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

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Cadets in Other' Activities By Helen M. White, B. H. S. MR. ALAN DAVIS Principal of Business High School O THE casual observed it may appear that the work of the cadet is restrictive and therefore debars him from participation in many other desirable activities of school life. Therefore, when a boy enters high school he sometimes gives the excuse of other activities as a reason for remaining out of the Cadet Corps. Or oc- casionally the expression devoting time to studies is the reason offered for non-participa- tion in Cadet work. While one may hold an opinion in direct variance with that of the cas- ual observer it can best be substantiated by facts. Therefore, a survey was made of the upper semester boys in order to determine to what extent they had participated in extra-curricular activities. The following facts were revealed in regard to the two groups of boys: l. That the Cadets averaged two activi- ties each while for non-cadets the average was less than one. 2. That in many instances the one ac- tivity in which the non-cadet had partici- pated during his high school career was a year or two that had been spent with the Corps in the lower semester. The traits that made him drop the work of the Cadet Cforps evidently kept him out of anything e se. 3. That many individual cadets partici- pated in more activities and maintained at the same time a high scholastic standing, than an equal number of individuals among the non-cadets. In regard to scholastic work the records that these boys had made during the lower semester were studied for the following reasons: l. Nearly all had had the same subjects and therefore a comparison of grades could be made, 2. Boys of that age are usually con- cerned Very little about the effect of grades upon future advancement or opportunity to participate in activities dependent on scholarship, The Hndings were as follows: l. In average scholarship, Cadets and Non-cadets were about equal. 2. Among the members of the Cadet Corps there were more who had main- tained high scholastic standing from the beginning, 3. Among the Non-cadets there had been a far greater percentage of failures. Let us look specifically at the various school activities. We find Cadets participating in var- ious athletics when there is cooperation between the two interests: we ind them well represented in the Orchestra, Dramatics, and in the work connected with school publications. They seem especially active in the work of the Boys' Glee Club, and in any dramatic presentation they are usually represented to a greater extent than their proportionate numbers would warrant. In any forensic activities they are usually very active, and in the furtherance of those in- terests that appeal more to the intellectual side of student life outside ofthe class room, such as philatelic, numismatic and chess societies. they have many representatives. Their services as ushers are always in demand. Furthermore, we find them sponsoring social activities that in- clude large numbers: we find them producing entertainments, thus assisting materially in rais- ing such funds as are needed for the furtherance of their activities, while by their participation in so many other things, they contribute to the general welfare of the school, Are they paragons? We hope not. But as normal, alert-minded boys who have grown in- to responsibility as well as favor, they are an asset of incalculable worth. lll01

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Non f Commissioned Uifhiceirs Business High School McKinley High School SERGEANT Baker, John W. CORPORALS Radice, Dante Lawrence. George Company E-Sergeants Harris, Furr, Kneas, Blackistone, Hahmon, Orme, Kellnerg Corporals Fox, Massey, Robey. Company I--Sergeants Oddone, Chism, Kitchener, Callahang Corporals Edelin, Strasser, Trout and Walton Cadet Training Platoon Second Reglnqent FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM CADY PRIVATES Adlung, Edmund Ayer, Jesse Baker, George Cady, Francis Chrisler, Le Roy Cogan, Ernest Fugitt, Donald Harries, John Jackson, Frank Joseph, Emile Luke, Robert Meyers, H. Miller, Edgar Neal, Wilson Paddleford, Justin Roache, Frank Smith, Willard Tolson, Robert Wall, George Zea, Albert Ill2l