Northwestern Military Academy - Yearbook (Highland Park, IL)

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THE TARGET 85 Commencement Exercises- Continued AWARD OF MEDALS After the graduating exercises the guests repaired to the campus where the crack company and the artillery squad gave another exhibition of their skill. In the spirited competitive drill that followed Sergeant Heege won the gold medal and Lance Corporal Esch received honorable mention. At the battalion parade that followed the following awards were made: Scholarship gold medal, Corp. M. L. Sisson, most gentlemanly cadet, gold medal, Corp. Lynn R. Sarles, most soldierly cadet, gold medal, Lieut. M. R. Shumway, drill gold medal, Sergt. P. A. Heege, honorable mention, Lance Corp. C. F. Esch, Wheaton College Scholarship, to senior having highest class average, Sergt. D. C. Benton, honorable mention, D. H. Slead, Greene- baum prize in constitutional law, silver medal, Sergt. D. C. Benton, hon- orable. mention, Lieut. C. L. Yule, greatest improvement in penmanship, silver medal, Lance Corp. M. G. Platt, honorable mention, M. H. Waller- stein, winners of bars on Chidester Scholarship, gold medal, Lieut. J. C. Cooley, Cadet H. H. Decker, Sergt. P. A. Heege, Corp. M. L. Sisson, Lieut. J. C. Cooley, Corp. M. L. Sisson, winners of bars on Jewell drill medal, second period, Sergt. P. A. Heege, third period, Lieut. E. C. Marble, fourth period, Corp. W. E. Schultz, sixth period, Sergt. P. A. Heege , recommended to the war department as most proficient in military science and tactics, J. D. Mylrea, M. R. Shumway, and C. N. Yule. ALUMNI BANQUET The alumni banquet that immediately followed the exhibition on the campus was very largely attended. Dr. H. H. Rogers acted as toastmaster and called upon the following speakers: Gov. Sarles, Prof. Geo. B. Red- dick, Prof. E. E. Sparks, W. H. Mylrea, Esq. SENIOR HOP Shortly after eight-thirty the senior hop, the last social function of the school year, was introduced by the grand march. The large crowd present, the cool evening, the bower-like decoration of the hall, contributed toward making the affair an unqualified success. At twelve o'clock the strains of Home, Sweet Home brought the pleasures of an eventful day to a close. A special train was in waiting, and conveyed the guests to Chicago and intermediate points. VISITORS Among the visitors present from a distance were Gov. Sarles and family, N. Dak., Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sarles, Hillsboro, N. Dak., Mrs. Z. Ward and son, Denver, Colo., Mrs. John Patton, Grand Rapids, Mich., Mr. Frank Dowell, Hartford City, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mylrea and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Gooding, Wausau, VVis., Mrs. John D. Benton and Miss Mary Benton, Fargo, N. Dak.

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84 THE TARGET Commencement Exercises '. .J Hg: Sunday morning, June ll, the senior class, escorted by the lv remainder of the corps, marched to the First Presbyterian Church, where Chaplain Pfanstiehl delivered the baccalaureate sermon, taking for his subject, HA Purpose in Life. pn ,M Monday was a busy day. In addition to an already well .P filled schedule, an inspection by the state visiting committee was added to the program of the day. That the corps successfully withstood the ordeal of a rather rigid inspection is vouched for by the fact that Colonel Fieldhouse volunteered the statement that he would recom- mend improved equipments for the battalion. Following the inspection were the field day events, details of which will be found elsewhere, crack company drill, artillery drill, and the sham battle. The sham battle was realistic to the extent of a busily engaged ambulance corps, and to the carrying off of dead and wounded by surviving comrades. On Tuesday morning the last chapel exercises were held, and a greater part of the forenoon devoted to full dress inspection of quarters. At one o'clock the seniors were escorted to the drill hall where the following exercises were held: if 5' Fl? Orchestra-a. Silver Star Overture . . ...... H azel b. Gavotte, Magician .... . . .Farlcmd , Prayer. fl Saxophone Solo: Thoughts of Home .... .... .... H a zel' Address to the Graduating Class .............................. Prof. Edwin E. Sparks, A.M., Ph.D. CChicago Universityj. Orchestra- Bohemian Girl ........................... Balfe Valedictory ................ .... C apt. J. D. Mylrea Music ................................ . .............. Gmbbe Presentation of Diplomas by the President of the Academy. Music ................................................... Benediction. The address by Prof. Sparks, 'cThe Making of an American, was simple yet with a depth of meaning that could but appeal to old and young alike.

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