Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is not or¬ ganized to produce soldiers of the boys, but to create better citizens of them. To help lay this important foundation of life, the cadets are taught habits of pre¬ cision, courtesy, correctness of posture, leadership, and respect for and loyalty to constituted authority. Teaching and guiding the students in this military science were Master Sgt. Dews and Technical Sgt. Sav- anovic. Student officers that helped with the training of the fellows for this year were Lieutenant Colonel Thomas L. Fernandez, Adjutant Captain Robert Shesler, and Captain Fox. Since the beginning of the school year the R. O. T. C. has taken part in many activities such as the Armistice Day Parade, firing squads at military funerals, ushers at the Teachers’ Convention, etc. Among the military activities the corps’ rifle team entered in the Hearst Trophy Match and the Second Army Match. The Military Ball highlighted the social activities of the Corps; it was held at the National Armory on April 19th. On May 6th the annual federal inspection was held; this inspection determines the degree of proficiency reached in the various subjects taught. R. o. T. c. Page T wcnty-foitT