Georgetown University - Ye Domesday Booke Yearbook (Georgetown, DC)

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' 'x x 3iTNNTNTWw?mwN ,....v....-its kwa Q. X xx, NWN-ya ........, X ...X sem ....:..--::::'t' Q- X sa - . . .- . -s-e g't'w N--N Q x .N Ellie iKPzrruP Chflirera' 'raining Qlnrpz HE Reserve Officers' Training Corps was established in 1919 at -Qc 'fi- the College. It followed the Student Army Training Corps, which was organized during the Viforld XVar, and which was dis- gg-ge,-Q,-liiblg banded shortly after the signing of the Armistice. The purpose of the R. O. T. C. is to provide a system. of military training and instruction in the colleges and universities of the country with a view to qualify the students as reserve officers in the Army of the United States. The reserve officers, according to the National Defence Act of 1920, are the skele- ton of the Army in times of peace, and the neucleus in times of war. It is indeed a conservative form of preparedness. In order to receive a co-mmission as a reserve officer, the student must fulfill certain prescribed requirements, which include the regular course of studies at the college, and a four-year course in the R. O. T. C. The class, which graduates this year, will be the first to have completed the full four years 'at Georgetown, and will close the first chapter in the remarkable history of the unit. The enrollment has grown from 103 in 1919, to 316 in 19221 and in other respects as well its growth has been most unusual. In the second year of its existence at Georgetown, the school was placed on the list of distinguished colleges. This distinguished list is limited to not more than 20 per cent of the number of colleges and uni- versities in the United States maintaining R. O. T. C. units: and to achieve the honor of being on the list is the aim of every college. This year George- town is making a zealous effort to win again its place on the list. To Major VVilliam H. Hobson, U. S. A., commandant of the unit since 1919, and to his staff, is due the credit for this extraordinary growth and development. Major Hobson will graduate with the Class of '23, and will always share the good will and friendship of its members: and will be remem- bered, not only for his most efficient and capable service, but also for his interest in all the activities of the University. The faculty recognized what he had accomplished for the Georgetown R. O. T. C., and for the University as well, and conferred upon him, at Commencement in 1921, the degree of Doctor of Military Science. Major Hobson will carry with him the best wishes of all when he leaves Georgetown at the end of this school year. The most notable public appearance of the R. O. T. C. was Armistice Day, 1921. VVhen great tribute was being paid to the unknown soldier, not only by our own country, but by the other great nations of the world. George- town was singularly honored by an invitation from the XVar Department requesting our unit to represent in the parade, the R. O. T. C. units of the colleges and universities of the nation. This honor can be appreciated full g WN E33-9'-XMAE - - :::.:'- 't ve 'ef My xv- 'N -we -W N wx -W xv-rwmxw rx..-'Q gg sg A

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