DuSable High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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B. I-l. A. The Girls' Athletic Association, better known as the G. A. A., is a city wide federation. This organization, of which Mrs. Lessing is sponsor at Du Sable, is well on its way toward its goal of a hundred per cent membership. Members are eligible to earn these as honor awards: medals. pins. chevrons, and bars. Members of the G. A. A. must have E averages in scholarship and good posture. A school letter is awarded to each girl who has qualified for the letter by earning the required number of points. Medical and dental examinations must also be passed. The members of this organization engage in team games, basketball. quoits, ping-pong, volley ball, shuffle board tournaments and other recreational pleasures. We at Du Sable think when a G. A. A. member graduates she has received lessons in good sportsmanship, citizenship, and good health. Officers are Almeta Myers, president: Ella Mae Iohnson, secretary: Thelma Meadows, treasurer: and Serena Graves, sergeant-at-arms. Page Sixty-six THE GYM ASSIST!-INTS CLUB One of the greatest achievements of the Girls' Athletic Association has been to sponsor the Gym Assistants' Club. The gym assistants are members of the G. A. A. who have excelled in leadership, sportsmanship, and neatness. Before becoming a full fledged member of this organization, one must be willing to spend extra hours assisting the gym teachers with their large classes and do other clerical work. The hardest time for gym assistants is the probationary period. A person in this category usually goes through a series of initiatory-rites. The proba- tioners must do everything that is commanded by their superiors. Mrs. Ruth Brunner. the new sponsor, is receiving excellent co-operation from the girls. The officers are: Ruth Taylor, president: Evelyn Lankford, secretary: Nellie Lonzo, treasurer: Herma Hall, sergeant-at-arms.

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FI-'IIIERS STAFF Regimental Commander LT. COLONEL MORRIS PROFFITT MAIOR ALFRED T. CANNON. CAPTAIN IKE GOLDEN .......... CAPTAIN ALBERT N. LOGAN .... CAPTAIN IAMES D. KELLUM. lst LT. LIONEL IORDAN. ist LT. IAMES L. TILLMAN.'...'. ist LT. DANIEL MOULDEN .... Regimental Staff ....Executive-Officer ...........Adjutant ............Recruiting ............... Publicity .. ..... Plans and Training . ............... Supply ..............Range Battalion Commanders MAIOR WILLIAM WHITFIELD .................... ..... 1 st Bn. MAIOR CHARLES FLOWERS ................... ..... 2 nd Bn. Company Commanders CAPTAIN ALBERT N. LOGAN ..................... .... C o. A CAPTAIN RAMOND MCEWEN ................... ..... C o. B CAPTAIN IOHN W. MCLEAN ....... ..... C o. B CAPTAIN LAWRENCE CARROLL ............ .... C o. D lst LT. WILLIAM SCOTT lst LT. ERSKINE MOORE 2nd LT 2nd LT 2nd LT 2nd LT. . LEROY STEPHENS . SIDNEY COLIN . IAMES BROOKS LEON BOWDEN Page Sixty-eight Platoon Leaders . HOLLIE LEE . CLARENCE STOVALL . IOHN HARTMAN . IESSE ISABELL . DONALD RUF FIN 2nd LT 2nd LT 2nd LT 2nd LT 2nd LT RESERVE IIFFIIIERS TRAINING IIIIRPS. The R. O. T. C. of the Du Sable High School has moved forward at a rapid pace since its organization in Ianuary of 1935. The unit has won many honors. In the spring semester of 1939, The Competitive Platoon under the command of Capt. Iohn McLean, won fourth place in the annual drill competing with twenty-six other units. In the same semester the unit was selected as one of the ten honor units of the city, thus enabling the boys to wear the prized honor star. In the following semester the unit was presented a trophy by the heavy weight champion of the world, Ioe Louis. Under the direction of the military instructor, Sgt. F. A. Wildforster, many new activities have been instigated. Two of these are the Zouaves and the Singing Cadets. Both of these units have appeared on many school programs. The Zouaves are a group of cadets comprising a fancy drill team, and are under the command of Capt. Raymond McEwen. The members of the Singing Cadets are: Major Alfred Cannon, Capt. Albert Logan, Capt. Iohn McLean, lst Lt. Erskine Moore, and Sgt. Early Roberts. The unit also has an excellent rifle team, the outstanding members of which are: Major Alfred Cannon, Capt. Iohn McLean, lst Lt. Erskine Moore. lst Lt. Daniel Moulden, and lst Sgt. Rieford Campbell.