Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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HONOR MEN VALEDICTORIAN CADET MAJOR HONOR GRADUATE Thomas Hoegen is The embodimenT oT The American ideals of young manhood. lnTelligenT, clean cuT, sTraighTTorward, Tom is The Type of lad ThaT schools are always searching Tor. For Tom, in his quieT, honesT manner, has gone on since he TirsT enTered WesTern Tour years ago, To achieve The highesT honors aT any member oT his class. PresidenT of The Club 400 , There was liTTle wonder among The cadeTs when hard-working Tom was named ValedicTorian. Indeed his school record has been one oT The TinesT, Tor he has mainTained almosT a perTecT 4.00 average Tor Tour sTraighT years. Prime requisiTes Tor The oTTice oT CadeT lvlaior are superior miliTary knowledge and abiliTy To lead and inspire conTidence. IT is easy To see why Hoegen was given his rank as leader oT The cadeT baTTalion, Tor Tom meeTs These requiremenTs beTTer Than any oTher cadeT in school. Tom is Truly The all around cadeT ThaT The TiTle Honor Grade uaTe signifies. Friendly and genial, he is probably The mosT popular and besT lilced cadeT in school: This was conTirmed by his elecTion as The PresidenT oT The senior class. As chairman oT The Senior Dance CommiTTee, he has The TiTle of The leading socialiTe in school. During his recreaTion period Hoegen has been The sTar of The riTle Team. Aside Trom all This Tom has been inTluenTial in moulding The opinion aT The cadeTs, Through his influence as assisTanT ediTor oT The Shrapnel , and assisTanT ediTor oT The RECALL. l loegen's record is almosT unique aT WesTern in ThaT he has achieved The Three highesT oTTices in The senior class aT The same Time-ValedicTorian, Honor GraduaTe, and CadeT Major. SALUTATORIAN Wilbur GonTerman, a Third-year man, has won The honor oT being SaluTaTorian oT his class. One oT The Tew cadeTs ever To receive The rank of capTain in Three years, GonTerman has given Hoegen a close race Tor The leading senior. Among oTher Things, GonTerman was named ediTor aT The Shrapnel, and, as a member oT The Quill and Scroll, has achieved The repuTaTion oT being one oT The besT iournalisTs ever To wield a pen Tor a WesTern publicaTion. Because oT This he is a valuable member of The RECALL sTaTT. GonTerman is one OT The besT aThleTes in school-especially in Track, where he has made Three Prep leTTers. This year he is The Track coach's dream , and can be called upon To parTici- paTe and place in almosT any evenT Tram The T00 yard dash To The 220 hurdles. Added To This, Wilbur has earned Prep leTTers in soccer, and Tennis, and a C leTTer in baslceTball. He is one of The leading members OT The W Club. A member of The Senior Dance CommiTTee, GonTerman is always seen having a wonderTul Time on The dance Tloor. As The vice-presidenT oT The Club 400 he has been one oT The lead- ing sTudenTs in The school. GonTerman, here aT WesTern, has achieved greaT success in all phases of school liTe-schoolwork, aThleTics, social, and miliTary. Those who lcnow him cannoT doubT ThaT he will go TorTh Trom WesTern, and conTinue on To The same well rounded success in life. -29.. J. Thomas Hoegen J. Wilbur GonTerman

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ACADEMIC HONORS WINNERS OF A GRADE DIPLOMAS lAn Average lor 2 Years of 3 or Bellerl Crouse Lieder Gonlerman, W. J. Luer Hoegen Molaslcy, J. CLUB 400 MEMBERS Sep'l'. I2 'Io April 8, I940 Scherer Sandilen Waxenberg lThe Club 400 is Weslern's Academic Honor Socielyl Barker Haisley Crouse Hill Gonlerman, J. Hoe-gen Gonlerman, T. Lieder Gordon Luer Griflilh, J. Miller, R. lvlolasky. J. Paddor Rawls Shapiro Vogler Woosley ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP Semesler I-I939-40 ' Highesl' Honors Vogler ...., .... Gonlerman, T. ... .... 4.00 Rawls , . . . .. Hill ............ .,,. 4 .OO Sherman' R. M- Hoegen ..... ....... .... 4 . OO Hulchinson, J. H.. . .. .,...4.00 Bieser .... Crouse . . . Everharl . . . Heiser ..... Kummer .. Lieder . . Luer .... Miller . . . Paddor .. Alloerl ' .... Gordon . . . Griflilh . . . Haisley .... Koerlel .... Peara ..... Saner ...... Von Hoffmann. Wallcer ....,. Waxenber g . . . Winlcelmeyer . . Woosley ...., Albiez .... Arnold .... Allcins . . . Bloclc . , . High Honors .....3.75 ....3.75 ...,3.75 ....3.75 .....3.75 ....3.75 .....3.75 .....3.75 ....3.75 Silverman Anixler .... .... Barker .,,,... Brown, N. . Gonlerman. Hall' ,....... . . . Leary .... Sa nd ilen . . Honors ....3.25 ...,3.25 .,..3.25 ....3.25 ....3.25 ....3.25 ....3.25 .....3.25 ....3.25 ....3.25 ....3.25 ....3.25 ....3.00 ....3.00 ....3.00 ....3.00 ...gg- Cross . Foul .... Gary .,... Geiger . . . Hamillon, J. Jaclcson ,,.. ,,,. Leon, P.. . . . lv1arl4s,J ..... ,,,4 Mayerholiler Meyers, J. ... in Railh ..... Rivera . . Shapiro Williams .. H., Zahn 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.75 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3 .00 3 .00 3.00 3 .00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3 .00

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WILLIAM HENDRICH ARNOLD 3d Year I7OO I-Iiclcory Slreel, Texarkana, Ark. Everyone al Weslern Irnows Willie Arnold. Willie came lo us Ihree years ago and since lhal lime has accomplished a greal deal. He is a sergeanl in lhe Ballalion and lhe chief Irumpeler, and is probably lhe besl lrurnpeler al Weslern, He is a rnililary iunior and has a lable in lhe mess hall. In academics Willie mainlains a sleady G average. I-Ie is nal dull on lhe social side eilher because he allends all ol lhe dances and is a member of lhe Senior Dance Com- millee. Willie is also on lho 'lShrapnel, as member ol lhe execulive slall. Arnold is a lruo soulhorner and inlends la go 'fo Rice. 'VN9 WII Ile lr -X39 THOMAS LLOYD ATWOOD Isl Year Sl. Elmo, Illinois One ol lhe mosl reliable persons Io be lound in our Senior class may be found in possession ol lhe body ol Thomas Lloyd Alwood. Lloyd has sleadily and consislenlly worked his way up in lhe eslimalion ol his cadels and companions. I-Ie is lcnown Io have one ol lhe Iceenesl minds in Ihe Senior class, and any lime lhaf you find him bullaloed in Chemislry please call upon lhe Class Treasurer lor a reward of filly dollars. Thal is how much faith we have in him. Lloyd has been very versalile and has parlicipaled in many ol Ihose unorganized sparls which require good sporlsmanship and a fellow lhal is lols ol fun. All in all here is a swell fellow. Speck