Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Good Americans 4° SOON as the 11:25 bell has finished ringing on every Tuesday and £ Friday morning, the shrill tones of Ellis Meinecke’s bugle are heard above the clatter of changing classes, sounding the “Call to Arms.” There- upon all privates of the two companies make a spirited dash to the Quarter- master’s Department, otherwise known as the Physics Laboratory, where each takes his numbered musket from the rack. Accompanied by frequent exhortations from sergeants and corporals, the soldiers straggle into line. After repeated commands by “non-coms” of “Squads, fall in,” the ranks achieve symmetry. Then fully realizing their duties and always under- estimating their lung capacities, in tones hardly sotto voce, Captain Miles and Captain Kahn exclaim as one— “Company A, attenshun!” “Company B, atten-shun!” Thus, as on the opposite page, we have the two companies of Alameda High School Cadets drawn up at attention. There they stand, a proof of the energy and interest of Captain Magagnos, N. G. C., their commander and instructor. Captain Magagnos has sacrificed time from his business and given generously of his knowledge that the cadets may receive his instruction. He has been well aided by some of our student officers, notably Captain Miles, Lieutenant Souther, and Sergeant Cramer, who h ave drilled in the U. S. A. Student Camp. Captain Magagnos has given practice in squad and battalion marching and the Manual of Arms. That the drill is fast becoming worth seeing is evidenced by the frequency with which the movie people have filmed the exercises. However, the captain is not content with mere yard drill; it is his intention, as military becomes established in the High School, to have all the cadets provided with uniforms such as the commissioned officers are now wearing. There may be some pacifists who see a menace to their ideals in this new activity, and to these upholders of peace we can only point out that should need arise they may have cause to appreciate the organized efforts of the better sort of schoolboys. Perhaps the reason for the success of military this semester is the healthy and manly attitude of the boys themselves. They have preferred discipline and exertion because they are learning and doing something which may be of value to their country. They are good Americans. —Coltman Shepard.

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Military Officers of Alameda High School ISIGUPTICEOR, OF GAUOTA:. cc Seeao soe eset cad Captain C. P. Magagnos, N. G. C. Cadet Battalion Adjutant First Lieutenant Lester K. Souther Séngeant- Majori2. inne ee : James P. Moffatt Quartermaster of Battalion...............................- Second Lieutenant Walter Cramer COMPANY A Captain, H. Kahn; First Lieutenant, H. Adams; Second Lieutenant, M. McKimmins; First Sergeant, E. Long. COMPANY: B Captain, F. Miles; First Lieutenant, R. Cundall; Second Lieutenant, J. Wilson; First Sergeant, G. Nordlund.

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Making Posters for the Pet Show at the P. P. I. E.