Washington High School Cadets - Adjutant Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Winners in War FIRST PLACE.-Second Regiment, McKinley: fSilver Cup to team and schoolj Captain Hugh H. Hussey, Jr., Team Captaing First Lieutenant Richard B. Essex, Second Lieuten- ant Spencer F. Hewinsg First Sergeant Roland Beallg Sergeant- Fred C. Stelzer, Ing Sergeant . David T. Griggs, Sergeant Gilbert F. Tyler, alternate. , Q I Games Series, 1927 SECOND PLACE.-Third Regiment, Eastern: Captain George Butler, Team Captaing Sergeant George Clark: Sergeant Max Coheng Private Howard Ladyg Private George Baileyg Private John Beltg Corporal Frank Whitney, alternate. THIRD PLACE.-First Regiment, Central: Sergeant Spencer D. Pollard, Team Captain: Ser- geant C. Donald Warnickg Corporal Salvatore Mestrettag Private Alvin Colburn, Private Wal- lace L. Dunng Private Roger P. Marquisg Private John H. Howard, alternate. . War Games - By Captain Hugh H. Hussey, jr., H. S. C. wi- ELIEVING that War Games is a term which is practically meaning- less to those not connected directly with the subject, I shall herein at- ' tempt to explain it in as much de- tail as a limited space permits. War Games are played on large topograph- ical maps on which vari-colored pins are placed to represent units of armies in the action. A situation requiring solution is given and having been primarily solved is supplemented with special situations. The solution is given by a team composed of six men. The captain of the team, having analyzed the problem presented in what is called an estimate of the situation gives orders to his subordinates just as though he were actually under the conditions of the problem. The subordinates, in turn, give their orders and actions and the problem is under way. The judge is the commander of all enemy forces and his object is to check the actions of the team. The judge must finally render a decision awarding the game to the team pre- senting the best solutions. This award is made on a basis of clarity and directness of all orders and estimates, delivery of orders and actions. War Games, like chess, are dry and of little interest to the onlookers, but afford thrills and pleasures in the extreme to the participants. The Games are played to promote confidence in ability to lead, to give an idea of War con- ditions and how they are surmounted, and to train to think clearly.

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land, equipped with a double set of controls. There on the dash before me were the gas and oil gauges, altimeter, and air speed indi- cator. Rodney up in the air The plane swung around and we bounced down the field, heading into the wind and gaining speed with every whirl of the propel- lor. First the tail lifted, then the wheels and looking over the side I watched the hangars fall away beneath us. We straightened out for a long lap down the field, still rising, until at twenty-iive hundred feet the red roofs of houses looked like postage stamps and tug boats on the river like canoes. VVe roared along at ninety and one hundred miles per hour as smoothly and as lightly as a feather. No sense of ePfort, not the slightest feeling of discomfort. The noise of the motor was not at all unpleasant. The plane made dives, banks, turns, and climbed, and the pilot made Donald Lane and 'Rodney Hatcher several landings. After about half an hour we made a iinal landing, taxied across the field, and I transferred the equipment to Don. l was very pleasantly surprised, inasmuch as I had heard that the height made one dizzy, that motion of the plane caused sick stomach, and that the noise of the motor was a con- stant source of annoyance. On the other hand I can imagine no more pleasant mode of travel. It was thoroughly enjoyable. The Pilot and Donald Lane Don's turn in the air was about the same as mine, except that after he landed and was idl- ing across the lield toward the hangars, the wheels struck a large mud puddle, which, splashing up, was caught in the air stream of the propellor and flungall over the plane. W'hen it came up there was water, mud and grass all over it. The mechanics were not pleased. They had to clean-it up. VVe turned in our equipment and departed in Lane's Chevrolet, which has nothing on an airplane. It never misses a mud hole either. lle wanted to have a picture of it towing an airplane, but they were afraid that some one might think that it belonged to the govern- ment. Congratulations to Captain Hatcher, Company F First Regiment, Central The Brigade congratulates Captain Rodney llatcher on being selected by the Wlashington, Yale Club to receive its scholarship. This means four years at Yale for Rodney, and the advantage of entering college with distinction. Captain Hatcher has many talents, which have not been unappreciated, as he is the president of his class at Central, a member of the Senior Council, and of The Review Staff, the Com- mander of the Guard of Honor Company of the First Regiment, and Contributing Editor to The Adjutant. ,

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'L Members of the Brigade Champion WVar Game Team, 1927-Company B, First Battalion, Second Regiment, McKinley. iii The 1199.7 Short Story Contest lf I Rosemary McKinley, bwciy fy: i I-ggi, ,egg 1 Y O HONOR its Tenth Anniversary, The Adjutant this year offered for the best short stories two prizes to be given in books, selected by the winners. The judges-Miss Arnold of Eastern, Miss Selah of and Miss Denham of Central- were unanimous in choosing Hike and Mike, by Ruth Markwood f Steve Brody, Inj, of Central, as the best. The Dub of Company T, by Katharine Scott f Mark Leighuj, also of Central, was given two votes for second place and one vote for third. Both these stories are printed in The Adjutant. Hon- orable mention is made of The Fighting Spirit, by Harry Vignan C'Douglas Fair- banksnj, of Business, which received one vote for second place, and two votes for third. With their decision the Judges wrote a short criticism: A Just Reward and The Fight- ing Spirit, though well-written, had improb- able plots. M 0 t h e r was sympathetically told but weak in climax. The Glory of the Cadets was a bright, happy sketch but too commonplace in plot. The Dub of Company T showed vivid and accurate descriptive ' si power and had a well-worked-out, logical plot. Hike and Mike was written in a bright, original style. Besides plot interest, in which it was good, it exhibited a discriminating talent for character portrayal. It is hoped that the 1928 Contest will have more and even better stories, and that some of the writers of 1927 will again enter the lists-to win! A Cup for the War Games Major General Anton Stephan, commanding the Twenty-Ninth Division, who inspected and reviewed the Brigade at the Annual Inspection, was so pleased with the spirit and bearing of the Cadets that he has donated a silver cup, to be given annually to the War Game Team winning lirst place. The cup is named for him. This is a line compliment to the Corps, which appreciates to the full not only the generosity of General Stephan, but also his interest in the Brigade-his fine comments on the mili- tary snap and precision of its drill. 1'-