Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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THU RlliI.li TEAM, Corps Area champions in 1941. were unable to repeat this year. Top Row: Lieutenant Harold Ford, coach of the team, Paul Gibson, Douglas Dailey, Arthur Draper, Sam Blane. Clii'lioril Heller, Donald Mc- Kamy. Glenn Gore. lioturm Row: Russell lireeburg, Kun- the jockeys disappeared cross-country in- stead of completing the race. About the only activity of the military department which could be called an extra- curricular is the rifle team. In 1941 the Knox team had an 713 unusually fine season. R, It won the Corps We Area match against 72604 such schools as the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan. This year's team was not as phenomenally successful, nevertheless it came through the season with a creditable record. In the Corps Area match the defending champions were able to do no better than sixth this year. The captain of the team, Art Draper, shot the top score for the Knoxitesg the other nine positions were red by Dwight Crandell, Cliff Heller, Sam lane, Paul Gibson, Ed Steller, Bill Rippey, lenn Gore, Don McKamy, and Charles aker. The match was won by the Uni- ersity of Illinois. This same team fired a houlder-to-shoulder match with the Knox nctli Hawkins, Dwight Crandall, Robert Stoerzbach, Hd- ward Stellar, Robert Wfalton, Charles Baker, and Williani Rippey. Four of the top marltsmen of the team. Draper, Heller, Blane, and Mcliamy, are graduating seniors this year. men on the Alumni Hall range during the spring. The visitors were again vic- torious. The Hnal shoulder-to-shoulder match was Hred against Coe and was part of the second annual quadrangular meet between Coe, Knox, Ripon, and St. Norbert's Col- lege. This time the Knox team came through with a decisive win. Draper, Cran- dell, Rippey, McKamy, and Blane shot the five top scores. Lieutenant Ford again coached the rifle team. He was assisted by Staff Sergeant R. E. Cook of the military department. Another competition in which the R. O.T.C. takes part each year is the election of the battalion and company sponsors. A committee of military students from each fraternity and the Union nominates a group of co-eds early every fall, all R.Oi.T.C. men vote for their choice. This year Janet Darr was chosen bat- talion sponsor and Martha Welsh, Ida Anne Stambaugh, Lorayne Frickey, and Jane Baker represented the four companies. The live girls were first presented at a parade in 21

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ert Allison of the battalion staff. The four companies were commanded by Cadet Cap- tains Art Draper, Sam Blane, Clifford Heller, and Floyd Fulle. The honorary organization for ad- vanced military stu- C dents is Scabbard and Blade, a national so- ciety. The Knox A , chapter was establish- ed in 1923. Fifteen members are elected from the junior class each year by the senior members. The most important function of Scab- bard and Blade is the sponsorship of the Military Ball. QThis year's Ball is dealt with on page 23.5 Other social functions of the society include a Tea in the fall, a picnic, and a dinner. The members take care of campus decorations at Homecom- 20 ing, and this year Scabbard and Blade spon- sored a Chapel program. Sam Blane served as president during the year. Other officers were Cliff Heller, vice-president, Bob Engstrom, treasurer, and Bucky Swise, secretary. One of the campus' most picturesque traditions is the 'linstruction week for Scabbard and Blade pledges. The victims carry wooden swords and ride wooden horses back and forth from their various posts in front of campus buildings where they patrol the sidewalks and call out the guardn for senior members of Scabbard and Blade and professors. This year, as usual, sub-zero temperatures were arranged for the week during which the guard duty was assigned. The climax of the week, a race around the Court House on the wood- en horses, was a failure this year because i.1 -no A KIM 1--r yy L .ijxirx l iw i lifkl B.'l.lIV.r'V .till lr.-ii-ii -s .l luv .L Z. N i-li.. .ii lui wilt! If 1 llf. W 5.:l'f'm.m liLl.!::i' ITU ir: l :N-cl, l-.mfg fi-.ili?wv'i lilll l

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the fall, after the unit had passed in review before them, a tea-dance was held in their honor in Seymour Hall. In their smooth white dresses and purple and gold capes, the sponsors also added color to the Military Day parade late in the spring. But the biggest affair over which they presided was the annual Mili- Y tary Ball held on Feb- ruary 20. The Mil Ball is sponsored by Scabbard and Blade and always meets with the success which characterizes every ac- Spawmu Nm! the Md Ak!! 22 Tllli SPONSORS of the Knox R,O.T.C. unit :ire chosen by vote of the men in the unit. Only senior girls are elected. jam Unrr was battalion spon- sorg ,lane linker, Lurnyne liricls- ey, Ida Anne Stfimbuugli, and Martha Welsh were sponsors for companies U, C, B, and A, re- speetively. AT Tllli lililX-DANCE held by the military department ,Enl- lowing the first presentation of llie sponsors, oilieers Engstrom :intl Allison carefully look after Llie interests of sponsors W'elsl1 1 :intl llzirr. Meanwhile, Cliff Hel- ler cuts xi very military rug with 1 sponsor Snunbnugli. tivity of the military department. The highpoint of this year's affair wa the attendance of Dwight H. Green, gov ernor of Illinois, who presented Chicag Tribune medals to outstanding student in the Knox unit. Sam Blanc, a senior, Joh Campbell, a junior, and Lloyd Mason, sophomore, were so honored. During the ceremonies preceding ch governor's presentation, fifteen junior me were officially pledged to Scabbard an Blade by battalion sponsor Darr. The fina presentation of the evening came as a com plete surprise to the recipient: Colone