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

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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.

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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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BLUE AND WHITE enjoyed the full benefit of his leadership. George, now at the University of Wes¬ tern Ontario, has been asked, as our last Commanding Officer to honour us with a few words for the Blue and White: It has been a long time since I last had an opportunity to speak to the School, and especially the Corps. I wish to congratulate the Agora for the success which it has had with this year’s activi¬ ties Also the best of luck to the revived Blue and White. Last year I had the honour of being Commanding Officer of the Corps. I can¬ not express how proud I am to have held that post. On inspection last year, the Corps in my opinion was perlect. I wish to thank all the cadets for their grand co-operation. Of course this includes the officers and N.C.O. ' s who really shaped the Corps into the unit of perfection it was. Although it did not win either the general proficiency cup or the l . ' 1 ' . Shield, it did put forth some champion¬ ship teams. I wish to congratulate the R.M.C. Rifle team which won the Domin¬ ion Championship and the Champion Moyer Cup Signalling team. “Now that the war is finished, advo¬ cates for the dissolution of Cadet train¬ ing are arising. Cadet training does not make a cadet military minded. It gives him self-assurance and the ability to as¬ sume responsibility. It teaches him team¬ work and helps to create good manners and good carriage. A Cadet Corps makes a boy proud of himself and his school. Best of luck to this year’s Corps. The Corps has one of the finest groups of Officers and X.C.O.’s, so that it should bring much honour to Walkerville Col¬ legiate.’’ (Signed) GEORGE TURNBULL We of the Cadet Corps especially feel the loss of our beloved Principal, the late Mr. J. L. McXaughton. He was strongly interested in Cadet work, doing every¬ thing he could for his Cadets. He was the guiding hand behind all our endeavour, and we salute him with deepest gratitude and sincere respect for a truly great man. Last year’s inspection, held at Stogell Park, will long be remembered in our school. Our bugle band under the leader¬ ship of Cadet Lieut. Ted Bartlet. and supervised during training by Mr. A. C. Brown contributed much to its success in their smart colourful appearance, preci¬ sion drill, and inspiring music. A new addition to our Corps was a pipe band instructed by Mr. ‘‘Jock’’ Copland who is well known as a producer of incompar¬ able bands. Bill Peterson commands the Bugle Band this year, while Ted Bartlet, in charge of the pipe band, commands the band as a whole. The signal corps always claims the credit for winning inspections. Be that as it may. however, we all know we would be in a bad position without it. In last year’s inspection, the Moyer Cup team displayed Morse Signalling with flags. An outstanding feature of the sig¬ nal platoon’s show was the demonstrat¬ ing of the operation of the switchboard to which the D.M .K. 5 army Field tele¬ phones are attached. At the beginning of the war, the Cana¬ dian Army was rather poorly equipped. However, it soon added much to its equipment and fighting ability. Our sig¬ nal corp. if we may be allow ed to draw the comparison, followed right along be¬ hind. matching achievement with achieve¬ ment. During the year 1941-42, the pla¬ toon was under the able command of Howard Moore. When Howard gradu¬ ated, and entered the army. Bernard Rondot took over, and with the help of new equipment supplied by the Essex Scottish, whipped the platoon into the best signalling group in the district. Al¬ though our corps did not win the Moyer Cup that year, we attribute this in all frankness to the fact that our corps won too many other awards and. therefore, could not take this one too. When Cadet Major Rondot left for the army, it was Bob Girling’s turn. Our equipment then included lamps, field telephones, “buz¬ zers’’ and flags, with the Essex Scottish Page Seventeen