Arizona republican., 1922-03-11


turned to its position at the head OF
the column, the flag lowering cere-
mony took place and retreat was
sounded by the buglers. The regl-
ment then passed in review. Bat
talon officers dropped from the llns
of march as their commands passed
the reviewing stand, resumlng theiI
proper stations after they had passed,
In the review. the procession was
unchanged. the band heading the line
of march. followed by the first bat
talon, the color bearers ana tne
second battalion.
There was not a hitch to mar the
entire ceremony. which was the Dig
cest military undertaking ever at
tempted by cadets of Phoenix Union
high school. The parade and review
was a credit to the cadets and cadet
officers as we'll as the military in
structors of the high school. only
cadets of Phoenix high participated IN
the regimental parade and review.
Exhibitions BY Girls
Exhibitions by girls Of the physical
training classes of the Phoenix high
school were next on the program.
Miss Margaret Hurley was In charge
of the first two groups, consisting OF
dumb bell and Indian club exercises.
Miss Terrell directed the tandum
wand drill and Miss Gene Armstrong
the single wand drill These exhlol-
tions were unusually well staged.
Platoon drill contests developed
keen competition. In the armed
drills. platoons from Tempe Normal
school and company A of platoon one
of Phoenix high school, were the con-
testants, the Tempe boys winning
first prize.
In the unarmed drills, the midget
platoon from Company +, platoon
one, of the Phoenix Indian school,
won first, with Company G OF the
second platoon OF Phoenix high
school finishing second, Other en-
trants were Company !, platoon one,
Phoenix high school and Company Z,
platoon one, Phoenix high school.
Fifteen cadets were entered in the
manual OF arms contest, which de-
veloped the best competition of the
day. So close was the competition
that the officer in command of the
contestants was obliged to resort TO
all kinds of trickery in an endeaVor
to eliminate the men. After ne nad
exhausted his own supply OF trick
commands, he went into consultation
with judges and a trick was devised
that caught all but one Of the seven
remaining contestants. The lone sur
yivor was John Nixon of Phoenix
Union High, was awarded first prize
1t was declared one of the best man
ual of arms contests ever held in
the state.
In the contest for second and third
places, Austin of Tempe Normal took
second and Harold Poe OF Phoenix
third.
In the armed squad drill. the TEN
pc Normal squad won first place
| from a field OF four contestants
| Second place went to squad iron
| Company b, second platoon. Phoeni1
| High school. Company A, first pla'
toon. and Company G. first platoon
were other contestants. The Temps
squad was almost perfect in its work
showing the results of long and care
| full training.
l. A squad from Company G. frs
| platoon of Phoenix High school, woI
| first place in the unarmed squad drill
contest A squad from Company II
| first platoon, Phoenix High, was sec
ond. Other contestants were squadi
| from Company z. first platoon
| z
platoon. Phoenix Indian school.
Every one of the IA runners wh'
| started in the cross country run owe
a mile course finished. Lev
Reed, a senior, headed the field hom'
! after trailing for two-thirds or IN
| distance. The course lead the ath
letes once around the track, then ou
| on Taylor street to Eleventh, nortl
| on Eleventh to Fillmore, west oil
Fillmore to Ninth and south on Mint
to gate and half way back arouni
! the track to the place of beginning
Jay Wolman, a junior, finished sec
ond. and Ellis Daniel. a sophomore
third.
Centepeds Race
Members OF the band won the cen
tipede race with platoon No. / Q
Company A, second.
In the shoe scramble. j. Drigg
was first, j. Slaughter second an
Kelly Seidel. third. The obstacl
race was won by B. Freezner OF tn
band with Miles Roberts, also OF tn
band, second.
The inter-schooi relay race. at
distance of approximately a quartz
OF mile. was won by Phoenix Hig
school. Mesa High was second, Ten
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school fourth. Mckinney, anchC
man for the Coyotes, finished easil
90 feet ahead of the Mesa runner.
Skousken, running for Mesa. g
away to a good start and gave II
| Gateway city team a lead OF near
10 feet, but the distance was lost
the exchange of the stick. The Pho'
nix runners were never headed there
| after. Brown, Heard. Barton al
Mckinney ran in the order named 4
| | Phoenix. Shousken, Clark. Randa
and Scott ran for Mesa High.
l Members Of Faculty
| Members of the high school facul
who are responsible for the succe
Of the field day are:
Major Claude Decatur Jones, cor
mandant; Cadet Major Weston
Carpenter in charge OF regiment
parade and review; Cadet Captain
f. Percival, officer in charge OF
field day exercises; Captain r
Robinson, in charge of athletic co
tests: Captain l.. r. Lehigh in char
of novelty sports; Captain j.
Doran, in charge OF guards and ha
ding of crowd; Captain r. l.. Dyk
and Percy Eastburne. instructor
Major Jesse F. McComb. comman
ing second battalion: Captain Jam
Shelley, in charge of prizes and re
ords.
The student officers who put
the regimental parade were:
Acting Colonel Charles Wartma
regimental adjutant, Mel II. Hi
acting major, first battalion, Lie
tenant Pearson; adjutant, first bs
TALON, Captain II. Horton; acti
major. second battalion. Captain /
land Nelson; adjutant, second bs
TALON, Lieutenant J. ID. Loper, j
cadet captains, Davis, ToWnsel
FIickinger. Achauer, McGarr, She
maker and many other cadet office
Of lower rank. Lieutenant Clark Du
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