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

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Western High School Photograph too late for publication Company K ' Third Regiment Third Battalion First Lieutenant Captain Second Lieutenant Horace E. VVhalen Douglas G. Gilbert William S. Phillips Sergeants Jameson, M. Carter, J. Goldberg, P. Miles, W. Sheliield, F. Hollander, R. M. Lucas, L. Chandler, R. Haines, R. Molyneaux, J. Sheldon, W. Henderson, F. Pimper, J. Clark, VV. Harmon, P. Murphy, T. Skxados, T. Morgan' B. lfVhipple, B. Cordiner, D Hogentogle, J. Payton, VV. Smith, D. Q Kidder, A. Zinnamon, A. Denny, C. Keith, R. Prxce, F. Starratt, W Huiess J. P - t Dickey, M. Lynch, B. Purdy, F. Thomas, J. Smet 'L 'Wa es Dix, W. Meneugel, D. Rittenhouse, M. Wheeler, C. ' Allen, H. Downs, F. McDowell, P. Rothrey, NV. Wilkes, G. C01'P01'315 Brigham, D. Eldridge, I. Mechlin, W. Scheper, L. Wilson, L. Corea, HL. Blackburn, T. Fletcher, R. Mickey, R. Sears, H. RY IN X eff! . Ti i' 7s .- O .De 'lrl ' - Phone -L 9 Phone 5 . F ST, 'rl ,X ,dig L ' I, 3 FRANKLIN s FRANKLIN 3 ff ' P sl? 1 J qjllf, V! 1709 'll fe, 1710 V . LW, TH1 ,.,... Half' Tones Line Cuts Color Plates STANDARD ENGRAVING CO. 1212 G STREET NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, D. c. 81

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Dir., Elmer S. Newton By Captain Samuel Dr. Elmer S. Newton Principal of Western High School fre express its appreciation for the yi, ' services rendered to the welfare of ii'-My this Battalion by Dr. Newton. In the early part of October, 1926, the VV'estern VVestern High School Battalion wishes to take this 'opportunity to ,kgs if Q. 1,2 t as Sugar, H. S. C. companies were formed, under the guidance of Dr. Newton and Major Payne, the military instructor at lfVestern. They made it easy for the Cadet ofhcers to take up their new po- sitions. Whenever there was any trouble of any sort, if it was brought to Dr. Newton, it was ironed out immediately. Dr. Newton takes an active interest in the Battalion. He keeps in touch with each Captain and learns how the companies are progressing. If any difficulties arise, he immediately confers with Major Payne to see if they cannot be settled. The entire faculty has also taken an active interest in the Western Cadet Corps, and in every possible way has helped the Battalion along. Although disappointed in the outcome of the Battalion and Regimental Competitives, the student body is still heartily supporting the Cadet activities and a great majority of them will be supporting the companies on May 2-1 and 25. This year the various activities have not con- flicted as they did in former years. The Ca- det Corps has supported the athletes and the separate companies have been working to- gether in order that VVestern might derive the most from the various competitives. At the time that this magazine goes to press, the results of the Company Competitive will not be known. However, win or lose, Western will have the satisfaction of knowing that every one in the Cadet Corps did his best. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Where Dreams Come True WASHINGT?N'D'C' Co-educational Dine and Dance AT The Villa Roma THE GRADUATE SCHOOL, 1901 F Street N. W. Students enrolled this year from 77 Colleges and Universities. Able facultyg ctrong coursesg origi- nal research. EDWARD THOMAS DEVINE, Ph. D., Dean. THE SCHOOL OF THE POLITICAL SCIENCES CPROFESSIONALD 1907 F Street. Diplomacy, Government, Foreign Trade, Eco- nomics. ALBERT HUTCHINSON PUTNEY, Ph. D., Di- rector. Q THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS on its ninety-acre campus at Massachusetts and Nebraska Avenues. Students now registered from 22 States, 2 foreign countries. GEORGE BENJAMIN WOODS, Ph. D., Dean. For Catalogues Address CHANCELLOR LUCIUS CHARLES CLARK,D.D. 1901 F Street N. W., Washington, D. C. 5 1

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Washington High School Cadets By Wm. E. Covell, Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Asst. Engineer Commissioner, D. C. Mr. Alvin Miller Principal of Central High School , v--. ig High School Cadet Corps has changed considerably in the twenty years which have elapsed since Sep- tember, 1906, when first I reported EQM- as a very raw and awkward rookie. There was but one regiment in those days, with three battalions and eleven companies. Eastern had F and Western Hg Business E and G5 Central A, B, and I3 while Tech had the greatest number with C, D, K, and L. We had no regular Army officer or non-commis- sioned officer to help us. Our only guide and tutor was the well-known Cocky Ross, oth- erwise known as Lt. Col. Burton Ross who, I believe, had been a non-commissioned officer in the regular Army and later a Lieutenant- Colonel in the National Guard. All Cadet non- commissioned officers were third year men, and all Cadet commissioned officers were seniors. The February classes had just started, so that the first recruits from them merely went to fill out existing companies. There were no war games, no bands, no battalion or regi- mental competitive drills. Once a year we had a review on the W'hite Lot, and occasionally we participated in a parade. Many things of two decades ago, however, were similar to those of today. The rookies were just as raw, just as awkward, just as young, and just as small. The Cadet suits were, for many, the first suit of long trousers. The com- petitive drill was, as it is today, the high point of the scholastic year. It was field in the American League Park as it still is, but the old park can be identihed with the new Griffith Stadium only in its location. The old one- deck wooden stands were always crowded both afternoons, and tickets, even with only eleven companies, were at a premium. The drill was plain closed order, with two or three firings. There was no extended order at all. The judges were invariably young engineer officers stationed at Washington Barracks and re- cently graduated from VVest Point. At the close of the drill the Regimental Adjutant, as he has been doing for decades, would march to the center of the Regiment, hesitate for hours as it seemed, and finally turn towards the winning company. In my last year as Captain of Company A of Central High School, I was particularly anxious to see which way he would face. I still remember distinctly the indeterminable time that he took and, finally, how he turned to the left. Slowly he passed the Second Bat- talion, while Central stands yelled in frenzy. Company I was passed, leaving only Com- pany B and my own. My heart almost stopped beating for he did not even hesitate in front of Company B, The next thing I heard him say was: Captain, report with your company to the judges. It was then that I experienced the thrill that comes but once in a lifetime-a thrill that is today the same as it was then-and which on May 25th, at the same old location, some Captain of the Washington High School Cadets will again experience this year. THE VANITY SHOP JOE PAIANO 1348 Connecticut Avenue Washington,eD. C. Specializing in Permanent Waving, Finger and Marcel Waving, Expert Parisian Haircutting ALL BRANCHES OF BEAUTY CULTURE Franklin 4165 Res. Tel. Lincoln 7121-I