Randolph Macon Academy - Sabre Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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fllillix 'S U X -sw s 4 21- -sf- 1 -F-'-fa-sg - fs '-'-s:.'?'!-fe-c-1y-- qc- .' 1 ' 'Q-P'3s'ei' 'f ' 'qs 'Kali 9,9 'Q-ef -- - -- -- f c liwlln atl as--em '-M' l-g,:,:L?:g, - .KQV 'g3g..:- 1 Hull I' f ,Gag .Q.'g, a :gi-S. 1 I object in schools is not only to have a well-disciplined corps out on the drill lield, but also in the classroom. and training for a soldier's duties should make a man a more orderly, gentlemanly student. Between the two companies that constitute our battalion there has been aroused a rivalry that makes competition keen. .-Xt each of the weekly in- spections the company making the best showing in drill and also in neatness in barracks and appearance is given the honor of being the color company for one week and is also given a day olit from drill. On held day the spirit reaches its climax when an oliicer from the United States Army inspects the battalion, presenting to the best-drilled company a silver loving-cup, and to the man who ,is the winner in the competitive drill a gold medal. The training of the battalion covers as 'far as practicable that of soldiers in a Government school. A great deal of extended order drill with signal corps operation, a sham battle, and a numher of hikes during the latter months oi the session, all Find their places, with a daily round of routine drill, in our plan to make our boys well-developed men who know how to handle themselves in a manner becoming real soldiers. 74 f fill .S 1 f-K-kwiririx X Ak X iax ,LII iW?5A ,xii X riff Qt' 4 dj 5 1 w , 0 79