Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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y. TO THE CLASS OF 1945 Here s to the boys of 45 Whats bunch why man alrvel They led rn sports and studres too They stood for all that was rrght and true And now therr Western days are o er They piled up here an amazrng score As they fare forth to dare and do They ll wrn success here s lucl: to youl FOR SENIORS ONLY Hear Crandall Hunter Spuva Muller rn ke merry a Sem rTable CLASS OFFICERS er ser e Cond V G Vl 2 rw H ro a

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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

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U1 o.,..- CLASS 0 1945 an EBERLE Valeclrctorian HARTMANN Salutatonan GREGG 1st Alternate HONOR MEN Three outstanding cadets won positions of l-lonor Men inthe Class ol 1945 CHARLES E EBERLE JR Warren Arlcansas was named valedictorian l'le was also cadet major and honor graduate, a distinction that carried with it an appointment to West Point l-lis almost perfect scholastic record lor four years his athletic prowess which brought him stardom in Football baslcetball, and baseball, and his presidency of his class and the National l-lonor Society all marlced him as a young man ol superior leadership and ability ALEXIS HARTMANN JR University City Missouri, was chosen salutatorian Known for having one of the Finest minds and most reliable characters in school Hartmann s academic record almost equaled Eberle s l-le, too, was a cadet olhcer and a letter man in football and tennis l-le made a great record in military, astonishing the government inspectors with his knowledge of military law Like Eberle, he belonged to the W Club and the National Honor Society DONALD E GREGG St Louis, Mo , was so close to the top of the class that only a fraction ol a point in grades lcept him oJt ol hrst place l-le was named First alternate for the honor position and received a special award at commencement from Col. Jaclcson. His attainments included the Following: Cadet officer, membership in the National l-lonor Society academic editorship of the Recall and captaincy of the B football champs. These men fully deserved their honors, and their records listed more fully in the class section testify to their merit.