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

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A GOOD INSURANCE POLICY By DR. CHESTER W. HOLMES Assistant Superintendent of Public Schools T FIRST glance the two words Hmotivationv and insurance', seem to have little in commong but when we realize that membership in the High School Cadet Corps is just about the best kind of insurance a high school boy can have in these martial days, seeking or maintaining such membership indicates the finest kind of motivation one can hope for. There can be no doubt of the excellent preliminary training which the cadet corps gives to boys who are approaching the age which our Government is considering best for the creation of a young, strong, alert defense army-yet one which, upon occasion, may be obliged to take the offensive. Any boy who is ambitious and who desires to rise to a position of leadership and responsibility if summoned to become a part of such an army ought to want to get as much foundational training as possible before entering that army. But such training is not confined in its values to strictly military life and objec- tives. If ever America needed youth who are self-disciplined, it is now. We need young men and young women who, in their formative years, are willing to undergo the rigors of hard work and study in order that they may learn thoroughly the things they will need to know to forge ahead in the workaday world later. That involves some subordination of self for the moment for the greater goal to be achieved later. The Cadet Corps trains boys to stand on their own two feetf, to meet problems squarely, to assume responsibilities, and to learn by their mistakes as well as by their successes. They learn to give and take in a friendly way. They learn to carry them- selves with confidence and assurance. The High School Cadets, as a group, do more for the general good of our high schools-and thereby for themselves-than any other single group of students. The outstanding benefits which accrue to boys who become cadets recall a four-line word of caution once meted out by a philosopher, though I cannot recall it word for word, it goes somewhat like this: A man who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool-shun hi1n! A man who knows not and knows that he knows not is a learner-help him! A man who knows and knows not that he knows is a dullard-arouse him! A man who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man-cultivate him! Let us hope that an even larger number of boys next year will appreciate thc values of character training that are inherent in the Cadet Corps and decide to take advantage of the training it offers to prepare themselves better to meet the hard realities of life. Every cadet this year should take it upon himself to get a classmate not now in the corps to join next year. The year 1940-1941 has been a fine year for the corps, but let us make 1941-194-2 the greatest year in the history of the corps-the greatest in enrollment and in accomplishment. Authorized Distributors of WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CADET UNIFORIVIS AND ACCESSORIES LIVINGSTON? CIVILIAN AND UNIFORM OUTFITTERS SINCE 1886 906-908 7th St., N. W. Washington, D. C. Eleven

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DR, CHESTER W. HOLMES .flssfslanl Szlperirzlendent of Public Schools in Charge of Caflels

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL WALLACE M. CRAIGIE, U. S. ARMY, RETIRED Professor of Military Science and Tactics