Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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First semester medal winnors. Front row: are Robert Sass. Robert Browning. Jay Terry. Max Wortman. and Bob Slavons. Second row: Willis Rosing. Robort Felsted. Vlash Pullos and Charles Myers. The instructional staff at the beginning of the year included Lt. Col. Witt, Capt. James Anderson. First Sgt. Doyle C. Wood, Sgt. Berg- man, and Sgt. Jensen. Sgt. Wood left the staff and was replaced by Sgt. First Class Chester Fee. Capt. Robert L. Eaton, not in the picture, joined the department in February. To teach precision and coordination, em- phasis is placed on drill and the manual of arms. Each cadet is issued a rifle and made liable for its care, thus instilling a sense of responsibility. Through all of these activities within the department the staff furthers the general edu- cation and citizenship of each cadet. Using one of Ihc instructional models. Sgt. Bergman lectures to the junior class on the determination of the grid coordinates of various points. 29

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ROTC instructional staff. Lt. Col. George L. Witt, Master Sgt. lames A. Bergman, Sgt. First Class Chester Foe. and Sgt. First Class Guy G. Jensen. The Davenport High School ROTC unit may well look back on one of its most successful terms. The year marks the establishment of an instructional setup that better fits the purpose of Junior ROTC units — that of teaching citizen- ship. In accordance with this idea, monthly in- spections are conducted to teach the impor- tance of personal neatness. The winners of these compete in the semester inspections; the one winning the most times is given a semester ribbon. Cadets winning the first semester awards were Charles Myers, senior officer, Vlash Pullos, senior, Robert Browning, junior, and Robert Sass, sophomore. For service to the unit beyond the call of duty, merits are awarded. The holder of the highest number of merits is given one of the Chicago Daily Tribune medals. Receivers of the award at the end of the first school semes- ter were Charles Myers and Bob Slavens. Medals for the most distinguished cadet were awarded to Max Wortman, sophomore, Willis Rosing, junior, and Jay Terry, senior. The coveted Veterans of Foreign Wars medal was won by Robert Felsted. 28

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ROTC Cadet Drill Platoon. First row: Van Olst. White. Pohlers, Siem. Hendrickson, Browning. Second row: McClcnahan. Lindberg. Parks. Beale. Schmidt. Pullos. Willson. Third row: Terry (commander), Felsted. Myers. Bridgfort. Winckler, Martens. Iossi. ROTC Rille Team. Front row: Bill Edvenson. Evan Evans. Jim Van Olst. Marvin Fulton. Ted Dick, and Lloyd Whistler. Second row: Sgt. Bergman. James Reed. Pat Murphy. Bob Danico. Jim Winner. Ronald Binder, and Richard Stark. Looking at the “business end ol rilles on the ROTC rifle range. 30