Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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TOPS IN SCHOLARSHIP , ,ill- I ag! THE CLUB 400 Seated Campbell C SImmons Daus Luese Gregg Second row Jones W Regan Moss SaltIel WallIng MacCarthy l.ewIs l-lartmann Eberle Roantree J Davey O held Yoder D l-legberg Maeys Trowbrudge Thornton ThIrd row Feder WrIsley Baker Adluns Cawvey Placlc T l-'lubell Moll Douglas T Dugan Russell And so we could go down the last ol our hne Instructors They were all well qualuheo patlent seruous and earnest TheIr aIm was to QIVC us the best InstructIon and to brlng about the greatest growth ID every held ol study Capt Buclcs thoroughness IU l.atIn and German drull always stamped ham as a great teacher Capt Gage In Spanush Capt Gould and Capt Green In Math Capt porges In sclence and math ano apt DeWItt In scIence lelt lastIng Impressuons upon theur students Ma Pe sIng hImsell IU structed a select group ID Amencan l-lIstory on a college basns recIuIrIng OUlSId2 readIng ano wrItten themes l-lIs methoc gave hIs students much more than lactual ltnowleczge, It taught the how to IH erpret and thInI4 apt Glaodmg had a hne group ol Lower choo aoets wno mace remarlcable prowess a t S a very superIor Instructor WI be rve berec best lor DIS lnen y n e If ex ra he p ID 'ne specIal ta cnng penods IU out wnat nas been ca Iec vkesterns es acu ty were Capt Voss M I Jhre others who always had lor tneIr alm the raIsIr ol academIc standards at Western Many InterestIng projects were carrlec or by the academlc department The cadets ec thelr own presldentlal electIon Speeches were I0 made lor both leadIng candldates and the ISSUZS were dehned Votlng OHlCIdlS were chosen from Amencan l-llstory classes and the corps was dlVldZd Into votlng wards accordIng to barraclcs The cadets favored Governor Dewey over DVQSI dent Roosevelt two to one LIese Delwers Semor Speech Cldot on Deck I 'I I I V I ' I .I I I ' I ' I I I I I I -I I ld- I I 'I I I V I ' V I I I I I-' I 'I I I I 'I I ' I I ' I , . I , . Y W' I ' I . . I r ' - I l - VT' v ' l I . Q I I - A .I s I I I I I W ,, C p. chalt ' I Il , I , re I rv I .ou a d llcIeft I , I I I t I t, lt' I , Rcung- g . I , c . l l , I , a, SI an: I I . . .. , I I s : ' . I If 'T I I

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FACULTY OFFICERS ARE HUMAN! Capt Dewltland Rynertalle track Mayor Henderson Always Snappy ., '5:r,4 1? KNQ' Mal Magee on hrs way to a game Mag Persmg wllh the newest map and magazme Cipl Green ready for a gallop Mal Conrad The Army to you Ia lk

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ACADEMIC ATMOSPHERE MCCUISQIOD gets a luttle and from Capt Mccay Llese Peters Dewenter, and Davey mIx a hell broth In the lab The JunIor SenIor speech program requ rIng every member ol the two upper classes to address the corps on some Vlfdl lODIC ID assembly was even more successlul than usual under apt l2obInson s dIrectIon The cadets covered a wIde VdFl6fY ol tODlCS, such as DOlIllCS war, SCIZUCQ hIstory manners, personalItIes and even humor ous subjects Many ol the speeches would have done the school CV2dll IU any oratoncal contest Une event ol Importance was the attendIng ol the Student ChrIstIan Conference ol Second ary Schools at l.al4e Fo est lllInoIs Maj persIng was chaIrman ol the meetIng nd cadet delegates Eberle, SpIva, regg LewIs and Wnsley were selected from the lNlatIonal l-lonor SOClQly The theme ol the conference was l-low lo Be a Real person on the Campus and the W M A repre sentatIves returned wrth a oeeper InsI ht Into many problems on our own campus oward the end ol the year many stu ents von natlonal honors IU varIous contests Ba er toppec the natIon lor hs par Icu r c ass ID t rw: I t Coq Q t Or and Gregg recelvec pnzes lor worl4 done In specIal helos he ye r ence wItn he rathe matlcs ano Enghsh classes talong stanoaro natIona tests he results as It s een state s owec that lxfestern cadets could more than hold theIr own In academlcs when pItted agaInst the natIon 3 Lowe leads In concentrahng on mechamcal drawmg 4 The Engllsh bulldlng where many are called but rew are chosen We now loolc back upon our academIc year wth a leehng ol nostalgra We now realIze that we were really enIoyIng ourselves IH our classes Qlten some seemIngly InsIgnIhcant oc currence wIll stand out sharply In our memorIes and brIng Into locus an entIre classroom scene We wIll remember Sad Eyes, the lIttle brown dog whlch wandered In and out ol the classes daIly and whIch maIntaIned perfect dIgnIty ano decorum We wIll recall the Iol4es ol apt Aller IH trIg, and It IS rumored that Crandall once an for beIng the only one to au he rtIly at an anecdote We wIll always re member how Capt Schrantz practIcally threw hImsell out ol IoInt to demonstrate how a mole cule reacts to heat When aslted why a certaIn emIcal reactec oS It dI he olten gave c moletely satIslyIng answer Iust one acterIstIcs ts We remember C pt l2obInson s homely phIlosophy about the rrythologIcal Old hooa town ol Bugscullle e can stIll hear the chantIng rnythrn of pt P n onIugatIon O CVVI FI V V As the school year ends we the SenIors tee th t we are leavIng many lrIends behInc: We h X6 laIth ID these lrIends and Instructors an we now that they wIl mdlmldlm t Hgh aca VIC standards that have b en a tra ItIon lxfeste n these many year 2' , I I , - I . . . - I l ' 1 , ' C ' ' H I . . I I. E V A V A , ' got Even ' l gh r , . . . - , ld I O - ' . G I .X . X ll V ' . ,, U Ch I I ' ' 'd, H ! the E Q I ' j V I E ' o , ' ' I lts ol ' - f 3 - its char ' y , tha all. T I I x d 4 A! I a I H .V - . - gtg W Q A l I Ca tr ' I Ii .K I5 I. J I tt, Buclc leading the class I the c j l Hlwrell ,gazIne carren. ahlaus u test Eb, lf' SGW? ll 4 3 9 5 avr aw If I If 3 , I . d Q . F I I ,I X jx . . , K , xx I C .T , 'hab, sc,h ,l t li - 'l herc - , J , de. e, ' d ' at