Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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positions. A series of examinations in I. 1). R. were held. These results served as a partial guide in the following appointments: Slioup, adjutant; Hyde, first lieutenant; Franklin and Proctor, second lieuten- ants; Hays and Wilbur, first sergeants; Deimal, Elmore, Ilindes and II. Walker, sergeants; Ashley, Ilackett, Ramson, Shuford, Smith, Thyge- son, J. Walker, Whitmer and Wilke, corporals. When Maloney left school. Captain Clark was commissioned cadet major. To fill similar vacancies the following men were promoted: James, captain; Proctor, first lieutenant; Wilbur and Shuford, second lieutenants; Elmore, first sergeant; I Tackett, sergeant; Bodley and Buck- lin, corporals. Under the competent direction of Major Dugan the battalion has made rapid progress. Most of the first semester was devoted to calisthenics, army games and infantry drill, with especially thorough training in the manual of arms. During this second semester rifie practice and gym- nasium work have been added. Many cadets who had hardly ever shot a ritlc have been pleasantly surprised to find themselves in a fair way to Passionate love of peace possessed our land When all alone he took his dangerous stand; Undaunted, true, for what he thought was right, He fought alone when others dared not fight. Roosevelt! You with eyes more keen than ours Behind that dazzling peace soft falling stars In France, and lonely, by their light revealed, A swordless soldier on a foreign field! We gave them swords, Roosevelt. At last our youth Joined other youth, and joyfully they’ve won The great world war. You must have heard them call— Americans to whom your words meant truth— And in some soldiers’ land beyond the sun With eager hand, you’ve gone to greet them all. become good shots. WILLIAM HYDE. Theodore Roosevelt DONALDINE CAMERON.

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Our Cadet Battalion X April of 1917, shortly after the United States entered the war, agitation was started in favor of organizing a military company at the high school. In this Collis Williams was the moving spirit. It was his devoted and unselfish work at this time that made the company possible. Major Bugge of Stanford was not enthusiastic over high school mil- itary training, but promised to send 11s a competent instructor if we were ready for real work. This instructor was Sergeant Jewell. U. S. A., who was killed last year when trying to stop a quarrel between two sol- diers at Camp Fremont. His skill in teaching and his wonderful knowl- edge of the infantry drill regulations soon put the company on its feet. The next year is known to “The Old Guard” as the reign of “Vaught the Good-Natured” and “Parkinson the Smooth.” During the first sem- ester Joe Maloney and Edward Waterman were the senior officers. In February the company affiliated with the California High School Cadets as the Ninety-first Company and new officers were elected: Dixon Clark, captain; Norris James, first lieutenant: William Hyde, second lieutenant. These received commissions from the adjutant general of the state. Realizing that he had a good cadet captain, the faculty ad- viser proceeded to forget the company. Its success during the remainder of the year was due almost entirely to the hard work and executive ability of Captain Clark. In April, 1918, the Palo Alto and San Jose cadets went into camp at Alta Mesa. Pending the organization of the 301st Cavalry at Camp Fre- mont, many excellent officers were temporarily at liberty and the camp commander detailed a captain and several others to supervise instruction at the cadet camp, greatly increasing the spirit and pep of the company. At the beginning of this school year Major Stanley Dougan became commandant of cadets. lie was just the man to put life into the work, lie had had a wide training in athletics, had been a professional baseball pitcher, and had learned the details of infantry drill at the commandants' camp at the Presidio. So many recruits were signed up that it seemed best to divide the cadets into two companies. Maloney became acting cadet major and Waterman, who had rejoined the cadets, was given the captaincy of the I42 1 Company, 'file three commissioned officers held their respective 34

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THE STAFF The Campanile, Our First Paper T a student body meeting at the beginning of the fall term, 1918, the new Commissioner of Literary Activi- ties, Dorothy Nichols, proposed that, instead of issu- ing the Madrono every three months, a paper be pub- lished fortnightly—a newspaper “by and for the stu- dents of the Palo Alto I nion High School. The suggestion met with instant approval, and the motion was carried. A prize was offered for the best name for this new paper, and from among the many that were handed in “The Campanile ’ was chosen. Since the future office for this paper was to l e in the bell tower or cam- panile of our new school, this name exactis suited. For the next five weeks the schools were closed because of the “flu” epidemic, but the Campanile staff was having no vacation. The en- terprise was new, the staff was new. the editor was new, but they strug- gled on. Meetings were held (masks on and distances kept as per the board of health regulations) and staff' members hurried home in the