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

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Cadets and Cliaraeter 'Training By Dr. Harvey A. Smith, Principal, Central High Scho-ol DR. HARVEY A. SMITH Principal of Central High School HE benefits that a boy derives from being a member of the cadet corps are so numerous and varied that it seems, at first, rather difficult to isolate those that pertain to the development of character. If, however, these same benefits are carefully analyzed, it soon becomes evident that membership in the cadet corps is one of the best means of character training. The writer does not pretend, within the limits of this article, to outline fully all that cadet training con- tributes to character development, but rather to point out some of its more evident implications. Une of the first things the new cadet learns is the value of teamwork. He must submerge his own desires for the good of the entire group. He must be punctual so that the rest of his group may not suffer. He must be regular in attend- ance at drill, or else the company will not function as a smooth working unit. In actual drill he must keep step with his neighbor, and conduct himself as a necessary part of an efficient machine, All this is excellent training for living in our complex modern times where the lives and welfare of human beings are so closely related and so interdependent. In a more general sense it is training in good citizenship, altruism, and unselfishness. A second sense in which cadet training func- tions in character development is in teaching youth to obey orders, and to do this immediately and without questioning. No one is fitted to command who has not himself learned to obey. This is quite evidently true among cadets, and just as true, if not as evident, in modern social, business, and professional life. Much has been said and is still being said about the lack of restraint and respect for authority evidenced in modern youth and espe- cially among high school boys and girls. The writer has no desire to enter into a discussion of that question although he feels it has been much over-emphasized. He does, however, wish to state that, if there is any lack of respect for authority, the cadets provide a wholesome anti- dote for it. Cadets Win Appointments to West Point and Annapolis RANK MOORMAN, '29, of Central, former First Lieutenant in the High School Cadets, won the first place 1930 Presidential appoint- ment to West Point. He received 100 per cent. on both mathematics examinations, algebra and geometry. He enters the academy late this June. Also, Lieutenant Colonel John P. Wiley of Central has passed the exams and has received an appointment to the Naval Academy. He will be the second Lieutenant Colonel of the H. S. C. to enter Annapolis. William Bull, '28, of Western, former Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth Regiment, is now a third classman at the academy.