Northwestern Military Academy - Yearbook (Highland Park, IL)

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BAND THE TARGET 11 Professor GEO. A. COLBURN, Director Sergeant H. L. COMAN Corporal D. GOLDMAN Corporal G. S. -KEITH Corporal M. J. STEINERT Musician R. F. FITZ Musician W. E. GREEN Musician J. LITTLE Musician L. R. RADER Musician W. A. RADFORD Musician J. M. ROBSON Musician W. H. SMITH Musician R. C. ,SPALDING Musician D. U. VANMETRE Musician L. W. TAYLOR f 5' a Q, Z V jgn x? k Cornet Bass First: Alto Cornet Third Alto Snare Drum Second Alto Cornet Cornet Bass Trombone Firsts Altso Baritone Bass Drum

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THE TARGET 92 Dec. 3.-Athletic directors elected. 4.-Coman elected captain of basketball team. Presented ring to Coach Loell on eve of his departure. 5.-First basketball game. N. M. A., 21 5 Lake View H. S., 45. 8 and 9.-Second period closes. Examinations held. 16-Vacation of three weeks and six days began. jan. 12.-School started again at 6:00 P. M. Short study session after supper. 13.-Coach Austin arrived. Conger woke up and returned. , l6.- AU Company defeated BH in basketball, 9-2. 17.-Prof. and Mrs. Colburn gave musicale. l9.-Mrs. Davidson returned from South. 21.-Elect captain of crack company. 23.-N. M. A., 34, Chicago College Physicians and Surgeons, 52. -Party went to electrical show. 29.-Crack company organized for 1909. 30.-Party went to Evanston to see Chicago-Northwestern game. 31.-Maj. and Mrs. Davidsonentertain commissioned officers. Feb. 3.-Mumps begins with Coman and Jarvis. 4.- VVymond has the mumps. Sung to tune of The Bear Went Over the Mountain? .-General orders. First crack company drill of year. 6.-Basketball, McKinley H. S., 36, N. M. A., 40. P 7.-Maj. and Mrs. Davidson entertain sergeants. Goldsmith has mumps. ' 8.-Coach Austin has mumps. 9.-Third period examinations start. 10.-Major took party to automobile show. 12.-Lincoln's 100th birthday. Mr. VVarner of Chicago addressed us. Coman out of hospital. 5 fx .us-953 46, . - 'C f-vrffflllmltrfi ii T ' 73: 'S 'S - 5 ,. . if 1 ' - ' 3: E ' A 55 .21 q,.....-3 x...,i' V- ' 'v- Z X gm Cyhxigx - , A 'fiif l!! X rg' v M P 3 12 and l3.-Basketball team played in tournament at Lake Forest. Five returned with pomps. Behold Conger! 14.-Jarvis returned to duty. 17.-More pomps. 18.-Summers and two others have mumps. 'B la AP M

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THE TARGET 90 Our New Automobile baloon Destroyer IRST in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of their coun- trymen would be a very fitting motto for Northwestern especially if there were added to it first in everything which goes for up-to-date progress and improvementfl for the his- tory of the Academy shows that not only have we always been among the first, if not the' first, to take advanced posi- tions in the school room methods and equipment, but we have always been first to grasp every opportunity which would go to make our school more successful from every standpoint. In 1896 a careful study was made of the advantages and disadvantages of cavalry in boarding schools. The conclusion was reached that while the training and exercise of horsemanship was excellent, .it was difficult if not almost impossible, to maintain a high scholastic standing and at the same time devote so much time to cavalry work. That, furthermore, the stu- dents in the cavalry department must necessarily be placed to considerable extra expense, and the opportunities of the training were, therefore, limited to only the wealthy class of students which would tend to emphasize one of the greatest evils in a school, namely :-class distinction. It was, therefore, decided to adopt the bicycle in its place. The history of this corps is too well known to need comment. Four years later and in the early days of the automobile, the school secured a Duryea Automobile and made a number of extended trips with the carriage equipped as a gun carriage. In 1901, undaunted by the skepticism of the public, the students built, in their manual training shops, two large steam machines, which gave excellent service for several years. The automobile, however, has radically changed in the last ten years, and in 'order to keep up with this improvement the school decided to purchase for us a new machine constructed with the idea of carrying on experiments with it as a balloon destroyer. Major Davidson early last fall began looking over the field carefully to select a carriage which would not only have the power necessary, but be of such substantial construction and have been so thoroughly tested as to reliability, that it would best meet the needs of a military machine. The Cadillac of Detroit being chosen as the one best fitted for the work, an order was placed with that firm for a machine which was delivered to us the middle of May. The six weeks' hard use the automobile corps has given the Cadillac has proved to the satisfaction of all concerned that the choice was a good one. Not once in the time has it balked on us nor not once has it failed to pull its load out of the deepest rut or the softest sand. It is finished in battleship gray with the school coat-of-arms emblazoned on the side. lt mounts two Colt automatic guns firing 480 shots a minute each, an equipment of Vesta electric side and searchlights, Midgley special tires, and in fact every equipment which would go to make an up-to-date car. The carriage is certainly a beauty and would attract attention even without this warlike equipment. It is a valuable addition to our automobile and bicycle corps.