NROTC University of Minnesota - Gopher Log Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Drum and Bugle Corps . . . FirsT Row: Adams, W, E.. 6roTh, N. E., Samuels, P. E. Second Row: MacDonald, C. D., Karinen, R. S. Ward, D. W.. Elliot A. L., Creekman. C. T., Coriman, J. L. lhird Row: Kaclc, K, E., Gaijdin, R. J., CarTwrighT, R. W., l-losTy, W. l.. Soukup, N., Nevins. R. G. Wirh The boom-boom OT The 'Z' large drum and The shrill blare oT The bugles, The drum and bugle corps gave The baTTalion The miliTary airs needed To give a liT+ To marching. lo Norm GroTh, Commander, The sounding oTT aT reviews was The Tinal resulT oT hard worlc. To Talce his mind oT'l This hard worlf, Norm wenT in Tor romance-ThaT blonde, curly hair oT his really senT The gals. f'XnoTher super-wolT wiTh The girls was NNarren 'll.awyer Adams, PeTTy QTTicer, TourTh class, whose innocenT appearance was a good camouTlage. He had Trouble wiTh Tl and diffi- culTies in malcing his shirTs give a weelc's service beTore laundering. ChieT PeTTy OTTicer Paul Samuels, Sexy To The boys, played The hoTTesT TrumpeT in The uniT. Sammy has quiTe an inTeresT in candids Trom KenTuclcy, which are really arTisTic. The home OT The drum and bugle corps, QuarTers Charlie, was The nervous cenTer OT The uniT, since iT was also l3aTTalion headquarTers.

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ROT-TLAND T-T. Tl-IOMSSEN afzfmfian cwdm BaTTalion Commander Rohland Thomssen, alias Nose, was The mosT versaTile Tour sTriper The uniT has had. WheTher iT was personiifying Lepidas aT a sTag, acTing as M.C. aT a GJ. Jamboree, or ironing ouT baTTalion problems, Bud served well. AlThough lcidded abouT his niclc-name, Bud always was smiling and ready Tor more. l-lis love oT good Tun never dulled, Trom his enTrance inTo The uniT To commissioning day. Bud's happy-go-luclcy aTTi- Tude was maTched by his high scholasTic and aTh- leTic abiliTies, and wheTher he be lcnown as Rohland, Bud, or Nose, They all add up To one grand guy. l,eTT: Terry, J. R., Sub-Commander: Lower CenTer: Thomsgen, R, I-I B H I Commander: Upper CenTer: EdgerTon, G. P., BaTTalion CPO, RighT Pezeisbonn Battalion Staff BeneaTh The digniTy oT swords and sabers, The baTTalion sTaTT was iusT good guys. BaTTalion Sub'Commander Jaclc Terry was always ready To leT down his hair Tor a hoT iive session, beaTing The skins and n'iuTTering 'ldu-wa du-wa wiTh ThaT hep, Tar-away loolr in his eyes. Russ PeTerson, BaTTalion AdiuTanT, would much raTher wash his TeeT, say his pray- ers, and hiT The saclc To dreamily TorgeT malcing ouT waTch lisTs. A new variaTion oT calling Tor The musTer reporT aT drills was inTroduced by Jawdge EdgerTon, BaTTalion ChieT PeTTy OTTicer, when he soTTly reguesTed, Companies Re- porrrrrrrrrrTl l-lowever, in carrying ouT Their numerous assigned duTies, The sTaTT deserves much crediT Tor a iob well done. Color Guard Under The consTanT surveillance oT every eye as They march, The color guard necessarily musT be craclc in all maneu- vers on The drill Tield. IT was True This Term. When drill was over, however, Jerry Casanova Dunn, PeTTy OTTicer, TirsT class, was cornpleTely saTisTied To spend The evening admiring The gallery oT Tormer sweeThearTs on his crowded loclcer door. Lanlcy Juel l-laugan, PeTTy OTTicer, second class, on The oTher hand, waTched his healTh very closely and during liberTy could invariably be Tound aT The T-lealTh Club Talcing The well- lcnown TreaTmenTs. Dunn and l'laugan were assisTed by second classmen John Chelgren and Bolo SmiTh, who acTed as guards Tor The colors. LeTT To RighT: Chelgren, J. l.., Dunn, l-laugan, J. K., and SrniTh, R. P. W. G., R. H., BaTTalion AdiuTanT. Q .... .Q K

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First Company Set away Trom the rest ot The battalion, Quarters Able A ' -35' 'if' --'ary' ' 'i T Tound that isolation had many advantages. Missing many ot the whirlwind in- spections by the 0.0.D. or 'i 7 -15 an eager-beaver J.0.0.W. was more than compensation Tor the extra distance that marching To class entailed. Clayton Sonmore, Petty QT- Ticer, Third class, liked Able because There weren't too many people watching when he gave his girl a goodenight kiss in tront oT quarters. Sonmore also had an unmatched attec- tion tor his liberty Card. Company Chiet Petty Otticer J. P. D. Lips Engstrom tinally Threw over- board his orderly and digniTied way ot lite. lt Caught unprepared by NTT in a law class, he would go on a Cheap drunk by spinning himselt into dizzi- ness. STeuy's Marv Moran, Company Commander, had Trouble arranging her picture to get The best L At- f- 'I L ' 'C wt fc..- iw. :-.-:' gg :yi-Q ,il It T, F-4:41. -'- ' 1' 9:51 -'ff . s ' '- h ur-,p, , ,fill 'ap ,, XX '36 ' ' '67 9' 'rl K . 1, , -iii.. If Qt Iii if ' ,. 1 -5. . l 295' - 12512511 5034 1554 1 L'?r5T'i 'Z 'ii - J . I iq, -H- tw ' Jmwr-HAH . . . First Platoon view ot his Pi Phi lovely. When not hard at work on The LCG, Milt Bellis, Petty Otticer, tirst class. took time out to pertect his Mortimer Snerd voice. Exercise, Exercise, Earl Mahachek's maior interest did not keep this platoon commander trom having another interest in The Waves quarters. Straight shooting Art Derllerian was usually pretty tight- iioped, but when the topic ot conversation was Navy, Art Could really turn out a stream ot tacts. First Row: Wundernnan R. L. Engstrom, J. P, D., Moran M. E. Mahaohek E. L. Second Row: Bellis M. B. Sonmore, C. E.. Burnann, G, A., Dolan W. S. T-tier, S. V., Saltz t-l. VV. Third Row: Poehler, A. Rosenow A. l-l. Clark, R. E, Elliott, W. C. Brownstien, M. Fourth Row: Peterson, J. R. Rude, t-l. E., Vkfalstad, D. E., Holland J., Nitchie W. F. Not Pictured: Revnoids, G. W.. DerDe1ian A. R., Dougherty, T. L. Osborn C, A.