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Show Since the weather has been better bet-ter lately, the ROTC Co.'s have been going outside for their classes. They have been practicing practic-ing for the final inspection and battalion review that will be held on South's field, May 9, by order of Lt. Colonel Gent. Since the cadets are having the review next Tuesday, if the weather wea-ther permits, they have had this week to get their uniforms cleaned. clean-ed. Awards for cadet of the year, best dressed cadet of the year, and winer of the citizenship contest will be given at the review. Also will be given awards for the best-drilled best-drilled company, the best-drilled platoon, and the best-drilled individual. indi-vidual. A colonel will be chosen from one of the schools and he will be presented with a saber. The inspecting officer is not known and his identity will not be revealed until the day of the parade. pa-rade. This review will take the place of the annual regimental review, when all the schools meet in the University of Utah Stadium. East High School is having their review re-view on May 8, and West High School will have theirs on May 10. Since the rookies at this review are all from South, the student body will bet out of school in the morning to see the marching. (And no stuffing fela's.) The review will consist of an inspection of the four companies, the parade in review before the inspecting officer, and calisthenics calisthen-ics drills, under the direction of Cadet Major Ralph Pyper. Then individuals will be drilled and quizzed on the manuals and squads will be given extended order or-der drill. These squads will be picked at random, so the officers have been drilling In extended order or-der lately. Since B company is the honor company, (and we hope to keep it), they will carry the guns at all the parades this year. D company com-pany will probably lug 'em at the review Tuesday. (Good thing they don't weigh 9 pounds like the real guns.) Let's all show up for this big doings. The rookies have been practicing for a long time for this, so let's give them an audience so that they'll have rewards for their efforts. |