Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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, + X PRESENT 1TKIN The RECALL which you are about to inspect is, in the opinion of the Staff, different from any other volume pre- viously published at Western. But its purpose, undisputedly remains identical: TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL CREATION OF THE SENIOR CLASS, PROCESSED BY THAT CLASS, AND TO INCORPORATE WITHIN ITS PAGES, A LASTING RECORD OF CADET LIFE DURING THEIR SENIOR YEAR AT WESTERN. r mr. ' ■r - » • • - - r ' S ' 4?, fen (}« Sf »• ■rx , . - ■ 1 1 - -• I

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esterN Military acadeB Published by the Senior Class WESTERN MILITARY ACADEMY Alton, Illinois CO- EDITORS Burt Rudman Gary Roberts BUSINESS MANAGER Wyatt Cannady

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Upper Campus and Barracks Our school has supplied civilian and military demand with men of outstanding ability and character for over three-quarters of a century. The Academy originally was founded by Dr. Edward Wyman and later became the Wyman Institute, which was moved from St. Louis to Alton in 1879. When Dr. Wyman died in 1892, it came under the direction of Col. A.M. Jackson. The Institution, privately operated , was now named WESTERN MILITARY ACADEMY. During ensuing years, it proceeded to further the cause of education until 1903, when a tragic fire razed all of the buildings which, since, were replaced by new structures. When Col. Jackson died in 1919, Col. G.D. Eaton was appointed superintendent. Upon his death ten years later. Col. R.L. Jackson took over the position. At present, the Academy is headed by Col . Ralph B. Jackson, who assumed the post after the death of his father in the summer of 1952. 3