Show Department Notes The riiliUir Department The new college year begins with a good prospect for a strong battalion of three full companies with band artillery detachments and a signal squad Tile enrollment of new cadets is per greater bv at least twenty-fiv- e this at last of cent than that year time The great success of our rifle team in gaining first place in the competition last summer lias aroused much interest in target practice The scores made bv the ten most expert shots which constituted the College Rifle Team were as follows : Inter-Collegia- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 te Private I J Anderson Private II Lowry Private L R Dobbs Lieut F R Jenson Corpl C T Darlev Corpl J D Carr Scrgt S II Rich Capt F D Thatcher First Sergt E E Cox Capt T Johnston Total 49 46 45 43 45 43 42 43 39 37 43- - Eacli member of the team won the regulation silver marksman's badge Private Anderson secured the first prize of five dollars and Pvt Lowry carried off the commandant's prize of four dollars for the greatest number of hull’s eyes The L’niversity of California which for a number of years had scored highest came in second with 418 points Pennsylvania military at the foot of the list was college with 310 points while a number of western colleges ranged between the two The targets have been repaired and it is probable that some will he develmore oped during the next month Capt Styer spent three weeks in California during vacation attending the army manoeuvres as an umpire Many of the problems relating to advance and rear guard patrol outpost duty etc will he practically solved by the battalion when sufficient progress has been made in company drill Some envious musical critics claim that Carter’s “sheet-iro- n hand’’ is responsible for the new cracks in the east wall of the shop buildings The roof appears to be safe The artillery detachment will drill twice a week so as to be able to fire a salute when necessary The model of their field pieces is only about forty years behind those used bv the Japs against the Russians sharp-shoote- rs |