Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-05-24
DR.. A. F. SMITH
ADDRESSES CADETS
The Rev. A. F. Smith, of st. Louis,
Spoke on Soul of a Soldier"
Tuesday Night
EIGHT MEDALS AWARDED
Program of Music and Songs, With
Awarding of Medals and Diplo-
mas Closes School Year

the graduating class Of the Missouri
Military Academy.
"The Soul of the Eagle, the Ma
tional Emblem of this country, is the
spirit of the soldiery of our land,'
said the speaker.
Later in the address he stressed the
fact that the present was the time
for action and for the preparation for
action. "The soldier must be trained
to obedience and must put his life
where it will do the most good to the
most people, for all life must come
into contact with all other life.
'It is on such spirits as that of the
soldier and these young men here that
the world depends for its progress.
And when you live the right kind Of
"a life the world will help you. Ev-
cry soldier and every man who con-
tributes to the good things shall
receive a just valuation Of his efforts
in the final reckoning, for no man is
really obscure. ="
In concluding his address Rev.
Smith said: "You must put into the
first of life that which the last Of life
will need, and no young man in the
history of the world ever had a chance
to show real manhood better than you
young men have"
The program was opened by the
overture, "Enchantress," by the NJ.
M. A. Band, followed by an impress
sive invocation by the Rev. S. W.
Hayne. A vocal trio, composed Of
Mrs. F. N. Henderson, Captain G..
C. Covey and Cadet G. Hamilton, sang
"Now the Day is Over" and Rev.
Smith delivered his address.
Immediately following the address
Captain d. S. Savage, who has been
connected with M. M. A. for the past
three years, awarded the medals, af-
ter being introduced by Col. E. X.
Burton, who announced that Captain
Savage would not be with the Acade-
my next year and he was planning to
complete his university work.
The following medals were award
ed:
For the Most Meritorious Cadet, CIV
en- by R. D. Worrell, Fred Campbell
Tulsa, Okla.
For the Best Drilled Cadet, given
| by S. & N. Phillip, Cadet Corporal
Linguard Weire, Takoha, Mo.
For Scholarship in Academic De.
partment, given by C. A. Buckner
William M. Groves, Corder, Mo.
For the Neatest Room, given by
Rolla Mcintyre, Trimble Gentry
Springfield, Mo.
For the Best Athlete, given by Louis
Barth, John Bosey Mayfield, Roland
Okla.
For Scholarship in the Lower
School, given by F. W. Pitcher, Will
lard Ashley Cartilage, Topeka, Kan
For Courtesy, Industry and Integ-
lrity, given by the Academy, Edwin
Witt, st. Louis, Mo.
I For the Best Theme of 1000
Words, given by Major J. c. Strock
Walter Stephenson, Of Enid, Okla.
Mrs. B. j. Epstein, Of Danville, Ill.
mother of Cadet E. S. Epstein, ther
sang very beautifully several selec-
tions, after which Col. e. Y. Bur
ton awarded the diplomas.
The awarding of the diplomas was
followed by the cornet solo, Simple
Aveu, played by Cadet Carroll Wax
with Miss Jane Rodgers as accom-
panist.
Taps, indicating the closing of the
school year, was sounded by the bu-
gle corps, followed by the playing Of
the Star Spangled Banner by the
band, and the program was concluded
by the sounding of reveille by the bu-
gle corps for the opening of the new
school year of 1917-191S.
Corporal We're Best Drilled
In the competitive drill for the best
drilled cadet held at the Academy or
Tuesday afternoon, cadet Corpora
Weire, of Tahoka, Mo-, a junior and {
member of Company B, under Capt.
Bossey Mayfield, was declared to b'
the best drilled cadet. Corpora
Weire is only sixteen years old and il
four feet eight inches tall.
The drill lasted only twenty min
utes; the last few minutes all the ca
diets with the exception of Cadet JohI
Krump and Corporal Weire were Ell
minated and these two drilled for tel
minutes before Krump went down.
The 1917 graduates are as follows:
Fred E Browning, Pacific, Mo.
Ernest M Sutphen, Chicago, Ill.
Carl M Bailey, Cleveland Ohio
John B MaSfield, Roland, 0klahom,
Clifford A Anderson, St. Louis, Mo.
Lyle G Wilson, Oklahoma City, Ok
Stanley L Brown, Chicago, Ill.
Ralph X Gholson, Broughton, Ill.
Earl L Miller, Springfield, Ill,
Walter L Stephenson, Enid, Oklahomi
Thomas B Anderson, Kansas City, Nc
Erwin M Huebsch, Chicago, Ill.
Donald R Shields, Loveland, Colorad
Benjamin S Dawson, Oklahoma Cit,
Louis C Buschman, St. Louis, Mo.
Luther w Terrett, Forsythe, Mont
Hugh L Van Meter, Van Meter, low
Steve G Goss, Kansas City, Mo.
C Warren Burden, Hutchinson, Kansa
Millington Smith, Jr., Okla. City
| William NJ Groves, Corder, Mo.
Ezekial S Epstein, Danville, Ill.
Herbert F Tiffen, Chicago, Ill.
George w Brickwell, Danville, Ill
Charles G Hamilton, Brougton, Ill.
J Ryland Rodes, Mexico, Mo.
The officers of the class are:
President, John B. Mayfield.
Vice-President, Thomas B. Ander
Ison.
| Secretary, Lyle C. Wilson.
| Treasurer, Ezekiel S. Epstein.
| Historian, Herbert F. Tiffen.