Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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THE HEADMASTER LT. COLONEL C. L. PERSING, Headmaster Lt. Colonel C. L. Persing, Headmaster, has been in charge of the all-important academic department of Western for twenty-three years. He is a pillar of strength on the faculty and in the school. No one can doubt Colonel Persing's sincerity in insisting upon high scholastic standards. He will battle for academics, and he is uncompromising in maintaining thorough classroom work. Colonel Persing came to Western Military Acad- emy in I936 from New Trier High School. He has a fine educational background, as he holds degrees from three great universities, Colgate, Yale, and Northwestern. He has edited and authored a series of successful English textbooks. At Western he has established a core curriculum of fundamental subjects which has won the approval of state inspectors. He has instituted such activities as the National Honor Society, MTO, the Junior-Sen- ior speech program, and many other valuable innova- tions. He stands firm in his support of his academic faculty. Under him, Western has upheld its high rating as a school. If great schools are built around great person- alities, then Western has such a personality in Colonel Persing. W. M. HINTON I ,246 ff X . I W. H. GREEN AN D FACU LTY LT. COL. C. L. PERSING Headmaster MAJOR WILLIAM M. HINTON - English - A.B. Degree at Birmingham-Southern in l9l6. Grad- uate study at the University of Missouri, and Washington University. English instructor at WMA since l936. Major Hinton sponsors the cadet publication, the Shrapnel. MAJOR WILLIAM H. GREEN -- Mathematics -- B. Ed. Degree at Eastern Illinois College in l927. M. A. Degree at University of Illinois in l935. Mathematics instructor at WMA since I943. Major Green assists the Social Director, also the Dietitian. He is the Cadet Banker and the Horsemanship Director.

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V ,V W Q, o f: , ,4.L,f'?:i 4? THE UPERI TE DE T COLONEL RALPH B. JACKSON Colonel Jackson, Western Military Academy 1935, is to the manor-born, a Western man. His entire life has been on the Western campus. Apart from his years away for college education and military service, he has grown up with the Western tradition. As Superintendent of the Academy since I946, he follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, Colonel A. M. Jackson, one of the Academy founders, and his own father, Colonel Ralph L. Jackson, Western Military Academy l904-1952. Colonel Jackson earned his MA Degree at Wash- ington University, his AB Degree at the University of Chicago. He also attended Princeton University and the University of Colorado, He served as a Lieutenant in the Naval Air Corps, Colonel Jackson knows cadet life as intimately as any cadet. His friendly manner and his sincere concern for the happiness and security of every cadet is op- preciated by all cadets, patrons, and alumni. His life is Western. lin-fd THE ADMINISTRATI E COUNCIL NF? 1:7 First Row: Social Hostess and Dietician, Superintendent, Nurse. Second Row: PMST, Director of Admissions, Business Manager, Commandant, Athletic Director, Headmaster,

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MAJOR BERNARD C. BRESSON - Biology - B.S. Degree at Notre Dame in 1932. Graduate study at Wooster College, Akron University, and Shurt- leff College. Science instructor at WMA since 1945. Director of Athletics. MAJOR CHARLES B. JACKSON - History - A.B. Degree at Washington and Lee in 1945. Grad- uate study at Washington University and the University of Colorado. History instructor at WMA since 1948. Director of Admissions since 1954. Coaches Varsity Soccer. MAJOR RICHARD P. MARTIN - English -- Ph.D. Degree at Northwestern University in 1954, M. A. Degree in 1940. A. B. Degree at Lake Forest College in 1935. English instructor and director ofthe Lower School at WMA since 1946. Dramatics Director. CAPTAIN GORDON J. LANGE - Physics, Chemistry - M. S. Degree at University of Wisconsin in 1948, B. S. in 1939. Graduate study at Wash- ington University, St. Louis University, Carnegie Institute of Technology. Instructor in Physical Sciences at WMA since 1949. CAPTAIN LOUIS A. MALONE - English - M.A. Degree at DePaul University in 1939, A. B. in 1934. Graduate study at Notre Dame and Loyola University in Chicago. Instructor in English at WMA since 1954. He also sponsors Club 400, MTO, and is the Quartermaster. CAPTAIN JOSEPH W. SUTTON - English - B.A. in Ed. Degree at Southeast Missouri State in 1946. Graduate study at Arizona State, St. Louis University, and Southern lllinois Univer- sity. Instructor in English at WMA since 1954. Librarian since 1956. C. B. JACKSON G. J. LANGE J. W. SUTTON B. C. BRESSON R. P. MARTIN I.. A. MALONE