Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

 - Class of 1944

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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..

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he had The righT ideal' and ThaT he would Tind ouT Tor sure in The nexT chapTer. We Tind CapT. Gladding, Lower School Principal, CapT. PiTT, The worldly-wise geograe phy Teacher wiTh The SouThern accenT, and Mai. Suhre working wiTh Those Trolicsome youngsTers, The Lower School boys. CapT. Gladding did a splendid iob aT geTTing The lads inTeresTed in liTeraTure, poeTry, manners, and The like-and believe iT or noT, The resulTs are amazing. Col. Jackson and Mai. Persing piTched in and helped. The boys were iusT back Tram a make-believe Trip across The coune Try wiTh The Colonel, and They were learning hisTary as iT really is Tram The HeadmasTer. Time is growing shorT. We musT make brieTer sTops. We dash breaThlessly up The iron sTeps aT The English building To Tind our- selves in CapT. HinTon's class. Under him, liTeraTure seems To be noT a boring subiecT, buT someThing ThaT lives in our experience. He gives us a new inTeresT in wriTing. His clear expression and alerT ideas, plus a Truly likeable characTer, prove ThaT English is a popular sub- iecT. Back down The sTeps To CapT. Robinsons Junior English classes. His amazing Tund aT knowledge and his TorceTul, yeT easy-going manner, are evidence ThaT he is Tops wiTh The cadeTs. NexT To CapT. McCoy, CapT. SchaTT, and CapT. DeWiTT, all new insTrucTors who quickly goT inTo The swing oT Things. We Tind The usual workmanlike and absorbing classes in progress. In CapT. Darling's hisTory class we Tind ThaT The parTy sysTem has Taken over. The cadeTs are learning The democraTic pro- cedures oT governmenT. The CapTain's chubby Tace, wreaThed wiTh a perpeTual smile, is a True symbol oT good will. JusT a glance inTo CapT. Gage's room. We hear The mumbo- iumbo OT Toreign languages and Teel The grace- Tul aTmosphere aT l.aTin-America, which he knows and loves Tram acTual experience. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Berg, sergeonT-aT-arms: HorringTon, Trecsurerg PorTer, presidenf Bohlmonn, vice-presidenh Knowles, secreTory WhaT's This? A courT Trial? Gould's commercial law sTudenTs have cooked up a pracTical case, wiTh judges, lawyers, and The culpriT. AThleTic and Triendly CapT. Gould sees ThaT Things run like clockwork. ln rapid succession, we Tind CapT. Green making geom- eTry seem as easy as ariThmeTicg we see ap- parenTly inerT Torms draped limply over The drawing boards, buT They are simply absorbed in mechanical drawing under Mrs. Gould. Qur lasT sTop is Truly one oT The pleasanTesT. We see CapT, Aller, pracTical philosopher and head oT The MaTh DeparTmenT. Though he could hardly become a legend in Two years, his homespun wisdom and earnesT Teaching Take him Tar Toward ThaT goal. Yes, CapT. And so we close our rapid Tour oT The classrooms, Teeling ThaT These insTrucTors are Triends as well as Teachers and ThaT They de- serve The greaTesT crediT Tor making The aco- demic year a success. Q TU! RESERVED FOR SENIORS ONLY BenneTT, Ross, HurTer, and Conley-c Typical group aT The Senior Table in The ccnkeen Tor bull session and re- TreshmenTs. 'sat K X V1 N90-HO

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