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Girls Drill With Sabers I rademark of Utah Corps to campus organizations, and serves as an active work group in the Salt Lake community. Sponsor Tea Positions in the Army Sponsors Corps will be filled this week. Applications Ap-plications can be completed at the "Sponsor Tea" 3:30 to 5 p.m. this afternoon in Union 304. This will be the only opportunity for girls to fill out applications. Any female who is fully enrolled at the University Uni-versity is eligible. The tea will also give hopefuls a chance to meet new friends, discuss Corps programs, pro-grams, and ask questions. Appointments Appoint-ments for interviews (Wednesday and Thursday) will be made at the tea. "Interviews are designed to measure mea-sure poise, intelligence, and personality," person-ality," said Major Jan Diehl of the Corps. Group Expands "Previously there have been only 35 members of the group, but the number this year will be raised to 40," said Stahlman. Selected girls will receive corsages cor-sages from Cadets on Sunday. Yearly projects include organizing organiz-ing various social events for R.O.T.C. Cadets (as well as helping the Cadets in other ways), assisting ing blood drives, serving as ushers at all campus social functions and visiting patients at various hospitals. Editor's Note: This is the first of three articles spotlighting military girl sponsor groups. Today's organization: organiza-tion: The Army Sponsors Corps. By DAVE ROWLAND Chronicle Staff Writer "It's twice as hard to drill with a saber, but our Girls Drill Team uses them," commented Major John Stahlman, advisor of the girls army sponsor corps. Sponsor Corps Saber Drill Team is the only organization of its kind in the country, according to Major Stahlman. About three years ago, the military decided to initiate the special team. However, the sabers used for the team's drilling purposes pur-poses cost more than thirty dollars apiece. "To solve the problem, we wrote letters to many retired army officers offi-cers and requested the donation of their sabers," recalled Stahlman. Beats Buying Sabers "The response was overwhelming. overwhelm-ing. Here were retired army gentlemen, gentle-men, in the army for 70 years, who were overjoyed at the idea of donating do-nating their sabers to us. In the end we beat the problem of having to buy them for our girls." Girls drill team is selected from Sponsor Corps members according to individual interest and ability. It is the only subsidiary of the Corps. Army Sponsor Corps is a service organization functioning to help the Army ROTC. It provides assistance |
