High School Cadet Corps - Adjutant Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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ROOSEVELT'S COLONELS AND WINNING CAPTAINS fFormerIy Business High Schoolj . .xx . H A, ,Q . 7 COL. W. C. RATHBONE, '11 COL. LEROY S. MANN, '19 ! 'FS! Q, as if Captain Captain Captain JAMES C. DULIN, '09, Co. F FRED CONNOR, '14, Co, E ISRAEL SILVERMAN, '28, Co. E Roosevelt High SchooI's Saber Club Twenty-eight

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fflourtesy of Captain R. E. S. Williamson, Cavalry, U. S. Army, Personnel Officer, Reading from left to right: United States Military Academy.J First ffrontj row-Fries, SG, '35: Wells, JB, '34: Jones, BdeVU, '33: Smith, DW, '33g Sparrow, '33: Saxon, '35: Miller, LeR C, '343 Talbot, 35: and Richardson, JB, '34, Second row-Flynn, '33: I-Iolderness, '36: Wilkes, G. VanB, '35: Greenlee. '35: Cbaffin, '35: Cooper, AJ, '33: Hester, '34: Hickman, , , , , , . Third row-Bodine, DR, '36: Parker, J, '35: McDonald, RC, '35: Hill, GP '35: Kingman. '36: Squier, '34: and Walker, CP, '35. Fourth row-Gilbert, '33: DeI.esdernier, '36 Polk, JF, '36: Lang, CdeXV, '35: O'Brien. '36: and Keating, JW, '35. EG '34' Wilkes EW '34: and Sibert '36 Fifth row-Melton. '36: Arnold. '36: Barzynski. '34: Clark, AP, '36: and Glassford, '35. Sixth Ctopj row-Niles, EW, '35: Wilson, JN, PAN-AMERICAN DAY By MAJOR GEORGE N April 12, 1933, several outstanding cadet officers and other representative students from each of the high schools in the Dis- trict of Columbia were among the invited guests at the Pan-American Day Exercises which were held in the beautiful building of the Pan-Amen ican Union, in Potomac Park, Washington.D.C. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the guest of honor. and delivered an address at a Special Session of the Board of Governors of the Pan- American Union, held in the Board Room of the Pan-American Building. ' During the course of the Special Exercises that followed the Presidents-Speech, a bust of Fran- cisco de Miranda was presented to the Pan- American Union, on behalf of the Government of Venezuela, by His Excellency, Senor Dr. Pedro Manuel Arcaya, Minister of Venezuela. The bust was unveiled by Senorita Isabel Arcaya to the strains of the Venezuelan National An- them which was played by the U. S. A. Band. Next a colorful flag ceremony was conducted by students of the National Cathedral School for Girls, for which the Army Band played ex- Twenty-seven W. '35: Miles, EVJ, '36. HABICHT, H. S. C. S cerpts of the National Anthems of the American Republics in the Pan-American Union. The bust of Francisco de Miranda was ac- cepted by the Chairman of the governing Board, Honorable Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States. V 4 His Excellency, Senor Dr. Adrian Recinos, Minister of Guatemala and Vice-Chairman of the Governing Board, followed Secretary of State Hull with another very interesting address relating to the South and Central Alnerican Republics. The Exercises were brought to a close with an address, on behalf of the students in attend- ance, by Rogelio Alfaro of Western High School, who holds the rank of sergeant in Company H. besides being prominently identified in many other of the school activities. This final address was followed by the plac- ing of a floral tribute before the bust of Fran- cisco de Miranda by students of the Schools rep- resented. The Army Band played as the gather- ing dispersed. A

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I THE HISTORY OF THE ALLISON N AILOR MEDAL By FIRST LIEUTENANT BARCLAY N. DORMAN, H. S. C. The Donator of the Medal for the YVinning Captain. Allison Nailor HE Allison Nailor Medal, the most coveted prize of every cadet company commander, was presented over thirty years ago to the Washington High School Cadets by Mr. Allison Nailor. I-le hoped. by means of his most gen- erous gift, to stimulate a greater interest and a higher standard of military proficiency in the Cadet Corps. Mr. Nailor was actively interested in military affairs as a Captain of the Washington Light Infantry. The medal, which measures, over all, two and one-half inches by three and five-eighths inches, is one of considerable value. It is composed. mainly, of two parts. the upper of which is a gold eagle which holds in its claws an assem- blage of guns and swords. The lower and ma- jor half of the medal is made up of a five- pointed star superimposed upon a shield, with the colors of the United States draped upon two staffs. Upon each point of the star a mag- niflcent pure white diamond, with an approxi- mate weight of one carat, is mounted. A laurel wreath encircles the star, which bears the mono- gram H. S. C. CI-Iigh School Cadetsj. Twenty-m'r1e Conspicuous upon the face of the medal are the words- ALLISON NAILOR PRIZE MEDAL The following inscription is engraved upon the reverse side of the Award: This medal is donated to the High School Cadets of Wash- ington, D. C., to stimulate them to a higher degree of proficiency and skill in military knowl- edge by Allison Nailor: and is to be worn by the Captain of its best drilled Company. The Captain of the best drilled company, de- termined by the Annual Competitive Drill, is allowed to retain the medal from the date of the Company Competition until his graduation, when it is returned to the school authorities. However, he is thenpresented with a replica of the famous prize, but of lesser value, which he keeps in his permanent possession. Since Mr. Nailor's death, the Washington Chamber of Commerce has yearly presented the prize com- pany leader with the replica. The generosity of Mr. Nailor and the fine spirit of the Chamber of Commerce have done much to promote the work of the Washington High School Cadets.