Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

 - Class of 1936

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I G3 -ca1CfJTJsB- Halghufrf -m1L1frai BYHICJIDEMY- applies to every boy alilce, therelore, he learns not to resent it. A BOY IS A RATIONAL CREATURE. IN A SUR- PRISINGLY SHORT TIME HE LEARNS THAT THE MORE HE GIVES OF THE BEST THERE IS IN HIM, THE HAPPIER HE IS. And this law operates lor twenty-lour hours each day. When he fails to prepare a lesson, he has committed a military offense. probably he will spend an hour in delinquency study-hall that afternoon, between drill and parade. If his class failure is notoriously bad, he may be reported for academic neglect, and he is re- minded of this by having to walk extra duty during recreation time. II his grades are consistently poor, he goes under academic confinement, which means that he cannot leave post until they are improved. HE BEGINS TO STUDY! He is taught how to prepare his quarters for inspec- tion. The Floor is swept, every drawer is open, its contents neatly arranged, his bed is made up with clean linen, his uniforms hang on certain hoolcs, his clothing is folded thus and so on open shelves, the broom is behind the door, his polished shoes are in a row under the Ioot of the bed, there is no trash behind the radiator, no dust on the top of the dresser, his person is' immaculate from his toes to the top of his head. Ii he offends in any oi these respects, he wallts extra duty, HE BEGINS TO BE NEAT AND ORDERLY! From reveille until taps he is under authority. He spends three-Iourths of the day doing as he is told. Curiously enough, he does not object to it. He never I I 0 REVEILLE tallcs baclt. He never argues. Within a month he would never dream oi questioning an order, He is Fitting himself to give orders. HE BEGINS TO OBEYI He is punctilious in the rendering of courtesy to his superiors. He salutes with a snap. He jumps to atten- tion when an oiiicer passes him in the hall or enters his quarters. He preiaces his remarlcs with Sin He Rnoclcs at a door once, and waits. He reports his presence deierentially, on approaching those of higher ranlc than his own. HE BEGINS TO BE RESPECTFULI At First it seems to him that military life is made up of countless impossible requirements. He forgets to talce his boolc to class-and pays the price. He turns his head in ranks, forgetting that he is at attention-and pays the price. He neglects to wear his blouse down town-and pays the price. He Iails to hear the bugle, he is a half minute late getting to his quarters, he is in such a hurry at reveille that he leaves off his leggings- and pays the price. ln two weelcs he is loolcing ahead as he never loolced ahead in his life before. HE BEGINS TO THINK! And so this process of moulding the boy, most oi it while he is utterly unconscious that it is happening, goes on day after day in every phase of his school life. THE IDEAL OF DISCIPLINE AT CASTLE HEIGHTS IS NOTHING BUT A CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO APPLY 100 PER CENT COMMON SENSE. Castle Heights has a happy suggestion Ior those Iathers and mothers who entrust their sons to its care:

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3.2 'Di 'CdlJJTl:B- Hflgnfrff-m1L1fra1 1xY-a4caf1DBMY- .1 . , V X ,- . . 3 AND THE CASTLE HEIGHTS BOY LEARNS ALL THIS DURING THE TIME WHEN THE BOY IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE CIVILIAN SCHOOL IS DOING NOTHING. First, what are the requisites of a soldier? I'Ie must be physically fit, mentally alert, and morally straight. Unless he has these qualifications, it is im- possible that he be a good soldier. THE REAL MILITARY SCHOOL WORKS DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THE THREEFOLD DEVELOPMENT OF SPIRIT, MIND, BODY. ITS TEACHING DIRECTS THE TRAINED MIND TO FUNCTION USEFULLY THROUGH THE DE- VELOPED BODY. There is no school plan that can compare with it. The cadets first test comes when he goes on sentinel duty. Definite responsibilities are laid on him. for the time being, even though he be only fourteen years old, he occupies a position where not even the Commandant may approach him except formally and with the utmost re- spect. I-le halts all who would cross his post, per- mitting none to pass until they have satisfied his chal- lenge. The Senior Captain is of less consequence, on that post and at that time, than he. When emergencies arise, he handles them. The preservation of discipline there is his, and his alone, unless he choose to summon the Corporal of the Guard, which he will not do unless he must, l'le is alert, thinlcs quiclcly, acts promptly. Military Training includes initiative and Leadership Next, he may become a corporal in his company. In this capacity he finds himself in charge of seven men. They constitute his squad. I-le can malce or brealc it. Again there is demanded of him leadership. If he has not this quality, he must develop it, or he cannot hope to hold his office. Other cadets want the honor. A little later he may find himself a line sergeant, with added responsibilities, or a top sergeant, with still more on his shoulders. They must be big and broad to hold it up, for now the boy is becoming a man, with a man's outlook. Eventually, after he has proven himself, the chevrons of a commissioned officer are within his grasp. Here as first or second lieutenant he is in joint charge with ,two other officers of some seventy-five men, or, as captain, their aclcnowledged leader. They loolc to him for en- couragement, advice, correction, enthusiasm. Perhaps he may even climb to that highest of cadet ranlts, the Senior Captaincy, when not only a single company, but also the entire Corps of Cadets aclcnowledges his supremacy. NOTHING ELSE CAN GIVE A BOY WHAT THIS TRAIN- ING GIVES HIM. Discipline at Castle I-leights is that system of control by means of which cadets cannot help receiving certain definite benefits from the Academic De- Discipline partment on the one hand and from the Military Department on the other. IT IS ONE THING FOR A SCHOOL TO OFFER A BOY ADVANTAGES, MOST SCHOOLS DO THAT. IT IS OUITE ANOTHER THING TO PERSUADE A BOY TO ACCEPT THE ADVANTAGES PROVIDED FOR HIM, As soon as a new cadet enters Castle Heights, he is given a copy of the Cadet Regulations. These are explicit. They tell him everything he needs to lcnow about what is expected of him. After he has been allowed a reasonable period in which to adjust himself to his new environment, these Regulations become his daily rule of life. THEN THE BUILDING-UP PROCESS BEGINS. Whenever a cadet does the right thing, he reaps the reward. This may not always be definite and immediate, but it comes. The cadet soon understands. There are certain privileges that he wants, holiday afternoons that he would lilce to enjoy, military and academic distinc- tions that he covets. Whenever he does the wrong thing, he pays the price. This isn't a special rule laid down for him-it O-



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-caf1.ff1',1sf- HBIC3-HJTJ 'MILIJTCJI by-ai Coil DEMY- is 1'1 'f ' ...,,Qc,,L ' ' ' V t W . , ' ' 'MA ' ' ' W ' ' 'M ff i f 'W'7 'i' Lkxkx ffi1iiTIXl2Z.'Tf: 4f LET THE CLOCK AT HOME TIME THE BOY AT SCHOOL. A Da at Castle Castle Heights is prepared to Hei his in Word tell you, in advance just what andgpicture your boy in all lilcelihood will be doing at any hour of the day or night while he is a cadet at the Academy. The rigid military system and the unescapable over- sight malce this possible. The cadet day at Castle Heights begins at 6:20 IKM., when first call sounds. Reveille is five minutes later, and if you loolc at your cloclc at 6:35, when assembly is sounding on the Hilltop, you may lcnow that the cadet body, your son among its members, is in company forma- tion, and that his name is being called by a first sergeant. He is fully uniformed. During the good weather of the Fall and Spring he immediately goes through setting-up exercises in the open air, after which he hurries to put his quarters in order for police inspection. His room, by the way, must remain in perfect condition, until dinner, for at some hour in the morning it will be in- spected again by a faculty officer. 0 WHOLESOME BEGINNING OF A PURPOSEFUL DAY When your cloclc at home points to 7 o'cloclc, your boy is going to brealcfast at the Academy. At the word of command, the long lines march steadily and silently, every head to the front, into the mess-hall, where your son goes immediately to his chair, standing behind it at attention until he hears the command Seats There is a movement of chairs, and again a silence untilthe command Eesti, The tables accommodate six cadets each, the ranlcing men at the head and foot respectively. Cn these devolves the responsibility for the conduct at the table, but here and there around the attractive hall are faculty tables as well, where the officers, their wives and families, join regularly with the cadet body. 36. Sick call sounds at 7:40, the Corps marches out from brealcfast, and finds a trained nurse waiting at the in- firmary to see all cadets in need of her ministrations, and then from 8:T5 until 'l olcloclc come the class periods. Dinner is at 'l:T0 PM. Your cloclc at home is still lceeping time for your boy at school. Ar Q P.M. come drill for the companies and practice for the band. The band is one of the features of Castle Heights life. It is directed by a competent faculty officer, and liberal allowances are made cadets who are proficient on the various band instruments. The companies march to the drill field, and there are instructed in close order or extended order drill, or in the ceremonies. The entire Battalion may go through Butts Manual, with music, a remarlcable and beautiful set of exercises executed with the rifle. One company may go to the target range, another on a practice march, a third to do bayonet worl4, a fourth to study methods of attack and defense in trench warfare. Sometimes signalling or grenade throwing is the order of the day, or perhaps there is a field problem, in which the Corps worlcs out over hill and valley certain practical points arising in battle. ln fact, on every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoon, from Q to 3:15, you may lcnow that your boy is building up brain and body in the open air, inclement weather alone interfering. Qu such rare afternoons this time is devoted to lectures by members of the military staff on such subjects as hygiene, minor tactics, map reading, and military history, From 3:30 until 4:30 comes afternoon study hall, a delinquency school for those cadets whose recitations of the morning have fallen below requirements.

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