The ROTC Review

mm The ROTC Review STETSON UNIVERSITY 14 March 1958 Page One Military Week Highlights Year ROTC QUEEN CHOSEN TOMORROW Stetson's annual Military Week which concludes tomorrow, features many varied activities on and around the campus. One of the highlights is choosing the queen. The young lady chosen for this honor is presented at the Military Ball and reigns,as queen for the coming year. Mrs. Terry Hollingsworth, formerly Miss Lynn Ezell, serves as present queen until one of the candidates is crowned at the Military Ball. Chosen by the different sororities on campus, these candidates are sponsored by the companies and staff of the Battle Group. Women vieing for this year's honor are: Miss Trilby Barber who hails from Forest City, N.C. She is a member of Delta, Delta, Delta Sorority, majoring in Business education. Trilby holds the titles of Miss Rutherford County and Miss Ponce DeLeon Springs and represented her home county for the Miss North Carolina and Miss Apple Harvest Festival. Miss Susan Beall, a sophomore from Miami, claims membership in Pi Beta Phi sorority of which she is president. Susan is majoring in biology and is active in Pan Hellenic Council and on the news staff of the Stetson Reporter. Miss Cherry Dell, whose home is in Orlando, is vice-president of her sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha, and is secretary of Women's Council at Stetson Hall, A few of her interests include the debate team, and Stetson Player's Guild. Miss Carolyn McCullers is a freshman from Greenville, S. C. She is a member of Phi Mu Sor- (Continued on Page Two) Trilby Barber Susan Beall Who Will Be Queen? Vote Tomorrow At The Military Ball Cadets Given Awards At Parade Jerrie Moretz Friday, February 21, the Stetson ROTC Battle Group paraded onto the military field in company mass to present a review in honor of the alumni returning to the campus for Homecoming and Founder's Week. At this time two cadets of the ROTC unit received awards. They were Cadet Lt. Col. Charles C. Gerding, of Schenectady, New York, and Cadet First Lieutenant Philip D. Yonge, Jr., of Miami. These awards were presented by R. M. Byrnes of the DeLand Post No. 6 American Legion and Commander Malcolm Sullivan of the DeLand Post, Veteran of Foreign Wars. Gerding received the Legion award for being outstanding Stetson cadet at the 1957 summer amp at Ft. Benning, Ga. Yonge was given the Veteran of Foreign Wars award as outstanding rifle marksman. Yonge was high man in his company at summer camp, scoring 226 point? out of a possible 250. He was one of ten high cadets in the M-l rifle firing for the entire camp. One of the highlights of this event was presentation of the candidates for Queen of the Military Ball to be held tomorrow night. The candidates, representing different social sororities on Stetson's campus, are Miss Jerrie Moretz, representing Alpha X: Delta; Miss Susan Beall, Pi Beta Phi; Miss Freddie Munday, representing Alpha Chi Omega: Miss Trilby Barber, Delta Deltg Delta; Miss Carolyn McCullers representing Phi Mu; and Mis; Cherry Dell, Zeta Tau Alpha. BALL FEATURES SPACE MOTIF Cherry Dell Carolyn McCullers Inspection Set April 28-2S Cadets from the ROTC unit are working toward the Annual Federal Inspection held April 28- 29. The inspecting team is made up of Army Officers from Third Army Headquarters, Ft. McPher- son, Atlanta, Ga. During the two day inspection, the team will visit classrooms, attend drill, inspect weapons in the arms room, and review the military office. The unit will th°n be graded on its proper training afficiency, drill performance, and cadet appearance. Stetson has always received i 'ligh rating from the Inspectior and is working toward another one this year. Freddie Munday The most spectacular ROTC Military Week in Stetson's history began Monday afternoon March, 10, with a parade by the cadet battle group honoring the City of DeLand and the University community. The week's activities will be concluded tomorrow night, March 15, with the 8th annual Military Ball. Monday afternoon there was an Army exhibit sent to Stetson ROTC unit by the Florida Military District headquarters. This display was open to the public. An ROTC summer camp movie and a combat film were presented in Allen Hall Tuesday evening to add to the military atmosphere of the week. Thursday from 3-5 p.m. the ROTC headquarters held open house and presented a weapons display. Society Holds Banquet Scabbard and Blade, national military fraternity, holds its annual banquet in the Stetson Room of the Union building tonight. Captain Lionel A. Arthur, commanding officer of the Sanford Naval Air Station, will be the guest speaker; and Miss Fat McBride will provide the entertainment. This banquet is held each year along with Military Week in honor of the military seniors. Gene Briggs served as chairman for the banquet. The 8th annual Military Ball scheduled for 8:30-12:30 tomorrow night, at the DeLand National Guard Armory, will feature an Outer Space theme in conjunction with the rapid progress being made by all branches of the Service in missiles and satellites. Crown Queen Midway through the Ball, Scabbard and Blade will tap ten new members from the junior class (Continued on Page Three) Battle Group Replaces Battalion Beginning this spring semester Stetson's eight -year-old battalion changed into a Battle Group. The change results from the U. S. Army's over-all plan to equip and man units to fight an atomic war. ROCID — what is it? It is the Army's shorthand for "Reorganization of the Cui'rent Infantry Division." Reorganizing an Infantry division is *no small problem; thus, it's no surprise to learn that the planning for the reorganization has taken several years to ^ork out. The enormity of the problem becomes more real when we think of a division in terms of the number of men involved; -;ome 17,460 of them! The battle group comes into the picture when we examine the division's components — how it's made up. Battle group is the next smaller unit of the new division, taking place of both the regiment and battalion. Five of these battle groups make up a new division. Tailored Units Each attacks" as part of the division, but is capable of independent actions for limited periods. Its counterpart in World War II was the task force, and the regimental combat team in Korea. Both units were tailored for individual needs and fought independent actions. In turn, the battle group breaks down into another five component unit: four rifle companies, along with headquarters company. This is the present setup for the Stet- (Continued on Page Four)