Northwestern Military Academy - Yearbook (Highland Park, IL)

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CAMP ILLINI'f AT REVEILLE

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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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THE TARGET 87 Between Calls Watson Qwhen asked if he wants to buy an '06 pinj- No, it's not '06 yet. , Stanfielcl-' 'If we only had the barber on the team we would win by a close shave. Marble Cleaving the room eating an applej- I am going to leave the corps, fellows. Thompsorl- I woke up the other night and found myself asleep. Meyer Clooking at the skin of a molej -' 'Gee, that isn't like the moleskin foot- ball pants. ' Buster CLeeD- By gravey, I could eat a bull pup. Marble- I would like to go and see her all right, but I haven 't enough O. D. hours. Schulte- Wl1at are they building the new brackets Cbarracksj up at Fort Sheridan for? , Frarlklfirl Qdrilling a squadj- Sound oif. QCount oil Major R. P. D.- What is the best razor? - Reimer-' ' Dynamite. ' ' Meyer- Whose fault was that? I Mark- It was no one's fault. It was mine. Blass Cat churchj-f The minister had a sheet of paper written on three sides! ' A Senior asked a member of the staff if Slead had wheels. Who can say? An- swer: He may be a cutter, but not a wagon. Yule, 0.- What's your cadet num- ber? Blass, N.- I think it's No. 2, rear rank. Major How long did it take Noah to build the ark? Zip - Forty days. Towle says the mud at home acts like quieksilver Cquicksandj . Yale, O.- How many states are there? ' Reimer-' ' Fifty-eflght. ' ' Mark- Professor, is corcllally some kind of a wine? HZl3Z9, on 0. D.-f'When you march a relief past me, bring them to present arms. Shumway- Our city council meets. the first four Mondays in every week. Gooding, D.-Goes to a meat market and gets an awful roast. Ztpprfich attends a chicken iight, bets and loses on a fowl. Prof. Dammon-' ' Bear, are you. here? ' ' Watson- Give me five cents' worthf of white lamp black. Bear- I knew it, but I couldn't get it through my head. - Platt-H We will make some Welsh 1-arebit next Saturday.' ' Frarmklflrl-H Who will get the rab- bits? Sflsson Cto Tommie on third base in indoor j- Don't you wish that you were home? Tom- Why, I just came from there! Lee- I don't care what they call me, just so they don ?t call me too late for my meals. ' Benton Cafter finishing a letter to his- Hdear one j- Thank Heavens, the missile Cmissivej is done. Platt says there are four kinds of' drums-bass, snare, ear and symbols. Prof. Abbey- What eiect do the trade winds have upon the earth?