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

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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

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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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1917 l 1943 RICE!-IT DRESS! In The TirsT World War, EvansTon High girls organized a Drill Corps, which was commanded by CapTain Franklin Bliss Snyder. This year, more Than I5O girls Tormed a second Drill Corps. Gwclicers oT The lvl.-l'.C. under CapTain RoberT Buckley insTrucTed Them in The TundamenTals oT drill and command. Because oT The large enrollmenT, The girls divided inTo Two secTions, each imeeT- ing Twice a week. As They became more proTicienT, ouTsTanding girls among Them were chosen by compeTiTive examinaTions To become oTlicers, and gradually To Take over more oT The re- sponsibiliTy. For Their uniTorms, The girls selecTed navy blue skirTs, whiTe blouses wiTh blue Ties, and saddle shoes. The TaculTy sponsor, Miss Frances Johnson, planned To have The Corps make iTs TirsT public appearance in These uniTorms aT The Corps DemonsTraTion.