Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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-us. tg! 4- sn W M A CHAPTER The National Honor Sotltty Niuulvm s I II UI kk L Y R IIKL Hit nu Xt XX 1 r X I.otItttt Tn or THI- NATIONAL HONOR SOC IETN 1 n init th it 1 ilinost mwit in im sth uI vronp tsttrn in nntnns 1 th Ipftr un tr tht sponsors up of N nor C I. Ptrsing t YQLIUITLIHLIIIN tor this stlttr orvlni mon irt stritt Titv irt not hi tt on stI1twI1rsi1p llont hut 1 nitrnhtr must ht in tht upptr tten ptr ttnt of his tl iss in it idtinit st.1nd11w In itidltinn ht lhllst txtmphfy tht four tardlnal points of tht sotittx X Iwl mlizfw Stnztt I 1tltrsIu1v tm I Q Immtru I-Iis Iox1Itx to tht htst inttrests of tht st html .ind tht tadtt torps must ht unqucstiontd. Tht initiwtion this year in an assctnhh, on Sundiy was very iinprtssivt. Former incin- wr I3iII Ft stcr. CI-ips 9. tunic hit' to assist in tit ctrtinony. The 1ntIIt: of hunt r ritn'1 wus nstt. NI'my mt tts tonsit cr IIILIUIWLTSIIII in t Q INationuI Honor Sotitty tn he the iighcst distinction th'1t '1 stutitnt can win 'lt Viestttn. .-16.,

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Facultx Informal Shots X ep rhe faculrx em be xerx mformal usr catch them 'ar the rwhr moment Abou left to rzghr Cxpr Green t xkmg the money oxer for rhe cadet blnk The hrrle blick BOX 7 N131 Gould and Capt Brewon IH 1 brrenuous Wme of pool Clpr Nhrrxn wlth perh ips 1 bow of LOOLISS for the L 5 Bnlou qgt Audubon Ind Lleut Brooks tlllx to Green Llfelll' R B ukmon emerub from LIHILLY1 :fur 1 h xmlwur- er md eokr There Are Women On The Staff 'X me IN 5houn rhr itrrxenxr md urx lmxbpensllnle women nurnlurx of I e buf? xx v lid rnue 1 gl rr xnr sr moo lzfe vnu N rw e Ln Cmtr lrrr ek nuru N 1 N LN N u en sewer lrx N ss xrrx x n serrerlrx Nflsm N IOIJ Huette nurbe Hmmm mu N1r5 C ldfd Pmroxx n beeretary N11ss 'NIYNI Kramer sperm ITN N1rs Cami Omen dxennan and soc1aI dxrecror, Mrs Helen Gould, assusranr dnentmn 15

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TH E Acaclemlc Year Academlcs come first at Western Indeed, the classroom work rs our maln reason for belng here We feel that the year of 1950 51 has been one of real progress, and we are lndebted to our faculty for the excellent preparatlon w hlch they have trled to glVL us We shall have many pleasant recollectrons of the experrences galned ln the classroom and on the campus Our faculty officers have taught more than books they have also taught character and lntegrlty It IS sard that a cadet has not been ln a class room untrl he has had a subject under Capt Buck Thxs fine gentleman and teacher of the old school has been at Western for over thrrty years In hrs classes, a student can expect work and plenty of lt, for the Captarn says that there IS no other SL1bSflILIfC for learnlng Latrn and German And rlght across the hall we can hear that tongue from south of the border Many Ed McKinney s Spanlsh room I-le goes about hrs tasks rn an enjoyable manner, but he IS noted for pop qurzzes Capt Lange concocts a wltches brew zn the chemzstry lab Capt Buck urrh iturltnrw C' Pohlmann Hocmg and Bassett We can t llnger ID all the classrooms Major Gould and Capt Green w1ll be found holdrng forth ln mathematlcs, and Capt Hrnton poundrng away at hterature, composltlon, and grammar Major Persrnv s College Board Enghsh Class IS one that taxes the student to the best of hrs ablllty S0fHCflfl16S the cadets wonder, Does that guy have a heart In the end however, the work IS usually done It could be done after all One can learn much from the Major s lectures, but when he begrns to rntroduce the class to some of the boys Plato, Arlstotle John Locke, and the l1ke But when 1t was over w as If not 1 lot of fun7 Those krnds of books tell the dlfference between a man and a boy A peek at the drawlng class mechanlcal, not cartoonlngj of Capt Lamping and we ll head across to that glass faced blllldlllf' Lreut Brll jackson probably has the most beautlfully decorated room on the campus A huge garden box along the w all IS filled wrth many x arletres of growrng plants The walls are covered w 1th colored PICILIFCS scenes from famous plays or reproductrons of noted palntlngs The prom IDCIH course 1n Lreut aekson s classroom IS lrterature, a subject that has long been hrs favorrte Oh yes over IH that corner rs an aquarrum, stocked w 1th troplcal fish and maln tamed by the Vance boys Capt Martrn has an attractrve room, too, just up the 1ron starrs It IS the headquarters for the rnterestrng Low er School classes I l I 9 u ,.,.v.4 Cl, S . ' , 7 , . l T 4 ' . . . ' K ' l 1 x - 1 YL . E ll YV , , . . . . pleasant hours have been spent in Capt. jim r. ,M H - v - . I Y . U . . . . 5 ' YY E , . c . . . ,Q . , ' c . 7. C . . . . , , ' ' U. . Y , . , . I N 7 , . ,K ' ' . , . . ' ' ' , - - . ..j7..