Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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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

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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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Captain Milan C. Holmes, Pli. 13. HISTORY AND ATHLETICS Pli. B., Upper Iowa University, 1902-03-17 ; Student DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., 1903-05; Athletic Director, Charles City College, Charles City, Iowa, 1905-06 and 1907-08; Payette, Iowa, High School, 1906-07, 1914-15; Upper Iowa University, 1909-15; Athletic Director and Profes- sor of History, Interlaken School for Boys, Roll- ing Prairie, Ind., 1917-18; Served in U. S. Marine Corps, U. S. S. Florida ; Summer Course University of Wisconsin, 1922; Instructor Western Military Academy since February, 1919. Captain John Wylie McLaughlin, B. S. SCIENCE B. S., Monmouth College, Monmouth, III., 1923; Summer term in Education at Southern Illinois Normal University, 1923; Assistant Principal and Coach, Grayville Township High School, Grav- ville, 111., 1921-22; Instructor Western Military Academy since 1923. Captain William J. II. Buck LATIN AND GERMAN Graduate Concordia Teachers’ College, River Forest, 111., 1898; Special work in Education, University of Tennessee, 1910-11, and University of Missouri, 1915-17; State Certificate from Mis- souri and Supervisory and Special Certificates from Illinois; Extension Work in University of Chicago; Instructor Public Schools, Illinois, 1898- 1906; St. Louis, Mo., 1906-09; Knoxville, Tennes- see, 1909-11 ; Superintendent of Schools, Manito and San Jose, 111., 1911-14; Principal of High Schools, Rolla, Mo., 1914-16; Instructor University of Missouri, 1916-17; Instructor Western Military Academy since 1917. Captain IIenry Ernst Suhre Quartermaster COMMERCIAL BRANCHES Instructor Public Schools of Illinois, 1909-10; Commercial Course Brown ’s Business College, 1911-12; Post-Graduate work and Commercial Teacher’s Course, Brown’s Business College, 1916; Instructor and Assistant Principal Brown’s Busi- ness College, Alton, III., 1916-18: Instructor West- ern Military Academy since 1918. Captain Charles S. Porter DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Director of College Band and Instructor in Con servatory, Albion College, Mich., 1904-05; Member of Clef Club, and Soloist at Richmond Ave. M. E. Church, Buffalo, N. Y., 1907-09; Member of Symphony Orchestra, Bay City, Mich., 1909-11; Director, Marine Band, Boyne City., Mich., 1912- 13; Manager, Porter Concert Party, Lyceum and Chautauqua Circuits, 1918-22; Director of Music Western Military Academy since 1920. The Faculty Page Twcnty-tivo