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

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By HOBART MUNSON CORNING A Superintendent of Schools Drstrlct of Columbrc It IS wrth pec ulrarly personal rnterest that I wrrte this messaffe to the Washrnffton Hlgh School Cadet Lorps ulte naturally my thoughts fro back to the wears when I was a student rn Central Hrffh School and a member ol the Corps I thlnk I never became a xery 0lltStdllfIlll0' cadet certarnly I never recerved any awards or attamed hr h ranlc l do recall however how rhrrlled we were oxer our HLIIICYBIIIEIIIS No cvperrences rn hwh school were qurte so outstandrnf as the competrtrxe drrlls the ham battles the prr'rde l now know that no srnffle phase of our trarnlnff rn hlffh school contrrbuted more to our personal dexelopment than the tralnrnff we rec erred rn the Cadet Corps All that was years r o Srnce then the Corps has expanded and now no doubt a much hr hcr deffree of prohcrency has been attarned It rs a source of real pleasure rrrd satrsfactron to me upon my return to Washrrrgtcwrr to learn first hand of the progress made rnd to bc assoclrted affarn with the Hlbh School Cadet Corps The trarnrnc whrch hr h school students recerve ln the Lorps rs valuable to them whrle they are students and from rt they derlve benehts that wrll be lastrnfr The value of the tfilllllllff rn wartnne rs very obvious Larcfe numbers of rnductees rrrto the .rr med serx rc cs durrn f the wsu were better prepared to assume therr new responsrbrl rtres and more qualrfred for adx anced standrnv because they had Gone throuvh the prelrmrnary staffes of trarnlnff whrle rn hrgh school Ir would be rnterestrrw to review tne mrlrtarx record of all the Wfrshrn-fton men who had been members of the Cadet Corps Undoubtedly such a record would drsclose manv rnstances of promotions crtatrons rncl drstrnf urshed accomplrshments that were made possrble rn part at least lu the pre mductron trarnrnff whrch they received rn Hrgh School lVlrlrt'rrx lfdllllllf rn the hr h schools however rs not prrmarrly a war preparatory process The present prof ram and rndeed rts expanslon cfm be justrfied abundantlx wrthout any thou' ht of w rr or of serxrce rn the armed forces The values accrue to the llldltldlldl studcnt recfrrdless of hrs pursuits after ffraduatron Whether he rs now aware ol rt or not each student who has worked falthfully as a Cadet has framed rn power Throuf h team worlc the rrffors of drrll the attalnrnff of hrgh standards and the exercrse of control hc his ffrrned rn the abrlrty to cooperate rn phs rcal stamrna and manly attributes rn the establrshmcnt of hwh standards for hrs own personal conduct and rn scll control Of course he has framed too rn porse bearrne and stature l am sure he could not hare polrshed brushed and pressed hrs unrforms o farthfulls whrle 1 tudent without g. nmnc lastrnff habrts of cleanliness 'md Good Uroomr rcf which wlll alwaxs be an rdx 'rntaf c to hrm Mx conc ratulatrons to the Washrnfrton Hrvh School Lfrdets upcrrr the ads antaffes thex hare had 'rs memhc rs of the Corps and upon all thcrr efforts rn realwrnuf tho c rdx rnta 'es Home of the Famous HIGH SCHOOL I ADET SHOES MEN S SHOI- 14th 8. G 7th 8. K '32l2 14th '4483 Conn Ave '3I01 Wrlson Blvd Arlrngton 'Open Evenrngs 15 . . L . M M D D I '- . , ' D cz . f - 3' P- ,-- ' 1 ' c , ,- F , - . D ., -, s -. kc s. ' ' L, - D , K. . . x , . C . fr -V f . A ss: . V., , .g zgikw' . . . L A . -, e, D .U x I . D. 5 . . .K t D D, . , 2 c . ' ' . . . . . - ' r. 2 Tk , D ff .7 . .. Y .h .lr I K .. . . . 2 ' P ' - , -, , ,. , l , F I e xc bl . -I . . ' 5, , lc' 2 , 5. ' - ' r ' 2 r ' f ., , F' C' E' -.,, U - . U , 1' xr ' c. L. ' , - , :. . ' ' ' 'c 1 c '- ,, ' sr 'Q' Y '. '. ' .. ' ' .. F' 'f ,- r ' X, - ' ' ., . ..g'w 9.5. V.g 3 H ,.L . .7 V . 'V I , , ',.', 'tl' ' . lg c Y ' . U' g 'c r 'fc z.. ' , r , ,c c 5 . r ' , f r t' c 'D' . D , , , D . , D , , '- ' ' 1 .. ,z -, ,L , fs' . '. . 5 U . . ' -4, -. - . -s .' ' ' ' -. - . . c, cl, - , U ,. . 2 ' . . . .-, . -s ' ' as ' fz g'.',C '. ' Q.. D C, ':l. ' . 'QQ . a 'C gf ' . . 1- - ' r- r- e - cs x ', .S , , r 1 , r' Z. 's- z 'a 'g,.. Y . , . . . .,

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DR HOBART MUINSON COWNIINL Supeluztuulerzt of qchook IJLSIIIIJ nj folumbza - K 1 4 I . , ,.. , 1 K ., ., 1

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DR CHESTER W HOLMES Associate Supermtendent of Public Schools