Trinity College - Trinilogue Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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The Rifle Club In the early nineties a Gun Club was formed at Trinity, whose purpose was to afford its members another form of outdoor sport rather than any organized rifle practice. These gun enthusiasts made excursions into the countryside for small game hunting. After the turn of the century this organization was discontinued, and shooting ceased to be an organized sport for about a decade. With the advent of the War interest in marksmanship was revived. A temporary rifie range was constructed in the basement of Alumni Hall, where intensive practice was carried on under the direction of army officers by the entire student battalion. At the close of the War military training was discontinued at the college, and preparedness no longer being in demand, interest in marksmanship again waned for another decade. In 1929 the Rifle Club was formed by a group of students, and member- ship was obtained in the National Rifle Association, sponsored by the Government for the promotion of markmanship in colleges and universities all over the coun- try. The Rifle Club was provided with .22 and .30 calibre rifles and a supply of ammunition by the Government. Regular weekly practices at the State Armory were begun and continued through each school year until last February, when with the permission of the Administration and the generous financial aid of the College Senate a fifty-foot range was constructed in the basement of north Jarvis. With such facilities on the campus the members of the Club now have unlimited opportunity for practice. A schedule of intercollegiate matches is arranged each year, this year's schedule including postal matches with Northeastern University, Lowell Textile Institute, Wentworth Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Worcester Poly- technic Institute. Two shoulder-to-shoulder matches were shot, one with the .22 calibre against Northeastern University, and the other with the .30 calibre against Harvard. The Harvard team, whose match closes each season, has become the Club's traditional rival. Teams for all matches are selected on a competitive basis. All four of the prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing positions are used in practice. The Riiie Club was not founded with any purpose of military training in mind. Whether a student is a pacifist or preparedist has no bearing upon the matter. The members of the club regard their shooting rather as another form of sport, sense a continual challenge in their individual practice, and in their matches feel that necessity for sportsmanship that is common to all forms of sport. 150

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Back Rini:-FANNING, COIT, I-IAOARTY, JENNE, WILDING, SOULE, BONANDER, MILLIKEN Seca-ml H0117--ARMSTRONG, STOLZ, XVARD, SELLARS, PECKHAM, OLSON, SUTHERLAND, MEL- v1LLE, KUNZE, NEWLANDS Front Row-ADAMS, BURNSIDE, BIERKAN, MR. WATTERS, SHAW, SCHMOLZE, MUSGRAVE The Glee Club CllAllLI'1H O. BIEIIKAN ...... . President BARCITAY SHAW . Business Manager JOHN C. IVIIGLVIITLIG . . . Accompanist MR. CLARENCE E. NVA'l 1'lGliS . . . Director TENORS CHARLES 0. BIEIIKAN LEONARD C. COIT IIARRY J. DAVIS STANLEY N. FISHER THOMAS J. I-IAGARTY PAUL W. ADAMS PAUL C. ARMSTRONG THEODORE A. BALLIEN JOHN D. BANKS VICTOR E. BONANDER ORRIN S. BURNSIDE ALLEN R. DOTY GORDON W. INNES JOHN P. MCGARVEY WAL1'E1l L. NIERWIN THEODORE F. MUSGIiAVE H. DUNCAN PECKHAM, JR. BASSES THOMAS H. FANNING DENIS F. FARNELL CLARENCE S. JENNE STANLEY L. KUNZE, JR. DANIEL L. NEWLANDS, JR. I'IENRY C. OLSON 149 DONALD M. SELLARS EDWARD C. SOMMER CHESTER I. SOULE CHARLES W. WILDING C. BROOKS ROBERTS ROBERT F. Scx-IMOLZE HERISERT H. R. SENFTLEBEN ARTHUR B. STOLZ CHARLES J. SUTHERLAND ARTHUR B. WARD WILLIAM H. WETHERILL

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Buck lflllll-SINCLAIR, MILLIKIJN, MAIITENS, W ILSON Fran! lI?nIv'-I-IOEIILING, DIBXTEII, RONEY, PATTON RORI-:R'1' M , IIONJGY . OLIVER F. JOHNSON . T. LOIVRY SINCLAIR, JR. JOSIQPII' L. DROIIIGIG ADOLPII A. I-IOEI-ILINO, III HARRINIITON Ll'I I'ELL LOUIN A. LI'r'I'I.If: The Rifle Club MEMBERS L. BARTON WILSON, III 151 President If'VI'C6 President . Secretary-Treasurev' JOHN F. NIARTENS VVILLIAM A. PADDON RAYMOND S. PATTON, JR. WILLIAM A. Roos, III