Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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The Faculty Major Robert Edgar Wilkinson, LL. B. A ss Mont Pri-ndpa l MATHEMATICS LL. B., Missouri State University, 1897; War. rensburg State Normal, 1893; Life Certificate, State of Missouri; Assistant Principal De Soto (Mo.) Public Schools, 1889-90; Superintendent Bethany (Mo.) Public Schools, 1891-92; Super- intendent Sarcoxie (Mo.) Public Schools, 1894-95; Superintendent Ironton (Mo.) Public Schools, 1897-1901; Instructor Missouri Military Academy, 1901-03; Instructor and Assistant Principal Wes- tern Military Academy since 1903, twenty-two yea rs. Major E. Amos Walker, A. B., B. S. Commandant MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS A. B., Colorado Teachers College, 1915; B. S., Kansas State Normal College, 1910; 2nd Reg. Kansas National Guard, 1905-09; Reserve Officers’ Training School, Ft. Sheridan, 111., summer of 1918; Life Certificates, Kansas, Colorado, Wy- oming and Illinois; Instructor and Principal Pub- lic Schools of Kansas, 1904-11; Superintendent Public Schools, Lyndon, Kansas, 1911-15; Instruc- tor, Normal Institutes, 1913-14-15; Instructor in Geometry and Commandant of Cadets, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1916-17; Commandant of Cadets, Wes- tern Military Academy since 1917, eight years. Major James R. Jacobs, U. S. Army Assigned to Duty as Professor of Military Science and Tactics liy Direction of the President of the United Slates on August 20, 1!J10. A. M., University of Chicago, 1922; A. B.. University of Texas, 1908; Second Lieutenant, 28th U. S. Infantry, June 4, 1912; First Lieu- tenant, 28th U. S. infantry, May, 1916; Detailed Inspector and Instructor, 2nd Indiana Infantry, June to November, 1916; Recruiting Duty, December 1916 to June, 1918; Captain, Infantry, May, 1917; Major, Infantry, June, 1918; Served with A. E. F., 6th and 1st Divisions, July, 1918 to July, 1919; Headquarters, R. O. T. C., 7th District, Chicago, III., July, 1919; Detailed Western Military Academy, August 26, 1919; Promoted to Major, July 1, 1920.

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The Administration Colonel GEORGE DANIEL EATON Superintendent St. Louis Manual Training School, 1884; Central Business College, St. Louis, 1891; Instructor Public Schools, Illinois, 1884-88; Instructor in Mathe- matics and Science, Wyman Institute, 1889-92; Assistant Principal Western Military Academy, 1892-98; Quartermaster and Associate .Superintendent Western Military Academy, 1896-1919; Superintendent Western Military Academy since 1919; connected with the school thirty-six years. Major RALPH LeROY JACKSON, Lift. B. Principal Litt. B., Princeton University, 1911; Summer Course Harvard University, 1912; Cadet Western Military Academy, six years; Graduate Western Military cademv, 1906; Instructor and Principal Western Military Academy since 1911. fourteen years. Paste Nineteen

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Captain Paul Mukray Leurig, A. 15. ENGLISH A. B., Illinois College, Jacksonville, 111., 1918; Assigned to special duty with Military Court, U. S. A.; Commissioned Second Lieutenant of Infantry; Instructor I. C. O. T. S., Camp Pike, Ark.; Member of Officers’ Reserve Corps since December, 1918; Assigned to 343rd Infantry, 86th Div., O. R. 0., 6th Corps Area, Jan., 1922; Gradu- ate research in English, University of Illinois S. S. 1920-21-22-23; Instructor in Rhetoric and Drama tics at Eureka, Candidate for degree of Master of Arts in English at University of Illinois, 1926; Instructor at Western Militrarv Academy since 1921. Captain Bussell Samuel Eaton, A. 13. Registrar MATHEMATICS A. B., Harvard University, 1922; Cadet Western Military Academy, four years; Graduate Western Military Academy, 1916; Attended Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Camp, Ft. Sheridan, 111., 1918; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. Army, September 16th, 1918; Detailed with Student Army Training Corps, Western State Normal School, Kalamazoo, Mich., September 16th to December 19th, 1918; Commissioned Officers’ Reserve Corps, September lltli, 1922, and assign ed to 344th Infantry, 86th Div., O. R. C., 6th Corps Area ; Instructor Western Military Academy since 1922. Captain Thomas Carl Jackson, A. B. SCIENCE A. B., Westminster College, Pa., 1 S95-pi PjrVi n sylvania State Normal, 1888; Instructor Public Schools, Pennsylvania, 1888-90; McCormic Theo- logical Seminary, Chicago, 1898; Summer Courses University of Chicago, 1913, 1915 and 1921; In- structor Western Military Academy since 1898. Captain Arloff Lamort Williams, A. B. HISTORY A. B., Grand Island College, Grand Island, Neb., 1920; Personnel duty, Headquarters Co., Camp Dodge, Iowa, 1918-19; Instructor Nebraska Pub- lic Schools, 1920; Graduate work in Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1921-23; Head of History Department, Blue Island High School, Blue Island, III., 1922-23; Instructor Western Military Academy since 1923. The Faculty Page T Tventy-one