Austin Peay State University - Yearbook (Clarksville, TN)

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chance for advancement in afield in which therelhavenW been many'wom en in. For the iiberated woman, it gives her the chance to be on an equal ciass with man. . ROTC cadets are involved in other activities besides books. They provide a color guard for home footbaii and basketbau games and fiag ceremonies at the University daiiy. The Austin Peay drili team has been officially designatu ed as Gov. Ray Blantonk Honory Coior Guard. In addition to the drii! team and color guard are the Rangers. Army ROTC offers a wide variety of extra- curricutar activities ranging from the award winning Drm Team to the eiite Ranger Companyf Paralfeling the ac- tive army rangers as the most rugged, challenging, and demanding training 01K fared, members of the Ranger Com- pany continue to be the best cadets in our program who find their jobs in the V active army easier as a result of the training Simpty put, they are better leaders. !?$ not easy to get in the Ranger Company, but if your good enough to quaiify you have no trouble Understanding the motto ?angers Lead The Way? , commented junior, 1. Paul Roberts and Denna Woodard don their gas masks in case the enemy uses gas warfare. 2. Jim Huggins. undoubtably a Ranger, decides that two in the hands means two in the beily .... and likes me decision 3. Carrie Wiggins and Paui Roberts are seemingly practicing for the mifitary ban. '

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Wasen Sowelt. , In addition to the different organiza- tions, there are three parties and a military ball held every year, Scholarships from the Army are highly competed for and Austin Peay receives more than its share. These scholarships pay for tuition, books and aHow the cadet $1000 in cash each year. Besides the chances for scholar- ships, another reason drows cadets. This is the superior performance shown by APSU's ROTC cadets at both the Advanced and Basic Camp help during the summer at which Austin Peay scored number one against such schools as Notre Dame and Pardue. Since its inception in the Fall of 1971, the program has grown from 64 cadets to 268. Like begets like and Col. McDermot and Maj. Langly, as well as the other members of the ROTC staff, must be gtven credit for. being worthy of emulation. You don't have to be a warmonger to admire a program best described as efficient, weft organized and above at! apparently of the highest quality. ROTC - many things to many peoe ple. , F81H 4. Donna Woodard and Kris Heffner board the bus after a long day at Fort Campbetl. 5. Mat Ericson. Dawn Hoffman, and Diane Beech wait, a little impatiently, for Carlyn Mitchell and Alicia Nyland to make 6t through the chow tine at an ROTC get- together. 6. tFronO Brenda Jackson, Brenda Teasley, tBacIO Paut Roberts. and Roy Head took on wearity as they wait their turn to scale the wail.