oct. 30, and Delta did it 20-6 to Alpha Oct. 31.

Alpha caught Charlie 12-6 for third place Nov. 4, and Echo and Delta beat on each other in the final game.

Each team contributed players to the all-star team nam­ ed at the season’s end. Alpha contributed Jeff Ennis and Scott Moody. Charlie added Lee Cotrell and Don Jones.

Delta provided Oscar Canales, Ralph Molina, and Carey Seay. Echo completed the team with Federico Huesca, John Sampson, and Rhett Walters.

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The Charlie Red Raiders are, from left, first row: Jai Hutcherson, Jim Zyck, Lee Cotrell, Don Jones, Eric Heidtke. Second row: Chris Bruns, Jon Soper, Dave Kionka, Richard Stopczy, Larry Wylie, Dave McCon­ nell. Third row: Staff Sgt. Merrel Evans and Sgt. 1 st Class Thomas Teel, coaches; Tod Thompson, and Lance Heutel.

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in all four strokes — butterfly, backstroke, breast stroke, freestyle.

Swimmers Miss Hickman wimming has been the Academy’s perennial winter powerhouse team for the past five years, and 198687 was no exception. From year-to-year there seems to be the talent to take the team to near-perfect records, said Maj. Ron Rosendahl, coach.

It’s doubtful that the team will again see four con­ secutive undefeated seasons, especially since Columbia Hickman has been added to the schedule.

But this factor has only firmed the team’s resolve. Its members still want to be undefeated, and they know they will have to beat Hickman, which has an enrollment of almost 3,000, to do it. Add to that goal the winning of the state military championship and the season would indeed be perfect.

The swimming Colonels almost made it this year. They earned the state military championship Feb. 2 by scoring 135 points to Wentworth Military Academy’s 99 and Kemper Military School’s 17. They also lost to Hickman, in a way.

The Hickman meet was supposed to be the season’s finale Feb. 12. But the flu was making its rounds, and it stopped at MMA. The Colonels had to forfeit the meet.

Sick or not, they wanted to swim, but the contest couldn’t be rescheduled and the season’s record stood at 7-1.

The swimmers opened their season with a double win over two competitive opponents Dec. 12. Run as a double-dual meet, MMA defeated Springfield Central 103-69, and beat Springfield Hillcrest 107-64.

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The Colonels were not sure of the victory, said backstroker Scott Daniels. “I didn’t think we’d do as well as we did.”

What followed was the team’s closet meet of the season. A mere nine points separated the Colonels from Sedalia in MMA’s 90 point win Jan. 15. Wentworth follow­ ed in the Colonels’ wake 109-51 Jan. 20, and Kempei canceled their Jan. 29 contest.

After the state military meet, Sedalia made another run on the Colonels. But remembering the teams’ first contest, the cadets pushed the limit and defeated the team 98-74.

The teams’ power always seems to be consolidated in the medley relay, the event that begins every meet. Its members, backstroker Daniels, butterflier Garrett Stockum, breast stroker Peter Kispert, and freestyler Blake Fesler, usually win the races featuring their prefer­ red strokes. Daniels usually added one more by winning the individual medley, in which one swimmer must swim all four strokes.

The team’s only real weakness this season was diving, but three were fighting for dominance, Phil Middleton, Jorge Cue, and Alejandro Canedo. Canedo usually won.

Like the other varsity sports, underclassmen composed the swimming teams’ majority. Maj. Rosendahl said that, if the members keep working as hard as they have, the Col­ onels will be assured more winning seasons. And perhaps they might even defeat the Columbia powerhouse.

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Jason Falbo-Gwlnn takes a deep breath during his turn In the state military 100-meter breast stroke. While an opponent’s teammate urges a competition along, all Falbo-Gwlnn Is thinking about Is the man ahead of him, Garrett Stockum, left. MMA divers Alejandro Canedo and Jorge Cue, waiting for their turn on the board, study the form of their oppo­ nent from Wentworth.

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Basketball Gains Net Experience ("EE1 ducation and experience were the primary goals of [Ej the basketball Colonels 1986-87 season and they were going to the school of hard knocks. Although their season report card showed a 3-12 record, what they learned can’t be metered by grades or records.

The team, centered around returning lettermen Chad Gates, Mark Magnon, Ralph Molina, Phil Masaoay, and Craig Guffey, opened its season with a 43-41 win over Kemper Military School Dec. 3. Don Jones and Ken Linck joined the lineup to give the team better size and quickness. But as the season proved, experience was lacking, especially in defense, said Maj. Dave Steinmetz, coach.

The Colonels then lost seven in a row, but they were learning. “It's a steady and slow process,” said Maj. Steinmetz. “But we have some fine talent that is starting to shine.”

Consistency was another problem. “We either played well or turned the ball over.”

The Colonels’ lessons jelled against Wentworth Military Academy, and the Cadets beat the Dragons 53-43. In this game the teams’ scoring leaders started to shine. Molina tallied 21, Gates netted 18 points and grabbed 15 re­ bounds, and Magnon broke the double-digit barrier by scoring 10.

The Colonels fell into another losing streak during the second half of the season, losing five in a row. Teamwork seemed to be the problem, said Maj. Steinmetz.

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game plan.

The Colonels wrapped up their season as they started it, though, by defeating Kemper. The Colonels defeated the Yellowjackets 75-43 Feb. 21.

Kemper came looking for a victory, and at the start, it looked as though it might get it. At one point in the first quarter, Kemper led 10-7. But the Colonels, supported by the cadet corps and setting a quick pace, tied that period at 16.

MMA outscored Kemper 28-8 in the second period by causing many turnovers. “We intentionally set a quick pace to tire them out,” said Maj. Steinmetz. “We succeeded.”

The Colonels’ defense held Kemper to just four points in the third quarter and did well on the boards. The fourth period saw the Yellowjackets try to make a comeback, but again they couldn’t penetrate the Colonels’ defense.

The JV Colonels had a better season, finishing with a 56 record. Like the varsity, they defeated Kemper twice at the season’s open and close. Silex also fell twice to the JV, and Higbee was the junior squads’ fifth victim. Mike Girardeau was the JV scoring leader and hit in double figures for most of the season.

The season wasn’t an easy one, said Maj. Steinmetz, but it did bear fruit in the lessons learned and experienced gained. The JV squad also was a proving ground for many that will grace the varsity roster next season. As he said at the winter sports banquet, there's more to sport than win­ ning, there’s learning to be a better competitor. "If you have improved, than you have won in the end.”

Numbers Don't Give Facts Wrestlers Win Big During Post Season FjA/71 athematicians will tell you that numbers don’t lie, UV/tl but what they don’t tell you is that numbers don’t tell the whole truth.

Take the wrestling Colonels for example. Their season record was 6-7 — so so season according to the numbers. What the numbers don’t tell you is that the Col­ onels took 20 minutes to win the state military champion­ ship. They placed second at district. All 13 members of the team advanced to sectional competition from the district meet, and seven went to state from the sectional meet.

Numbers don’t lie, but they don’t necessarily give you all the facts, either.

The mat season didn’t have that terrific a start. The Col­ onels lost three in a row and finished fourth in an eight­ team field at the Centralia Invitational Jan. 17. Things pick­ ed up against Wentworth Military Academy Jan. 20. MMA beat their western foes 54-23, a foreshadowing of the up­ coming state military match.

The season took a temporary dive at the Mexico Quad Jan. 24. The Colonels finished third. And the meet with Sedalia Jan. 27 was a close one. The cadets won by one, 37-36.

In the 20 minutes the state military match lasted Feb. 2, the Colonels won nine of 13 weight classes. Karl Williams, Matt Dunhill, Carey Seay, Chris Chandeysson, Kurt Siciliano, and Mitch Gentry pinned their opponents. Forfeit wins went to Everardo Sousa, Tony Fruits, and Giovanni Boschi.

The Colonels had hoped to finish the regular season by defeating Centralia Feb. 9, but it wasn’t to be. MMA did get them back at district.

Peaking at the right time was the teams’ goal, said Capt.

Richard Twells, coach. And peak they did. The cadets took second at district in Moberly Feb. 14. All 13 wrestlers advanced to the sectional match in Maplewood Feb. 17.

Brian Baum, Seay, Chandeysson, Siciliano, Fruits, Boschi, and Phil Jimenez went to the state match in Columbia Feb. 19-21.

Siciliano did the best at state, making it to the quarter­ final round. But how well they didn’t wasn’t the point at state, said Capt. Twells. “Making it to state is the thing, it means you are one of the 16 best in the state. What you get after that is gravy.”

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There was one match that occurred at every home contest that wasn’t on the program, and it was one In which the entire team took part, wrestling the two-piece mat from the gymnasium back to the little Held house. This was a battle the Colonels always won, though not easily.

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n=i rom the season’s start, the rifle Colonels have said □ that the year would be one of rebuilding. And indeed it has been. Starting with just four returning lettermen, and one senior, Ricardo Elizondo, the Colonels have con­ structed a 7-4 record and a first-place in the Junior ROTC division and an individual second-place at the NRA match Feb. 14.

Like last year, the team suffered cancellations and re­ schedulings. The Colonels became the state military champions when Kemper Military School forfeited the Feb. 13 match.

Although the team is mostly underclassmen, the shooting has been top-notch. At the NRA match and com-

peting against five other ROTC schools, MMA scored 1,934 of a possible 2,400 points for first place. Leading the team was Scott Duncan, who shot 500 of 600 points and earned the overall second-place award.

Elizondo shot a 481, Todd Ausfahl a 479, and Paul Tilton a 475 at the NRA shoot. The finishing places for the last three shooters varied during the season, and Duncan was unseated as top man once, by team captain Tilton.

Duncan game one point from matching a 1984 MMA record when he shot a 519 against Westminster College Feb. 17. Currently a sophomore, Duncan, who will captain the team next year, says he’ll set a new record before he graduates.

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t was fun and games at the annual Senior-Faculty Basketball Game March 3, but then Maj. Ray Camp□ell blew his whistle and started the contest. The Class of 1987 had one thing in mind, to do what ’86 did — defeat the faculty, soundly.

The Senior attack, spearheaded by Brian Grissom and Shad Gates, quickly recorded a 10-6 lead on the faculty, ed by Lt. Marty Hunt and Lt. Bryan Withers. The game A/as intense, and the numbers mounted. The scoreboard showed a greater increase for the faculty in the second □eriod. It was 27-16 faculty at the half.

The seniors outscored the faculty 10-8 in the third, and they all but threw a net over Lts. Hunt and Withers, who ed the scoring with 14 and 13 points respectively.

Grissom and Clayberg also tallied the majority of their game totals of 10 and nine.

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substituted freely, keeping fresh talent on the floor. Phil Clayberg, Jorge Infante, Ken Linck, Kurt Siciliano, Todd Misemer, Mike Rubio, Chris Arbow, John Tredway, Giovanni Boschi, Federico Huesca, and Scott Daniels ap­ peared in the game.

This strategy worked well, the faculty team was tired, but it wasn’t dead. Capt. Joe Ableman, Staff Sgt. Merrel Evans, Lt. Col. Ken Mortentson, Lt. Col. Jerry Leadabrand, Lt. Col. Bob Weeks, Lt. Mark Reger, and Sgt. 1 st Class Thomas Teel appeared for the faculty.

The seniors quickly devoured the faculty lead in the fourth. Then the two teams swapped it back and forth for the remainder of the game. With the just second left on the clock that score was tied at 42. Lt. Withers was going for a sure bucket. He was fouled. A roar rose from the crowd. It didn’t work. Faculty 44 — Seniors 42.

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Echo Reclaims Title he Echo Golden Warriors were itching for the start of ' the company basketball season. They didn’t like the upstart Charlie Red Raiders stealing, what they felt, was their championship title last year, and they wanted it back.

Charlie wanted to retain the title. Add to the conflict the perennial second-place team, the Delta Blue Devils. They, too, wanted to improve their standings, as did the Alpha Green Wave. All the teams got their wishes except for the Raiders.

Company basketball commissioner and ref Maj. Ray Campbell whistled the season into action Dec. 2, and Charlie downed Alpha 39-32. Although it was a close game, it looked as though the Raiders were going to be a tough team to beat once again. Echo got its season start by defeating Delta 59-45 Dec. 4.

The seasons’ first true test came Dec. 9. Echo passed by beating Charlie 60-40. Alpha also did well in their next test, and although it lost 52-51 to Delta, the Wave surpris­ ed the Devils.

Delta tied Echo for first place when it downed Charlie 60-55 Dec. 16, but that didn't last long. Echo rolled over Alpha 60-39 Dec. 18 to claim the undisputed lead.

When the season resumed after Christmas furlough, Alpha was still looking for its first win. It got it from Charlie, 38-27, Jan. 12. Neither team knew that they would win another contest this season.

Delta had a chance to catch up to Echo Jan. 14, but the Devils lost to the Warriors 68-56. Charlie lost all chances of tying for the championship when Echo downed the Raiders 50-40 Jan. 23.

Alpha was a few points shy of its second win, against Echo Jan. 29. It would have settled for another bucket and a free throw in the 44-42 game.

This win ensured Echo’s reclamation of the champion­ ship. Although Delta defeated Charlie in a close one, 50-49 Jan. 30, Echo’s undefeated record is what counted. The playoffs would give the teams another chance to settle some scores, but it would leave the standings unchanged.

In the playoffs, that only happens if there’s a tie.

Such was the case for Alpha and Charlie. They were tied with one win each. Alpha gained a post-season win by defeating the Raiders 59-43 Feb. 10. Alpha almost got another victory in the A-team winners contest Feb. 20, but as before, they were a bucket short — Echo won the game 49-50.

Each team had its respective leaders, and in the end, they were the ones who composed the company basket­ ball all-star team: Echo’s Brian Grisson and Phil Clayberg, Alpha’s Frank Timmons, Charlie’s Jeff Curtis, and Delta’s Heath Oncale.

Everyone wanted the ball Delta’s Luis Garcia-Flores has just rebounded, especially the Charlie player who made the shot.

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The Delta Blue Devils are, from left, first row: Troy Miyake, Franco Almada, Heath Oncale, Alejandro Chavarriaga, Patrick Austin, Will Burch. Second row: Raul Gutierrez, Jaime Orendain, John Tredway, Gilberto Montemayor, Dan Hummel, Luis Garcia-Flores, Jesus Olivares. Third row: Capt. Kevin Shaddox, coach; Luis Gutierrez, Adam Bates, Scott Southwick, and Ricardo Gonzalez.

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F7 _ The Charlie Red Raiders are, from left, first row: Scot Thompson, Chris Bruns, Larry Wylie, Joe Brown, Don Mieger. Second row: Kort Griffy, Jeff Curtis, Scott Cargill, Jarrod Lewis, Randy Chaney, Brad Allen. Third row: David Kionka and Staff Sgt. Merrel Evans, coach.

Bomb Squad Explodes on Sports Scene 7\/71 ost bomb squads’ jobs are to diffuse explosive JVvU devices, but the job of MMA’s "Bomb Squad" is to nake things explode, such as the cadet corps’ spirit, durng home sporting events.

One half of the 12-man squad debuted its routine at the MMA — Missouri School for the Deaf game, Sept. 12. Its other half appeared at the MMA — Warren County game.

"Give me a *C’," cried Giovanni Boschi, leader. "Give Te an ‘O’,’’ screamed Allen Herbert. "Give me a ‘L’,” □ellowed Jason Falbo-Gwinn. "Give me an ‘O’,” screech2d Jeff McClain. "Give me an *N’,” hollered James For'est. "Give me an *E’,” yelled Brad Allen. "Give me an ‘L’,” 'oared William Walker. "Give me an ‘S’,’’ shrieked Garret Stockum. "What’s that speil?" whooped Brian Gallagher. ’What’s that spell?" echoed Chad Shoeman and Larry Wylie.

"COLONELS!!" howled the cadet corps.

Bomb Squad members are volunteers, said Lt. Col. Robert Weeks, supervisor. "They’re giving up their free time because they want to get the crowd fired up during the Colonels' games."

The squad started slowly, he said. Practices were held when time could be found, and the members developed their own cheers. Improvement could be seen between its first and second appearances. The Squad will be at all nome football, soccer, and basketball games, said Col. Weeks.

The Bomb Squad added another member to its troupe, and debuted his performance, at the Kemper basketball game Feb. 21. Known as the "Colonel," the headpiece 'esembles the MMA mascot on various logos and decals, sompete with mustache and goatee. John Tredway wears the costume and was in on its construction, as were Sallagher, Forrest, Claudio Sahut, and Mrs. Becky Erdei, who supervised its construction.

"The best part of being on the Bomb Squad," said Sallagher, its most animated member, "is that you can 'eally let your feelings fly. When you get excited, so does the crowd. Their excitement feeds yours, and it just keeps □uilding."

Bomb Squad members Brian Gallagher, Roberto Paras, James Forrest, ■md John Tredway stir up the corps spirits as the Warrenton football game.

Junior School Cadet Brent Floyd was an ex-officio member of the Squad, and here he gets a lift from Brian Gallagher at the Grandview game.

Escorted by Bomb Squad cheerleaders Brian Gallagher, Allen Herbert, and Jorge Infante, “The Colonel" tells the crowd at the Kemper game that he can’t hear their cheers.

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r\ Ithough the battalion weightlifting competition is open to everyone, the medal winners for each weight class invariably are those who participated in the sport for the season.

They have learned the techniques and built their bodies, and they compose the majority of the finalists who com­ pete with each other to see how much heavy metal they can lift.

All the competitors are taught the basics as safety is the prime concern. Four spotters are in position when anyone is lifting, and Lt. Cols. Ken Mortenson and Jerry Leadabrand, coaches, keep a sharp eye out for possible danger. Like seasons past, no one was injured, and those taking part finished the season stronger than when they started.

The strongest were the battalion weight-class winners: Lee Cotrell, 132-pound class; Jose Bernal, 145; Brian Gallagher, 165; Phil Clayberg, 181; and Robert Tahma­ sian, unlimited class.

ff McClain, one of the most aggressive boxers, won the decision In this preliminary fight and went on to win the 149-pound class medal.

PT, Boxing's No. 1 Foe ES) oxing is one of the most challenging sports in the d) MMA lineup. It is known as a maker or breaker of ien, and that’s before they even step into the ring, where e is a bit easier. But the boxers, or those who make it, ave to endure their No. 1 opponent for at least a month 9fore they even step into that ring.

Conditioning will make or break a boxer, says Sgt. 1st lass Thomas Teel, boxing coach. He ought to know, e’s boxed in the Army. And he’s found that his conditiong program, which is straight from the 82nd Airborne Divi­ on, makes or breaks most of the boxers.

For the first two weeks, PT is the name of the game, ide-straddle hops, push-ups, sit-ups, running (up to five iles). After that practices are divided evenly between PT id working on the basics of boxing. When not working i the heavy bag, the speed bag, or working with the iach, jumping rope is the order of the day. “A safe boxer one that’s well conditioned,” says Sgt. Teel.

After sparring in the ring of several weeks, which takes ace after the PT session that starts every practice, the attalion boxing tournament begins. Only those who have saten the conditioning opponent, in other words, those in e program, can compete, save one exception.

Divided by weight class, the boxer fight three 3-minute »unds. In the end, only the winner receives a medal. But ven the conditioning program, everyone is a winner, lys Sgt. Teel, and there were no injuries, save a few oody noses, several from poorly swung jump ropes.

Leading the boxers was Jeff McClain, 149-pound winsr and two-time winner of the Gallagher Boxing Trophy, le other weight-class winners were Luis Garcia Flores, 50; Federico Huesca, 176 and super heavyweight (Sgt. sei let some boxers challenge those one class above

This fight between Paul Tilton and Joel Spurlock, which Tilton won, was one of boxing’s most exciting, said coach and referee Sgt. Teel.

them to increase competition); Dolan Osborne, 107; Ricar­ do Rodriguez, heavyweight; Guillermo Roel, 126 and 139; and Tom Tabaka, 95.

There was no one matching Tabaka’s weight in the pro­ gram, and Sgt. Teel said he wouldn’t give him a medal without a fight. It was up to Tabaka to come up with an op­ ponent in his class. Chris Bruns took the challenge, and won one of the fight’s rounds. “It was a good fight,” said Sgt. Teel, “But conditioning made the difference.

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Track Never Lets Down

Oscar Gonzalez beat his Van-Far opponent In this heat of the high hurdles, but It was an MSD runner that won the event.

crp he track Colonels opened their season with not I I knowing if they could fill events made vacant by graduation and ended it with a let-down feeling. Although they earned a 4-1 record, they missed the last test, which the opponent canceled.

The Colonels opened their season by hosting, and defeating 77-42, Wentworth Military Academy April 1. As it learned later, the team won the state military champion­ ship at the meet because Wentworth canceled the state contest April 14.

Phil Clayberg and Phil Jimenez marked the Colonels field wins at the Wentworth Meet. Clayberg tossed the discus 112-feet-9 1/z, and Jimenez heaved the shot 22feet-6 ¥2.

The Colonels also cleaned up in the relays. Arturo Delgado, John Sampson, Gilberto Montemayor, and Gilberto Crombe took the 400-meter relay. Crombe, Sampson, Montemayor, and Ricardo Elizondo won the 800-meter relay. Craig Guffey, Carey Seay, Phil Masaoay, and Delgado claimed the 1600 relay. And Gerardo Sena, Jose Guapo, Marcos Alejandro, and Juan Carlos Gastelum were No. 1 in the 3200 relay.

Gastelum also won the 1600 and 3200-meter runs, Sena took the 800-meter dash, and Jeff Curtis took the 400meter dash.

The Colonels suffered their only defeat of the season at their only away meet. Montgomery City downed the cadets by a mere two points, 76-74. A pole vaulter, who just needed to compete, would have made the difference

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in the meet agreed coaches Capts. Kevin Shaddox and Joe Ableman, and Lt. Marty Hunt.

The Colonels rebounded from this loss by beating Missouri School for the Deaf and Van-Far April 23. The Colonels tallied 89 points to MSD’s 41 and Van-Far’s 44, with MMA having about the some first-place finishers in the field and track events. The Colonels won the rematch with MSD, 95-41, May 7.

After they defeated the Missouri School for the Deaf, the cadets were looking forward to testing themselves against North Callaway. But the Thunderbirds canceled the May 12 meet, and the Colonels were left with a 4-1 season and no outlet for their competitive urge — until the battalion track meet, that is.

Echo Company had the greatest number of trackmen on its team, and the Golden Warriors won the meet with 69.5 points. Delta was second with 64. Alpha scored 43.5 points, and Charlie Tallied 37.

Medals went to the winner of each event. Masaoay won the high jump, Jimenez the shot, and Clayberg the discus.

Gallagher took both the long and triple jump. Gastelum won the 3200-meter run, and Infante took the high hurdles.

Sampson won the 55-meter dash, Sena the 800 and 1600-meter run, and Crombe the 200-meter dash.

Delgado won the 400-meter dash, Sauceda the low hurdles, and the team of Montemayor, Seay, Garza, G., and Garcia, E. A. the 800-meter relay.

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Gerardo Sena had a right to feel good about his finish at the annual 10-K run May 14. He broke the 1984 record of 35-minutes-37-seconds by 26 seconds. Despite his new record. Sena won neither the overall or 17-year-old age group medal because Juan Carlos finished 37 seconds ahead of him.

Gastelum, who won both the overall and 17year-old medal, blasted 1:24 from the old record.

His time of 34:13 should stand for some time, said Capt. Kevin Shaddox, track coach.

The other age-group winners, who received their medals at the May 16 sports banquet were Jaime Orendain, 20, 48:14; Scott Moody. 19.

52:51; Clay Grant, 18, 41:42; Marcos Alejandro, 16, 40:04; Gus Silva, 15, 41:20; Brent Atwood.

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Cadets Learn Diamond Lessons «=Tr> he baseball Colonels closed a long, hard, learning U season with back-to-back games with Mexico High School and a 7-1 record, says Maj. Ron Rosendahl, coach.

The 10-run rule ended the team’s final game of the season in the fifth inning May 15. The 11-1 game opened and closed with homeruns by Mexico. Oscar Canales scored the Colonels only run.

By the luck of the draw, the Colonels and Bulldogs met three days later in the first game of district play in Fulton.

As in their first meeting, the 10-run rule ended the 13-2 contest in the fifth. Hank Scoble and Mike Girardeau scored the MMA runs.

From the start, it has been a rough season for the cadets. They opened by hosting, and losing to, Higbee, 42, April 2. MMA was ahead in the third inning, but Higbee came back and scored in the fourth and fifth innings.

Although Pitcher Brian Grissom collected 11 strikeouts, the Colonels nullified his work by getting the same number of fans themselves. MMA had three hits for their two runs.

The Colonels tried to recover from the loss at the Com­ munity R-6 game April 6. Although the cadets’ hitting im­ proved, nine hits for seven runs, R-6 came up one better in runs. The Colonels were ahead at the bottom of the seventh, but R-6 scored three runs for the 8-7 final. The Colonels are looking forward to the May 11 rematch, said Maj. Rosendahl.

MMA’s baseball season hit bottom when the 10-run rule closed the game with Madison in the fifth inning April 22.

Ken Linck made the only hit in the game.

Kemper Military School forfeited the April 16 game, giv­ ing the Colonels the win, and defeated them 4-2 May 5, giving the Yellowjackets the state military championship.’

Football comes to mind when looking at the score of the Colonel’s 22-16 loss to Madison May 11. From the start it looked as though the 10-run rule would close the game in the fifth. Madison led 7-0 after the first inning. But it was 8-4 after the second, and 9-4 after the third. The teams tied at 16 in the seventh inning and could make no head­ way until the 10th inning, when Madison scored its final runs.

The Colonels thought they had a chance against Com­ munity R-6 May 11, and they did until a late scoring surge

by R-6 closed the game a 13-6. The game was tied at two until the fourth inning. Frank Timmons and Chad Gates scored the MMA runs in the first and second innings.

R-6 pulled ahead by one in the fourth, and MMA, with runs by Lance Heutel and Scoble, regained a one-run lead at the top of the fifth. But R-6 responded with five in the last half of the inning. MMA was shut out in the sixth, and R-6 scored another five. The Colonels shut out R-6 in the sixth and Timmons and Scoble scored again, but it wasn’t

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Hollenberg, Mark Magnon, Ralph Molina, Lance Heutel, Jason Polliard, Bobby Hancock, Jack Kim, Justin Hodges. Fourth row: Maj. Ron Rosendahl, Maj. Dave Steinmetz, Scott Duncan, Jason Rossi, Scott Daniels, Don Mleger, Larry Wylie, David Caln, Kyle Davis.

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While Ming-Lee Lowe reaches for a serve to complete his singles win against Fulton, right, Everardo Sousa waits for one while Capt. Walt Diehl talks with the Fulton coach about the match’s progress.

It Met Expectations he tennis Colonels’ season ended pretty much as began, says Capt. Walt Diehl, coach. The Colonels dropped Kemper Military School 9-0 May 8, and Helias did the same thing to the cadets May 12, giving the Colonels a 5-4 season record.

The doubles team of Ming-Lee Lowe and Luis Mendiola also did well at district competition, placing fourth among 20 teams. The defeated duos from Truxton (6-1, 6-2) and Chillacothe (6-1, 6-2) before being edged out of the com­ petition by Kirksville (2-6, 0-6).

The singles winners at the Kemper match were Lowe, Mendiola, Karl Williams, Giovanni Boschi, Everardo Sousa, and Boyd Geiger. The doubles winners were Jose Bernal and Juan Carlos Alonso, Randy Burch and Jon Baker, and Steven Mitchem and Geiger.

The season was supposed to open against Wentworth Military Academy April 1, but the Dragons’ forfeited, so the Colonels opened against Jefferson City Helias April 3. As in the finish, Helias shut the cadets out.

Although the Colonels lost to Fulton 3-6 April 7, things were going better for the young team. Boschi won his

singles match, and with Sousa, won his doubles match as well. Lowe and Mendiola also won their double match.

The Colonels evened the score with Fulton by defeating them 7-2 at their April 15 rematch. Mendiola, Williams, Allen, and Boschi won their singles matches. And the cadets swept the doubles competition with Lowe and Mendiola, Williams and Allen, and Boschi and Sousa com­ prising the winning duos.

Although Wentworth canceled the state military match April 14, the tennis Colonels won the championship by defeating Kemper Military School 8-1 April 20. The season turned even sweeter when the Colonels defeated Mexico High School 6-3 April 22. Lowe, Mendiola, Williams, and Sousa claimed the singles’ wins, and Lowe and Mendiola, and Boschi and Sousa grabbed the doubles.

As with their first meeting with the other Jefferson City school (Helias), the Jeff City Jays blanked the Colonels 90 April 24.

Battalion tennis finished the year’s competition, and Williams won the single’s medal, and Lowe and Mendiola took the double’s honor.

Golf Finishes at State he golf Colonels decorated their 11-3-1 season by U sending Robert De Echavarri to state competition in Columbia May 18-19.

"It told Eduardo Canamar and De Echavarri before the district meet (May 8 in Moberly) that if they avoided penal­ ty shots then they should be able to finish high enough to qualify for state,” said Maj. Ray Campbell, coach.

De Echavarri placed fifth overall with an eight-over-par 80, his ticket to the Lake of the Woods course in Colum­ bia. Canamar shot an 87, and the Colonels placed seventh among nine district teams.

Placing in the middle of the state 111-golfer pack, De Echavarri shot an 87 for the first 18 and a 79 for the se­ cond for a total score of 166. "It was a good showing for him, and I’m very pleased with his effort and attitude,” Said Maj. Campbell.

De Echavarri shot a 38 on the tough par-36 back nine the second day, added Maj. Campbell, tying for the low score of the day. "It was a good comeback, and he avoid­ ed the penalty shots.”

Battalion golf was held just before the state meet, and Charlie Company won with a 204. Scot Thompson, Don Jones, Jeff McKinney, and Randy Kelly beat out the facul­ ty team of Maj. Campbell, Capts. Joe Ableman and Tim Burgess, and Lt. Bryan Withers by two strokes. Alpha’s team of Robert Maldonado, Herb Wolf, Roberto Paras, and Scott Moody shot a 209.

Delta’s team of Canamar, Patrick Austin, Rolando Gon­ zalez, and Dave Jones shot a 216. Echo didn’t make the field because they only had two players, but one, De Echavarri was the medalist with a two-over-par 38. Mike LeBrecque shot a 69.

The golfers opened their season at Palmyra March 31.

Hannibal took the three-way contest with 155. MMA plac­ ed second with a 173, and their hosts rounded out the field with a 175. De Echavarri led the Colonels with a 42. He was followed by McKinney, 43, and Canamar and Wolf, each with 44. "We did what I thought we would in the opener,” said Maj. Campbell.

The Colonels’ next match, with Wentworth Military Academy April 1, was a bit unusual — the two tied at 194.

Maldonado led the cadets with a 46. Canamar and De Echavarri shot 47’s, and Wolf tallied a 54.

MMA downed Fulton and Montgomery County 180 to 193 to 192 April 7. "It was an excellent day for golf,” said Maj. Campbell. "But we shot poorly, but the other teams shot worse.”

April 11 was the team’s red-letter match, "A great day for MMA golfers,” said Maj. Campbell. The cadets finish­ ed fourth among 10 teams at the Palmyra Invitational.

Leading the Colonels were Canamar and De Echavarri, each with 10-over-par 80’s.

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Golf’s dynamic duo, Canamar and De Echavarri, led the Colonels to a 184-187 win over Fulton April 15, but the team’s score wasn’t enough to carry them past Mexico, who won the three-way match with a 179. The Colonels made up for the loss by defeating Montgomery 158-161 April 16.

April 14 was the season’s locus. The Colonels were supposed to have met Kemper Military School and Went­ worth for the state military match. But Wentworth cancel­ ed it. The Colonels played half the contest when the met, and defeated 160-185, Kemper in the team’s regularly scheduled April 20 match. Although MMA and WMA tied in their only outing, the Colonels were awarded the state military championship by a win and a forfeit.

Continuing their winning ways, the golfers defeated Van-Far and Montgomery April 21. MMA shot 246 to Mon­ tgomery’s 247 and Van-Far’s 253.

The streak didn’t continue to the Mexico match April 23.

The Bulldogs did in the Colonels 168-181. The Colonels rebounded for the season’s final matches, beating Mark Twain 182-183 May 5, and Montgomery City and Van-Far 171-182-209 respectively.

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Williams, Juan Carlos Alonso, Mike Girardeau, Ralph Molina, Arturo Delgado. Fourth row: Craig Guffey, Mark Magnon, Eduardo Canamar, Randy Kelly, Guillermo Roel, Oscar Gonzalez, Gerardo Sauceda, Luis Mendiola, Jeff McKinney, Jon Baker, Boyd Geiger, and Maj. Ron Rosen­ dahl, sponsor.

Honor Athletes Increase ecoming a member of the Academy’s athletic honor o) society, the M-Club is not easy. To do so one must earn a varsity letter in two different sports. An even high honor is earning an M-Club medal, for lettering in three dif­ ferent varsity sports in one year.

Usually just a handfuls attain this honor, but this year, 12 earned the honor: Giovanni Boschi, Eduardo Canamar, Tony Fruits, Chad Gates, Boyd Geiger, Craig Guffey, Phil Jimenez, Ken Linck, Ming-Lee Lowe, Mark Magnon, Phil Massaoay, and Everardo Sousa.

Despite the stringent requirements (to stay an M-Club member, athletes must earn varsity letters in two seasons in which he is eligible to compete), the membership, and holders of the M-Club medal, keeps growing, said Maj.

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"This growth is a testament to the competitive nature and sportsmanship of the cadets."

With membership goes responsibilities. Members shared their goodwill with the citizens of Mexico at Christmas, distributing food parcels to those whose Yuletide table might be bare without them.

There’s also some time for fun. The atheltes sold themselves into slavery to pay for their trip to a St. Louis Blue’s hockey game (unfortunately bad weather canceled the trip at Kingdom City). They also ventured into the wilds of Mark Twain Lake for a campout with Maj. Rosendahl and his family after Army Day May 2.

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he relationship between the annual Command Inspection team and the cadet corps was summed up this year by the wager between Maj. Robert Samples and Sgt. Maj. Charles Verdugo, a member of the four-man in­ spection team. The Sergeant Major wagered that he would find at least one damp canteen during his inspec­ tion of Delta Company May 1.

“I won!” said Maj. Samples at the assembly that closed this year’s Cl. The cadets, too, had a wager of sorts with the inspectators, and at stake was the Gold Star represen­ ting MMA’s ROTC Honor Rating with Distinction. Although the results won’t be known until around Commencement, the inspectors, from Westminster College’s ROTC depart­ ment, Maj. Ray Chastain, team chief; Maj. John Kramb, Sgt. Maj. Verdugo, Master Sgt. Donald Griggs, and 2nd Lt. Todd Patton, the National Guard officer who inspected the Junior School, found little to criticize.

“The hardest part of the inspection was its prepara­ tion,” said Col. Charles Stribling III, president, in his remarks to the corps. All the cleaning, practicing, and stu-

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Cadets Win Command Inspection Wager dying paid off. The Sergeant Major was the toughest in­ spector. Delta Cadets will not soon forget on what Cadet Handbook page the press diagram is (81), or what the three norths are on a military map (grid, true, and magnetic).

There was some criticism, such as spotty military knowledge in one company. But, said Lt. Col. Ronald Kel­ ly, executive officer, these are things on which the cadets must work for next year. Sgt. Maj. Verdugo’s prime com­ plaint was that the Fusileers didn’t perform long enough.

“They could have gone on for at least another 30 minutes,’’ he said after their performance.

Many questions were asked In the In-ranks In­ spection, such as Master Sgt. Donald Griggs Is doing of Jon Soper while Band Commander tyltch Gentry stands before the subject, Peter Klspert. Cadets prepared for the questions by studying Q&A sheets.

Sgt. Maj. Verdugo could spot a fleck of dirt or rust on a 1903 Springfield from across the field house, some cadets said, but they were ready for him thanks to the thorough cleaning they gave their weapons before hand, as Garrett Stockum, Ari Zieger and friends are doing above right.

Some went through the rigorous Command In­ spection as bystanders, such as this visored and shaded bear In the Junior School.

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Before the games began, the cadets took a brisk 7-mile road march to loosen up May 2. A steak lunch provided energy, and a National Guard Huey helicopter dropped in­ to add an interesting display. The games began after lunch.

Charlie won the Three-Legged Race. Delta won the Wheelbarrow derby. Bravo, with 53-pound Brent Floyd in the saddle, won the Pony Express marathon, and with 15men on the rope against Charlie’s 10, won the Tug-O-War. Alpha’s officers won Izzy Dizzy, and'Echo’s Jaime Chapin vacuumed a chocolate-pudding pie to win that event.

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Assisted by active duty sergeants Thomas Teel and Mer­ rel Evans, Col. Weeks is responsible for a myraid of activities.

Bearing the national and school colors is the color guard, which earned its second consecutive state cham­ pionship this year. In addition, it presented the colors at a national education meeting in Columbia immediately before President Ronald Reagan addressed the attending governors and educators March 26.

The international color guard compliments the U.S. unit by carrying the flags of each nation represented by an MMA cadet.

Another aspect of the military department is the Military Police, led by MP of the Year Tom Tabaka. Responsible for traffic and crowd and control, information and assistance, the MP’s put in long hours, especially during special weekends, such as Dad’s Day and Commencement.

The military staff also, with Maj. Robert Samples, teaches the ROTC Leadership Development classes.

Through these classes and by example, Col. Weeks and Sgts. Teel and Evans set the foundation of MMA’s leader­ ship training. They also teach such subjects as military history, first aid, and map reading.

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The U.S. color guard, first row, comprises Gary Meyer, Chris Aparicio, Commander Jay Krupp, and Phil Middleton. The International color guard comprises Jack Kim, Enrique Vllchls, Oscar Gonzalez, Gonzalo Garza, Rafael Vlllanes, Alfredo Casso, Alejandro Davila, Arturo Delgado, Marcos Alejandro, and Gilberto Crombe.

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Third row: Lt. Col. Robert Weeks, Eduardo Canamar, Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Teel, Staff Sgt. Merrel Evans.

Meeting an MP In some cases means a turning point, such as during the new cadet drilldown at Commencement.

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Building for the Junior School FE^ or all intents and purposes, the Junior School has U already begun its second century of service to Missouri Military Academy, for it is molding the nucleus of leaders that will take MMA into the 1990’s.

The prime instrument of this task was the new leader­ ship seminar, which was held during registration seventh and eighth-graders. It’s theme was, and will be, Lead by Example.

Led by Lt. Col. Robert Piper and Capt. Tim Burgess, and featuring guest speakers Lt. Col. Robert Weeks, senior ar­ my instructor, and Battalion Commander Todd Misemer, himself a Junior School company commander, what the cadets learned can be summed by this poem, penned by the Class of 1987: I’d rather see a sermon than hear one, any day: I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way.

I can soon learn how to do it if you'll let me see it done: I can watch your hands in action but your tongue may too fast run.

All the lectures you deliver may be very wise and true.

But I’d rather get my lessons by observing what you do.

Though I may not understand you and the fine advice you give.

There is no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.

This new era for the Junior School started this year under the leadership of Col. Piper, commandant. Joining him is the new academic leader of the school, Maj. Samuel Saxon.

With 21 years experience, Maj. Saxon came to MMA from Murtaugh, Idaho, where he was superintendent of schools. “Being affiliated with a military school has been life-long dream,’’ says Maj. Saxon, who attended Gordon Military Academy and earned his doctorate from Brigham Young University. In addition to his duties as prinicipal, he teaches social studies and English as a Second Language.

Four others joined the Junior School faculty in 1986-87.

Lt. Jonathan Eastman teaches literature to the seventh and eighth-graders. He’s well versed in his subject. He taught, and earned his master’s, at the University of Missouri — Columbia. He added a master’s of fine arts in poetry before teaching at the University of Maryland’s ex­ tension campus in Vicenza, Italy.

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Mrs. Lola Miller, who retired last year as principal of a Mexico elementary school, brings 30 years of experience as a teacher and mother to the position of Headquarters housemother. Mrs. Wanda Fox, Junior School secretary, completed the newcomers.

As old cadets help the new, so to do the veteran faculty members. Maj. Mike Menneke teaches math and is the assistant principal. Capt. Burgess, “B” Barracks resident, is still challenging his students of English, and all cadets as the assistant commandant.

Maj. Jim Garrett teaches social studies and outlines the cadets physical development as athletic director. Mrs. Pat Piper gives the fourth through sixth-graders the academic foundations before passing them up the line.

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Lt. Klelnsorge, above, takes his students through the basics of all science; geology, biology, which they are studying here, and oceanography are Just a few of the topics covered this year.

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Personal help Is never far away In the Junior School. All one need do to get it is raise a hand, such as in Maj. Mike Menneke’s math class, right. One can also make an appoint­ ment to met with a teacher, or time can be made In class, such as Mrs. Pat Piper Is doing for Scott Ruwwe, left, who needed some help on a paper he has written.

Help also goes in the other direction. The chick Shon Downing and Jose Castro are ex­ amining was hatched in the science lab’s in­ cubator, and It depends on the cadets for its care and feeding.

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Activities Spice Life n unior School activities are the spice of the school year, the salt and pepper of the curriculum. Like all cadets, there’s registration. Dad’s Weekend, where Mike Dempsey and Vic Mann earned the best-drill old and new cadet titles; Homecoming, Mother's Day, and Commencement.

But the trips, such as the annual outing to Mark Twain country, are what make it special. Touring Twain’s boyhood home and cave at Hannibal is a Junior school staple, but each year it is different. A tour of the power plant at the Clarence Cannon Dam was added to the Oct. 2 itinerary.

Lt. Willis Kleinsorge’s science classes and activity have been the most frequent travelers. They toured Mexico’s A.P. Green Refractory plant during their study of earth science Dec. 2. While studying atmospheric science, they visited the National Weather Service office in Columbia, April 10, and made side trips to Missouri University’s animal science center and physics building, where they watched a film on the Milky Way. Led by Lt. Col. Robert Piper, the fourth through sixth­ graders toured the Audrain Medical Center, seeing for themselves what goes on in a hospital. The gifts of surgical caps and masks were a big hit, too.

During their study of the 19th and 20th centuries, Maj. Sam Saxon’s social studies classes toured the Westminster College Winston Churchill Memorial March 28, whose museum has extensive collections of artifacts from that era.

The Junior School’s performing activities’ big day always comes with the annual Christmas party, this year Dec. 17. The band and glee club play and sing everyone’s favorite carols. The drama group, under the supervision of Lt. Jon Eastman, undertook an ambitious project and presented Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

The actors portrayed their parts well. Aaron McCullough was Scrooge, Chris Ondriska Christmas Past, Brent Floyd Tiny Tim, Kevin McCombs young Scrooge, Clayton James Christmas present, Paxton Brinkley Bob Cratchet, Danny Jung delivery boy, Kip Kimberly Mrs. Cratchet, Mark Danielson Martha Cratchet and Christmas future, and Joe Dressel narrator.

J. J. O’Keefe worked the lights, David Rich and his syn­ thesizer provided the sound effects, and the Junior School glee club interjected carols at crucial moments in the play.

The highlights of the evening was the presentation of Rudolph the Blue-nosed Reindeer, an adaptation of the traditional story written by the Junior School Learning Resource activity, taught by Mrs. Karen Spangler.

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“Doe-see-doe, and around we go,” Junior School dancers say to themselves at the party that ended the year’s lessons.

Russ Dasovich teaches Brent Floyd marching turns while Mike Loupot and J. J. O’Keefe watch and wait their turn. Jasyn Randazco Is working with another group of recruits In the background.

Juan Pablo Lanz-Duret, Danny Povich, Shon Downing, Chris Caufield, Bill Bosch, and Steve Chesser read their scripts, Alex Flores, Ralph and George Guigou, Alberto De las Rivas, Scott Ruwwe, and Anthony Webb manipulated the puppets made by Mrs. Becky Erdei’s Junior School art class.

Junior School performers got another chance to strut their stuff at the first Talent Show Feb. 7. Lip-sync was popular with the three Junior School entries. The "JayScoo’s,” comprising David Beamer and Jack Redman, choreographed a routine and mouthed the words to Roll With Me Henry.

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The tap from Capt. Tim Burgess tells Matt Cage that Mike Dempsey has won the Dad’s Weekend Junior School old-boy drilldown.

he Shufflin Crew,” Clayton James, Ben Ross, and 11 Danny Jung, did the same to the Chicago Bears' uper Bowl rap tune.

The Scientists, Juan Huesca, Pablo Lanz-Duret, George uigou, and Tony Webb, put on white lab coats to lip-sync ie theme from Weird Science.

The high school and Junior School joined forces in the )-sync presentation of Jungle Love. Shon Downing did e vocals and dancing, and Jeff Kannegiesser played the jitar.

Many of the performers learned some of their dancing dlls at Junior School dancing lessons, taught by Ms. met Rainey in March. And eighth-graders toured the

high school in early March as part of the orientation program.

The Junior School’s other performing group, the Brigadiers, put on their big show of the year when they performed the halftime at the University of Missouri — Nebraska Big 8 women’s basketball game in Columbia Feb. 8.

The year was also spiced with such activities as cookouts in the fall, campouts in the spring, and the an­ nual spelling bee in April.

“Fluorescent” is a word the spellers will not soon forget, but when the competition was complete, Gabriel Ugarte was the champion.

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Lions Slow Eagles' Pace he Junior School Lions and Eagles football games U for the past several years have been lopsided. In fact, the Lions haven’t scored, by Eagle coach Capt. Tim Burgess’ memory, in two years. But that all changed Dad’s Weekend, Oct. 24.

The Eagles led thanks to a third-quarter Jim Capraro pass carried across the line by Vic Mann. After the kickoff, the Eagles were looking for a Lion with the ball. He couldn’t be found. Bear Martinez had the it. The Eagles s searched everywhere but the endzone, where Martinez and his teammates were celebrating.

The game’s intensity, fierce from the start, grew. Both sides were hitting hard. The Lions tried to capitalize on their psychological advantage. The Eagles redoubled their efforts, which paid off in another score when Matt Cage caught another pass for the 14-6 final.

The teams opened their season Oct. 22, and the Eagles dusted the Lions 30-0, but after the Dad’s Day game, there is no over confidence in the Eagle’s nest.

The teams met Oct. 30 to see if the Eagles would retain the championship trophy for the third straight year. Or, if the Lions, under coach Lt. Jon Eastman, put together a victory, there will be another game to decide the title.

The Eagles collected their third consecutive grid title after defeating the Lions 18-0. After a scoreless first quarter, Bryan Miller scampered down field for the Eagle’s first TD. Vice Mann and Jimmy Capraro completed an aerial connection for the third-quarter score, and Joe Dressel bulled through the Lions’ den in the fourth for the final.

The Eagles had an Idea of what was to come when their Vic Mann was stopped In his tracks by a Lion tackler. But the Eagles gave as well as received, right, as Mann Is dropp­ ing Lion Bear Martinez.

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n unior School basketball was a little different this year. Instead of the Lions and Eagles fighting it out, they joined together to battle such teams as the Mexico Sports.

Divided into seventh and eighth-grades all-st^r teams, respectively coached by Lt. Jon Eastman and Capt. Tim Burgess, the Junior Colonels opened their season with the Sports Feb. 7.

The 7-A team opened the series with a 32-26 loss to the Sports. The seventh-graders were down by two at the end of their first period, and by four at the half. MMA dropped another two points in the third period matched the Sports in the final period.

Bill Bosch led the cadets’ scoring with eight points. Jack Redman added seven points, Mike Loupot added six, and Wade Deines had five. Ralph Guigou, a sixth-grader, was the team’s fifth member.

The 7-B Junior School team had a better time with their opposite number, defeating the Sports 26-14.

The cadets controlled the game from the start, building to a 14-12 halftime lead. While the seventh-graders added six more points to their score in the third, they allowed the sports but two. MMA scored another six in the final period qJJ

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and shut down the Sports’ offense.

Aaron Bates led the cadets’ scoring with 16 points.

Sean Foreman added eight, and Roger Remling tallied two. David Beamer and Lee Merrill completed the team’s starting lineup.

The eighth-grade Colonels had a similar game with the eighth-grade Sports, defeating them 40-21.

As in the previous game, the Colonels led from the start.

It was a slow start, and MMA led 13-9 at the half. The eighth-graders went on a scoring binge in the second half, tallying 13 in the third period and 14 in the final quarter.

Vic Mann led the Colonels’ scoring with 25. Chandler Moore and Clayton Davis each scored four, Matt Cage three, and Bryan Miller and Scott Borchert two each.

The seventh-graders met and defeated St. Brendan’s 30-6 Feb. 20. MMA led 10-4 at the half and continued on its scoring binge in the second half while allowing St. Brendan’s just one shot for the field.

Foreman led the MMA scoring with 16. Shawn Turney, Remling, and Merrill each had four.

The Junior School basketball Colonels closed their season by defeating the Sports in another series MMA gymnasium March 7.

New Record Set Mann Increases High Jump Goal he Junior School has three all-school athletic meets, wrestling and swimming during the winter season, and track in the spring. It was the track meet that received most of the attention this year.

Vic Mann stole most of the glory at it by setting a new Junior School high-jump record that almost tied the high school record of 6 feet. He increased the record 3 inches to 5-feet-7. In addition he won the 200 and 400 meter runs, which earned him 15 points and the eighth-grade track medal.

In the seventh grade, Sean Foreman and Brian Wolf tied for the medals with 14 points each. Foreman won the 200 and 400-meter runs, Wolf won the 50-meter dash and long jump, the pair tied in the high jump. Ralph Guigou earned the fourth-through sixth-grade medal with 15 points by winning the 200, 400, and high jump.

All contestants had to participate in either two track and one field event, or two field and one track event. The events were the 50, 200, and 400-meter runs, the shot put (won by Matt Cage), long jump, and high jump.

The wrestlers, divided into nine weight classes, went head-to-head until the top three finishers in each was determined. The first-place finishers received letters and medals at the Junior School’s sports and honor banquet at the dining ball March 3.

In the lightweight division, for those 76 pounds and under, Mike Kapner came out on top, followed by Steve Lawrence and George Guigou. Juan Carlos Aguado, Shon Downing, and Chris Grunewald took the top three spots in the 77-86-pound division.

Regan Schoengarth, Mark Danielson, and Jim O’Neill did the same in the 88-97-pound class, as did Oscar Uribe, William Holden, and Ricky Jones in the 98-101 division. In the 102-107 group, Dave Beamer, Russ Dasovich, and Cliff Cunningham took top honors.

The winners at 108-114 were Jim Capraro, Pat Fit­ zgerald, and Bill Russell, and at 115-121 they were Kim Kimberley, Jack Redman, and Mike Federici. Rob Coke, Joe Dressel, and Ralph Guigou topped the 123-130-pound class.

Aaron Bates, Mike Dempsey, and Brad Ohlson led the 133-141 class, and the heavyweight winners were Dionisio Gonzalez de Castilla, Vic Mann, and Matt Cage.

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The Junior School swimmers barely had time to dry before they gathered at the dining hall to receive their let­ ters, medals, and certificates at the Junior School sports and honor banquet March 3.

The swimmers competed by grade levels in five events.

Distances depended on the grade level, said supervisor Lt. Willis Kleinsorge.

In the fourth through sixth-grades, Ralph Guigou, Pax­ ton Brinkley, Ernesto Cardenas, and Kevin McCombs took the top four spots in the 25-meter freestyle. Guigou and Brinkley changed spots, and Don Reed and Danny Povich took the third and fourth spots in the 50 free.

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With Ernesto Cardenas watching Donald Reed, Regan Schoengarth, and Ralph Gulgou streak from their 400-meter run starts, Clayton James tries to read Maj. Jim Garret’s clipboard to see how he finished In his race, below.

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Although the reorganization caused some confusion in­ itially, it achieved its desired goal. Both games played this season ended in a ties at four.

The players seemed to like the change “I thought there was a lot of good competition,” said Wade Deines. ‘‘Both teams had a chance to be the winner, and both the Lions and Eagles developed a lot of good sportsmanship.”

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Tennis Takes Medal Challenge inning a letter, and especially a medal in tennis, is UU not easy. To do it, one must defeat Lt. Col. Robert Piper, tennis coach. If this is done, it assures that a player will have no problems with his opponent in the Junior School tennis tournament.

The first goal for many is to learn how to play the game.

Col. Piper takes his players from “how to hold the racket” to more advanced subjects such as placement strategy.

Scoring tennis is another test, and it seems to go against the rules of math learned from Maj. Mike Menneke. It starts with love and ends at 45.

Regardless, Ralph Guigou and William Holden earned medals with their letters, and Jim O’Neill, Juan Carlos Zulueta, and Oscar Uribe earned letters.

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Because of this, the teams, which created names as ften as they were reorganized (such as the Arabs, who /ere the skins and tied their shirts around their heads), layed for the day. Yesterday’s win or loss didn’t matter ecause today was a new game.

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It’s a hard time, saying goodbye to friends, packing up and moving personal treasures, saying goodbye to teachers who’ve cared for students during the year. It’s also a happy time for beginnings are always interesting, unknown, and challenging.

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Misemer and I, William Walker, your historian, started our seventh-grade year.

I was puzzled by the Blue Star worn by cadets, as was Misemer. We knew that something was not as it should be. But as the first space shuttle was on its way up, the Blue Star was in the process of coming down, and off the cadet uniform.

The Gold Star was returned to its proper place in 198283, where it has been ever since. We, the Class of 1987, hope that we will be the last cadets ever to see the Blue Star on an MMA uniform.

As the Class of 1987, now eighth-graders, took control of the Junior School with Misemer as company com­ mander, our numbers increased by one as Dave Kionka signed up for the duration. Captains Kevin Shaddox, Scott Spangler, and Richard Twells joined the high school facul­ ty, knowing that they would have to deal with us the next year.

The class quadrupled in size during its freshmen year of 1983-84 as Lee Cotrell, Mitch Gentry, Brian Grissom, Allen Herbert, Jarrod Lewis, Kurt Siciliano, Joel Spurlock, Gar­ rett Stockum, and John Tredway formed the trunk of '87’s tree. Captain Roger Hill, the new admissions director, was responsible for getting many of us here, and Ms. Karen Welch, who soon became Mrs. Spangler, helped us out in the Learning Resource Center.

1983-84 was a good year and a bad year. The cadets marched in honor of Colonel Charles Riddle Stribling, Junior, and Colonel Charles Stribling III, who were honored by the state and the Independent Schools Association of the Central States for their cumulative 100 years of service to the Academy. Little more than a month later, the corps wept as the elder Colonel passed away. It wept, too, for Maxie Anderson, ’52, who perished in an European balloon race.

But the year wasn’t a total loss. The swimming Colonels went undefeated for the second straight year, as did the inaugural varsity soccer team, and the cross-country Col­ onels. The rifle team tried to cast their lead to follow the other’s lead, but the shooters couldn’t come up with that one extra point, or bigger bullet, which was needed.

As the cicadas swarmed the campus in 1984-85, so did the new members of the Class of 1987. Chris Arbow, Giovanni Boschi, Steve Butner, Oscar Canales, Phil Clauberg, Rafael Correa, Ricardo Elizondo, Carl Elliott,

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James Forrest, Brian Gallagher, Edgar Garcia, Juan Carlos Gastelum, Steve Green, Jorge Infante, Ken Linck, Greg Lochridge, Gilberto Montemayor, Scott Moody, Roberto Paras, Ricardo Rodriguez, and Karl Williams add­ ed to the tree’s growth spurt.

This was also the year of the first Colonel C. R. Stribling Birthday celebration, and the year the white sheet was abolished (and one of the few times I didn’t have tours).

Staff Sergeant Merrel Evans and the unsuspecting Sergeant First Class Thomas Teel reported for duty, and before letting him figure things out, we made him our sponsor.

Because the Soviets boycotted the Olympics, giving the United States a clean sweep, it was up to the swimming Colonels to show that we could meet stiff competition and still come out undefeated, for the third consecutive year, no less.

The Academy followed suit and became the only military school to be recognized as an Exemplary Private School by the U.S. Department of Education. We want to know what took them so long to figure out — we’ve always known it.

President Reagan beat the old superstition that no president elected in a year ending in zero would complete their term, but Colonel Ardi McClure and Head Nurse Velma Stalcup ended theirs as they retired at year’s end.

The cicadas diminished in 1985-86, but the new members of the Class of 1987 did not. Barry Brackebusch, Scott Cargill, Scott Daniels, Matt Dunhill, Jeff Ennis, Chad Gates, Jeff McClain, Roberto Maldonado, Jesus Olivares, Mike Rubio, Claudio Sahut, Everardo Sousa, and Robert Tahmasian put the leaves on the tree of ’87.

Lieutenants Bryan Withers, Julian Kite, and Marty Hunt joined the faculty to watch over us in our final years, as did Lieutenant Colonel Robert Weeks, the new senior army instructor.

Things were changing. Madonna became the new trend-setter, and even Minnie Mouse traded in her *50’s polka-dot skirt for something punk. Kadaffy, the mar whose name is spelled 50 different ways, met the F-14 Tomcat and regretted it. Chernobyl’s nuclear power plan! got warm and became the worst nuclear disaster ir history. The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, and the swimming Colonels lost their first meet in four years. Bui the track Colonels carried on for them by going undefeated.

The Statue of Liberty came out from under her renova­ tion wraps in 1986-87, and the final members of the Class of 1987 came out of hiding. Jose Bernal, Arturo Gonzalez Federico Huesca, Jaime Orendain, and Rafael Villanes brought us to full bloom.

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is year has had its ups and downs. The stealth er, which isn’t supposed to exist, crashed. The corps quarantined because of the flu, and being battalion ant was a tough job for awhile. But the Fusileers won state exhibition and national drill titles and Steve n was recognized as one of the state’s top student lalists. ir senior year also marked the first Talent Show, in h the Senior Sensation ruled, if not the judges’ opi>, then the stage. Brian “The Gris’’ Grissom, Barry ck” Brackebusch, John “Tredhead” Tredway, Allen Shadow’’ Herbert, Lee “Beek” Cotrell, Scott ge’’ Cargill, and Steve “The Butz’’ Butner took third. e Cadet Officers, singing what they’d do if they n’t an MMA cadet officer, took second. Todd mer would be a cop, “Go ahead, Junkie, make my Ricardo Elizondo was a “Yee-haw, round ’em up’’ >oy. Roberto Paras was a whistling shoeshiner, el Correa was a “buzz-buzz, drill-drill’’ carpenter, i Gentry would be a hit man. “Give me the money, I’ll )ur honey.” )vanni Boschi would be a mortician, “You stab them,

With the reading of the final promotion order, the members of the Class of 1987 realized that their year was coming to a close. With the seniors that comprised the battalion staff, Battalion Commander Todd Misemer, Adjutant Ricardo Elizondo, and Logistics Officer Roberto Paras, are the staff designates for 1987-88: Donald Jones, battalion commander; Heath Oncaie, adjutant; and Eduardo Canamar, operations officer.

I’ll slab them.’’ Phil Clayberg would be a plumber, “Give me a wrench, give me a pipe, I’ll get ’er tight.’’ Edgar Gar­ cia was a “oochie-coochie’’ ice-cream maker. Ken Linck did what he would be — he accompanied the Cadet Of­ ficers on the piano.

The Class of 1987 is completing its senior year with another MMA landmark, the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Centennial G ymtorium, which will tale place Mother's Day. In just three and a half short weeks the mighty tree that started with two nuts in the Junior School will shed its leaves and have them blown in all directions by the winds of individual futures. But although those leaves will be spread around the world, they will still be joined by the trunk and limbs that nurtured us — MMA and the memories we all have shared.

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Adriano, Enrique de Jesus, 61,95, 106 P.O. Box 822 Laredo, Texas 78042 Aguado Herrasti G., Juan Carlos, 137,148 7 Jupiter Tecamachalco, Edo, Mexici, Mexico Alejandro Ortiz, Marcos Alberto, 56, 74, 90, 91,97,111,126 3609 Lincoln Nuevo Laredo, Tam., Mexico 88000 Allen, James Bradley, 56, 71,106,107 261 Park Lane Galesburg, III. 61401 Almada Wright, Francisco Javier, 65, 95,106 Calle 25 No. 4 Mexico 14620, Mexico Alonso, Juan Carlos, 61,115,118 Paseo Padregal No. 200 Mexico D.F., 01900, Mexico Alpha Company, 24, 92, 95, 104,106, 160 Andresen, Timothy Roger, 61,68, 73,102 4338 North 109th Lafayette, Colo. 80026 Aparicio, Anthony Christopher, 35, 56, 72, 73, 78,95,106,123,126,127,164 263 BukitTimah Road #02-03 Casa Rosita Singapore 1025 Arbow, Christopher William, 8, 39, 78, 89, 103, 105, 106 P.O. Drawer 141689 Anchorage, Alaska 99514 Archer, Mrs. Nancy, 14, 22 Arias, Jose Angel, 56, 91,111 208 Flaminia Barza Carcia, N.L. Mexico 66220 Army Day, 124, 139 Art, 79 At-Ease,79 Atwood, Brent Atwood, 64, 65,106,111 6220 Avenue "Q” Galveston, Texas 77551 Ausfahl, Todd Russell, 61,74,102 600 Watson Lane Littleton, Colo. 80123 Austin, Douglas Glenn, 9, 56, 80,116,117 Rt. 3, Box 99 Troy, Mo. 63379 Austin, Patrick Allen, 61 101 Edgewood Park Marion, III. 62959

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Baker, Jon Edward 64, 65, 68, 89,102, 115, 118 1510 Irene Drive Bolder City, Nev. 89005 Ball, 24, 32 Band, 70,127 Bartoo, Robert Shaun, 61,78,106 3807 Shady Creek Drive South Arlington, Texas 76013 Baseball Colonels, 112,113 Basketball Colonels, 98 Bates, Aaron Graham, 74,137,146, 147, 148, 154 Bates, Adam Paul, 64, 65,106,111 P.O. Box 2816 New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 32069 Battalion Staff, 119, Baum, Brian Shelton, 8, 65, 80,100,101 11617 Twisted Oak Road Oklahoma City, Okla 73118 Baum, Capt. Paul, 11,12, 21,23, 29 Beamer, David Joseph, 137, 140, 146,148, 151 4540 Oakridge Circle Lincoln, Neb. 68516 Bernal, Lugo Jose Cuauhtemoc, 39, 85,108,115 Almendro 225 Reynosa, Tam., Mexico Berry, Douglas Bayne, 65, 2504 Red Bridge Terrace Kansas City, Mo. 64131 Blue, Ms. Nannie, 9,10, Bomb Squad, 20,107 Borchert, Victor Scott, 136,146,151, 4083 Shell Road Sarasota, Fla. 34242 Bosch, William Conrad, 39, 68, 69, 76, 77, 137, 140, 146, 152 4601 Grandview Drive Peoria, III. 61614 Boschi Ricci, Giovanni, 82, 85,100,101,103, 107,115,118 2120 Belisario Dominquez, Obispado, Monterrye, N.L., Mexico Bowesox, James Matthew, 65 8006 Carvel Lane Houston, Texas 77036 Boxing, 109 Brackebusch, Barry C., 40, 71,89 R.R. #1, Box 76 Divernon, III. 62530 Bravo Company, 160 Brickley, Grant Leslie, 30, 56, 74, 99,113 312 Artesian Dixon, 111.61021 Brigadiers, 141,142 Brinkley, William Paxton, 138,140,148 10 Shawbridge Little Rock, Ark. 72212 Brinks, Michael David, 136 2220 Wheatfield Florissant, Mo. 63033 Brooks, Mrs. Kathy, 6,10 Brown, Joseph Gregory, 61,71,78, 91,106 4091 Fleur De Bois Florissant, Mo. 63034

Bruns, Christopher Lee,56, 71,78,81,95, 106,109, 167 6716 Winters Hill Street Doraville, Ga. 30360 Burch, William Eugene, 61,89,106,115 201 Forest Hill Drive Dickson, Tenn. 37055-1521 Burgess, Capt. J. Timothy, 11,27,116,130, 133,141,144,145,146,150.157 Burmeister, Michael Raymond, 56 %H.R.D.I. / P.O. Box 30031 Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah Saudi Arabia Butner, Steven James, 29,40,73,89,97 3-17-6 Mikage Yamate Higashi Nada-Ku 658 Kobe-Shi, Japan

c Cadet Council, 77 Cage, Matthew Wayne, 27, 79,136,141,144, 146,147,148 P.O. Box 428 Hillsboro, Mo. 63050 Cain, Daid Randall, 65, 79, 95,113 1301 Meadow Brook, Court St. Charles, Mo. 63303 Calhoun, Mrs. Ann, 8 Campbell, Maj. Raymond, 11,14,16,103, 116, 117 Canales, Fabian Oscar, 28, 40, 95,97,113 Morelos 200 Fracc, San Pedro Miguel Aleman, Tam., 88300, Mexico Canamar, Eduardo Jesus, 56, 73,82,85,97, 117,118,128 P.O. Box 6801 Laredo, Texas 78042 Canedo Judd, Alejandro, 56, 71,89,96,97, 99,113 Rio Sena 605 Pte. Garza Garcia, N.L., Mexico Capraro, Jimmy Michael, 74,144,148,156, 158,160 506 Marlin Road North Palm Beach, Fla. 33408 Cardenas Santibanex, Ernesto, 138,148,149 Norquay, Inc. 4836 Research Drive San Antonio, Texas 78240 Cargill, Michael Scott, 30, 41,71,106,125 3407 Hopecrest San Antonio, Texas 78230 Carreras, Juan Antonio, 61,95 411 North Best East, Suite 200 Houston, Texas 77060 Casey, John Ryan, 137 P.O. Box 127 St. Joseph, Mo. 64506 Casso, Alfredo, 61,94, 95,105,106,126 P.O. Box 1591 Laredo, Texas 78040

Jtro Chavez, Jose Nelson, 138 Av. Buganvillias 17 Col. San Francisco San Salvador, El Salvador, CA jfield, William Christopher, 138,140 3368 South Verbena Court Denver, Colo. 80231 ntennial Class, 30, 31,60 ntennial Gymtorium, 34,119 rvantes Guerra, Luis Alonso, 61,95, 97, 111 Calle Decima 595 Norte CD M. Aleman, Tamps., Mexico ancey, Chad Sterling, 61,89, 99 5928 North Garrison Tulsa, Okla. 74126 adeysson, Christopher, 56,100,101,125 341 Magna Carta Drive Creve Coeur, Mo. 63141 aney, Randal James, 56, 70, 71,89,106, 113,118 2203 Ingalls Avenue Joliet, III. 60435 apin, James Daniel, 64, 65, 74, 97, 124, 125 1 Melody Drive Rochester, III. 62563 arlie Company, 92, 95,104,106,124, 160 avarriaga, Alejandro, 56,106 Apartado Aereo 1955 Medellin, Colombia arches, Lt. Col. Paul F., 11,15, 30, 70, 71, 72,161 esser, Steven Carl, 136,140,145 356 North Rock Road Wichita, Kan. 67206 wson, Ronald Chadwick, 56, 89, 99,113 10260 Applewood Parker, Colo. 80134 yberg, Phillip Lee, 41,68, 77, 89,103,104, 106,108,111 914 Stadium Drive Macomb, III. 61455 ford, Kevin Allen, 64, 65,101 1069 Professional Drive Flint, Mich. 48504 <e, Robert King, 11,137,148,154 8609 West 83rd Street Overland Park, Kan. 66024-3532 e, Lt Chester, 11,97 or Guard, 70,119,121,126,127 ■nmand Inspection, 120 nmencement, 157,163,164 npany Basketball, 104 npany Football, 92 npany Life, 160 itreras, Marco Antonio, 137 5 de Mayo 571 Irapuato, Gto., 36500, Mexico rea, Enrique, 61,79 ■rea, Rafael, 41,80,101,160,167 Mariano Irigoyen No. 2403 Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico :rell, Lawrence Lee, 42,71,95,108,164 501 North 11 th Street Poplar Bluff, Mo. 63901 imbe Camacho, Gilberto, 21,60, 61,77,

79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 97,111,118,126 103 Constituyentes de N.L. Guadalupe, N.L., Mexico Cross-Country, 24, 90 Cuadra, Jonathan Victor, 56, 80, 89,101 1597 East Washington Blvd.

Pasadena, Calif. 91104 Cue, Jorge Alejandro, 61,96,97,99 Bosque de Zapotes 183 Mexico, D.F., Mexico 11700 Cunningham, Clifford Lee, 138,148,149,153 50892 Arizona Avenue Novi, Mich. 48050 Curtis, Jeffrey Sandford, 33, 55, 56,71,77, r90, 91,104,105,106,111,118 2301 Westview Drive Springfield, III. 62707

D D’Ercole, Shawn Antony, 138,154 4866 Lindsey Lane Richmond Heights, Ohio 44143 Dad’s Weekend, 24, 32,144 Dailey, Mrs. Cathy, 9,10 Daniels, Scott Joseph, 42, 71,78, 96, 97,103, 113,124 1666 Somerset Shire Florissant, Mo. 63031 Danielson, Mark G., 136,140,148,149 1101 North Lane, P.O. Box 2957 Estes Park, Colo. 80517 Darr, Mrs. Vicki, 14,18 Dosovich, Russell David, 79, 80,136,140, 148 12508 Vai Verde Drive Oklahoma City, Okla. 73142 Davila Lopez, Alejandro, 61,106,126 Apdo. Postal C0146 Tampico, Mexico Davis, Clayton Terrill, 27, 74,136,146 Davis, Kyle William, 65,106,113,166 1906 Rose Lane St. Charles, Mo. 63303 De Echavarri, Roberto O., 61,95,106,117 85 Nte. Juarez Queretary, Qro., Mexico 76000 De Las Rivas Zulueta, Alberto, 138,140 Plazuela De Plateros No. 101 Lomas De La Herradura, Mexico Degollado, Carlos C., 138 Centeno 44 Bis. Ermita, Ixtapalapa Mexico, D.F. CP 09810, Mexico Deines, Wade Allen, 137,146,150 900 West 14th Yankton, S.D. 57078 Delgado, Arturo Javier, 56, 81,87, 89,101, 110,111,118,125,126 P.O. Box 3276 Laredo, Texas 78044 Delta Company, 92,95,104,106,160 Delta Phi, 76

Dempsey, Michael Anthony, 24,27,136,141, 148,149 Box 1132 APO New York 09755-0006 Dick, Mr. Don,8 Diederich, Mrs. Cathy, 6,10 Diehl, Capt. Walt, 8,10,11,12, 24, 87, 89, 114,115 Downing, DeShon L., 138,140,141,148 2629 North Meridian #512 Indianapolia, Ind. 46208 Dramateers, 70,72,73 Dressel, Joseph William T., 74,136,140,142, 144,145,148,149,151 422 North Warson Road Ladue, Mo. 63124 Duncan, Scott Edward, 61,71,89,102,113 #6 Rabbitrail Drive Washington, Mo. 63090 Dunhill, Matthew Marshall, 42, 78, 81,87, 89, 100,101,123 3648A Parkmore Village Drive Colorado Springs, Colo. 80907

E Eagle, 8 Eagles, 24,144,146,150 Eastman, Lt. Jonathan, 11,130,132,140, 144,145, 146,153 Echo Company, 24. 92, 95,104, 106, 124, 160 Educational Tour, 36 Ekem, Dr. H. Peter, 8,10 Elizondo Diaz, Ricardo Heron, 43, 79, 80, 102, 111,118,160 Elizondo Diaz, Ruben Hugo, 21,56, 73, 95, 99 13-A ZochitICol. J.F.M.M. Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., Mexico Elliott, Carl Peter, 43, 89 16 Meyers Farm Road Hingham, Mass. 02043 Ennis, Geoffrey Jacob, 43, 68, 92, 93,95,106 P.O. Box 15374 Pensacola, Fla. 32514 Epple Art Exhibit, 79 Erdei, Mr. Becky, 11,15, 20, 78,107, 140 Evans, Staff Sgt. Merrel, 9,11,24, 29, 32, 55, 94, 95,103,106,126,128 Evensong, 30, 70, 74, 75

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140, 158 85 NE Loop 410 San Antonio, Texas 78216 Floyd, Eldon Lee, 64, 65, 78, 79, 89, 99 Box 69 Salem, Mo. 65560 Football Colonels, 86 Foreman, Sean Thomas, 137,146, 148,149 7029 Rocklyn Circle Des Moines, Iowa 50322 Forrest, James Lewis, 44, 81,106,107 3902 Wells Mark Drive Humble, Texas 77338 Fox, Mrs. Wanda, 130, 132 Freshmen, Class of 1990, 64 Fruits, Anthony Lee, 56. 71,87, 89,100, 101, 111, 118 Rt. 1, Box 21A Winston, Mo. 64689 Funderburg, Jack Edward, 56, 78, 81,97 7694 Bel-Bob Drive Belvidere. 111.61008 Fusileers Drill Platoon, 25, 28. 68. 69. 70,120,

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101 79 Retorno Julieta Mexico, D.F. 11000, Mexico Garrett, James Jason, 11,65,130,132,149, 150 2000 West 2nd Place Russellville, Ark. 72801 Garza Garza, Gonzalez, 61,95, 97,110,126 Calzada El Rosario 801 San Pedro, Carza Garcia, N.L., Mexico Gastelum, Juan Carlos, 14, 45, 73, 76, 90, 91, 111,118,160 P.O. Box 1438 San Ysidro, Calif. 92703 Gates, Chadwick Patterson, 9, 45, 86, 87, 89, 98,99, 103,113, 118, 167 2 Whimbrel Lane Savannah, Ga. 31411 Geiger, Boyd Hanlin, 20, 56, 84, 85, 97, 115, 118 Box 2226 Jackson, Wyo. 83001 Gentry, Christopher John, 29, 56, 81,97,115 A Bar C Ranch Hynnis, Neb. 69350 Gentry, Mitchel L., 33, 38, 45, 70, 71,90, 91, 100,101,118,122,160,164 2225 East Sunset Springfield, Mo. 65804 Girardeau, Michael John, 64, 65, 86, 89, 98, 99.113,118 4267 Old Club Road Macon, Ga. 31210 Giuliani, Anthony Paul, 30. 57, 74, 78,106 417 Brookwood Court Jefferson City, Mo. 65101 Givens, Shannon Joseph, 65, 97 Rt. 2. Box 131 Keokuk, Iowa 52632 Gledhill, Curtis Edward, 9, 95 1066 Bucyrus Road Galion, Ohio 44833 Glee Club, 34, 70, 74 Golf Colonels, 116 Gonzalez Cantu, Arturo, 46 Prartado Postal #44 Sucursal “B" Monterrey, N.L. Colonia del Valle, N.L., Mexico Gonzalez, Alejandro, 61,106 3401 Nayarit Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., Mexico Gonzalez, Oscar, 21, 62, 74, 84, 85,101,111, 118,126 Hotel Monaco Paseo Triunfo De la Republica 3335 CD. Juarez, Chih., Mexico Gonzalez Gonzalez, Rolando Rene, 62, 74, 116,117 109 California Laredo, Texas 78041 Gonzalez de Castilla, Dionisio, 137,148,157 P.O. Box 1391 Laredo, Texas 78040 Gordon, Jeffery Irwin, 65, 81,97 2602 Camilla Drive Valparaiso, Ind. 46383 Grant, Steven Clay, 57, 97, 99,111 1408 Shady Oaks Lane

Forth Worth, Texas 76107 Green, Stephen Alan, 30, 46, 80,160,165 3401 Morganford Road P.O. Box B, Gravois Station St. Louis, Mo. 63116-1711 Griffy, Kortney Eric Amason, 57, 89,106,117 254 North Pine Decatur, III. 62522 Grissom, Brian Robert, 46, 68,103,104,105, 106,113 7900 Crescent Raytown, Mo. 64138 Grunewald, Christopher Alan, 79,136,148 9185 Lincoln Des Moines, Iowa 50322 Guapo Kern, Jose Santiago, 57,74,82, 85, 106, 111 Rayon #3 Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico Guffey, Graig Loren, 57, 71,90, 91,98,99, 111,118 1311 Eastfield Drive Conway, Ark. 72032 Guigou, George, 80,138,141,148,149,156 Guigou, Ralph, 92,134, 138,140,142,146, 148, 149, 152, 156 2085 Greenview Cove Drive West Palm Beach, Fla. 33414 Gutierrez Maya, Luis Raul, 62, 79,106 Espiritu Santo 103 Queretary, Qro., Mexico Gutierrez Exsome, Raul Alberto, 62 Gral. Miguel Aleman 128 Fracc.

Veracrus, Ver., Mexico Guy, George Arthur, 62 12 Georgetown Road Chesterfield, Mo. 63017

H Haddad Giorgi, Armando, 62, 95 Fte. De Ma. Luisa 56 Tecamachalco, Edo. De Mexico, Mexico Hall, Frank Robert, 79,137,157 RR 2, Box 53 B Beulah, Mo. 65436 Hall, John Joseph, 22 62,106 1811 South Jackson 29M Tulsa, Okla. 74107 Hamilton, Mrs. Marilyn, 11,14, 22 Hammers, Mrs. Jacqueline, 8 Hammond, Shane Scott, 62 1944 East Chestmut Canton, III. 61520 Hancock, Robert Eric, 62, 85, 95, 97,113 215 Woodridge Court Collinsville, III. 62234 Harlan, William Chase, 62, 79, 95,106,160 13 Twin Lakes Arlington, Texas 76016 Hashey, Brett Robinson, 62, 79 3204 West Kent Drive Carbondale, III. 62901

Itke, Eric John, 57, 71,93, 95, 101,111, 160 434 Country Oak Drive Chesterfield, Mo. 63017 nos, Michael James, 77, 80, 125,136, 139,149,153 328 Liberty Lane St, Charles, Mo. 63303 >ert, James Allen, 10, 20, 47, 72, 73, 74, 77,106,107 329 Preswick Lane St. Charles, Mo. 63303 tel, Lance B., 62, 71,93, 95, 97,113, 118 15205 Stroll way Ballwin, Mo. 63011 Capt. Roger, 6,11,36 Mrs. Matha, 8 r, Christopher Scott, 62 3007 North Bigelow Peoria, 111.61604 bs, Mrs. Carla, 10 ges, Justin Lynn, 65, 74, 95,113 #18 Sweetleaf The Woodlands, Texas 77381 e, Travis David, 65, 89,106 1827 North Fremont Springfield, Mo. 65803 len, William, 136, 148,149, 152 160 Sierra Fria Mexico D.F. 11000 Mexico enberg, Michael Andrew, 30, 62, 74, 89, 106,113 4224 Ridgewood Bellingham, Wash. 98225 en, Gregory James, 57, 95,101 4 East Beacon Hill Road Fairview Heights, III. 62208 lecoming, 28 'k, Donald Alan, 136 810 East Fifth Fremont, Neb. 68025 sea, Federico, 24, 47, 92, 95, 103, 109 sea, Juan, 136,141 Bosque de Zabopan #16, Frac, la Herradura Mexico, D.F. 53920, Mexico 431 imel, Daniel Arthur, 65, 95, 106 Yorkshire Webster Groves, Mo. 63119 I, Lt. Marty, 11,15, 30, 31,72, 74, 75, 90, 91,103,111

I >, John Steve, 57, 68, 95, 99,111 2822 Hilly Haven Court St. Louis, Mo. 63129 nte, Jorge Xavier, 47,77, 80,103,105, 106,107,110 2211 N. 77th Avenue Elmwood Park, III. 60635 ■national Color Guard, 126 cs, Thomas Raymond, 137

21W246Glen Park Road Lombard, 111.60148

I Jahn, Jermiah Evan, 79 137 908 Valley Road Carbonadale, III. 62901 James, Clayton Andrew, 138, 140,141,149 818 Clayton Road Ballwin, Mo. 63011 Jayme Murra, Jose Antonio, 74,136 531 J.I. Jimenez Torreon, Coah. 27140, Mexico Jennings, Alan Ray, 57, 90, 91 Box 397 Festus, Mo. 63028 Jimenez, Phillip Luis, 9, 57, 74, 75, 87, 89, 100,101,111,118,123 7314 West Randolph Forest Park, 111.60130 Johnson, Col. Robert, 11,15, 21 Johnson, Curtis Dean, 62, 79,101 Box 27, Keen Street Mt. Union, Iowa 52644 Johnson, Jeffrey John, 57, 68, 78, 97,128 2438 Grand Avenue South, Apt. 101 Minneapolis, Minn. 55405 Johnson, Todd Alex, 62, 73, 74, 79, 91 Rt. 1, Box 159 C Redfield, Ark. 72132 Jones, David Scott, 57, 95, 99, 117,121 Rt. 4, Box 369 Marion, III. 62959 Jones, Donald Willard, 55, 57, 71,92, 95, 98, 99,117,118, 166 Rt. 1, Box 915 Mounds, III. 62964 Jones, Richard Charles, 138,148 2490 Wesford Drive Maryland Heights, Mo. 63043 Journalism, 80 Jung, Daniel Frederick, 73, 78, 79,137,140, 141,156 1 Doctors Park Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701 Junior School, 28,120,125,130 Junior School Activities, 140 Junior School Baseball, 150 Junior School Basketball, 146 Junior School Glee Club, 74 Junior School Horsemanship, 154 Junior School Soccer, 153 Junior School Swimming, 148 Junior School Tennis, 152 Junior School Track, 148 Junior School Wrestling, 148 Juniors, Class of 1988, 55

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Kannegisser, Jeffrey Giffth, 57, 72, 73, 80.

95,97,113,141 1446 Dietrich Oaks Drive Ballwin, Mo. 63021 Kapner, Michael Charles, 148 P.O. Box 595 Bentonville, Ark. 72712 Kelly, Randall Todd, 8, 60. 62. 70. 71,76. 78.

90,91.97,117,118 377 East Vine Street Mexico, Mo. 65265 Kelly, Lt. Col. Ronald J., 6, 8. 11,34,120 Kim, Hi-Jae, 62, 68. 84. 85,113,126 Gae-Po Oosung 1 cha, 9 Dong 1201 Ho Kae-Chi-dong, Gang-nam-gu Seol, Korea Kimberly, Kip Gregory, 74,136,140,148,151 918 Eat Third Street Centralia, III. 62801 Kionka, David James, 48, 71,95, 106 5 Rollings Acres Drive, Rt. 5 Myrphsboro, III. 62966 Kispert, Peter Sean, 57, 71,74, 76, 96, 97, 111,122,162 Box 246 Alamo Country Club Alamo, Texas 78516 Kite, Lt. Julian, 11.12,15, 72. 73. 78, 91 Kleinsorge, Lt. Willis, 11,130,140,148, 153 Kraus, Marcus Rex, 57, 73, 105, 106, 111, 165 P.O. Box 1526 Crestling, Calif. 92325 Krupp, Lester Francis (Jay), 62. 97.111, 126, 127 18455 Westwood Drive Glencoe, Mo. 63038 Krupp, Matthew Dean, 136, 153 65 Chesire Drive Belleville. III. 62223

L LaBrecque, Michael Andrew, 65, 74. 116, 117 3924 May Lynn Drive Urbandale, Iowa 50322 Lanz-Duret Carreno, Juan Pablo, 74.137, 140,141 Rayo #10 Pedregal San Angel Mexico 20, D.F., Mexico Lawrence, Steven Paul H., 74, 138, 148,153 182 Bascom Drive St. Louis, Mo. 63135 Leach, Donald Ray, 62, 106 1030 Norman Road Brownsburg, Ind. 46112 Leadabrand, Lt. Col. Jerry, 14, 19.103 Lewis, Jarrod Oliver, 48, 71,88, 89. 95, 106 22910 West Garzota Drive Valencia, Calif. 91355 Lewis, Peter Warren, 64, 65,106 RR 1, Box 301A Chatham. III. 62629 Linck, Kenneth Arthur, 6, 48, 70, 71,85, 98,

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99.103, 113,118, 160 2831 Fennel Road Edgewater, Md. 21037 Little, Rufus LeRoy, 57 513 Millicent Way Shreveport, La. 71106 Lochridge, Gregory Scott, 49, 79, 80, 81, 101 2105 Old Jacksonville Hwy North Little Rock, Ark. 72117 Lopez, Enrique Fernandez, 26,136, 149 25Sur315 Puebla, Pue, Mexico 72160 Loupot, Michael David, 137,140, 146,153 1005 Knott Place Dallas, Texas 75208 Lowe, Ming-Lee, 57, 71,74, 76, 90, 91,99, 115,118,160,162

M McClain, Jeffrey J., 49, 83. 85, 107,108, 109, 125 1519 McNutt Road Herculaneum, Mo. 63128 McCloskey, Jeffrey Thomas, 64, 65, 95,106 976 Holiday Point Parkway Edwardsville, III. 62025 McCombs, Kevin Charles Leonard, 138,140, 148 227 Oak Hill Roanoke, Texas 76262 McConnell, William David, 32, 33, 35, 55, 57, 71,76, 77,95,102 Rt. 5, Box 138 Conway, Ark. 72032 McCullough, Aaron Joseph, 136,140 Rt. 2, Box 129 Cassville. Mo. 65625 McGovern, Mark David, 30, 57, 74. 78, 79. 89, 99 24, West Norman Thousand Oaks, Calif. 91360 McKinney, Jeffrey Beck, 33, 57, 71,89,101, 116, 117, 118,167 P.O. Box 384 Berryville, Ark. 72616 McLaughlin, Cliff Louis, 65,101 1130 Monterrey Beaumont, Texas 77706 M-Club, 30, 118 Magnon, Mark Andrew, 14, 62, 68, 69, 73, 78, 86, 87, 89, 98,99,113,118, 205 Regal Drive Laredo, Texas 78041 Maldonado Siller, Roberto, 49, 74. 78, 89, 106,117, 118, 160, 161 Oaxaca 3601 Col. Jardin Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., Mexico 88000 Mann, Victor Hayden, 24, 125,136,139,142, 144, 146, 148, 149 1890Hidded Oaks Drive Germantown, Tenn. 38138 Martinez, Barry S., 136,144,147,149

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7432 NW 115th Street Oklahoma City, Okla. 73132 Massaoay, Philip Russell, 55, 57, 71,77, 87, 88, 89,98,99,111,118 306 Youngs Seymour, Iowa 52590 Meadows, Dennis Clark, 74, 136 3210 Walter Avenue St. Louis, Mo. 63143 Meda Loera, Francesco, 62, 97 Bosque Moctezuma 104 Mexico, Edo., Mexico Memorial Chapel, 30 Mendiola Lamas, Luis Carlos, 36, 62, 71,85, 97,115,118 Bosque de Grandados No. 107 Col Bosque de Las Lomas Cod. 11700, Mexico Menneke, Maj. Michael, 11,130,133,149, 152,154 Meredith, Lt. Col. Frank S., 10, 11, 12,19, 164 Merrill, Nathaniel Lee, 137,145,146, 153 10717 Cromwell Drive Dallas, Texas 75229 Metcalf, Liberty Vada, 64, 65, 78, 95 1417 Vine Street Norman, Okla. 73069 Meyer, Gary William, 73, 95, 126 561 Coachway Lane Hazelwood, Mo. 63042 Middleton, Philip Pearce, 27, 30, 33, 57, 74, 89,96, 97,113,118,126, 160 900 Elm Street Princeton, Mo. 64673 Mieger, Donald Wayne, 8, 57, 71,77, 80, 89, 106,113,125 P.O. Box 1034 Picayne, Miss. 39466 Military Police, 126 Miller, James Bryan, 136, 144, 145,146, 151 1304 Morrissey Bloominton, III. 61701 Miller, Mrs. Lola, 130,134 Misemer, Michael Loren, 60, 62, 70, 71,74, 77,78, 87,89,101,111 Misemer, Todd Paul, 11,29, 33, 34, 35, 38, 68, 76, 77,91,97, 103, 121,127, 130, 158, 166 P.O. Box 189 Higginsville, Mo. 64037-0189 Mitchell, Louis Linder, 63, 73, 89,101.113, 125 12 Stackson Woods" St. Louis, Mo. 63141 Mitchem, Steven Paul, 66,115 4629 South Reed Springfield, Mo. 65804 Miyke, Troy Kenji, 20, 33, 64, 66, 95,106 3156 Hoolako Street Lihue, Hawaii 96766 Moe, Jeffrey Kim, 132,137,154,157, 162 American Embassy APO San Francisco 96301 Molina, Rafael, 58, 73, 86, 95, 98, 99,113, 118 5 Las Villas Brownsville, Texas 78521 Montemayor, Gilberto Enrique, 29, 50, 68, 91, 106,110,111,161

P.O. Box 722 Laredo, Texas 78040 Moody, Scott James, 50, 78, 92, 95,111,116 3736 Wildbrair Lincoln, Neb. 68516 Moore, Stephen Chandler, 136,146,147,150 3822 North Jokake Scottsdale, Ariz. 85251 Mortenson, Lt. Col. Kenneth, 11,14,19,68, 95,103 Mother’s Weekend, 34, 35,119 Mounger, Maj. Samuel, 11,12,14

N NCA/ISACS, 23 Newland, James Richard, 63,106 500 East Idlewood Morton, III. 61550 Northen, Richard Eugene, 66,108 319 North Fifth Street Quincy, III. 62301

O’Brien, Douglas Patrick, 20, 58, 72,73, 95, 165 32728 Alta Vista Evergreen, Colo. 80439 O’Keefe, John Joseph, 140 408 Washington Street Jefferson City, Mo. 65101 O’Neill, James B., 74,111,136,145,148,152, 155 Box 6 Grand Cane, La. 71032 Ohlson, Bradley Kent, 74,137,148 Rt. 3, Box 104 Rose Hill, Kan. 67133 Olivares Gonzalez, Jesus Cesar, 30,31,50, 74, 106 237 Dur 5a., CD. Miguel Aleman 88300 Tam., Mexico Oncale, Heath Jon, 58, 72, 84, 85, 104,105, 106, 111,118 ARAMCO, Box 1097 Ras Tanura 31311, Saudi Arabia

Ondriska, Christopher Orion, 137,140,157 542 Oak Drive

Lake Jackson, Texas 77566 Orendain, Jaime, 58, 80,106,111,128 Tlajuac #235, DC. DEL SOL 45050 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Osborne, James Dolan, 28,109 1908 Oak Creek Road Springfield, III. 62704

p j, Roberto, 51,73, 91,97,107,116,161 lox 3731 McAllen, Texas 78501 , Gautam Krishnakant, 64, 66, 74, 102, 11 :rontier Motel, Highway 54 and I-70 Jngdom City, Mo. 65262 rson, Carles Allen, 136,149 709 Sterling Lane .ewisville, Texas 75067 , Lt. Col. Robert, 130,132,135,140,142, 52 •, Mrs. Pat., 130,133 ird, Jason, Scott, 64, 66, 71,80, 99,113 I48 South Victor \urora, Colo. 80012 ;h, Daniel Jason, 138,140, 148 ’136 Park Forest Drive chesterfield, Mo. 63017 i, Christopher Paul, 63, 89,101,161 i860 Musky Bay Drive Rhinelander, Wis. 54501 •, Harold Brandon (Scott), 6, 64, 66, 95, 128 3252 Seagrove Dallas, Texas 75243

R irez Gutierrez, Oscar Alejandro, 63, 89 \partado Postal 579 Tlalnepantla, Edo. de Mexico lazzo, Jasyn Campbell, 136,140,154 1113 NW Claymont Drive <ansas City, Mo. 64116 jel, Jose Pablo, 63, 97 225 Juarez O. Contadero Dontadero, D.F., Mexico 005500 nussen, Eric Carl, 58 28 Rockwood Forest Eureka, Mo. 63025 lick, Lt. Col. John, 14,16, 23, 27, 29,162 nan, Jack Edward, 77,137,140,142, I43,145. 146,148 ’6 Crescent Twin Oaks, Mo. 63008 I, Donald Ray, 74,138,148. 149 130 Partacian Drive Spanish Fort, Ala. 36527 »r, Lt. Mark, 11,12.14. 78, 92, 95,103 ling, Roger Weley, 138,146,148,149, 150 Rt.1,Box4 Hooker, Okla 73945 , David Cook, 79,136,140,152,162 17532 Putney Circle Huntington Beach, Calif. 92649 ,102

Risley, Charles William, 137 P.O. Box 373 Excelsior Springs, Mo. 64024 Roberts, Maj. R. Waldo, 11,14,18,162 Robnett, Bryon Lee, 137 3028 Idaho Chickasha, Okla, 73018 Rodenbaugh, Mrs. Brenda, 6,10 Rodriguez, Ricardo Javier,51,74, 83, 84, 85, 101,109 Rodriguez, Roberto, 63, 75 481 Madero, Cd. Miguel Aleman Tamaulipas, Mexico Roel, Guillermo, 63, 79, 84, 85, 97,109,118 Cafetos #163, Bosques De Las Lomas Mexico, D.F. 11700, Mexico Rosendahl, Maj. Ron, 11,14,18, 36, 96, 97, 112,113,118 Rosinol, Alvaro, 66,106 Ave. Vizcaino #287, Col Moderna Esenada, B.C., Mexico Ross, Benjamin Douglas, 138,141,149 7200 North Sonja Way Tucson, Ariz. 85704 Rossi, Jason Simon, 66,106,113 8161 Rockview Circle Westminster, Calif. 92683 Roubion, David Brian, 64, 66, 95,121 382 Greenway Place Menphis, Tenn. 38117 Rubio, Michael Jospeh, 8, 33, 51,74, 89,101, 103,113,118 429 Dahlhard Avenue Romeoville, III. 60441 Russell, William Andrew, 137,142,148,151 6 Newberry Drive St. Peters, Mo. 63376 Rutherford, Samuel Charles, 134,138 32327 NE51st Court Redmond, Wash. 98053 Ruwwe, George Scott, 133,134,138,140 2912 Frederick Avenue St. Joseph, Mo. 64506 Ryder, Skip Douglas, 36, 79,138 12451 Norma Lane St. Louis, Mo. 63138

S Sahut, Claudio, 20, 52, 73, 79, 85,107 152 Octavio Espinoza Lima 27, Lima, Peru Samples, Maj. Robert, 6, 8,11,29,120,126 Sampson, John Joseph, 63,74, 92, 95,101, 110,111 P.O. Box 292 Nixa, Mo. 65714 Sauceda, Gerardo de Jesus, 63, 97,110,111, 118 Morelos 112, Ote. Monterrey, N.L., Mexico Saxon, Maj. Samuel, 130,140 Saydyk, Nathan John, 136,149

19365 Greenwood Drive Monuement, Colo. 80132 Schafer, Harold Christian, 63, 89, 97 10458 Brairbend Drive St. Louis, Mo. 63141 Scheffel, John William, 58, 72, 73,78, 79 Central Road, Rt. 2 Brighton, 111.62012 Schindler, Mrs. Pat, 6,10 Schmidt, Douglas Alan, 58, 97 1103 North Washington Nevada, Mo. 64772 Schoengarth, Regan Paul, 79, 138, 148,149 3612 Arbor Court Columbia, Mo. 65201 Scoble, Henry Barron, 63,101,113 763 Chopin Drive Sunnyvale, Calif. 94087 Seay, Carey Fitzgerald, 29, 35, 58, 68, 77, 92, 95, 100,101,110,111,118 Dept, of Special Education University of New Orleans Lakefront, La. 70122 Sena Elizondo, Gerardo, 27, 58, 83, 85,110, 111 Oaxaca #3851, Col. Jardin Nuevo Laredo, Tamps., Mexico 88260 Senior Banquet, 161 Senior-Faculty Basketball, 103 Shaddox, Capt. Kevin, 11,114,19,87,89, 106,111 Shoeman, Chad Edward, 64, 66, 81,95, 97, 107 9020 Berry Street Omaha, Neb. 68127 Siciliano, Kurt Lee, 52, 73, 87, 89.100,101, 103,118 RR 1, Box 41 Dawson, III. 62520 Sick, Capt. Edward, 9 Silva, Gustavo, 64, 66, 68, 77, 90, 91,97, 111, 127 420 Braddock Melrose Park, 111.60160 Skelton, Chad Christian, 137 4824 Holmeswood Court St. Louis, Mo. 63128 Snyder, Rolf D., 138 P.O. Box 1250 Kansas City, Kan. 66117 Soccer, Colonels, 82 Sokolowski, Jarrett James, 6, 66, 95,102 12955 Briar Fork Road Des Peres, Mo. 63131 Soper, Johathan Tapp, 63, 71,95, 99, 122, 161 Rt. 5, Box 262 Liberty, Mo. 64068 Sophomores, Class of 1989, 60 Soto Estrada, Gustavo, 63, 97 168 Calle 6 de Octobre, Planetario 07300, Mexico, D.F., Mexico Sours, Mrs. Cindy, 11 Sours, Mr. Jim, 11 Sousa de Diego, Everardo, 52, 84, 85,100, 101,115,118 B. de Teziutlan 15, Col. La. Herradura Mexico, D.F. 10, Mexico

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T Tabaka, Thomas Bin, 35, 63, 74, 95,109,126, 128 1425 Summer Gate Parkway St. Charles, Mo. 63303 Tahmasian, Robert, 53, 108 P.O. Box 664 Hawalli 32007 Hawalli, Kuwait Talent Show, 159 Taps, 80 Teel, Sgt. 1st Class Thomas, 9,11,24, 29, 32, 33,38, 94,95,103, 106,109,125,126, 128,161 Tennis Colonels, 114,115 Thompson, Eric Samuel, 58, 76, 90, 91 2115 Cherry Springfield, III. 62704 Thompson, Scot John, 63, 71,76, 78, 89,106, 117 Thompson, Tod, 58, 71,95 1049 Joplin Joplin, Mo. 64801 Tilton, Paul Andrew, 58, 68, 79, 85,102,109, 118,128 1450-B Fifth Avenue Fort Knox, Ky. 40121 Timmons, Frank Daniels, 58, 93, 95,104,105, 106,113,160 537 Rolling Glen Ballwin, Mo. 63011 Track Colonels, 110,111 Tredway, John DeWitt, 9 ,38, 54, 77, 79,94, 95.103,106,107,113 Voa-Mexico, Box 3087 Laredo, Texas 78044 176/Roster

Trump, Chaplain Jerry, 11,25, 30, 34, 74 Tulip Ball, 32 Tumey, Shawn Deron, 137,145,154 285 Hiawatha Somonauk, III. 60552 Twells, Capt. Richard, 11,12,14, 72, 92, 95, 100,101

u Ugarte, Andrew Gabriel, 10, 80,136,141,154 813 Surry Laredo, Texas 78041 Ulibarri, Jorge, 66 Bosque de Arrayanes 16 Mexico City 11700, Mexico Uribe Vila, Oscar, 74,136. 148, 149,152,157 43-6 Privada de los Cedroa Mexico, D.F. 01720, Mexico

V Valentine Ball, 32 Vilchis Calderon, Enrique, 31,63, 95,101, 126 Rancho las Abejas #136 Residencial los Sauces Mexico, D.F., Mexico, C.P. 04940 Villanes, Rafael Edmundo, 11,33, 38, 58, 77, 95,126 P.O. Box 3907 Lima, 100, Peru

W Wagnon, Charles Rowland, 58, 95,101,166 10137 Row Avenue Overland Park, Kan. 66207 Walker, William Dunstan, 54, 74,102,107 P.O. Box 705 Mims, Fla. 32754 Wallace, Aaron Scott, 66,111 Box 243 Hallsville, Mo. 65255 Walters, Rhett, 63, 68, 73, 92, 93, 95,101 2714 Surfside Court Columbia, Mo. 65201 Ware, Christopher Lee, 137 12210 DeForrest Houston, Texas 77066 Webb, Anthony Cole, 74,138,140,141 302 West 5th Cliftbn, Texas 76634

Webb, James Benjamin, 58, 71,74,111 P.O. Box 705 Mims, Fla. 32754 Weeks, Jason Ward, 136,145,152 4901 N.W. 80th Terrance Kansas City, Mo. 64151 Weeks, Lt. Col. Robert, 9,11,24, 29,102, 103,107,126,128,130 Wentz, Darius Edward, 58, 80, 89,111,128 Rt. 3, Box 74A Troy, Mo. 63379 White, Stephen Allen, 58, 97,128 2145 East Edgewood Springfield, Mo. 65804 Wilkinson, Douglas Todd, 63, 93, 95 720 Briar Fork Road St. Louis, Mo. 63131 Williams, Karl Farrales, 54, 68, 95,100,101, 115,118 ARAMCO, P.O.Box9297 Dharan, Saudi Arabia 31311 Williams, Mrs. Barb, 8 Withers, Lt. R. Bryan, 6,103,116 Wolf, Brian Scot, 137,148 314 Sturbrige Village Drive Hazelwood, Mo. 63042 Wolf Bebout, Herbert Alexander, 63,79,89 106,117 P.O. Box 381 San Jose, 1000, Costa Rica, C.A. Wolfe, Ian Sean, 136 6205 Amberly Place Austin, Texas 78759 Wrestling Colonels, 100 Wylie, Lawrence E., 58, 71,95,106,107,113 RR 1. Box 340 East Carodelet, III. 62240

Yaeger, Earl William, 63 2626 Gaurney Court St. Louis, Mo. 63110

z Zieger, Ari G., 66, 89,101,122 1357 Nicolet Place Detroit, Mich. 48207 Zulueta Galvez, Jose Luis, 63.97 Zulueta Galvez, Juan Carlos, 74,77,136,152 Fuente de Vulcano 15 53959 Tecamachalco, Edo. de Mexico Zyck, James A., 64, 66,71,95,101,127 2300 West San Angelo, Apt. 1066 Gilbert, Ariz, 85234

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The Last Page he last page. What can you possible say on the [J last page. T could tell how hard we’ve worked on completing this book, but that would take awhile. I’m just glad it’s finished, so I won’t bore you.

I just want to say a few words about this year. We began with a lot of three-year leaders and a very strong battalion commander. I can see your thoughts, come on, be truthful, wasn’t this the best year you’ve seen in your years at MMA, and wasn’t he the best BC. of course he functioned, and he sur­ prised you. He caught you doing things you weren’t supposed to, and he caught you doing things you didn’t need to do but did for the betterment of all.

Think about what he did for the school; think about what we all did for the school. Think of the example he set, and the hours he out in. If you think your days were long, think of the Bu. We had a few cracks in the structure of the year, but we mended them and kept building. We started slowly, but in taking the extra time we made the year the best.

This has been the closest the company competi­ tion has been in my memory. What made the happen was the determination of the company commanders, and the companies themselves, to be the best, to be Honor Company. There was strong leadership in the companies, ano, maybe I’m exaggerating, but I think the same will be true next year.

The school was evaluated by NCA/ISACS, and while they offered suggestions on improving MMA’s program, they said the education we are receiving is

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special and beneficial.

In all it’s been a pretty special year. But then you already know that.

I'll finish with a few comments about this book We’ve worked diligently on it all year. It’s almos' finished — just a few more stories and photos to go A lot of hours went into its production, and we hop you like it. If you feel there’s something missing we’re sorry, and please accept that we tried to ge everything. But as you know, our year is full, am there is only so much information you can put on 20i pages.

Believe it or not, we’ve started on ideas for ne> year’s book, and, no, we’re not telling what they arc we feel that part of Taps appeal is the surprise. On of the biggest questions to the staff this year wai What's the book going to look like. Now you knov What’s next years book going to look like. You have to wait and see. But if you have any ideas wh< it should look like, shock us, and pass them along.

I would like to thank all the people who supports this book through their advertisements. Withoi them, you wouldn’t be reading this editorial. I woul also like to thank the book’s staff for all their coi tributions. A special thanks goes to Capt. Scott l\ Spangler, our adviser. He has devoted uncounte hours of his free time to helping us on putting Tap 1987 together.

Chris Gentry, '88 Editor