Culver Military Academy Summer Camps 2004 Honor Guard performing during the Homecoming Weekend Garrison Parade .
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There’s another old summer school catalog on Ebay. This time from 1904.
Posted by Mr. Flora at 10:20 AM“CATALOGUE OF THE CULVER SUMMER NAVAL SCHOOL OF 1904 Recognized and Equipped by the U.S. Navy Department and Under Same Management as the Well Known CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY Culver,Indiana on Lake Maxinkuckee…..33 pages(including application) softcover measuring 6 1/2 by 9 1/8 in good condition(minor creaelines at bottom right cover corner,1 inch spine split at bottom of spine,some page edge spots to first blank and title page). B+W photos as well as some colorized images.Loads of information on the various aspects of this summer program at Culver Military Academy(Roster,Cadet and Petty Officers,Courses of Study,Naval Instruction,Buildings and more).A true rarity from the 1st decade of the Academy.Please refrain from any false bids.I accept Payment via Paypal,money order or check.Postage will come to $4.50 U.S Mail anywhere in the United States.International bidder must pay by money order,check(american) or other means besides Paypal.Combined shipping available.Bid well and thank you.”
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A thrilling shot from summer 2004. I’m pretty sure this is from the 100-yard dash.
Can you believe the next track meet is in 31 days?
Can anyone ID the gentlemen in this picture? I believe thats Carlos Pla in the N2 shirt.
Posted by Mr. Flora at 9:56 AM/ (1 votes, average: 2 out of 5)
Mr. Flora suggested this one, and I agree…it’s the complete Naval School catalog from…well, I’m not sure the exact year. Perhaps I’ve missed the date listing on it, but I couldn’t find it. It’s the 1960s, at any rate. There’s some beautiful photography in there, of course, and lots of vintage detail about the Naval School offerings of the day.
I have to thank Dr. John Houghton for the donation of this, and other Culver artifacts to the library for our collection. If you’re not familiar with John, besides being a Culver grad and former teacher at the Academy, he’s a scholar with a lengthy pedigree. Goculver.com readers will be likely to enjoy his 2005 novel, “Rough Magicke,” which is set at Culver and features TONS of Culver-pedia sorts of detail. It’s fun to read the thing and try to pick out landmarks and people we all know, but it’s all the more interesting because the actual plot is part ‘Harry Potter,’ part theological mystery thriller, and part military school fiction. You’ll want to check out his website here as well — it’s a “fake” military prep school website designed around the fictional school in his novel based on Culver…if that makes any sense!
I interviewed John (his picture’s at left) for a library event about his book last year, and asked him about the Culver connections in his novel. You can read the interview here. John also wrote a series of articles for the local newspaper, The Culver Citizen in the 1970s on Culver history, and there’s some fantastic information in there. You can read those on our website here.
I didn’t intend this post to turn into one about John, but his work is worth investigating for the “Culverite”!
Back to the Naval School catalog: you can view this catalog either as a slideshow here, or as a gallery of clickable thumbnails here. The images are kind of large, so I apologize. If you’re using dialup, you’re probably going to want to start with the thumbnail gallery so you can pick and choose your images.
If you didn’t know, that catalog comes from an ever-growing collection of complete, scanned vintage catalogs, yearbooks, booklets, and other historical publications on our website. You can browse the current offerings here…but check back, we’re adding more all the time!
Posted by jkenney at 3:08 PM/ (2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)
From the opening moments of Comm Relay 2004. Naval Two was first out of code flags by 10 seconds but the Force Four runner had some serious speed on the trip out to the wherries giving them a slight early lead over the rest of the pack. Naval one followed shortly behind and gained the lead by the end of the wherries… which they held….for a while…
Every day from now until camp you’ll get one action snapshot from a previous summer. Today’s is from Comm Relay 2004. It’s time to get excited for summer 2006.
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Posted by Mr. Flora at 12:08 PM/ (1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
This post is so “off-topic” its almost not funny. Miss Geisler sent me a message today:
“The other night on Conan O’Brien they showed a video that just might be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on the show: “Jar Barf, the Barfing Jar.”
Makes me think of all that yummy goodness over at the dining hall…”
She’s posted it up in the video vault forum for you all to enjoy. Click the image above or the link below to check it out.
Watch “Jar Barf the Barfing Jar” and leave a comment
Posted by Mr. Flora at 11:48 AM/ (1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
The right sidebar on front page now sports a new “Culver-bilia Ebay Auctions” link that will take you to a new section of Go Culver.
The new page displays the current ebay auction listings for 1 of 4 different search terms at a time. Depending on which link at the top of the page you click you will see search results for either “culver academy,” “culver indiana,” “culver summer,” or “Lake Maxinkuckee” in eBay’s listings.
This will help cut down on clutter on the front page while also letting people see more auctions at a time. Hope you find something cool!
New Culver-bilia Ebay Auctions
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What do you think of the new ebay section?
Posted by Mr. Flora at 9:06 PM/ (2 votes, average: 1.5 out of 5)
Every month its fun to publish the search strings that pull people onto the site from google. This month is no exception here on Go Culver.com though for some reason things were a bit quiet on the search results from for us compared to last month. Anyway, here are the things people searched for in Google that led them to GoCulver.com in order from most popular to least. As you can see, Tunak Tunak Tan and its many iterations continue to tear up the charts…Strangely enough we don’t do to well on the “Culver Alumni” searches. bah.
Tunak Tunak Tan English Lyrics and Video are Here
Here are the searches: …Read the rest of this entry…
Posted by Mr. Flora at 4:56 PM/ (2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)
You can now add a link to your MySpace profile, myYearbook page, livejournal, blog, or any other web site in the bio information next to every one of your forum posts. Pretty slick. Details in the link below. This way people can read something you write in the forums, look over to the left, and then click a link to check out a web site of your choosing.
Annnnnd, I’ve put together a collection of banner links for people to put up on their myspace, myYearbook, Xanga, Livejournal, blog, or whatever other type of web site they run. All you need to do is copy the code snippet below each image and paste it into your page. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
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Up on Ebay right now for 4 bucks: …Read the rest of this entry…
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These images (click them to view full-size, of course) are from the town of Culver rather than the Academy proper, but I was digging through some images I haven’t yet added to the library’s website, and these jumped out at me. I found them in the 1942 editions of the Culver Citizen newspaper last year while hunting for some other story. With Memorial Day on the way, I thought it fitting to post a few wartime pics from the past.
Those who have spent much time at Culver Academy may be familiar with the little movie theater here — I think its official title is Lakeside Cinema now — but may not know that, in the 1950s, it was one of the few theaters in the US to utilize the audio technology that eventually evolved into today’s “surround sound.” In those days, it was the El Rancho theater, and it served not only as an entertainment venue, but also as the site for some churches to meet during interim periods. In 1954, for example, when the existing St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church burned to the ground, the church met for Mass at the movie theater while funds were being raised to construct the current church!
The newspapers from those early war years were full of stories of how the town of Culver and the Academy, respectively, pulled together to help the war effort (the Academy campus, I am told, had regular security patrols for the cadets and of course many, many Culver men went off to fight in the war, and many didn’t make it back). I thought that the examples here of small-town junk rallies illustrate how a small community like Culver pulled together during those times, young and old alike. The picture above is from November, 1942.
Incidentally, the movie theater, you’ll notice, was owned by the Hoesel family. The same family today owns the movie theater in downtown Plymouth, on Michigan Street. I also found it interesting to note the movie that kids could get into if they brought a tire that day: “Holiday Inn” starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby.
The other image, an advertisement/poster for a “Junk Rally” in Culver from September of 1942, notes that the junk is to be brought to “Pura’s yard” on Main Street. Pura owned the town scrap yard, which I’m told was a bit of an eyesore in its day, and part of which sat where the Culver Cove is today…a bit of a change in appearance!
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So apparently William Shatner has an official DVD club.
Let me clarify that statement. …Read the rest of this entry…
Posted by Mr. Flora at 8:46 PM/ (2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
BOOM.
Thats the sound of your mind expanding from what I’m about to tell you.
Live chatting is now available on Go Culver.com to anyone who’s added themselves to the Go Culver Guestmap (check the “Guestmap/Chat link in the navbar).
Consider this part of the website to be a “beta” test as we try it out.
I don’t foresee us using it outside of the next online reunion but it’s nice to know it’s there.
Posted by Mr. Flora at 8:04 PM/ (2 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
While there are several social networking sites online already like myspace.com, facebook.com, and friendster.com, myYearbook.com, a newer network (and apparently the fastest growing one online) has an interesting idea: it lets its users create social networks for their schools AND other programs they’ve been involved in. That swim camp you went to in Eighth grade? You can make a social network for it and perhaps track people down that also attended it. That backpacking trip you went on during college? Same deal. This is something new and unique as far as I can tell.
It’s also perfect for any summer camp community, any group that gathers only once a year. With this in mind I checked out the site the other day, created a profile, and spent a few hours poking around in it. All in all, I was pretty impressed.
MyYearbook.com is like a less seedy version of myspace (important for any summer camp) with a few better ideas and slicker design. I started a Culver Summer Camps discussion board, put up a few Culver pictures, and sent out some invites to other Culver people. I also tried to have a little fun…but it did not go “well” in any sense of the word. …Read the rest of this entry…
Posted by Mr. Flora at 6:05 AM/ (3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Today we’ll be taking a look at several of the neat Culver Military Academy and Culver Summer Camps items have cropped up on eBay recently, old brochures, ads, a yearbook, and even a crazy-awesome 10k gold piece of Naval School hardware that’s sure to pique the interest of someone out there. Where all this stuff comes from, who knows? Let’s take a look (note, if you’re new to eBay you can Register Here): …Read the rest of this entry…
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