Alton Shrapnel (Newspaper) - November 11, 1948, Alton, Illinois lume NOVEMBER 11, 1948 8 108 Cadets f Good Cadets Make Perfect Lead School By scholastic honor roll for the fie grade period has been issued by C. L. One hundred and cadets won academic these ten made perfect or 4, -s and who make 3.75 or 4.00 avenges receive honor who average 3.00, 3.25, 3.50 A student must make a average to get on the The grade symbols carry the following point Ex 4, M 2, S 1, Un 0. Honors 111., T. University 111., 111. University Richmond 111., 111., 111., J. and 111., 111., 111., Webster Park 111., in 111., E. 111., 111., ( 111., T 111., Red 111., ity lite 111., St. on Page laminations 18-19 loins % Jay S. Heyman of now acting as editor of the has completed his requirements for membership in the C. L. a lunces that will be held on Thursday and November 18 and 19. tests are to enable a student i heck on the mastery of his tl at the point in the - examinations will be of the ay that they will be v ten out in the test These a will test the student's ability t organize and express his thought well as his and i examination will last 70 The answer booklets will be kept file by Major exam schedule according to periods as Nov. 18 18:30 to 9:40 ' 29:45 to 10:55 ' to 11:45 31:30 to 2:40 Nov. 19 48:15 to 9:25 Call 59:30 to 10:40 Call to 11:55 Assembly Call 71:30 to 2:40 sponsored by the Quill and Scroll In order to a journalist must have contributed 10,000 inches of published material to his school October 28 Heyman's total of published reached 10,082 That meant that in four on the staff he has written over 40,000 which would equal in bulk a has always been a prolific writer for the Last year he was sports this year he is He has written every kind of sports article and has been the author of the for two He can handle other types of articles with equal Heyman covers sports events at Western for two daily papers in St. one in East St. and one in Last summer he worked on staff of one of Chicago's largest daily is considered a distinction to qualify for the Few reach the goal of 10,000 inches of published Capt. stated as far as he Heyman is the only writer ever to win that record has been sent to Mr. Edward Executive Secretary of the Quill and Northwestern A certificate recognizing his ability as a high school journalist will be awarded to A. Field House 11:00 A. - Field 11:30 A. Leave 12:15 P. P. Leaves For Western Alton High P. M. Alumni P. Football P. ing Field STAFF HOLDS OWN Saturday the circulation staff and their dates invaded the Cadet Canteen for the first informal dance of the year to be given by an Though the room had no special the atmosphere in general was comfortable and Girls from Alton and nearby communities arrived at 7:30, and the dance lasted until 10:00,. when the girls were escorted to the front and Capt. and Mrs. Gould acted as chaperons and helped serve refreshments halfway through the Lidholm and Knight acted as record and recordings from all top bands were used to provide the Those attending and always at Thanksgiving Day will be busy and That day is only two weeks of the program will of the traditional football classic at 2:00 P. M. between Western and Alton High and the brilliant dance at 8:30 P. M. in field both Western and Alton having rather poor seasons this these football rivals should be evenly and a thrilling contest is Alton has lost two years straight and will be seeking sweet dance that evening will be one of the biggest of the All cadets will as well as many parents and It will be in honor of the football there will be other events on that The program will start with an early Thanksgiving After a battalion cadets will be allowed to go on dinner leave with parents and report to the football game at 2:00 P. M. Those remaining on the campus will have a real turkey dinner and all the the afternoon alumni will get together for and the varsity will have their turkey dinner at 6:00 P. M. At that time they will vote on best player of the Alton and the Cadets Enjoy Games In School Parlors After Jackson's fourth formal dinner for new cadets was held on November 2, with Mrs. Berta Kibby as his guests were Robert William Frederick Richard William Ronald Ronald George Alan and Tracy menu served as salted tomato juice Ritz French onion celery and roast beef au jus with fresh baked acorn squash with new buttered snowflake Hawaiian salad French cheese hot buttered pumpkin pie with whipped the ' dinner the cadets had a great deal of fun playing games in the school Locke and Vedder proved to be at the psychic game and were able to guess the object concentrated upon by the others almost every The group enjoyed around the big as two teams tried to blow a ping pong ball for a though R. E. and with their of made ideal At a new dueling winch was great the two Fishers were the new cadets are really enjoying Col. Jackson's GROUPS TALK ABOUT SCHOOL counseling groups met with their faculty advisors last Thursday and discussed and School Some good ideas were brought and the discussions were so interesting that they will be continued this week on the same Furlough Is Now Past was no edition of the last week because of the fall Saturday October 30th, all but about 50 cadets had left the campus for their They returned for duty on November 1, though some had trouble getting back because of a heavy fog that blanketed this Many cadets were drowsy in class on that first showing that they had not spent the furlough in catching up with their those remaining on the campus was an easing up of Classes were held The cadets were allowed to sleep late Saturday and They were permitted to go to Upper Alton Friday night and some saw the Saturday afternoon the group went on a trip to A picnic and hayride scheduled for Saturday had to be canceled because of the cadets were granted leave to Lower Alton picture and Uptown leave Sunday JACKSON R. L. Jackson has returned to Western after visit of two weeks in She visited her daughter in Windsor and closed her home in Brockville for the Present Program At 12:45 And Will Appear Again Next Saturday At Same first of the new series of radio programs entitled was aired over Station WOKZ last Although mainly an the went off very smoothly and will continue to be broadcast for the remainder of the school Many cadets listened at 12:45 to 1:00 P. their radios tuned to 1570, v y the program appeals most to the it must tell something about this institution to the people of who naturally comprise 99% of the listening audience. Major C. L. gave a on the school in general to get the series off to a good He spoke on the and spirit that is Boileg played two piano numbers during the an Irving Berlin medley and a Is Announcer Foster acted as announcer and did a splendid In the last he was supposed to introduce Jay Heyman with a but the time limit had been exceeded and Heyman was cut off the his news about sports and life in general will be on all future Hutter acted director and was busy in the control that all cues were taken up at the right Capt. Richard Martin gave much help in preparing the program and will continue to act as faculty Saturday's program will feature an interview with Guillermo of Mexico Spanish music will be played and the program be very listen every Saturday to 12:45-1:00 P. on Station 1570 on your movie next week will be technicolor starring Esther Williams and Ricardo Of Christmas Vacation Is Moved 17th, By Col. will close for the Christmas Holidays at 4:00 P. Dec. 17, instead of on Dec. 22, as it was previously stated in the The vacation will end at 8:00 A. Jan. 3rd. R. L. issued the following statement about the Christmas preparatory schools are under a close supervision of the North Central Association which is the accrediting organization of the Middle Western This of which Western Military Academy is a charter prescribes the minimum number of days to be included in each academic schools are required to close on certain legal holidays and for Teacher A private such as can economize on such days and thereby shorten to a limited the recent furlough was planned in such a way school days were the privilege of closing school two days earlier for the Christmas vacation now listed for December 22nd. By using these two days we could move the beginning of the Christmas vacation back to December 20th. Saturday and Sunday do not count as school and we will have a full day of school on the preceding we will be able to start the Christmas vacation at 4:00 P. M. on December 17, without losing any school It must end at 8:00 January - 3. this arrangement we will be taking advantage of all spare and cadets will leave and return at the same time no matter how far they live from the The only ceptions that can be made are those already granted to cadets who are entitled to two extra furlough at Christmas These boys may leave a day early and return a day
