Letters Volume 91, Issue 3
Culver (USPS 139-740) is published by The Culver Educational Foundation, 1300 Academy Road, Culver, Indiana 46511-1291.
‘… the way we were’ The picture of the Summer School for Girls on page 9 (Spring 2015) caught my attention. Taken in 1967 or 1968, the photo brought back a lot of memories. At the time, I had to beg my dad (John Carvey), a 1934 CMA graduate, to let me go. My first summer there wasn’t enough campus housing, so I lived with a faculty family, the Esteys near campus. My roommate was Nancy Bigelow SS’68 from Valley Forge, Pa. The second summer, my roommates were Sally Hamlin SS’68, from Alliance, Ohio, and Dinah Humiston SS’68, from Maryland, who is the tall girl pictured on the right of the front row in the photo. I am guessing if this picture went any further, that I would be in the back. Thanks for bringing back some very old memories. Vicki Carvey Morton SS’69 Syracuse, Ind. P.S. Morton later added by email: Thanks to the picture, I have had two emails from Dinah Humiston Ferrance. Unfortunately, she can’t come to this summer’s reunion, but we hope to reconnect in person in 2016.
Responding to ‘the Call’ I'd like to note how deeply moved I was by the editor’s words and those of John Buxton regarding character and service at Culver (Spring 2015). I am frequently at a loss as to how best to explain Culver. A school? Way more complicated than that. A boarding
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school? Way more unique than that. An awe-inspiring, lakeside campus where the formative years of my life were spent building academic foundations, honing leadership skills, and nurturing everlasting relationships with the best people one could ever hope to meet? That's a little more like it. Culver is so incredibly special. If what they say is correct, that actions speak louder than words, I believe that the gifts to Culver – monetary and otherwise – resound our praises even louder than the carillon bells in Memorial Chapel – ’tis Culver, Culver, Culver. Work hard. Lead by example. “Answer the Call.” Alexandra Harper ’07 Frankfort, Ky.
Sullivan remembered A superb job on the Spring 2015 Alumni magazine, especially the article on Sen. Dan Sullivan. I remember him as Culver's tripleoption quarterback in the early ’80s. He was smart, decisive, and quick on his feet — qualities that have surely carried over.
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ADVANCEMENT OFFICE ALUMNI RELATIONS Director Alan Loehr Jr. Legion President Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock '76 (U.S. Army, Retired) Falls Church, Virginia CSSAA President Susan Ellert SS'85 Culver, Indiana
COMMUNICATIONS Director/Strategic Communications Bill Hargraves III ’77 Editor/Culver Alumni Magazine Director/Publications Doug Haberland Asst. Director/Publications Jan Garrison Website Manager Trent Miles
John Staples Leesburg, Fla. Editor’s note: Now retired, John Staples was a history instructor/counselor and worked in the Publications Office from 1981-85. He returned to Culver in 2005-07 as senior writer for the Development Office.
DEVELOPMENT Director Mike Hogan Director/Annual Fund Thomas Mayo ’75
INTERNATIONAL OFFICER Tony Giraldi ’75
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