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

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THE CADETS CARRY ON By MR. JOHN F. BROUGY Acting Principal, Calvin Coolidge High '7 ,tool Through the years, amid the stress of international and domestic crises and the other distractions of changing times, the Washirlgton High School Cadets have gone their way. Steadfastly they have made their contribution to the life of their schools and to the community. At all times the Corps has marched forward unwavering. With the opening of new schools new cadet units have been established. Each has immediately taken its place as an integral part of the larger organization. Each new company seems imbued with the traditional spirit and morale of the Corps, cherishing the high ideals to which so many generations of cadets have given their allegiance. No outgoing class of cadets has been content with past achievement but rather has sought to plant its banners well ahead of previous goals. To many, even though they may not be conscious of it, the Corps passing in review becomes the living embodiment of the eternal spirit of youth. This spirit renews the life of each generation and in the light of its own vision makes its place in our civilization. No pessimist who views the future of our society with misgivings can be associated with the Corps and remain a pessimist. He will know then that the young men of today are as able as any who have gone before, that they have high standards, that they can and do accept responsibility, that they perform capably and resourcefully the tasks which they find to do-that the future of our nation is safe in their hands. 'ITRAINING IN THE CADET CORPS By MAJOR THOMAS J. HOLMES Principal of Calvin Coolidge High School N TIMES such as these we are now passing through, we are more likely to give serious consideration to life and preparation for life than we ordinarily would under normal conditions. The High School Cadet Corps has always had as its principal objective the teaching of good citizenship. The responsibility of good citizenship is more evident and more necessary today than at any other time in the history of our country. A good citizen must be self-disciplined. He m'ust be able to work with and for othersg he must have a clear understanding of the democratic principles upon which our social system is organized, and he must have training which will enable him to follow as well as to lead. The Cadet Corps trains in all of these. A boy enters as a private and accepts the discipline imposed by his officers and non-commissioned oihcers, thereby learning the principles of self-discipline and the ability to hold himself in check. He works with the other boys in his squad, his platoon, his company, and realizes that he has a definite part and is an important cog in the work of his organization. He learns the democratic principle that the good of the individual is important but that it must be interpreted in terms of the good of the whole group. Until he has become an officer, he has been a follower, and as such has learned that intelligent obedience to established and properly selected authority is necessary. As he becomes an ofhcer, he realizes that the responsibility of leadership is now upon his shoulders, and he must bear in mind that the good of the group and his followers now rests in his hands. The Coolidge High School in this its first year salutes the Cadet Corps, and pledges itself to carry forward the traditions which have been set by so many who have worn the uniform. Ono hunrlrctl liccnfy-five

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CALVIN COOLIDGE HIGH SCHOOL SEPARATE BATTALION CALVIN COOLIDGE HIGH SCHOOL By MAJOR ROBERT MILLAR, H. S. C. HEN, last November, I received my commission from Roose- velt High School as Major, detailed as commander of the Coolidge Battalion, which had just been organized as a unit of the High School Cadet Corps, I immediately set as my goal, and I know the officers set as theirs, the placing of the battalion near the top in the annual Battalion Competitive Drill. That was six months ago. During the past six months we have been faced by many difficulties, among these, the problem of transporting the fourteen commissioned officers from Roosevelt to Calvin Coolidge each drill day, the problem of securing rifles and fitting out the gun room, that of devising an efficient filing and grading xsystem, and many others. Mr. Warren, our faculty military adviser, and Mr. Lee G. Gilbert, chairman of the military committee, undertook the solution of these various problemsg and a well-knit, highly organized battalion is the result of their efforts. As an example of the efficiency with which the organization of the battalion was handled, Mr. Warren devised a system of photographing each man in the battalion, and further- more, of learning each man by name. Cn behalf of the officers and men of the battalion, I take this opportunity to extend my appreciation to Mr. Warren, and Mr. Gilbert, and to Mr. Holmes, our principal at that time, whose aid and interest in the battalion have been invaluable and who, through his personal efforts, secured new sabers for our use. In its infancy the Coolidge Battalion is fortunate to have as its company com- manders such efficient officers as Captain Jetton, Company Ag Captain Bateman, Com- pany B, and Captain Watkins, Company C. These three officers, aided by their lieutenants and non-commissioned ofhcers, have developed three companies which I know will make showings in the Company Competitive Drill of which we can be proud. I wish to-express my thanks to these three captains for their loyalty, their determined and successful efforts, and also to Captain Hubbard of our band, who has built up a very promising organization. To my lieutenants, Staffin, Selis and MacFall, Battalion Adjutant, Supply Officer, and Personnel Adjutant respectively, are due my most sincere thanks. They have of- fered invaluable aid to the efficient and orderly functioning of the battalion as have also my staff sergeants, Sgt. Major Cruickshanks, Supply Sgt. Wallace, Tech. Sgt. Murphy, and Color Sgts. Schweitzer and Cohn. Without the loyalty and support of the men our efforts would have been futile, for the officers could have accomplished nothing had they not had the unselfish devotion of their non-commissioned officers and men of the ranks. The fact that Calvin Coolidge won the trophy offered by the Washington Chapter, University of Virginia Alunmi Association to the high school having the highest percentage of enrollment in the High School Cadet Corps testifies to the whole-hearted manner in which the boys entered into the spirit of the organization. I never saw better spirit and morale, devotion and determination than that which is possessed by the men of our battalion, and so, for their excellent cooperation I express my appreciation. To these men, many of whom, together with the non-commissioned officers, will make up next year's set of officers, I wish the best of luck. Under these men, as officers, with whose ability and loyalty I am well acquainted, the battalion I feel is assured success in the future. 0110 hundred twenty-scvcn I