Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Blankenship, Sgt.-at-Arms. Boe. vice-president, Holloway, president. Cinnater, treasurer, Lemer, secretary. u 19 I 1 1 fMtk-itesgifS ’ SENIORS NOT ON PARADE Top Row: - - ( 1 ) Grinnell, Cinnater, and Lerner, relax. (2) Rustic Seniors on rustic bridge. (3) Horsing around at the Senior Circle. Bottom Row: - - (1) Just a soft spot to rest. (2) Forerunner of Dance Committee, Walker, Mrs. Gould. Costello. Boe. Cinnater. Baker. (3) Rods ' ' at Senior Table - - Hosto. Klucina. Rothbaum. Hartford. Gintz. Donley, Allen, Blayney, Boonshaft, Wilkinson, Butto.

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ACADEMIC YEAR, CONTINUED Costello gives senior speech; Baker, Hosto wait nervously. Even before we invisibly enter his classroom, we hear Maj. Buck clearly enunciating the dictat” for the day and stopping to impress forcefully the idea of system and order. The oldest instructor on the faculty in length of service, he declares in that same vigorous tone: We are here to learn German. Ger- man. and more German.’’ Yes, we find ourselves admitting that Maj. Buck is a legend at Western and that there will always be a place for him in the hearts of his students. We find that Col. Persing ' s College Board Eng ' ish Class is one that taxes a cadet to the best of his ability. One learns much from his lectures while considering such intangibles as happiness, fear, and the like. Next we hop to the chemistry and physics classrooms, where kindly and efficient Capt. Lange presides. The lab is now in session, and from the thundering shouts we know that Bill Burns is present. We see in the comer Gerry Saul and Keith Burgard laughing slyly, as they think that they have dis- covered a new element, or at least a new pungent odor. These young chemists hold a record for in- vigorating the class with a new smell each day. In the physics room, we are just in time to see Capt. Lange give John Ratliff a soft pat on the back and tell him that he will find out the sure answer to his problem in the next chapter. We proceed on cur way to hear Capt. Howell and Maj. Hinton, that Southern-accented English instructor, working with those frolicsome Lower School boys. They get amazing results, too, in teaching manners, poetry, grammar, and literature. Maj. Hinton hclds forth in Freshman classes and creates a new interest in writing. His clear expres- sion of ideas, plus a truly likable character, makes his subjects popular. Time is growing short. We float down the hall to Capt. Browns Junior English classes. His amazing fund cf knowledge and his forceful, yet friendly manner, rate him as tops with the cadets. Next to the rooms of Capt. Spiva. Capt. Naxera. Capt. Robertson, and Capt. Jauron, all new instruc- :ors who quickly got into the swing of things, we find the usual workmanlike and absorbing classes in progress. In Maj. C. B. Jackson s U. S. History Cass, we note that the party system has taken over. The cadets are learning the procedures of democratic government. The Major ' s face, wreathed in a per- petual smile, is a true symbol of good will. Now we hear the mumbo-jumbo of foreign languages. We know that we are in Capt. McKinney s Spanish classes, and we feel the graceful atmosphere of Latin-America, which he knows and loves from ac- tual experience. Athletic and friendly Maj. Gculd sees that things run like clock-work in his advanced algebra and solid geometry classes. We see Capt. Green making geometry seem as easy as arithmetic. Across the hall, we observe apparently inert forms draped limply over drawing boards, but they are merely absorbed in mechanical drawing under Capt. Lamp- ing. who also shows remarkable patience with the younger students in his algebra classes. As our tour ends, we dash across the campus to Capt. Bresson ' s general science and biology labs. What an interesting place his room is, full of fasci- nating specimens and exhibits, and full, too, of some of the best instruction on the campus. We feel that he is a builder of character. And so we close our farewell tour of the class- rooms. We know that these instructors whom we have met are friends as well as teachers and that they deserve the greatest credit for making the academic year a success. Maj. Buck ' s advanced German class.

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Sen ior M, on or CLss Offi leers George Holloway, President; Gary Boe, Vice-President: Don Lerner, Secy.; Ray Cinnater. Treasurer: Don Blankenship. Sgt-at-Arms. M, on or a tes SUMMA CUM LAUDE Ralph J. Allen. Donald G. Bass, Benje Boonshaft. Keith Burgard. Ray Cinnater, Jack Costello. H. Eugene Honderich II, James S. Mathis, Gerald K. Saul. Charles R. Schmidt, Richard G. Walker. CUM LAUDE Douglas M. Baker. Gary Boe. William H. Burden, Jr.. Kenneth E. Ficken- wirth, Victor Haddad. Ronald R. Harders, George H. Holloway, Donald Lerner, Dennis D. McCloud. Marcus R. Michles, Jack D. Scoville, Larry h- Taylor, William R. Westlake, Robert F. Wilkinson, Jr. Valedictorian Benje Boonshaft Saluatatorian Ralph James Allen flat; ona ( Mono, Sc octet n Gary Boe. Doug Baker. George Holloway, Jack Costello, Ralph Allen, Ray Cinnater, Benje Boonshaft. Gerald Saul, Jim Mathis, Richard Walker. DL n eAfjiani Jack Costello, Bill Burns, Jack Scoville, Bob Westlake, George Holloway, Gerald Saul. Bob Redman, Victor Haddad, Don Kerr. a W” cu Doug Baker. Gary Boe. Benje Boonshaft. Bill Burns, Keith Burgard, Ray Cinnater, Dave Grinnell, Jay Gintz. Victor Haddad, Bill Harris, George Holloway, Don Lerner, Jim Mathis, Ron Reynolds, Bob Redman, Pierre Schrichte, Jack Scoville, Dick Walker, Raleigh Wilkinson. Senior % a nee Cdommi tta Co-Chairmen — Doug Baker, Raleigh Wilkinson Bill Aldrich, Ralph Allen. Jim Anderson. Don Bass. D. Blankenship, Gary Boe, Carl Bohnsack, Benje Boonshaft, Saul Bork, Keith Burgard, Bill Burden, Bill Burns. Ray Cinnater, Jack Costello, Jack Dilts, Dean Donley, David Garza, Jay Gintz, Dave Grinnell, Victor Haddad, Ron Harders. A1 Heinermann, George Holloway, Duane Hosto, Don Kerr. John Klucina, Don Lerner, Andrew Lyngar, Dennis McCloud, Ralph McElvain, Jim Mathis. Ed Neckermann, Charles Schmidt, ' Pierre Schrichte, Norton Stanton, Dick Walker, Duke Wallbaum. Robert Wilkin- son, Bill Zahner. Quid an J Scoff Benje Boonshaft, Jack Costello. Doug Baker, Jim Anderson, Duane Hosto, John Klucina, Victor Haddad.