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

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THE FOURTH REGIMENT WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL By LT. COL. ROBERT IRONS, H. S. C. FTER three years of service in the High School Cadets, it is dillicult to express my emotions. and since the benefits of voluntary training in military science have been extolled so often I shall pass over this phase, which has been lauded so justly. Rather I shall endeavor to recapture a few of the unalterable memories of that time during which I have worn the dark blue uniform. There have been the piercing cold of winter inspections and the blazing sun qrf extended order drills. There have been the taut suspense before marching on the com- petitive field, and the triumphant exultation of hard-won victories. These years, punc- tuated with the pulsing beat of bands and the penetrating crack of rifle straps, are indelibly graven in my soul. The greatest of man's glories is to toil unselfishly with his comrades in an under- taking which consumes his entire attention. Somehow, as the tramp of marching feet reverbcrates no more, I cannot feel that these years have been in vain. Rather I cherish the knowledge that they have been the most profitable and joyous of my life. To my colleagues and instructors, I can say little. Their labors are producing ample rewards which need no additional embellishment. As I relinquish my saber to my successor, I can only admonish him that the blade once belonged to one who loved it and the ideals which it symbolized. THE SPIRIT OF VICTORY By LIEUT. GEORGE A. HAWKINS Military Instructor, Western High School HOSE boys in uniform, ,Q Z , , wearing clean white shirts and clean white belts! They are symbols of a spirit which exists at Western. It is a spirit which we, as Westerners, think goes unequalled, giving, not only an in- centive, but also guidance and direction. Since coming to YVestern I have seen the two causes of this spirit: the principal of Western, Dr. Elmer S. Newton, and the Cadet Corps, itself. Of the hundreds of students who have gone through Vifestern, I think that not one has for- gotten his principal who has always shown such leadership and who has always given to the school an untiring effort toward the bettertnent of the pupils. With such leadership the Cadet Corps has always furnished the student body with a high degree of manhood which has carried over into all extra-curricular activities. It has taught cooperation, leadership, and discipline, invalua- ble assets, not only to the individual, but to the I.rm'1'. Gicoumc A. Ilawmss school and to society. On such a foundation M 'f !l I f'f ' . . . . . . ' '. ' ' 1' ' Westernls spirit has been built. It is a spirit that uwmn I 'gh Mbna' has made Western unique, that has given to Western a glorious record of which she will always be able to boast. Win or lose, the Cadet Corps of Western has always accomplished the purpose for which it was intended. It has built, and it is still building, the moral standards of the cadets. It is giving leaders who will be able to go forth, having gained character traits together with a physical and mental coordination that will enable them to be true leaders. Seeing Western enter into its fifty-first year of existence, I am happy to be able to say that the Cadet Corps is again conforming with the great tradition set forth by the cadets of the first fifty years, and I can not see how the cadet corps of Western can ever die so long as it retains that great spirit and so long as it has the incentive of such a leader as Dr. Elmer S. Newton. One hunrlrcd three

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THE FIRST BATTALION, FOURTH REGIMENT WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL By MAJOR JOHN HOLDRIDGE, H. s. C. ISI LT. RICHARD L. HATCHER MAJOR JOHN HOLDRIDGE IST LI DOUGLAS DOLAN Aouumwr COMMANDER SUPPLY orrlcsk N THIS year, 191-I, after all the successful years of Westcrn's I-inlet reeorrl. there is little that I can say ahout Western as a whole that has not been said In-fore. It is snllieient to say that Westernls eaclets have earverl an enviahle military ret-oral for themselves. I feel sure, and I know that every Western cadet feels sure, that this rem-orcl will he aclclefl to in future years. Now to introcluee the Companies of the First Battalion. First. of eourse. there is Company II, eoinposefl of the largest boys in Western. Company H has always ex- I-elleml in military drill. and always has an exeellent appearance. Under the ahle tutelage of Captain john Harrison, Company H is moving steadily along in perfect- ing military profieieney. Fully as ellieient as Company II is Company L, the remaining: company in the Ifirst Battalion. In the past few years. Company L has had had hreaks. anrl has not linishefl the eonipany t'Illllllt'lilIYl' 'kin the inoneyfi I know Company Ii. under Captain I'atrit'k llagrg. is resolved to win a plaee this year. In truth, Company Ifs reeorcl is one of Westernls Iiest. Togetller, these two t'0llllJftttll S eomprise an exeellenl Imitation. one whieh measures up to the stanrlarcl set in previous years. XVestern,s haltalions have always In-en good. and this year's l irst Battalion is fully qualihed to take its plaee in the Ilonor Roll of the Iligh School Cadets. Qwascz UARBY PRINTINE6'0mfmy I muff 5 L 909 E STREET NATIONAL 3073 Ji-'ltvtx R. I WASHINGTON, D. C. One hunrlrcrl four