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Show ROTC Cadets Receive Staff Advancement Commissioned First Lieutenants, Sherman Thorpe and Kenneth Hubbard joined the staff of officers offi-cers of the South high school R 0 T C battalion. They will assist in directing personnel of the battalion. bat-talion. Band officers recently were appointed ap-pointed by Armont Willardson George Tashima rose to a staff position po-sition as a Cadet Captain. First Lieutenant ranking was awarded to Frank Michels, and Burton Ar-rington Ar-rington received commission of Second Lieutenant. Earl Middle-miss Middle-miss was promoted from Second to First Lieutenant. Theoretical work continues in all classrooms, with junior cadets receiving instruction in the national na-tional defense acts and citizenship. Seniors are engaged in studying musketry. With a successful appearance at Irving lower division high school having "baptised by fire" members mem-bers of drill teams, they are making mak-ing the Cadet Hop their main objective. ob-jective. Cadet Major Stanley Smith and Cadet Sergeant Jamest Ti dwell are guiding junior drill' team cadets and Cadet Lt. Col. Keith Best is guiding formations of the officers' sabre team. A possibility of a mimeographed regular newssheet for the battalion batta-lion has been suggested by the staff. All members of the battalion batta-lion who are journalistically inclined in-clined have been invited to apply for staff positions. DID YOU KNOW? Gymnasium is a Latin word that has its origin in the Greek gym-nazein, gym-nazein, from gymnos, which means (of all things!) "without a stitch of clothes on!" In the gymnasiums of ancient Rome and Greece it was customary to exercise while nude. It's hard to believe that, literally, a nudist camp can be called a gymnasium, gym-nasium, but it's true! Tribune. |