Northwestern Military and Naval Academy - Critique Yearbook (Lake Geneva, WI)

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year as Junlors the Class of 1960 cllmbed up the flrst rungs of the ladder of rank and responsxblllty The cry went up Next week we Il have to et organlzedl and so they dld Steserlno was elected Class Presldent at the memorable Noyember meetlng wlth Major Llllch bestowmg the coveted late llghts prlulege on the exalted ones The Class was proud of the dances lt put on especlally the jungle paradlse that grew up overmght 1n the old Gym The Junlors had the Varslty basketball court practlcallv to themselves that year lt was also the year of the foundlng of the Thesplans chemlstry wlth Mr McKay and the great water shortage And that brings to mmd the blg whlng dlng when the new gym was dedlcated At Commencement 1939 the Class of 1960 kept seeing themselyes ,ettmgz up on the platform ln another year and the bl, questlon hoyered ln the back of ey erybody s mmd Hom wlll our Class do next year and how w1ll 1 do9 Well lt seems llke just yesterday that I saw the Class of 60 return last September for thelr b1g,,est year Shlny new buttons and strlpes sprouted on thelr shoulders and sleeves and they drd thelr best new year started off a little wlldly wlth a sea olnc, colllslon on watermelon day but ln the newly palnted rooms and hallways of Davldson Hall everythlng was soon shlpshape 1 uess 1 dont hase to tell you all the thlngs that happened thus year Homecomln Sklpper and hrs abstract thlnklng the advent of ulncy Crunchln the foundmg of the Student Concress C 1 and the ,reat go kart race durmg Hellweek well never foraet them and many other thln s And now Commencement 196015 here and soon the braduatlon exerclses the last parades and the Commencement Ball will also be memorles As you leave here Sunday members of the class of 1960 look around you at Davldson Hall and at your classmates whom you wlll be seem tobether probably for the last tlme I wlll see the last of vou leave and then I wlll be alone abaln Wlth my mem orles untll another year another enterm, class another raduatln, class 1 am the Spamsh can non that sits out ln front of Davldson Hall 1 salute you Class of 1960 untll we meet agam 76 V , . 7 . . , , , CG 9 U ' 77 ' v ' , I. . U . . , . V. Q . 5 , Y 1 . . . I U . u n I I J I I v 1 ' ' ' Q ' r nf ' ' Y 'U ' , ' , v J ' , sc Y 7 . V ' . 7 g . ,, , . 9 . . . V . . U . . . . y . . to look menacing to the new boys and to the old ones they knew they would have to get in line. The , , , -U . U . . V . 7 Y C' T . . . . . U , V T ' F V . . Y . U . . . . , ' U7 ' Q ' ' l ' rr y A H cr . ' I , . . . , fr ' g . . t U . . 7 7 'T . . 1 7 1 . Y . . U U 9 7 U . I . y . U . . v . . . U U . U . - ' l l . . 1 . L 7 U l . .

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THE CLASS OF 1960 CADET MAJOR STEPHEN H. SILLS PRESIDENT CADET CAPTAIN CHARLES C REHFELDT VICE PRESIDENT CADET LIEIJTENANT COLONEL ALBERT G ATWATER SECRETARY CADET FIRST LIEUTENAINT THONIAS W BLSSE TREASURER CADET CAPTAIN PETER C REILAND HISTORIAIN CADET FIRST LIEUTENANT DAVID C HARMAN PROPHET CLASS HISTORY Let me mtroduce myself I am the Spanlsh Cannon that SltS out m front of Dayldson Hall I haye seen classes come and go ever smce Northwestern was founded Now It IS Commencement t1me a a1n and I am thlnklng back over the past four years How well I remember the freshmen class four years ago It had everythln from Cowboys to Beavers They all had a funny feehn 1n the p1t of the stomach as thelr parents droye away leay1n them to the tender rnercles of thelr Company Commanders Wells and Vysa All except for seyeral old hands Atwater M1llas Harmen Sander Nelson Colburn Peck Greer and WICKIHHIJH the or1 mal and 1mmortal Rlnky Dlnks Well It was a treat year By the ,rapevme I heard that the boys really enjoyed IVIS that year wlth S t Porter They Sald h1s fayorlte sayln wa Sander you 1t down and stand at attentlon 1n the Rontonda' Then there was the n1C,ht a certam party threw a bed cap mto the ma1n hallway and the whole battallon had to stand at attentlon for forty flye mmute That was the year Ackerman started the wel ht l1ft1n craze around N 'VI N A and Nlukwona o Nllkf had PIICIIIYIF practlce all wmter ln Enghsh I You made a pretty ood catcher dldnt you Sleepy Seth? Many a Cadet went out of there wlth whlte chalkmarks of dlstmctxon Sl n1fy1n a rude awaken Commencement that year was an CXCIIIII one for the class of 60 for mo t of them 1t wa thf-1r lrst -X few months later a new year had be un and Bubble was 1n the drxyere t Xly how he struck fear 1nto the hearts of the NISE fools new and old at that f1rst rep meetm Speakm cf wlse fools who can for et that coupled w1th Tee Hee' from that well known cour e Athlete of God? Somehow tlme dra ed a l1ttle that year At perm1t tlme there were usually eyeral of the class of 60 s1tt1n on my corroded barrel anxlously aw a1t1n thelr parents and a few cher1 hed hour IH the ClYll1Z6d world outslde -Xnd how they enjoyed return1n later to cayalcade before the cheer IH crowds 1n those comfortable blue reys' At Commencement It broke the boy heart to ee ome of thelr beloyed senlor offlcers and frlends o fellows llke Ixnuckle Komlc and entle Nlllxf' Ho t The next years lt wa onward and upwards w 1th Flabby Cabby 111 command and a few mme new face Can you remember the day 1n September I918 when you thou ht you aw a parent tanf ln 1n the Cadet ranks only to fmd out later that 1t was a General by the name of BFEICISIGYO T1at 75 1 Y . . . . Y. V . . . . U . . l., . V , ' U , . . 1 P .T . U . . . , v Y V. U M' U 17 F' ' r . I . L 1 9 H 1 7 s - 9 X T gr' U fl' ' l . . ' I . . . ' ' l g ' S. H- . 'Y . . y, Y .U . Y Y . . - . L . V- . v . S .U . - U , I . P rt . .. .. .1 .. . Q . ' ' 0' ' I . ' fl . l S ' . . ' . A , 7 . . L . . i . 8.2 . -. S . . . U V V . . U ' . v . 1n,. U I, .. , s s 7 y U H -Q A . . . U v . 1 1 ,, , s . . sea , . y. . H . ,, . . f- . ' ' rr rv y C , . X E.. . F s - - s -1 4. 4 - S, g , ' . ' ' s 1 s ,, . . . . V go. . , . . . . FC. 1 . - - s 0' ' ' ' rr ' s f - - C . . I L. c 5 s ' ' c : 1 ' 1' t' if . ' ' g ' - g . js s s s, . U . -- - 0. ' , t ,, - A - , , I 1. A - ' - S , V H ,' -4 - -', ' - , ' S. ' ' ' . I ' ' g ' S ' 5 l-

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PETER LLEW ELLYN ALEXANDER Platoon Gu1de lst of B Qtaff Ser eant SPIDER in an wer for eserythmg Our temper cannot he lo I hw lo mg them HAROLD FRANCIS ALT Platoon Gulde lst of A Staff Sergeant WHALE Big money man Rucker an fool grea e the wheel of fortune ALBERT GEORGE ATWATER Battallon Commander Lleutenant Colonel Xf X Mrk and tlred t a the twlg bent the tree melmerl Cla Nncxetarx EDW ARD W ILLI ANI BASLER qerceant Nlajor Nlaater Qer eant NKINNX Permxt handler The man who graduate today and top learning tomorrow ROCLR LXNIOINP BI XCIXXION Platoon Ner eant la of X Ner eant Ptrit Cla BLXL RIE Tr uhled Rf Ill? 1 1 r .1 1 an mxentl n L the weak tw neu Q n th of tht Tl JOHN PETER BREIDNTER Platoon Ner eant 5rd of B Ner eant Fur tCla DXDDH LENERXL X mxle for exerxone Lau h and the world lau I1 mth sou weep in vu weep ilone T T ' U V c H .. A Q V 1 . bu U' ' 56 Q d Q S , Q. ' ...lflus 's - 'S Qss Q - ' ' 7 , n., rr . ' U . L C P V .'- 1 S S r . . is uneducated the day after. N P A . ,- 2 ,: V. ,W , ,D fl - .I ,- . g ' . . ss .l' 11 1'f... NI+tl- ily 'Q A hu If ' ' 4 tl'3llZC Ill' Qtre fl 1 it mg. f 2 -f Q .L L g S ss . ' 1 .' . h .... S ' ' g ' gs' . d jw ' .