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Show ROTC Companies Parade In Annual Inspection not be known until July, whether or not the school will receive an honor rating for meeting the requirements. re-quirements. PROMOTIONS LISTED On Monday, May 15, some promotions pro-motions and transfers were made. Lt. Col. Larsen ! was transferred ! to the Regimental Regiment-al Headquarters Staff. Gordon Howard was promoted pro-moted from major ma-jor to Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Colpjiel, to replace Larson as Battalion Commander. Com-mander. Wallace Livingston was advanced from By Cadet Major Cliff Tatterson On May 9, the annual inspection inspec-tion was held at South, on the football field. The inspecting officer of-ficer was Captain Benson of the University of Utah Senior R.O.T.C. Captain Benson was accompanied by Captain Murphy and Lt. Ronald Ron-ald Sundquist of the Junior R.O.T.C. Headquarters. Among the distinguished vistor was Lt. Col. Ramsey, officer in charge of the R.O.T.C. for the nine western states. The inspection began at 9:15 with a look at the records and facilities. During this time, the inspecting party visited the principal. prin-cipal. At 10:00 the battalion was formed for a personal inspection. During this time cadets were designated des-ignated for oral and written examinations, ex-aminations, to be given in the afternoon. af-ternoon. At the conclusion of the personal person-al inspection, various squads and platoons participated in close order or-der drill and extended order drill. The extended order platoon was commanded by Cadet Lt. Don Le-favor. Le-favor. The extended order squad was commanded by Staff Sgt. Claude Purles. The scouting and patrolling was under the direction direc-tion of Captain Melvin Knapton. At 11:15 the battalion was reformed re-formed for Mass Physical Calisthenics. Calis-thenics. They were under the orders or-ders of Major Ralph Pyper. AWARDS PRESENTED During the parade, awards were given to the outstanding cadets of the year. The awards were presented pre-sented to the following: Outstanding commissioned officer, offi-cer, Lt. Col. Boyd Larsen. Outstanding nan - Commissioned officer, Corporal Kenneth Martin. Best drilled cadet in the city schools, Corporal O'Neil Ras-mussen.v Ras-mussen.v Outstanding cadet of the school, Pfc. Spencer Simons. Best dressed cadet, Pfc. Bob Maaga. Cadet Lt. CoL Captain Adjut-Howard Adjut-Howard ant to Major to occupy Col Howard's position as Battalion Executive. Lawrence Johnson, captain of the honor company, was promoted to Battalion Bat-talion Adjundant. William Meine was advanced from 1st lieutenant to Captain commanding Company C. Transferred to the Commandant's Command-ant's staff was Captain George Littke. Replacing him is Marvin Rapp, who was made a Captain. Thomas Judd, of Company C. was promoted from Staff Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant. CADETS PARADE FOR WAO In honor of the Women's Army Corps' second birthday, the ROTC cadets paraded last Monday for the citizens of Salt Lake. The members of the three city high schools made up a large portion of the paraders. The prospective officers for next year have been meeting this week. The early gatherings are for the purpose of advanced training. train-ing. Under the guidance of Sgt. Redmond, the annual officer's party is taking shape. The affair is being planned for Saturday, May 20. Dancing ana reiresn-ments reiresn-ments are the chief attraction of this commissioned officers' event. Citizenship awards, Sgt. Ross Pyper and Corporal Duane Lund. Outstanding company, Company B, Captain Lawrence Johnson, commanding. - -....During the afternoon, the cadets ca-dets who had been previously designated reported to a classroom class-room for the oral andd written tests. These cadets constituted a major part of the inspection. This inspection is classed as one of the most important events of the year for the cadets. It will |