The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1922-06-02
FACE FOUR

ton. Shiny instruments. Small boys
clustering round with worshipful ad-
miration on their faces. And ther
the first selectionl A real band that
Perfect time, sweet harmony, excel
lent expression, wonderful tonesl
Piece after piece was played
march, a noble arrangement Of
hymns, an overture program al.
most equaling in pleasure and de-
light the grand concert Of Saturday
evening. 1t was one Of the most en-
joyabIe hours Of the day.
Sunday closed. A very, very slen-
der little new moon in the west.
"Fine moonlight for the home-cOm-
ing" The universal thought. Last
exams on the morrow. Books, taps,
quiet, darknessl And the night e v
cry "Just one more night left!" SOr-
~ or glad? Hard to tell. Glad,
we suppose-oh, but it's been a great
yearl" Snoresl
COMMEMORATIVE DRILLS
The climax of the military work of
the year came Monday afternoon
when the companies met in their last
competition in the competitive drills.
Without exaggeration, the exhibition
Of military work as staged at that
time by the Wentworth battalion was
perhaps the best that the school ever
had. The boys were in splendid
shape. They knew their business
through and through. They were an
Of what hard training and
a high morale can do and no one could
help feeling a swelling pride in the
accomplishment Of the year. Major
A. Stevens, Capt. J. D. Miley, and
T.. v. Ross, all from Fl. Leav-
enworth, were the judges and they
that although they had in
spected military work in several
schools this spring the W. M. A. drill
was by far the best that they had
seen.
Well, the old company rivalry was
present. Marine Hall, Main Bar
'acks, and West Barracks were fight
ng each other in that same old way, {
with the best of sportsmanship. {
even the parents in the large crowd t
ook sides and had heated arguments '
'ver the respective superiority Of {
A." 3D." or &C" according to the e
Ompany in which "the boy" hap t
ened to be in. And the enthusiastic s.
herring was frequent. "
First came the individual compel W
i've drill. Eight cadets from each Il
'mpany had been selected through a.
process of elimination and they W
ere to contest for the medal for the er
cadet in school. They W
hey took their places and the or d.
srs came thick and fast. One by b,
the men dropped out until En- ce
et Perude, G, E. Martin, and s. v. hi
'hite were left. Then Martin was a,
minated, and finally, after sever ia
commands, White made a tiny mis-
Ike which caught the eagle yes of w
Ie officers and Perdue was left alone ic
the victor. With a yell, his COM in
'des Of "a" Company bore him tri- al
mphantly from the field on their Of
loulders. Perdue and Martin were N
9TH four-year men, but White was lie
lily a one-year cadet. All hailed from IL
ansas City, though Perdue recent A
moved to New York. d,
The next thing in order was the W
'mpany drill. First, &C" Company VI
ok the field, commanded by Cadet S
Wenner, and Cadet Lieuten- II
It's Morley and Hood. Those boys "
It on a drill that was well-nigh per- H
ct. Every movement was full Of al
and precision. Platoon drill, lii
mpany drill, and extended order e,
IRE gone through so well that it 81
IS hard to see where there could f
any Improvement. And everyone la
when the Marine Hall boys cl
arched off amid cheers that they W
'uld be hard to beat.
Then "B," commanded by Cadet
pit. Watson and L~ieutenants Dough- N
y and Mathes, and "a" command r,
by Cadet Capt. Patrick and Lieu ~
lants Nail and Clammer, went 70
'ough the same movements. They No
showed the same high degree of -
cheney and each was cheered lusti- 10
when leaving the field. The judg- u.
then made known their decision 70
! when II was announced that &C" A..
! won, the whole company made bo
lush for Marine Hall to rout out 90,
ir captain, Wenner, who had fed
his modesty to his room. There f,l
their own barracks a jubilee of on
gratulations was held. "a" Com ~.
y took second place with only two ,ho
less than &c" and "B" won ths
low