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

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MR. FRANK C. DANIEL Principal of McKinley High School Captain of Company B, Central, 1896: Colonel of the Washington High School Cadet Corps, 1897

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r so ETA SIGMA GAMMA By LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM S. GOCHENOUR, H. S. C. . .f. F' Eta Sigma Gamma Fral'emity ARLY in the school year there was organized at Central a Cadet Honor Fraternity. Nine cadet omcers were the charter mem- bers and the nucleus of the fraternity. They were Lieutenant Colonel William Gochenour, Major Robert Ferguson, Major John Grunvvell, Captain Richard Hummer. Captain Charles Mor- gan, Lieutenant Ralph Miller, Lieutenant Vin- cent Pisciotta, Lieutenant Phillip Turner. and James Rawls. The first cabinet was: President Williain Gochenour. Vice-President James Rawls, Secretary Robert Ferguson, Treasurer Ralph Miller, Sergeant-at-Arms Vincent Pis- ciotta. The name Eta Sigma Gamma is composed of the Greek characters H, S, and C. lt sym- bolizes High School Cadets. The motto of the fraternity is Honor, Sincerity, and Courage. With the advancement of the corps at heart, it is the purpose of this fraternity to equip bet- ter the oflicers and non-commissioned officers of future years through instruction in the man- ual of the sabre and of the rifle, instruction in Forly-tive Military Map Problems, and in the prescribed Drill Regulations. The right to the title of Cadet Honor Fra- ternity is established upon the fact that all mem- bers are in the upper third of their respective semesters, both in drill rating and scholastic rating. The present officers of the fraternity are Pres- ident-Robert Ferguson: Vice-President-Philip Turner: Secretary-Richard Hummer: Treas- urer - Vincent Pisciottag Sergeant-at-Arms - Ralph Miller. There are at present twenty mem- bers of this organization. It is the sincerest wish of the present members that future cadet officers may profit from this organization as we have, and that they may pass on the principles upon which this brother- hood was founded. iz., F lf .T ' . , V- -.,- ,.,.:55.:-I LH. A ya., , ky- - I i L A -e:.i.r.:, .. ' -ss' .ii f? - ' n ve.,e eil I 1 . - . . ,,,9i'l . U , .-- -V Nw, nk - ' ' ' .. Q , : . , 'J 445- '- ' ' 'Yi-,iiI' .-, . -, - - af: N E I-4, 'L 4 v 'S 11 - --ex F , f H Q fb . ,. avi JJ.. V3 , . W l 1 .E ' ' -' ' ' N' ri XL - ' .4 x 4- H -V ,QR Q-5 , 1. f . V, J - gf - if-3 .,. fx - , 'i c s. fi '-'2'2y '- Y H- i , . - tx W. . yi V T7 ' ' ig .fan.f5gte: f ,QW r' ',:i?,e?,-2 N - n a- ' fare, , W M , ll . .41 '- 5 I. 4 n -- L X - ll. - '-'nav fan ' ' ,J ' ' 1 ' .- I-fi-J -.-, 1- ,. . -X 4 a 'av 4- ' ' ' 1 ' i ' -' ' '.-55 F fr!--4'i.w li ,4 - - P. mfg- ,Lf -- ,.', A, . -' Y 3 i -- 1 e , I Q4',. fi 7 f' ..-'FW -' x ' 1 ' t'Y Jfz i .sLi L ' E t T t ',' ..f-- .ii 't .- - gg X . , ,. .- ' ,ii-rf .. ' i mi...-:A b, it f -.1 ,f,,Q, The Judges of Regimental, Battalion, and Company Drills

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V' 1 ii T LSC I ,. A,-:WV -T High School Cadets at the Inauguration of President McKinley, 1897 Colonel Frank C. Daniel, in Command CADETS AT MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL By FRANKLIN LANGFORD, Member of Senior Class of 1933 VER Eve hundred of the eighteen hundred cadets in the brigade belong to the sec- ond regiment at McKinley High School. Nine companies and a staff of forty-five are the source of much pride to us, for that is the larg- est enrollment in the corps. But more pride is taken in another feature of our regiment. lt is the disciplined but democratic organization, which is peculiar to our school alone. The McKinley unit has had its share of the red ribbons, the battalion streamers, the best ser- geant's medals: and the colonel of the brigade has held sway at McKinley seven times: but that part of it has not been stressed. Instead of clamoring, Join the cadets, where you will re- ceive a training that can't be equalled in dis- cipline, self-control, and initiative, and then forgetting it to win a competition by expedi- ential means, the platform is really adhered to, with special emphasis on the development of initiative. It will be asked, though, who manages such a large organization? The problems arising from such a one must be a burden on some overworked faculty adviser or military instructor. But the faculty adviser and the military instructor let Forty-seven the officers solve their own problems, and they, in turn, consult the men in the ranks. When an important question is to be decided, the officers meet with the faculty adviser, and it is suggested that the men decide. The reg- iment is formed, marched into the auditorium, the question is explained, and a vote taken. The regiment has decided what its policy will be, and the principal, if it is possible, supports the decision. For another instance, the officers discover that the correct method of executing a movement is not exactly the way the cadets have been doing it. Theirs was an easier way but not the way. They gather around a drill manual, chart the correct method, present it to their units, and so impress the judges at the next competition in- volving that movement that they win Hrst place. With such a system, fellows drill because they want to, officers study and plan because they are forming and developing an organization of their own, the success or failure of which de- pends on them. And they are developing themselves into men who will be industrious, self-reliant, and suc- cessful.