Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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1 HE academic department is the most important at Western. Library, study hall and classrooms are in close proximity to one another, enabling the changes in classes to be made promptly hut informally.

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to the proper nourishment of growing hoys. Fresh fruit, vegetables and dairy products are served in abundance. The food is pleasing in variety and liberal in quantity. Only the best quality of food is purchased, and it is prepared by a corps of expert chefs. The kitchens are equipped with the most modern utensils and devices. The floors and wainscoting are of tile. V large cold storage room is maintained at an even temperature by means of an automatic machine. A separate room for the pastry department contains the equipment of an up-to-date bakery.

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Hoys reflect their environment. An older person can sometimes adhere to a high purpose in spite of surround- ing adverse conditions, hut this is too much to expect of youth. Every olTorl is made at Western to maintain a high standard of living in a truly scholastic atmosphere. Hoys will fol- low leadership, and this leadership will he found as often among fellow students as in the faculty. In the controlled environment of a military hoarding school, boys of the finest character can be and are developed as leaders. Such young men set the standards by precept ami by example. It becomes easy for a newcomer to place himself in harmony with the ideals and the scholastic interests of companions whom he can well afford to copy and to admire. A spirit of friendly com- petition prevails in academic work as well as in athletics and military training. Each cadet is taught to look on success in his studies as both a pleasure and a duty.