Walkerville Collegiate Institute - Blue and White Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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BLUE AND WHITE THF PBnFT PflRPS L L U II r Walkerville has a cadet corps of which it may he justly proud; at least, if we accept the words of Major J. Young. Dis¬ trict Cadet Officer, after he had com¬ pleted the 1945 inspection—“Your offi¬ cers are second to none, and the N.C.O s and cadets are a credit to your school. 1 have inspected a number of cadet corps in this district, but this is the finest corps I have seen ' Knowing and respecting Major Young as we do, we accept this compliment with the greatest pride. Walkerville C. I. has always taken the lead in cadet work, has always been the corps to set the pace for other schools, keeping alive the spirit even through the years of attempted abolition of cadet training. We attribute a great part of our success to the inspiring affect of the gen¬ erous gift of the Cameron Plaid by Walk¬ er Road Industries in the year 1922-25. There can be no greater stimulus to esprit de corps than a smart distinctive uniform. The tradition of our corps has spread its fame throughout Ontario and during the twenty-four years of our existence we have won the general pro¬ ficiency trophy twelve different times, our last, in 1944. being the third succes¬ sive victory in three years. Soon after the Second World W ar be¬ gan. we lost to the army two very able leaders, Lt. Col. D. C. O’Brien. M.B.E., E.D., and Major Ian Allison. Mr. Bunt, who has now attained the rank of Major in the Cadet Services of Canada, then took over the Corps to guide it with re¬ markable ability and sure judgment to the successful completion of our duties to our country throughout the war years. His was a mighty task, requiring the utmost time and effort. Those of us who have been here through all four years of Mr. Bunt’s leadership know and appre¬ ciate the magnificent job he did. W’e wish him continued success at Walkerville Collegiate. ✓ This year, we welcome back Col. O’Brien as chief cadet instructor, and Mr. Allison who is now instructing the band. An added impetus to competition with¬ in our Corps this year has been the gen¬ erous gift of two trophies, the Bryn Davies Memorial Trophy by Rev. M. C. Davies to be presented to the best cadet in the Corps every year, and the MacMil¬ lan Trophy by Magistrate A. W . MacMil¬ lan for the best company each year. The commanding officers who led their Corps to Victory through the war years, helping to turn out hundreds of well trained cadets for the armed forces, and other essential war tasks, will not be for¬ gotten. We have been fortunate in our line of commanding officers. Cadet Lt.- Col. David Bruce who commanded in 1941-42, later becoming a naval officer, enjoyed the perfect confidence and re¬ spect of all his team. Cadet Lt.-Col. Jack Stodgell, who also became a naval officer, was second to none. Berien Easton, our Lt.-Col. for 1943-44 had the honour of leading all the Windsor Royal Canadian Army Cadets as Brigadier in what has been termed the greatest Cadet demon¬ stration ever put on in Canada, the Gym¬ khana. Walkerville played an important part in this display under the leadership of our second in command, Dick Larkin. 1943-44 was perhaps the greatest year in our history, the culmination of all our efforts. C adet Lt.-Col. George Turnbull, our handsome, extremely popular young commander last year, was everything that could be desired in a commanding officer. Although we of the Cadet Corps had to share him with many other school organizations such as the Agora, of which he was President, and the Rugby team where he twice made all-city, we Page Fifteen

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OFFICERS OF THE CADET CORPS 1945 LACK ROW: K. Crispin, M. WKclpton, I). Gibson, B. Girling. T. Bartlct, J. MacLachlan. H. Mapes. I). Gim- son, H. Thompson. MIDDLE ROW: Mr. Ball. II. Longmuir, B. Davies. J. I’pton. T. Waffle. B. Meeke, G. Hope, B. Spring. Mr. Bunt. FRONT ROW: X. Morrison, F. Hull, X. Marshall, W. Young, G. Turnbull, J. Wigle, F. March and, W. Ord, G. Xeely.