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

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CUDDLES, lfc, Jrlue lilfle bundle out fuzz llual woru flue luearl our Minnesola NROTC. Re- member luer during inspeclion, all rigged oul in luer uruiuform? Or flue way slue iealously lcepl civilians and army lclualci away from guar- lers? l ler queenly prance, exciled barlc, and ll'ue ever-preserul ball? Cuddles luas lefl' us, laps luave been sounded, buf slrue will nor soon be ucorgollen. Sauurday open luouse af flue sororulues and Hue Greal' Lover is in Huere pilbluing . . . Sully and Karlcov luave a iruendly game in flue middle ol sludy luoursl . . . Nilcluie llurows a life line lo some wounded American All ser for a swim 30 o 40 laps' And uluis of Sub. Ball. Commander Jack Terry, is Hue end'

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Frank RuTherTord and Colin Samuelson draw a bead on The bull's-eye as lvlerTh lvlorTenson waTches in- TenTly. Samuelson and lvlorTenson were Two oT The mainsTays oT The riTle squad This semesTer. Frank graduaTed in February. Pistol Team Sparked by Three veTeran TirsT classmen, The pisTol Team won Two and dropped one ma+ch Tor an above average l943-44 season. Coach Fngle's sharpshooTers were handed Their lone deTeaT by a crack Annapolis Team. They came back To Top TuTT's College by The beTTer end oT 78l-608, and Colorado 8l8'784 in ThaT order. Big gun Tor The plebes was Pringle who was Top man in The TirsT Two maTches. SalTz and Mahachek Tied Tor Top honors againsT Colorado. FirsT classmen held down Tour spoTs on The pisTol squad wiTh DerDerian, lvlahachek, GilberTson, and Morjrenson. SalTz and Jamison Tired Tor The second classmen. The plebe Third classmen dominaTed Team posiTions wiTh Tire men. They were Pringle, EllioTT, Sparks, Goodman, and Nevine. ChieT Gunnens lVlaTe Engle Took over in mid-season aTTer ChieT Gunner STack's TransTer To The ElecTrical School. ChieT Engle whipped TogeTher his high- scoring ouTTiT around veTerans Derllerian, GilberT- son, and lvlorTenson plus seven underclassmen wiTh no previous experience. lvlerTh lvlorTenson, wiTh The sad sack look, seems Tired OT iT all, buT ClayTon Sonmore and Ed Carlson keep plugging away under The waTchTul eye oT Gunner STack. Rifle Team Coach LieuTenanT Commander Hasbrouck had prac- Tically The same Team on The Tiring line This winTer as he had during a successTul season lasT year. DerDerian, MorTenson, and Sonmore led The TirsT classmen wiTh some Tair scoring. And sharp scores were needed To keep ahead oT second classmen Carlson, Poehler, and Samuelson. Led by Nevins, The plebe class came Through wiTh enough To keep all oT The upper classmen on The ball. AT presenT, The squad has well Tounded hopes oT beTTering Their TwelTTh place sTanding oT lasT year in The lNlaTional NROTC RiTle lvlaTch. AlThough several maTches were called oTT lasT season because oT a shorTage oT ammuniTion, This year The ready boxes were Tilled To The brim, wiTh plenTy To spare. The only deTeaT oT The season was a close march wiTh Michigan. DerDerian was high man againsT The Wolverines wiTh a very Tine IS3 ouT OT 200.

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Anchor and Chain . . . Frarernal big gun ol NROTC is Anchor and Chain. Founded by lhe lirsl class in W39 lo pro- mole Jrhe spirif and unily ol lhe corps, Anchor and Chain has since been in lhe loreironl ol all social and professional lunclions. The lrarernily was founded as a peacehme organ-- izarion lo slrenglhen lhe navai bonds ol officer candidares scarrered in praclically every college and school on campus. If succeeded in pulling engineers, business and arf sludenls ol every maior on a solid lronl as a solid unir. ll assumed a high- ranlqing posilion among ofher prolessional lrarer- nilies al lhe Universily. When NROTC was ordered lo acrive duly lasl July, Anchor and Chain mel lhe change lo a srricl warrime basis. l-low well rhey have mel' lhe new demands may be measured by Jrhe success of every lunclion They have sponsored during The pasl year under Slcippers Linsmeyer. Ouimelle, and Moran. As coeds began l'o brighren 'rhe scenery ol 'rhe aurumn campus, Anchor and Chain lurned lo 'lhe annual business ol snagging a gueen lor 'lhe unit The lralemify made up for lhe necessily ol skip- ping over rhe Sweelhearl Dance by lhrowing a midf winrer dance in February. ll came lhrough as one ol 'rhe besl parries ol rhe year. Came spring ferm and a beer busl was held al Dully's lhal ser every- one buzzing lor a while unlil rhe spring picnic iusl before commissioning Time. And mixed Through if all were lhe slormy seleclion periods, fhe paddling-plus rigors ol pledging, a lew excellenr open discussions wirh rhe men who have been in lhe lhick ol fhings, and lhe sororily open houses. Faced wirh 'fhe arlendanl problems ol a lralernily wirhin a group on aclive dufy, Anchor and Chain has lqepl lighring for irs purpose, and remains Jrhe sponsor of many acfivilies lhal develop esprilr des corps wilhin rhe unil. Raw I: Gallup VV. A., Comfnunicaricns Olficer' Larsor R. F, Paynrasrer' Moran. M. E. Shipper' Nelson R. l.. Erecufi-fe Ollicer. Row 2: l-lowili. L. R: Gilberrsoh A. Of Gullerscn G. Dy Grorh N. Ep Ryan, J. E. Row 3: Jamison R. Pj Dufbahn. D. Ay Newton, F. Ci Gwgeri R. Ly Feldniar- H. U. Row 4: 'Schroeder l., lr-lg Thomsserr R. Hx Kosi l-l. Dx Cheigren, J. l..' Dablow J. F, Nor Picmred: Mahachelc E. l..' l-laworsen J. A.' Pererson, J. P.