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

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DR. FRANK W. BALLOU Superintendent of Schools

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'tene ftnjyttmnt Volume XII May 25 and 26, 1931 Number 1 An Interview with Dr. Frank W Ballon, Superintendent of Schools By First Lieutenant Henry Bragg, H. S. C. U UR form of military training includes many factors that tend to produce useful citi- zens, young men of vision who by patience and perseverance, by clarity of thought and firmness of character, may lead the way to higher ap- preciation of the real meaning of life with its manifold activities of mind and body. After the World War, the mental outlook of youth changed in many respects. However, the tradition of the Washington High School Cadet Corps has remained, unchanged. Half a century of honorable service, accompanied by high ideals of honor and truth, stand as' a strong defense against any possible destructive tendencies. The spirit of the Corps rests on the foundation whose worth has been demon- strated by the leadership attained by hundreds of former members. The high school boys of today will be the men of tomorrow. In the tomorrow, some will step up to fill in the breaks in the ranks left by the dropping out of the men of this gener- ation. They will step forward and proudly salute, as life hands out its commissions of lead- ership and honor to those who will replace the ones who have responded to the last roll call and relinquished their commissions to the prepared men of the younger generation. Thus spoke Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of the Washington high schools. Dr. Ballou became affiliated with the Washington Public Schools and the High School Cadets in 1920, and during his'eleven years of observation of the corps he has felt a growing interest in their work and an increasing confidence in the results obtained by the organization in the de- velopment of those qualities of leadership, re- spect for constituted authority and other char- acteristics of good citizens, which the high school cadets annually inculcate in the young men who make up the corps. Drill Day By Margaret Bell Merrill Long ranks of blue cut sharp across the green 5 A waiting stillness fills the sunlit air. Close-packed in serrzed rows the watchers there, Like dim-wrought shapes in pattern Damascene-- So far, so color-blurred, so mute-are seen U nconsciously by straining eyes whose care Is all for that brief message which must bear A poignant sorrow, or a joy as keen. Hard lessons of life to be thus early learned! To win reward with rare humility, Or yield to others glory fairly earned : To toil through weary hours patiently, To suffer Ioss then, with high hope returned, Out of defeat to wrest a victory. THE ADJUTANT, 1923 l7l