Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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4 Capf. Gage fakes class 5 MaThernaTical ThoughT level mainTained This year aT WesTern was The TaculTy meeTings wiTh Major Persing presiding. These lengThy, Tre- quenT, and pracTical meeTings shaped The policy oT each class and each Teacher. The viTaI Topics and The aCTive discussions proved helpTuI To The enTire deparTmenT. BuT Then whaT abouT our Teachers and our classes? Sure, They caused a loT oT hard worlc, and a loT oT sweaTing, buT we sTill don'T wanT To TorgeT our in- sTrucTors. Well iusT aT random slcip around The campus and drop in on some oT The classes. Even beTore we invisibly enTer his classroom, we hear CapT. Buclc clearly enunciaTing The DicTaT Tor Today, and Hopping in The middle To enTorce clear- ly, and aThleTicolly, The idea oT sysTem and order. Then iusT beTore going baclc To The DicToT, we hear, in The same Below To LaTin-America. with CapT. Green. pow riffs I. LT. Pearce holds sfudy hull. 2. Blue Monday-CapT. Schranlz issues grades 3. Dreams of The Science Club go up in smoke. vigorous Tone: GenTlemen, we are here To learn l.aTin, l.aTin, and more LaT.n.' Yes, we Tind ourselves admiTTing ThaT CapT. Buclc is a legend aT WesTern, ana There will always be a place Tor nim in The heorTs oT his sTudenTs. lNlexT, we hop down To The physics ana chemisTry classroom and lab, wiTh kirdly and inTeresTing CapT, SchranTz presia' ing. The lab is now in session, ana Trom The Thundering shouTs we lcnow Thar Terry Croghan is in The crowd. Pau' Weelfe and John l3orTer are in a corner laughing slyly, as They Thinlc They have discovered a new elemenT and also TUG' some compounds give oTT pungenT odor. These young chemisTs had The Tire rec' ord oT invigorahng The class wiTh a new smell each day. We glance inTo The physics room iusT in Time To see Cop? SchranTz consoling PeTers wiTh a soil paT on The baclc and Telling him ThaT

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.-If' Conley gels OK from Capl Robinson Then +o lhe lnbrory fo dug up mcxferucll on has speech loplc wnfh much scralchung of lhe head JUNIOR SENI R SPEECH PROGRAM Capl Robunson was ln charge of lhe Juruor Senior speech program Every cadel of These classes had lo make a lallc In assembly on a lopuc of hns own chance Le'r us follow Cadef Conley lhrough The usual procedure as he selecls hns sub lecl gels has unformallon wrules has speech and appears on lhe plollorm before lhe Cade-l corps Cop? Robunson counsellor and couch for cadef speakers And now io wrife o masierpiece The big momenl-he holds ihe audience of youfhful orqfory, spell-bound wifh inleresf. ..2 6..