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Show ' R O. T. C. >^jHE most essential quality of a military man V*/is leadership. Without it he is of little value. Leadership is developed by the exercise first of one's intelligence in learning the operation, then by the exercise of actual command. To this end, students in the R. O. T. C. first learn the groundwork of military life. They are "buck privafes in the rear rank." They learn the Field Artillery game. Then they come into the positions of command. The sections, platoons, batteries, battalions and regiment are all in the hands of student officers, who are selected on a merit basis, and must evidence the power of leadership to succeed. The excellence of the unit under the command of Colonel Walter Campbell, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Kooyman, Majors Edwin Neuhart and Hayden Schettler, and the subordinate officers attests their ability. With such able student commanders and with the direction of Major Batson and his instructional staff, the regiment has lived up to the reputation earned last year when it was given a Distinguished College Rating. The great objectives of military training in the university include the inculcation of high ideals, the development of character and team work, and the development of leadership and the ability to handle men. The Regimental staff of this year included Daniel Kooyman, second in command, Hunter, Rigby, Woolley, Groebli, Ryan, Mitchell, and Tufts. A Cadet Colonel Walter Campbell Regimental Commander '^tgSS-'^ :.~ -mi/'i :.....¦-££ m W: 4* Jill, Kooyman, Hunter, Rigby, Woolley, Campbell, Groebli, Ryan, Mitchell, Tufts. •QiO-OTJ nxa-i [165] |