Brown Military Academy - Warrior Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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LIJWEH SEHUIJL EUMMANIJANTS I have before me on my deslc a panoramic photo of cadets of Lower School Brown Military Academy. As I looks into their faces I naturally wonder what the future holds in store for them. Many will climb the ladder of success to become our future leaders. ln talking with some of these cadets and coun- selling with others, l find the majority are eager to advance in years so that they may take on added responsibilities. A few have been reluctant to want to shoulder any future cares of the world because of the old excuse lMPOSSlBLE. Napoleon l said, Impossible is a word only to be found in the dic- tionary of fools. We ma not all agree with the tactics and strategy emplbyed by this illustrious warrior, but we do lcnow that France and the world admired his courage and determination to save his nation from utter ruin. We have all admired George Washington's career as a soldier and patriot, his eminent and distin- guished success as a statesman and diplomat. We praise him for his concept of morals and religion. Lilce a basket he wove and intertwined them to- gether. l le has said, Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that natural morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles. For the cadets in this panorama l have prayed much. l wish I could emblazon on every heart my prayer that each one would accept the Lord as his personal Saviour. Some have taken that step for which indeed I am thanlcful. The future means so much more if they will permit the Lord to guide and direct their lives. David, truly one of God's anointed, in his youth accepted the Lord's pathway. Yes, God had his hand on David but this youthful Psalmist and war- rior purposed in his heart that he would forever follow I-lim. David had faith. We attribute his Jesse D. Sielsler Colonel, USA. Ret success to Providence's guiding and directing his life. I have been young and now am old: yet have l not seen the righteous' forsalcen, nor his seed beg- 9ln3 bread-H Jesse D. Siclxler Robert Jensen Captain, BMA John Mansfield Captain, BMA

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James H. Major, DIHEIITIJH UF IIMISSIU S The year I957 is a significant date in the Brow Military Academy. lt marks the termination of tl- Academ at the San Diego location where fc forty-eight years this great Honor School has bee Training Youth to Live. , As the l958 graduating class bids farewell l their beloved school, they can look upon the pa with justifiable pride and to the future with hop and courage. U To the cadets who enroll at the Brown Mrllta Academy's new location in Glendora, California. challenge you to rededicate your allegiances to tl' task of developing a new and better Academy. Accept this challenge with the earnest attemr to hold high the traditions of our founder, Dr. Jol' E. Brown, Sr, May his ideals continue to find e pression in the hearts and minds of all loyal cadet Barham BMA EH PLAIN L. Today we live in a world of Sputniks, missiles and hydrogen bombs, but as young warriors facing a battle against the evil principalities and power of this world we have an ancient weapon more potent than all our scientific advancement. St. Paul wrote of it as he concluded his letter to the Ephesiansu Be strong in the Lord, and in the- power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that e gray' be able to stand against the wiles of the evi . For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities', against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spirit- ual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of right- eousness: , And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace: ' Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. llfphesians 6:lO-l7l Gentlemen, I challenge you to lay hold of these weapons that eternal peace of mind, body and soul may be accomplished. Chablaln DOH?-llr'l l Rritwna

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AWK' -'15 Kenneth E. Hathaway Lieutenant Colonel, USA, Ret. S. McCrary -Col. Hathaway PPEH SIIHUUL IIIJMM!-KN ANTS Contrary to popular concept, Leaders are trained, not born. A child should be trained for Leadership from the age of understanding. To become a Leader the child should first be trained as a Christian: taught tolerance, understanding, responsibility, re- spect for authority and self-discipline. The saying that to be a good Leader you first must be a good follower, is absolutely true. There has never been a really great and lasting Leader who was unable to accept and follow the orders of his superiors-just as the great majority of our civilian and military Leaders are als'o Christians. Christianity and Lead- ership go hand in hand. To be a Christian-you must believe in Jesus Christ and follow his teachings: subjugate personal desires and beliefs to ,his teach- ings-thus becoming a follower accepting the Lead- ership of the Creator. Once theyouth has become a Christian the basic qualities of Leadership follow easily and naturally as they are an integral part of being a true Christian. Before a youth can become a mature Leader he must obtain an above-average formal and practical education, receive training from a mature and ex- perienced Leader and most important he must be given responsibility and placed in minor Leadership positions consummate with his degree of Leadership training and maturity. From these facts come our motto, Training Youth to Live -to live and get along well with others, to face the facts of life with self-assurance, to live with themselves without shame, to be proud but with the proper degree of humility, and to intelligently exercise authority. It is thus that our Christian stu- dent cadets' become the future Leaders of our civilian and military communities. John ' Captain, USMC, Ret. r.,,, , , M erica ntante