Evanston Township High School - Key Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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QUEEN ANNE SALUTE More Than 350 cadeTs, The largesT Corps in hisTory, had a banner year. Conscious Trom The TirsT oT The op- porTuniTies as well as The limiTaTions occasioned by The war, The cadeTs Took added inTeresT in subiecTs which will prove oT greaT beneTiT when They enTer The armed Torces. Colonel James Ferguson, regi- menTal commander, had as his Ex- ecuTive QTTicer and second in com- mand LT. Col. PeTer PalTrey, who, on enTering college aT The end oT The TirsT semesTer, was replaced by Paul Coolc. lvlaiors Charles Champe and Tom Woods commanded The Two baTTalions, and CapT. Jerome l-lead was regimenTal adiuTanT. The riTle Team esTablished iTselT as one oT The sTrongesT in The coun- Try by capTuring The lvlidwesT Championship Tor The second suc- cessive year, and overwhelming all opposiTion in dual shoulder- To - shoulder compeTiTion. l-ligh man Tor The year was CapT. Charles Booz. ln long hours oT pracTice The Corps RiTles, commanded by Major Champe, developed a series oT in- TricaTe maneuvers which They dis- PASS THE AMMUNITION played beTore various civic groups and aT The annual demonsTraTion. Early morning TormaTions during The auTumn and spring welded The uniTs TogeTher inTo a well drilled or- ganizaTion. Dummy wooden riTles replacing The SpringTields conTis- caTed lasT year by The governmenT proved saTisTacTory Tor drilling. A sysTem oT eTTiciency reporTs. based on demeriTs and crediTs, was EVENING MANEUVERS

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Bi TO BANDACSES The Junior Red Cross, home nursing classes, TirsT aid classes, and The heaITh commission TurThered The war eTTorT. The Junior Red Cross obTained fB64I.8O Tor The Roll Call and War Fund and senT TorTy game boards, hundreds oT magazines, and Three hundred aTTracTive menu covers To The Marine I-IospiTaI in Chi- cago. The home nursing and TirsT aid cIasses presenTed speakers and pracTicaI work, while The heaITh commission promoTed nuTri- Tion, aThIeTic:s, and exercise ThroughouT The year To keep The sTudenTs conTinuaIIy conscious oT good heaITh pracTices. JUNIOR RED CROSS HOME NURSING FIRST AID HEALTH COMMISSION QW'

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employed To deTermine The besT oT The six companies over a prescribed compeTiTive period. Each cadeT in The honor company was enTiTled To wear an honor bar and The com- pany guidon To carry The honor sTreamer. UniTorms gliTTered and Tormals swished aT The TradiTional Corps Ball, held in a paTrioTically decoraTed So- cial l-lall. SgT. RoberT Finegan led INSPECTION ARMS .TC The under-classmen Through The arch oT sabres Tormed by The senior oT- Ticers. The Corps banqueT, The TormaTion The cadeTs loolc Torward To wiTh The mosT anTicipaTion, had To be aban- doned This year because oT raTion- ing. lnsTead, a suiTable TormaTion was subsTiTuTed, aT which Time nexT year's oTTicers were announced and awards given To deserving cadeTs. ll lb MW' , ,T e.i-Lo. li lil is