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Show ROTC News , Officers, New Commandant Take Over Battalion Test Proves Officers Officers of South's ROTC battalion, bat-talion, who were chosen by the former for-mer commandant of South, Sgt. James R. McNair, Thursday, Oct. 1, have been working rapidly to become acquainted with their cadets. Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Poul-son Poul-son has taken over as the new student stu-dent leader of the cadets at South. He, like the other 125 senior rookies rook-ies at South, took the examination that determined who the officers would be. Lt. Colonel Poulson will be aided by Cadet Major David McLelland. This is the list that was posted by Sgt. McNair prior to liis departure de-parture on Sundav. as 1st Lienten- I in rank, Lieutenant Evan Mitchell, J is also greeted on his arrival at South. First Lieutenant Mitchell has spent several years on the Mexican border, and only recently transferred trans-ferred to this branch of the service. Sgt. Redmond, formerly a member mem-ber of the senior ROTC at the University of Utah, has also seen service in the 38th Infantry Unit. He said, "My interests in ROTC are varied. I expect to make South as good an ROTC outfit as Sgt. McNair Mc-Nair has made it in previous years. My aim is to build a unit that will gain the national honor rating plus the admiration of Salt Lake City. I am especially interested in crack drill teams, both sabre, rifle, and marching. I hope the cadets of South's battalion will give me their full support." It appears that this new Sergeant Ser-geant knows what he is talking about, and that South's ROTC battalion bat-talion will benefit by his presence. Welcome, Sgt. Redmond, and Lt. Mitchell, to South high. A couple of years ago 'twas bull-i bull-i dog haircuts which caught the 'fancy' of South's Fancy Dans. Now they've moved in the opposite di-restion di-restion with hair that is fully six inches longer than normal . . . It's a period like this one which get ye R O T C officers buffaloed. ft I l-l I.I !! I.I ,, I.I ,-, ,, ,,.,T, ant, to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.: Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Poulson. Poul-son. ) Major Dave McLelland. Captain Bn. Adj. Royal Neil-son. Neil-son. 1st Lieutenant Asst. Bn. Adj. Chal Goss. Captain of Plans and Training Jimmy Glezos. 1st Lieutenant Supply Officer Glenn Durfee. Captains: Co. "A," Roy Marsh. Co. "B," Junior Freenettte ; Co. "C," Frank James. Co. "D," Ross Bird-sell. Bird-sell. The Second Lieutenants by the company that they are in: Co. "A," Milton Hollstein, Delbert Atwood, Mel Hanson, Ray Suter. Co. "B," Jimmie Neeley, Dick Lund, Larry-Heath, Larry-Heath, Paul Curtis, Co. "C," Keith Karren, Leland Smith, Bob Collins, Boyd Fullmer. Co. "D," Hayden Gallacher, Wayne Stokes, Eldon Monson, Max Christenson. The officers of the band are: Captain, Cap-tain, Bill Jukes; 1st Lt, JacX Jukes, 2nd Lt., Melvin Spjut. On the conclusion of the officers' test, the Sergeant said, "If there are any of you fellows that feel that you haven't been given a fair deal, I'll be glad to show you the score you got on the test, just to prove my point." New Sergeant and Lieutenant Welcomed South greets Sgt. Paul D. Redmond Red-mond as the new commandant for the ROTC battalion. He has started start-ed to reorganize the battalion into the type of a unit that he insists upon. His chief aid and a superior |