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

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B I. U E A X 1) Y HITE 19 4 7 39 THE CADET CORPS By Howard Thompson The school term of can certainly he marked down in the history of our cadet corps as being one of the most successful years in cadet work at Walkerville. Out of seven pos¬ sible awards for K. C. A. C. competitions, the cadets of Walkerville came first in four and second in the remaining three. This i- a record of which the students of V. ( ' • I. can be justly proud. A great deal of credit goes to the Commanding Officer. Cadet Lieutenant-Colonel Norman I.. Marshall. W e who have served under his com¬ mand shall always remember the steadiness oi his person, the serious tone of his voice ami his desire to bring glory to the cadets of Walker¬ ville. As last year ' s Commanding Officer, we have asked Norm to honour us with a few words: Although only six months have passed. I can truthfully say. for myself and fellow graduates, that our sojourn at W ' .C.I will never be forgot¬ ten. Manv times have I heard the name Walk¬ erville. proudly spoken. I lit many occasions have good times been recalled and ever pres¬ ent are names like assemblies, Gambler ' s Gant- hcl. the Military Hall, the gora, and the ever victorious 108b K. C. A. C. As the former president of lhe»student coun¬ cil. I wish to thank this year ' s Agora for the en¬ thusiasm and keen enterprise again displayed. Yours is a strenuous task. Good luck in all your endeavours. It was. indeed, a great honour to have com¬ manded the W . C. I. cadet corps. I shall never forget the Tartan spirit, nor my fellow cadets who won for Walkerville so many honours and so high a place among the cadet corps of Canada. I have talked with many men at university, and each one knew and respected the Walkerville Collegiate Cadet Corps. When hostilities finally ceased, a great “la i ness seemed to sweep over all the world. Guard d. c. Gibson, lt.-col. O.C., W, C- I. Cadet Corps, 1947

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B I. U E A K I) W H I T E 1 V 4 7 41 PIPE BAND 1947 against suit’ll a backward step: maintain the V. C. I. tradition at all costs! Under your new commander. I know that ef¬ ficiency and determination will form a solid base from which each and every cadet, as an indi¬ vidual or as a team member, will uphold former traditions and claim new glory for Walkerville. When inspection time comes once more, the corps will not be alone. On the sidelines, friends and former officers of the corps will watch and cheer for their corps. 1 would like to thank the cadet instructors for their unfailing efforts. To even member of the corps. I extend my sincerest gratitude for the unexcelled co-operation exhibited whenever my¬ self or my fellow officers were confronted with a task. So great a spirit can not fail. and. I am sure, will not fail you. when you march forth once more to strive for victory. (Signed) Norm I.. Marshall. Special tribute should be paid to our cadet in¬ structors for they are the men who have built the firm foundation upon which our corps rests. We. the cadets of W. C. I., salute our cadet in¬ structors. l.ast vear our corps walked off with the Lord Strathcona Trophy for I . T. and came second in the general proficiency. We are |iiite certain that another excellent showing will be made at this war ' s inspection under the command of Cadet I.t.-Col. Don Hibson. Walkerville was honoured last year by the gift of two trophies, the Bryn Davies Memorial Trophy, to be presented to the best cadet of each year, and the MacMillan Trophy for the best company of each year. Keen competition was shown and. at last year ' s inspection. Rev. M. C. Davies presented the Bryn Davies Memorial Trophy to Cadet Majo r Bill Ord and Magistrate MacMillan presented his trophy to Xeil Mor¬ rison. (). C. of C company. The cadet corps of 1946 was privileged to have one of tin- smartest colour parlies in recent years. BUGLE BAND 1947 Cadet Lts. Bill Meeke t . C.) and John Mac- Lachlan. with Marry Aston. I.yle Ross and Cor¬ don Elliot are the ones responsible for its suc¬ cess. Under the guidance of Mr. Hunt, the 1940 riflemen won the Ontario Rifle Association com¬ petition. with an average of 97.6 ' .. and the Pro¬ vincial Ontario Challenge Trophy, with an aver¬ age of 96.750 . The O. R. A. champions are: X. Grabb (9 1. S. Johnson (99). J. Kttrylo (97). II. Ord (‘ 9). R. Montrose ( 100). L Dewar (98). |). (iiins.m ’ 6). B. Graham I ' D). J. Upton (9R). F. Marchand ex ' )!. H. Aston (96). and B. Cator (99). The following are the winners of the Ontario Challenge Trophy: 1C Crispin (’90). Rod Mont¬ rose (100). B. Graham C 9). 1C Marchand (100). |. Upton 1 100). (i. Dewar (97). X. Grabb (100). V. Spakowski (97). It. Stevenson (9S). I. Main (96). J. Brown (93). and F. Joyce (99). Besides winning the two Provincial trophies, the rifle teams stood second in both the Do¬ minion competitions, the Royal Military College, with an average of 98.2 ' .. and the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association, with an average of 97.6 ' .. The Strathcona Trust Medal, presented to the best shot in the school, went to Rod Montrose. Rod also won the special D. C. R. A. medal lor submitting the highest score in the I). C. R. V competitions. The outstanding shot for the junior competitors was Ian Main who receive! the Major McLean Trophy. Although the team of last year was probably the best to date in the rifle competitions, we an¬ ticipate the team of 1947 to rival, if not surpass, last year ' s. Under the command of Cadet Capt. Don (jib- son and Cadet l.t. Bob. Mapes. the Ambulance Corps made a very commendable showing at last year ' s inspection. The W. C. I. ambulance spe¬ cialty—propellor splints for a fractured neck was pointed out to Brig l‘. Karnshav. I). S. O.. M. C.. b Major J. Voting. Last year ' s class con