Talk:Culver Academies

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This article is a Stub because it lacks references, pictures, the Leadership Organization section uses some jargon related to military and doesn't explain Leadership Organization it just states what it is. The athetics section flirts with point of view statements. The Notable Alumini needs to be written in prose. This article is almost at start class.
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This article is considered at Mid importance due to its number of notable alumini and notable hockey team.

Assessed by:Jahnx (talk) 08:42, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Bob Hartman is here now

I've just started and stories will be posted as I learn how to use Wikipedia. Be patient. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BobHartman (talk • contribs) 20:23, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Where'd all the great info go?

Culver's one of America's few great Military school's with many noteworthy alumni and one of the greatest summer camping programs in the country that attracts royalty and child stars to Indiana summer after summer. I agree the article was a little unwieldy before but this is a travesty. I strongly suggest we bring in a section on the summer camp progam and notable alumni.

Thoughts?Bflora 23:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Bflora, it looks like you accidentally deleted some information. ie, notable alumni. If you dig through the history, maybe you can restore the information you deleted plus a lot of other information that was already gone from over edits.



[edit] Stuff to Do

I think it is probably best to try to avoid too much uninteresting detail about the sports (a lot of schools have hockey teams, covering the key points can't require a full section of its own), but then I don't really know anything about the school. Maybe there is enough interesting stuff to say about each sport to justify each having its own subsection: if you can do it, knock yourself out.
IMO the article is a little unbalanced now anyway, there is very little text about the school itself and a lot of sometimes tedious detail about the camps. I think it needs four substantial sections on:
  • School history (foundation, change to allow girls (why, when, etc), must be a lot of other significant events in >100 years)
  • School organization (how the kids are split up, who owns and runs it now, funding etc)
  • Sports, clubs and awards (the horse and boat clubs, hockey teams, school band etc)
  • The summer camps (history, summary of options and organization, etc)
And a good lead-in, see WP:LEAD. Oh, and it needs sources :-). NicM 19:55, 2 February 2006 (UTC).
I think i have something but I think my information is protected by copyright... I will try to find something to add. --Roged 00:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] News Information

I am not sure that this article is developed enough to have "new" type items and am not sure that the recently added item follows the wiki standards. I am not trying to say that this particular event is not an important part of Culver's history, just that there is a lot of other things that could and should be written here that I believe have a higher priority. If we do decide to keep the 'news' then it should go in a new section and not added to the summer camps overview section Andrew Powell 18:24, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Give us the name of that German champion

--Nemissimo II 21:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More Stuff to Consider

Culver Summer Camps could almost be its own wikipedia entry as a way to make this article cleaner, So could Culver History
As to famous alumns: There seem to be a few more missing: Vlasic (pickles), Lay (potato chips), Eckridge (sausage) -- I just noticed a food theme... was the Mess Hall food that bad, back then?
Schaeffer (pens), McCulloch (chainsaw/oil), McMillan, Huffington, Giginlet, was Kurt Vonnegut an alum?
As to interesting historical events... how about when the cadets helped to save the people of the town of Logansport
How about the five Medal of Honor Winners?
How about success in college placement and scholarships?
Hockey clearly needs to be drawn out separately, as few (if any) schools have dominated their state/sport for so many years and produced so many NHL players
Historically, in sports, it might also be interesting to mention the academies Boxing Legacy.
How about filmography and references in literature:
Tom Brown Goes To Culver, Tom Cruise's haircut in the movie Taps was reportedly researched in the Culver barbershop, Kurt Vonnegut's literary references to the Culver buildings.
Where is Culver Historian Bob Hartman when you need him???  ;)

Is John Winters an alum?