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Show CADET DRILL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL Cadet drill at the high school commences com-mences Monday afternoon, when 150 boys from nil four clusses will be assembled for instruction. Tho drill this year will bo pushed as much as possible, and the plans are rathiii- extensive. The recruit strength this year will bo larger than ever" a" 225 boys will take up the work for the first time. The now boys this year aio all bIzuh, ranging frpm -I foot to a little over fi feet. The lineup Friday Fri-day urtornoon wns almost n city block long and it measured over 100 feet longer long-er thun the battalion front last year. Tho Increnso over last year's battalion will be cIosq to 100, but ns the campus where the drilling Is held has boon enlarged en-larged tho maneuvers can easily bo-car-rlecl out. The organization will consist of four companies, averaging close to 100 strong, Tho hanil will he a feature this year and will be twenty-five strong. At present every needed Instrument Is represented rep-resented by a boy who has had experience. experi-ence. The trumpet, and drum corps will each have ten inemhors- The ofllcera' corps will number twenty. Jt is tho plan to make tho work as different and Interesting Inter-esting as possible, and this work will be-in be-in ohnrgo of Captain Clawson. Competition Competi-tion between companies along as many lines as possible will bo held, and tho winning company will be awarded tho trophy cup won by A company last yonr. Shooting will be tho feature of the work, and not only will It ho open to cadets, but every boy In school will bo given a chance. If the piuscnt plans hold, every boy In school will ho required to shoot a curtain number of shots, 30 as to EOt a line on tho shooting of the boys as n whole. The cadet range Is In the Union building and IL Is modern In every respect re-spect After a courso of Instruction, tho beat shots wjll bu selected and a team organized, so us to comnolo In tho national na-tional match which Is held between high schools throughout the country. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Paul Pnrmerlee will have charge of iho shooting. Tho quartermaster department de-partment will be under Lieutenant Paul Ray, who was ciuartcrmastor-cergonnt lust year. Captain Webb will bo assisted by LcRoy Warthmnn as captain and adjutant. Some of tho features along the line of entertainment during tho year will bo tho annual cadet hop at the Oilcan In March; tho annual governor's day near tho close of tho year, and tho now stunt this yeur will bo a huge circus In tho ispring. . . |