Rockford High School - Rocketeer Yearbook (Rockford, MN)

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BETTY GREEN BARBARA SANDEHN MARGARET MILLS FRANCES BROWN Company A Company B Company C Company D . Sponsor Sponsor Sponsor Sponsor Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps All four companies meet three times a week at which time they drill either in the gym- nasium or on the drill field. Every spring the local battalion holds its competitive drill, at which time the four companies compete for honors. Individual medals and cups for drill, tent pitching, crack squads, and additional contests are awarded to cadets and the companies. Probably the most noted achievement attained by the Rockford battalion is the record of having been rated as an honor school for eight consecutiveyears, the best record in the United States. This exceptional record comes as a result of an inspection by the com- manding otticer of the local area. The corps does not conline itself to just military undertakings, but indulges in many important social functions of the school. The Military Hopj the schoolis only formal party, is presented during the first semester, and a military assembly is presented to the student body every year. Rifle Team y i Pager, DeVe1ig, Jacobson, Karabas, Sheets, McLaughlin Shute, DeGroff, Webster, Brown , f .. - X one hundred forty-one

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1 2 -- WILEY L. DIxoN ERNESTINE CAROL BENNETT EARL FOUTCH Captain STOKBURGER Headquarters Company Sergeant Battalion Sponsor Sponsor Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps One of the best mf' ' ' ., to develop boys in the high school was organized in 1917 yvlien an entirely 'Q activity presented itself, the Junior Reserve Otlicers, Train- ing Corps. Thf ,, . of school life serves to develop the cadets both physically and mentally, with a keen appreciation and understanding for military work. Not only is mere automatical action with rifle developed, but the member must learn gf hygiene, first aid, and the constant maintaining of a sound mind in a sound body. As a result every year 'the local corps enrolls about three hundred boys from the sophomore, junior, and senior classes. An exact reproduction of an active corps is carried out with a major. captains of the four companies and a first and second lieutenant as well as minor positions in every company. Exceptional value is gained from this type of drill and annually the corps increases. Battalion Staff Lizer, Lyddon, Galloway, Spongberg, Jacobson, Hamilton 1 K Q 0 ffyy one hundred forty

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- - -X . - W Captain ALAN SPONGBERG Major-Second Semester Lieutenant ROBERT PRINDLE J Sergeant OHN GALLEY SGT. LYFORD GAELL Look like soldiers You shall not pass' Best Non-Com. Company A Company A Prindle, Houston, Schoen, Walker, Geithman, Logli, McCann, Zahn, Robertson, Hughes, Lundberg Bickstcn, Grlmmit, Kling, Cary. Schmeling, Swanson, Eliason, Rosengren, Stolp, Frohmacher, Madden, Drake, Early, Smith, Allen. Zfff - - .. ggi - .. - wg one hundred forty-two f 1 I - - - '