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

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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

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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 lending us their switchboard and tele¬ phones each year to enable us to put on a snappy display at our annual inspec¬ tion. In 1945 we won the Moyer Cup. most coveted honour among signalling enthus¬ iasts. Our signals group is still one of the best in Canada and has a great future. Major Young hinted, on a visit to the school last year, that there was talk of setting up Cadet radio stations across the entire breadth of the nation. If and when this project gets under way, it will cer¬ tainly be something to which future sig¬ nalling cadets can look forward. The ambulance corps under the com¬ mand of Cadet Major Frank Hull, Cadet Lieut. Don Gibson, and Cadet Lieut. Bob Mapes put on a very commendable show last vear. This section of the auxiliary Corps, directed by Mr. W. Young, has progressed more rapidly than any other unit. The Ambulance Corps of 1940 was composed of about thirty boys with very little equipment, but since then Mr. Young has personally trained over three hundred cadets. At last year’s inspection, the Ambulance Corps consisted of two large platoons which for the first time used roller bandages and Thomas splints and made the only demonstration in On¬ tario of the propeller splints for a broken neck. Last year’s class consisted of sixty- eight juniors, thirteen seniors, and eight vouchers. Don Gibson, Art Haynes and Frank Hull received their Medallions. Murray Whelpton received the first Label ever presented to our Corps. This year’s class has proven very popular with over eighty cadets passing their examinations. An indication of the thoroughness of our corps’ training was given at the 1945 inspection when eighteen of our cadets were presented with master cadet stars. A master cadet wears five chevrons with his star indicating the number of sub¬ jects he has studied and in which he has become proficient during his training. The first gold chevron is given to any cadet who completes the senior basic syllabus, a course of five subjects. For his other four chevrons and gold star, he Page Eighteen must complete six more optional sub¬ jects, each additional chevron being awarded as options are completed. Those who received the title of master cadet are: H. Longtnuir, R. Mapes, D. Gibson, E. Crispin, G. Dewar, B. Davies, T. Waffle, B. Spring, H. Thompson, R. Girling, J. Wigle, M. Whelpton, T. Bartlet, F. Hull, F. Marchand, V. Ord, X. Marshall and Y. Young. Cadet Lt. Col. George Turnbull, and Cadet Major Bill Young, second in com¬ mand, received the traditional old Eng¬ lish W’s. Our cadet instructors present at last year’s inspection were Major Bunt. Cap¬ tain William Young, Captain Green, Lt. Allen Brown and Lt. Martin Young. Last year’s physical training inspection was led by cadet officers for the first time in our history. Cadet Captain John Wigle, Cadet Major Bill Ord, Cadet Ma¬ jor Norm Marshall, and Cadet Captain Murray Whelpton each took one of four tables of exercises. John Wigle was awarded a “W” by Major Young for be¬ ing the best P.T. instructor on parade. Although we did not win the shield, the proficiency of our cadets left little to be desired. We were rather unfortunate, however, in having to hold our inspection in the gymnasium rather than on the campus, because of rainy weather. The year 1944-45 was a very successful riflery year. Our teams, under the coach¬ ing of Mr. Martin Young, came near the heights of perfection according to cadet standards. Showing genuinely expert marksmanship, our team won the Royal Military College Dominion championship with an average of 98.1%. and came an unbelievably close second in the Domin¬ ion of Canada Rifle Association (second in the Dominion of Canada) and Provin¬ cial Challenge competitions. Our average scores in these two competitions were D.C.R.A.—“A” team, 97.33%, “B” team, 93.47%, and Provincial Challenge 97.53%. Medals were presented to the ten ca¬ dets whose targets were among the ten