Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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Actually doing tilings is the best way of un- derstanding them. Show boys how to study, and it becomes a pleas- ure as well as a serious pursuit.

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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.

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Classes are not crowded. In- dividual instruction is a po- tent feature of Western aca- demic learning. Learning to speak well in youth is of in- estimable value to the man in all of the world’s work and pleas- ure.