Castle Heights Military Academy - Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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P3 -c:a1.ffrJss - H f,1gHJT.f -MILIJTQQ rw- all Cdl DEMY- The sun is setting over the blue foothills of the Cumberland Mountains, there is the blare of a bugle, the signal for assembly-The scene changes-Boys who were wearing bathing suits, track ensemble or perhaps football regalia an hour before are all dressed alike- in cadet gray uniforms. The Battalion stands at atten- tion-bugles play the Star Spangled Banner and the day slowly lowers its colors. It makes an impressive, beautiful ceremony that lingers in the memory through the life of every cadet. Orders again-music-march to supper. ls there any wonder that the red-blooded boy loves the real military school? The program is varied, however, on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. These are recreation days. ln the afternoons all are free for outdoor games, for hikes and expeditions, for strolls to town and perhaps a visit to the motion picture theatre-all, except those who have demerits. These spend the afternoon in walking extra duty, one hour for each demerit. On Saturday morning comes the,most rigid inspection of the week, first of quarters and then personally of the cadet under arms. The mother may well glance at the clock and think of her son at 10:30 PLM. Saturdays, but she will scarcely be able to dream of the incredible neatness of which her boy is now proving capable, or to conceive it possible that he should ever clean up a room to such an unbelievable degree of perfection. But he does, and he doesn't mind doing it-he is proud of his accomplishment. lmagine yourself without a servant, and your son, having done all his own work, inviting you to enter, and challenging you to find one handkerchief folded the wrong way, one messy spot in the soap-dish, one particle of trash on the floor, one book out of place, one drawer in disorder, one odd or end shoved out of sight, or one atom of dust anywherel BUT THE BOY GOES THROUGH THIS EVERY WEEK AT CASTLE HEIGHTS. On Sundays the cadets attend services in the Lebanon churches. Those who prove themselves faithful attend- ants at Sunday School leave the Hilltop earlier, and join the formation on the square before church. Sunday afternoons are free, and for many years it has been the custom to encourage in the evening a Y.M.C.A. service conducted by the cadets themselves, a faculty officer assisting. Supper is served at 6:30 P.M., after which reports are answered to the Commandant or his assistant. At 7:90 another bugle sounds first call, and at.7:30 follows call to quarters, marking the beginning of a period which is perhaps scarcely possible to be duplicated in all school life outside that of the rigidly military institu- tion. Before the last note of this bugle, your boy is in his quarters, to study until 9:40. The big buildings are quiet, the long halls deserted except for the figures, here and there, of a faculty officer or a cadet officer on official duty. The officer of the day makes the rounds and observes the cadets at study. Should he enter a room the occupants would have to stand at attention, but he does not interfere with their work. This is the study hour. Rarely does the officer disturb the cadets who are at work. And there is no visiting from room to room. For more than two uninterrupted hours your boy has absolute quiet in which to prepare his tasks for the morrow. At 9:40 a welcome bugle sets the cadets free. This, however, lasts but a few minutes, as at 9:50 a second call to quarters sounds, followed by taps at 'l0 o'clock. And then-real silence. You may look at your clock at home and know that, however quiet your sitting- room, it is no quieter than the surroundings in which your boy is going to sleep. Let the Officer of the Day's sabre clank a little as he goes from floor to floor on his final inspection, let the faculty officer's flashlight throw a lance of brightness across the bed-these are nothing to Castle Height cadets. They have been through a full day, and another one will begin at 6:20 AM. tomorrow.

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