Bordentown Military Institute High School - BMI Yearbook (Bordentown, NJ)

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66 99 A Company, last year's best company, should certainly be commended on the fine spirit shown by all of its men who are not afraid to get out and dig in to make the company the smooth and elhcient unit that it is. Cadet Captain Seto, as the company commander, and Cadets Bartholomew and Sitton, as platoon lead- ers, have led their men with an enthusiasm and pride which they have instilled in the company. CADET CAPTAIN SETO SERGEANT SPINNEY l CADET ZND LT. SITTON CADET ZND IT. BARTHOLOMEV The person who has done the greatest amount of work to make A Company as great as it is, is S. F. C. Spinney, the tactical officer. The company owes its success to his advice, initiative and helpful attitude. Most of Company's men are seniors this year, but we know that those that are left will carry on the tradition of bringing A Comtpan in first. The Senior Class dips her sabre in a oncli farewell to you, Able Company. i ii F! A li

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Band The B. M. I. Band is one of the proudest and most spirited units in the Corps, and this year was no exception. This small unit, under the direction of Mr. Vincent Fiorito, Jr., and the fine leadership of Cadet Lt. Robert Slatoff, had many new and interesting drills. They also learned a wide variety of interesting numbers and played many of the tradi- tional school songs. A B. M. I. Band appearing at a football game is a rare thing, but this year the Band made an excep- tion to this by putting on an exhibition drill and playing during the games. They did this in spite of the little time they had to prepare. A splendid per- formance for the Washington Birthday celebration and a terrific Memorial Day performance are also memorable to the Band's credit. We all give our gratitude and respect to the Band and hope that the B. M. I. Bands in the future Years will be as good as this one of 1956.

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5 0 SERGEANT C. CONRADI CADET IST LT. PINGITORE CADET MJSGT. NIGHTENGALE CADET SERGFANT PLACE B Company under the very able command of Cadet lst Lt. joseph Pingitore and assisted b platoon leaders Cadet M.fSgt. Nightingale and Cacliet S.F.C. Place has shown remarkable improvement from the new, raw, untrained bunch with which it started. In the beginning it looked as if B Company would get all the cast-offs from the other companies and Compan 66 end up the worst in the corps. Although the cast-offs did go to this company the leaders worked out the best unit in the corps. The boasting done by B Company did not phaze anyone until Washington's Birthday drills in which B Company won with full honors. Good luck, B Company, it looks as if B does stand for BEST after all.