Western High School - Westerner Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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DR FRANK W BALLOU Supcrmtendent of the Pubhc Schools of the Dzsrncr ofColumb1a

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The Cadet Training for Citizenship By Dr. Frank YY. Ballon Superintendent of Public' Schools cams: WAsHiNc:'roN salutes its High School Cadets on the annual drill days of 1935. For more than half a century Washington has watched with pride and admiration the growth and dex elopment of its High School Cadet Crganiration We are not here concerned with the value to our boys or to our country ofa knowledge of militiry science We ire i peaceful people We have neither designs on the territory of our neighbors nor desire for soxereignty oxer it But exen to a peaceful people the readiness for military defense of their country is a necessity The High School C idet receixes more than mere instruction in military tieties be sure he learns his minuil of arms ind militiry maneuxers But while he is learning these he is learning some of the gre it and basic principles of living When marching shoulder to shoulder with his comrades he is learning to cooperate with his fellows for a common end XVhen taking and obeying a command he 15 learning respect for law and order When giving loyalty to his company and to his school he 1S training for devotion to his community and for patriotism to his country The ideals of duty and responsibility of a real cadet are ilso those of a loyal citizen Never in the history of the world has there been so great a need for men trained in qualities of unselfish cooperation good citizenship wise statesrnanship and clear thinking is it the present time Former officers and iren of the High School Cadet Organization have always gixen a splendid account of themselves as citizens and as we think of the future we have steadfast conhdence that the cadets of today will take their places in the broader Helds of their after school Ines and with equil success aid in controlling and directing the aHa1rs of this chang ing world through intelligence universil understanding ind high purpose to the end th it 1 high degree of sociil Justice as well as indiwiduil freedom may prexail History ot the High School Cadet Corps Bw Colonel Donl Andrus H S Q Ass is Raviaw ' As this order rings out oxer the Competitive Field another Brigade passes on in the history of the Cadets Corps Fifty two years ago two companies of fifty pioneers each were formed under the capable leadership of George Israel a Central high school teacher The new companies alternated in the use of fifty old Austrian rifles In May 1883 the Cadet Corps made its tirst public appearance when it marched in the pirade of the Grand Army of the Republic In that same year Lieuten int Colonel Burton R Ross D1 tr1ct National Guard was formally appointed instructor of the Cadet Corps the duties of which he discharged most etticiently until his death Colonel Ross w is the hr t othcer to be appointed In truetor in Military Science and Tietics In 1885 ifter 1 xeir of hard work ind progress the Cadet Corp niirehed in the Inauguril Piride of Groxer Clexeland The Companie 110 formed at the dedicition eeremonie of the Wa hington Ivionument About this time the Corp w is saddened by the death of Colonel Ro M1101 M1cCithr1n of the Di triet N ition il Guird w is then ippoint d Colonel R 5 ueee cr In 1807 lvlr Alli on N ulor 1 re ented the Hi li School Cadets with 1 medil of gre it x ilu The purpo in the mind of the donor wa to timul ite the e idet t i the ittiinment of 1 high de ree or erhei nex lllel kill in the lnowl dge of lxlilit ry Ti ti The med I 1 nmwn I ti ion Nu r ri ni 1 in 1 t or otexerx CrdetCiptiin Tl rt ' , . ,. . , ' , .' . ' e . . . . . - ' . , ' , ' . . ' 2 'J ' . ' ' 1' Io 5 ' . . 1 z 1 2 ' ' . 1 ' 1 3 . 1 ' , ' ' ' 2 . , , z'z . , ' . . '. ' . ', . . .U V I V ' 1 ., . , , .1 . ,. , 11 . 1 'e 'e ' 1 ' . . . 7. - . a.. . . . . ac - r f v ' e . .1 .L , , - X , g e . .. , , . Q' ' . ' ' ', L fa . . ,, . . : ' ' vs ' . -, e , e , .N V. . S . . , 3 1 e, M , 'z 1 s ' s ' ' 3 e' 1' . ,Q 'Q 'aa 1 ' 'z KH , Q -1 s Q' f ' 1 az ' . s ' sas t ' ' ' L ' as 's . , ' , , s 'z :1 t e ' ss. 2 ' 1 2 1 s t 1 1 1 X. ' . ' , -.'.- --,., 1 L . Cass: mal. - 'A r,' W ., , , , , ,. .' , ,, y, ei . 5 .1 .5 L, 1 . t . . 1 e. 1 se 5 s s L at as t .ga 1 2 , ,gn , -Q -H 5. ,i .C A, ag gg- , ,J 5 kr ' is IeAlls .glo p ze edzlz el s hegil al 3 4 1 . I'lIlIYl