Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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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

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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 F aculty Captain Oren Ciiari.es Kessingek, A. 1 . ROMANCE LANGUAGES A. B., .tamos Millikeu University, 1921. Uni- versity of Illinois Coaching School, 1922. Gradu ato work, University of Grenoble, France — Ecole de Phonetiques — Summer, ., 1923 ; Instructor in Modern Languages, Sullivan Township High School, Sullivan Illinois, 1921.-22;,, instructor in Modern Languages and Coach of ‘Athletics i’ike- ville College, Pikeville, Kentucky; 1923-24. In- structor at Western Military Academy since 1924. Captain Frank Albert Uaketsox Execut i ve 0 fj ircr DIRECTOR OF ACTIVITI University of Illinois w-rrr+Ang School, 1923; Teller, Marine and American National Banks, San Diego, Calif., 1917 21; Registration Officer, U. S. Veterans’ Bureau, District No. 9, St. Louis, Mo., 1921-23; Commissioned Officers’ Reserve Corps, April 4th, 1924; Instructor Western Mili- tary Academy since 1923. Captain Charles Hunter Moore Senior Tactical Officer MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS Graduate Western Military Academy, 1921; Attended Reserve Officers’ Training Camps at Camp Taylor, 1919, and Camp Custer, 1920; In- structor Western Military Academy since 1921. Captain William A. I)e Mint Junior Tactical Officer MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS Graduate Western Military Academy, 1922; At- tended Reserve Officers’ Training Camp at Camp Custer, 1920 and 1922; Instructor Western Mili- tary Academy since 1922. Technical Sergeant Albert Edward Dunster, D. E. M. L., Inf. U. S. A. ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR IN MILITARY TACTICS Recruiting Service. Camp Sherman 1919-1921 — 2nd. Infantry U. S. A. Fort Sheridan 1921 1924. Western Military Academy since 1924. Page 7 ivent )-lhree