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Alumni Issue THE PUP TENT NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO June 15, 1938 Forty Years of Progress Represented in the Success of the 1938 N.M.M.L Commencement Commencement is the season for summing up the year’s activities and the term, “most successful year” is heard often. It is right and fitting that this should be, for the improve­ments made year by year are repre­sented in the growth and improvement of the succeeding sessions. Each year should be a more successful one than the preceding ones. The 1938 Com­mencement marks the close of the At the graduation ceremonies on Tuesday morning, Governor Clyde Tingley presented diplomas to eighty-four graduates. One hundred one cadets received High School certifi­cates. The Governor, the Board of Regents, The Superintendent and other Institute officials sat on the platform. The disciplinary record for the year again showed improvement. fprtieth year t)f the lnstitutei'^asd««te«wta»«nty can truly be said to have been the best to date. This issue records many of the outstanding accomplishments. Some of the greatest gains were made individually, and many cadets know for themselves progress that is never formally recorded. Each one knows in his conscience whether or not he has made the grade, and can bear testimony to these words of the Com­mencement speaker: “the only ap­plause worth winning in life is a cur­tain call you honestly can give your­self.” The Class of 1938 was a good one, and a class the Institute has held in high regard.

Each one knows in his conscience whether or not he has made the grade, and can bear testimony to these words of the Com­mencement speaker: “the only ap­plause worth winning in life is a cur­tain call you honestly can give your­self.” The Class of 1938 was a good one, and a class the Institute has held in high regard. The members were men well known; thirty-six of them had been enrolled three years or longer, and the leaders were tested and tried. The Institute authorities are proud to have these young men join the ranks of the alumni, and bring the total number of graduates of New Mexico Military Institute to one thousand three hundred thirty-five. ports; two hundred forty-eight re­ceived zero demerits, with a grade of “A” in deportment. Seventy-three men in the Junior College earned Certificates of Excellenece for ac­ademic work of superior quality, and the number of Certificates awarded them was one hundred seventy-one. In the High School division, ninety-one cadets earned two hundred twelve Certificates of Excellence certifying to superior work in subjects in which they were enrolled. Academic Honors for the year 1938 were earned by the following men: Junior College First Class: Whitman, J. F.; Dakin, C.; Smith, C., Jr.; Botts, C. M., Jr.; Picard, R. S. Second Class: Wunderlich, F. W.; Stolaroff, M.; Scott, S. M.; Zirker, R. D.; Adkins, H. L., Russell, J. H., Towers, R. M., tied. High School Third Class: Boyce, F. C.; John­son, W. R.; Lindsay, J. R.; Johnson, C. E.; Simmons, F. F. Fourth Class: Hodges, R. H.; Richardson, B.; Grimaud, H. J.; Greer, N. C.; Bailey, R. F.

Second Class: Wunderlich, F. W.; Stolaroff, M.; Scott, S. M.; Zirker, R. D.; Adkins, H. L., Russell, J. H., Towers, R. M., tied. High School Third Class: Boyce, F. C.; John­son, W. R.; Lindsay, J. R.; Johnson, C. E.; Simmons, F. F. Fourth Class: Hodges, R. H.; Richardson, B.; Grimaud, H. J.; Greer, N. C.; Bailey, R. F., Jr. Fifth Class: Grad, C. F.; Donovan, J. J.; Walker, G. P.; Garbrecht, L., Jr.; Mclnnis, N. P. The graduation ceremonies opened in the traditional manner with the playing of the Star Spangled Banner of Captain Jack Fletcher. The audi­ence stood to receive the graduating class, and Dr. Austin D. Crile, In­stitute Chaplain, made the invocation. Dempster MacMurphy, ’15, made a splendid address to the graduates, saying in conclusion: “Whatever you have learned here, whatever you have failed to learn, the spirit of the Corps has carved into your hearts and minds contempt for fear. Guard well that contempt. Gentlemen, and keep it. Then, though you lose everything else in life, you still will win.” The com­plete address will be found on page three. Colonel Pearson announced the fol­lowing honors and distinctions and pi'esented all of them except the Mac- Murphy Prize, which was presented by the donor: Alumni Scholarship; New Mexico Military Institute Scholarships; The William McDonald Spencer Memorial Scholarship; The Herman Fleishman Scholarship; The J. Ross Thomas Medals; The Ruppert' Award; and The MacMurphy Prize. The names and pictures of these winners are given elsewhere in this issue. Major John E.

he donor: Alumni Scholarship; New Mexico Military Institute Scholarships; The William McDonald Spencer Memorial Scholarship; The Herman Fleishman Scholarship; The J. Ross Thomas Medals; The Ruppert' Award; and The MacMurphy Prize. The names and pictures of these winners are given elsewhere in this issue. Major John E. Selby, Professor of Military Science and Tactics, present­ed Commissions and Certificates of Eligibility to the following graduates of the Institute and of the R.O.T.C. who will become Second Lieutenants in the Officers’ Reserve Corps; Second Lieutenants, Cavalry, Of­ficers’ Reserve Corps, upon grad­uation: Warren A. Minton, of Washington, D. C. Arthur T. Ratcliffe, of Terre Haute, Indiana. Cadets who Received Certificates of Eligibility for Commissions upon Graduation, and who will receive their Commissions upon attaining their majority: Joe P. Barron, of Dallas, Texas. Less H. Bates, of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Harry G. Black, of Galveston, Texas. Walter H. Boyd, of Long Beach, California. Raymond Burton, of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Russell Callan, Jr., of Menard, Texas. James L. Cloman, of Carlsbad, New Mexico. (Continued on Page 23) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N To the Alumni of New Mexico Military Institute We herewith present to you our report of the Commencement activities and in a measure our report of the past year’s work.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N To the Alumni of New Mexico Military Institute We herewith present to you our report of the Commencement activities and in a measure our report of the past year’s work. It has been an unusually successful year from every standpoint. We were greatly pleased to have so many of our alumni and friends with us during the Commencement activities. We are sorry that all of you could not.be present to enjoy with us Dempster MacMurphy’s splendid address to the graduating class and the colorful activities presented by the cadets. If any of your friends or acquaintances are planning to enter the Institute next fall, they should submit their applications at an early date. I do believe that we will find it necessary to close our enrolment on or before July 1. With best wishes, I am Most sincerely yours, D. C. Pearson, Superintendent.