Jefferson Literary Society Debate Team

Jefferson Literary Society Debate Team

Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)

Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock

Military education - Virginia - Woodstock

Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock

Benchoff, Robert J. (1909-1968)

Griswold, Fred W. Jr. (1907-1989)

Haddock, Rollins A. III (1907-1971)

Wagner, William Foster Jr. (1907-1943)

Photograph of Massanutten Academy's 1925 Jefferson Literary Society debate team.

The cadets pictured are:

Seated: Fred W. Griswold Jr.

Standing, left to right:

Robert J. Benchoff, Rollins A. Haddock III, William F. Wagner Jr.

William F. Wagner was President of the Literary Society in 1925.

Morrison Studio

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Shenandoah County Library

ca. 1925

Robert Benchoff was identified by Betty Benchoff Page who was a first cousin of the identified subject.

Other individuals were identified by library staff in 2024 utilizing the 1925 publication "The Massanutten Academy : a School preparing for College, the Universities, and Vocations, with Military Training" held by the Truban Archives.

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Fred W. Griswold Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003961 and 008585.

Robert J. Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001696, 003961, 005072, 006321, 008093, 008536, 010945, 012978, 015782, 018537, 020068, and 020132.

William F. Wagner Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003961 and 009444.

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Glass Negative