Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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.Q.. ridge, the unit made great progress. In April, when Lieutenant-Colonel Crissy, who is in charge of all R.O.T,C. units in the Ninth Corps Area, inspected the Boise unit, he paid high compliment to the fine organization and progress of the Boise I-Iigh School R. C. T. C. May 7, Ciovernor's Day, was the high sport of the R.C.T.C.'s year of intensive drilling and training. Cn that day, which is really Htest week for cadets, they marched, three hundred strong, to the Public School Field, where was held the annual official inspection. All afternoon they marched, drilled, and paraded, working hard for the honors they received. Awards were given for neatness, military bearing, marksmanship, and superior discipline. It was at this time that the Color Company for the coming year was chosen. Zaww-czzvr COMPANY COMPANY D l .Cl Inspecting the battalion was Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin U. O. Waters from the University of Idaho. Governor Chase Clark and other state officials were in the reviewing stand. The R.O.T.C. has a social side to its career as well as the military. Its parties are looked forward to with great eagerness not only by the looys, lout by the entire school. The commissioned officers' dinner and dance took place early in the spring. Closing the year for the battalion was the annual Military Ball, which is always one of the most colorful parties of the year. Trim uniforms, spring formals, and pretty girls characterized the dance. Lieutenant-Colonel Bill I-lays was chairman. 25

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12.01 . NSW, in this first year of a new World War, more than ever before is the importance of military training for high school boys being realized. As a Whole nation turned its eyes from the pleasures of a World at peace to the serious problems of a world at war, fresh emphasis was placed on the high school l2.Q.T.C. unit. Approximately three hundred boys were enlisted in Boise l-ligh's R.O.T.C., all of whom signed up for the course voluntarily, like any other subject, instead of being forced into military training as part of their schooling, as is the system of the aggressor nations. Even so, the R.Q.T.C. of Boise and other American schools have shown far greater accomplishments and progress under the t'American Way than could ever be hoped for under system of a military dictatorship. COMPANY COMPANY lncluded in the course, taught at Boise High School, is an extensive study of military science and tactics, first aid, and, of course, the old familiar game of drilling and marching. At the outbreak of the war, when Boise held practice black-outs, the R.Q.T.C. cadets did their part by acting as guards and messengers at public buildings. Advising and directing the activities of the battalion was Major William A. Hale, Who came to Boise from the University of Idaho to replace Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Doddridge, when he was transferred to Montgomery Field, Alabama. Under both Major Hale and Lieutenant-Colonel Dodd- 24

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catfet .f7h zt.4 PEP and the flash of a scarlet skirt have become synonyms in Boise High. And Friday would not be Friday without two hundred and fifty red skirts darting about the halls. The Scarlet Skirts, girls' pep organization of Boise High School, boasted that number of members this year. They proclaim their membership by wearing their l'uniform to school every Friday and by sitting together at all athletic events. This year the club was headed by president Catherine Grim, vice-president, Barbara Ward, secretary, Deva Chisholm, treasurer, Lily Keprosg and adviser, Miss Helen Moore. The Scarlet Skirts' name led many an activity around school. The girls sold candy at the games, decorated the goal posts, handed out programs at athletic ets, ushered at games. The B Club called upon these girls to decorate for the annual football quet. Scarlet Sk.rts T! The club was honored at two out-of-town teas. The Spiz Club at Nampa and the Girls' Pep Club at Caldwell were their hostesses. Thirty-five girls, chosen according to their number of merits, went to these parties. The Scarlet Skirts enjoyed returning their social obligations with teas for the Nampa and Caldwell girls. The co-chairmen of these affairs were Deva Chisholm and Lily Kepros. Cther activities included a pay assembly with Marie Thometz and Barbara Ward doing the planning, a banguet at which time the officers of the next year's club were announced, and the Scarlet Heart matinee dances. The Scarlet Heart Ball, of which Betty lean Meagher and Yvonne Rutten were in charge, was one of the most pleasant affairs on the school's social calendar. This year a merit system was instituted in the club. Those senior girls who by the end of the year had earned one thousand merits for participation in club activities received gold pendants with a miniature girl in a scarlet skirt. 26