Allen Academy - Allenian Yearbook (Bryan, TX)

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HONOR SCHOOL - HOW SELECTED The R. O. T. C. officer of each Service Command in the United States inspects all of the essentially military schools in his Command. He selects from this list the most efficient mil- itary cadet corps, and if their standard of efficiency Will justi- fy, he recommends that the War Department include these units in the inspection made each spring by a Board of Inspect- ing Officers sent from the War Department. This Army Board visits all of the recommended schools and by a series of exacting tests selects the strongest schools in the United States. Upon recommendation of this Board the Secretary of War designates the schools with the highest grades of inspection as Honor Military Schools. HONOR GRADUATES For each year that an essentially military school is desig- nated as an Honor Military School, members of the graduating classes are selected by the head of the Institution and the Pro- fessor of Military Science and Tactics and are known as the Honor Graduates. The term Honor Graduate is understood to apply to a graduate whose scholarship has been outstanding and Whose cfficiency in military training and whose attention to dutv has merited the approbation of the Professor of Military Science and Tactics. The Honor Graduates must be citizens of the United States, of exemplary habits, and of good moral char- acter. HONOR GRADUATES AS CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION TO THE U. S. MILITARY AND NAVAL ACADEMIES The Adjutant General of the Army and the Chief of the Navv Bureau will anticipate the vacancies in the corps of cadets at the United States Military and Naval Academies and will make an equitable distribution of those vacancies among the Honor Military Schools of the Country. An honor graduate of a selected institution will, upon meeting the substantuating mental examination, and subject to a satisfactory phvsical examination, be appointed a cadet of the United States Militarv Academy upon the certificate of the head of the institution that the appointee is an Honor Graduate of the institution. An Honor Graduate of an Honor Military Institution will. if successful in competitive mental examination with graduates from other similar schools and after a successful physical exam- ination, be appointed a Midshipman in the United States Naval Academy upon certificate from the head of the institution that the appointee is an Honor Graduate of the institution. 17

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REPORTS OF INSPECTORS WAR DEPARTMENT Office of the Chief of Infantry In a few days you will receive a detailed rating sheet which will indicate the high and low spots of your rating. Off-hand I should say that one of the 'high lightsn at your school was the spirit and vim of the students. ... .... Was also interested in hearing of the Hearst Tro- phy. Congratulations on making such a fine record. P. W. NEWGARDEN, Col., Infantry It was a great pleasure to visit your fine school. You have a splendid institution and it is performing a very valuable service for its large community. It really has no glaring or outstanding weaknesses. Its further improvement, therefore, in axnilitary way, must result from, first, constant effort and hard work on the part of all Qjust as in the pastj, and, second, a polishing up of all the fine points in every phase of military instruction. Do this and your school, already an excellent one, is bound to improve. H. E. MARSHBUHN, Col., Infantry. In these days of the military school which are re- commended for inspection, there are no real weak points. the level of performance at such an inspection as we were obliged to make is on such a satisfactory plane that the differences between the Schools have to be largely gauged on the nrefinemnet'--the last polish, or finesse, so to speak. It is a severe competition to judge. You had a very able officer, an excellent spirit seemed to prevade the school, and the faculty and com- munity seemed to be strong for the military department. It was a real pleasure to see intimately your fine school. C. H. WHITE, Maj. Gen, U. S. Army. In looking over'my notes made on the day of inspec- tion I find no particular subject that I had which might be classed as poor. Rather, all subjects rated in a more or less uniform manner. This emphasizes in an excellent way what I preached all the way and that is -- attention to detail. Uniformity of instruction and progress, skipping no details, will surely bring results. Esprit, thoroughness, and hard work can't help but be successful. CHARLES H. BONESTEEL, Major General, Infantry. 16

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ALLEN CADETS DESIGNATED AS HONOR GRADUATES Gilliam, Gail Hormell Taylor, Conway Adair BCl1if3Ce, Jallk Gfisselt Eastland, Texas McCamey, Texas El Paso, TSXHS Cadet Gaile Hormell Gilliam entered U. S. Naval Academy June 21, 1942. Cadet Conway Adair Taylor entered U. S. Naval Academy July 1, 1942. Cadet Jack Grissett Boniface entered U. S. Naval Academy July 1, 1942. P Beall, John A. Jr. Moore, W. A. Jr. Winkelmann, Samuel A. Jacksonville, Texas Port Arthur. Texas Howellville, Texas Recent Appointees-Appointments by the Acadeym as Honor Graduates and by Congressmen to the U. S. Naval and Military Academies, The Academy is pleased with the results of special tutoring given these cadets in preparation for the Civil Service Competitive Examinations which were held by certain Congressmen in their respective districts to determine the best qualified young men on the basas of grades in awarding appointments to West Point and Annapolis. Some sixty young men attempted these exmainations. Cadet John A. Be'al1, Jr., was high ranking man in his district and received appointrrment to the Military Academy. In the same district Cadet Wm. A. Meme, by virtue of his grades, received appointment to the Naval Academy and Cadet Samuel A Winkelmann, by superiority in grades, received appointment to the Naval Academy from his distric-t. Cole, Lanier Guthridge Lewis, Bernard Thomas Rasmussen, David Hhfllld Bryan, Texas Boling, Texas Seadfiffv Texas Cadet Lanier Guthridge Cole, Bryan, Texas, entered the U. S. Naval Academy June 19, 1940 upon certificate and successful competitive examination. Cadet Cole stood second among fifty or more candidates taking the examination. These candidates were from the Honor Military Schools and Naval Reserve Units in eight of the largest uni- versities of the' country. Cadet Be'rnard Thomas Lewis, Bowling, Texas, entered upon certificate as Honor Graduate of the Academy the U. S. Military Academy June 19, 1940. Cadet David Harold Rasmussen entered upon competitive examination the U. S. Coast Guard Academy June, 1941. 18