Kentucky Military Institute - Saber Yearbook (Lyndon, KY)

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Character Developed By Responsibility

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The Sings On Front Row: Captain Miller, Pianist, Mudd, Knicker, Haas, Jennings, Fleming, Weil, Ostrov. Second Row: Heazleatt. Grabo. Maners, Daniels, Preston, Stewart, Porter. Back Row: Mrs. Ruby Rowell, director, Havens, Moore, Lawson, Trautman, Dou- mas, Reed, Spaulding. This year's choir was under the able direction of Mrs. G. C. Rowell and was accompanied at the piano by Captain Lloyd Miller. The choir takes an im- portant part in the relig- ious services of the school. Mrs. Rowell has trained the boys very well and has developed several good so- loists. This year's choir was organized in ,October and made its first perform- ance on the Homecoming Vespers p r o g r a ni . At Christmas time the choir held its annual Christmas pageant for the cadet bat- talion in the school gymna- sium. It was a very solemn affair, and everyone en- joyed it very much. In Kentucky a quartet 78 MISS VIRGINIA ZAPP LOUISVILLE, KY. SPONSOR from the choir gave sever- al selections at an after- noon Vespers service. The ni e m b e r s of the quartet were: Cadets Haas, G., Weil, Jennings, C. L., and Hammack. While in Flori- da the choir sang at sever- al neighboring churches. Three ni e m b e r s of the school choir went to Louis- ville to sing in the All-Ken- tucky High School Chorus. They were: Kricker, Jen- nings, C. L., and Daniels. The choir holds sessions several nights each Week in the Kentucky gymnasium and in the lobby of the Ven- ice Hotel in Florida. Here they rehearse for the next Sunday's program. The officers of the choir were elected in November in Kentucky and are: Presi- dent, Jennings, C. L.g Vice- President, Flemingg Secre- tary-Treasurer, Weil.

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M .U , n 'fr i -i ,,,..g9'5L. PASSING IN MASS FORMATION MILITARY I I REPORT HUBBARD E. DOOLEY Lt. Colonel Infantry, U. S. Army PROFESSOR MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS While there was a slight reduction this year in the number of prescribed hours devoted to military activity, particularly affecting certain phases of combat training, the high standards in the class rooms and on the field were maintained. There was no apparent decrease in the proficiency that has made the school an outstanding institution and enabled it to be classed, year after year, by the War Department as an honor school. No one who was ever engaged in a Battle of the Sandspursf' either on attack or defense, re- gretted the substitution of formal guard mount for extended order drill. The rivalry among companies for perfection of execution in this colorful ceremony 80 became as keen as that which always prevails at formal dress parades. As a result of the maintenance of these high standards of proficiency, the rating of the school was changed from Class MS to Class MI, the high- est rating given military schools Which maintain the War Department's prescribed course of instruction for senior units. This new rating, among other things, provides for senior ROTC credits for com- missions in the Army. The success and recognition of these military accomplishments are due to the capable direction and untiring efforts of Lt. Col. H. E. Dooley, P. M. S. 8a T., for the past four years, and to the