Purpose of Military Department: Teach Drill, Leadership, Command By BOB ROUNDS Emerald Reporter Oregon’s military department stresses that the purpose of their eurriculum is to teach “drill, leader ship and exercise of command.” Each basic student attends two class periods and one hour of drill per week. Emphasis is placed upon the fact that the purpose of the department is not to teach drill and other subjects of purely military nature, but classwork which is of general interest and which may apply to military requirements. The military department is one of the largest on campus—attend ing classes are 1156 cadets; there is a staff of 32, an inventory of over $250,000 which includes 900 jrifles and 1400 uniforms. Basic Movements The basic cadets, freshmen and sophomores, usually have no rating, and are taught the basic move ments of drill and the manual of arms. In addition to the regular drill period, the cadet may enter either the drill team or the ROTC band. The drill team is trained to execute intricate movements not ordinarily used in marching. Combined with the band, they are used in parades, reviews and other special functions »f the department. The band also provides music for reviews during the regular weekly drill periods. During the year Scabbard and Blade, military honorary, sponsors the Military Ball, at which the “Little Colonel” is presented. Cadets March Each spring’, on Armed Forces day, the entire cadet unit marches in the Armed Forces day parade through downtown Eugene. Another special activity of the ©adets is Scabbard and Blade, whose members are advanced ca dets of superior ability in both mili tary and general subjects. The faculty of the department are volunteers for assignment to cadet teaching, and are required to take an intensive course in teach ing over a six week period before beginning their work in the depart ment. All officers on the staff must be approved by President H. K. New bum after consideration of a trans cript of their service records. All enlisted men are approved by Col. E. L. Bruns, head of the Military department, under the same condi tions. The Academic Side The academic side of ROTC is emphasized by the faculty as being more important than drill. During the two basic years, academic work accounts for 70 percent of the stu dent's grade, and in the advanced years 80 percent. Col. Bruns states: "the military department is definitely an instruc tional division of the University, and as such the departmental head is responsible to President New burn for all actions of the depart ment." In difficulty the courses in the department compare with those of other University divisions, and many deal with subjects not entire ly military in nature, such as na tional security problems, and geo political principles; also, the meth od of teaching, the principles of education and the method of test ing and measurement all follow along civilian educational lines and are, according to Major N. N. Mihailov, aslistant professor of air science, "closely allied to the phi losophy of education as exercised at the University of Oregon." Army and Air Force The Air Force segment of the ROTC devotes the freshman cur riculum to the subject “World Po- \ litical Geography”. In the sopho- , more year, AF cadets study mission of the air force, structure and orga nization and air force problems. In the advanced years the curriculum is devoted to teaching methods, military law. national security and other specific courses dealing with the air force's mission and methods. In the Army component the freshmen study first aid and hy giene during fall term, organization and policies in winter and military problems of the U. S. spring term. The sophomores divide into the Transportation corps and the In fantry; the transportation corps studies introduction to the trans portation corps, economics of trans portation and convoy operation, while the infantry receives training in marksmanship and technique of fire. In the advanced army program such courses as maps and aerial photos, evolution of warfare and 1 LEARN » DANCE WITH HARRY COHEN..TEACHER TO THE STARS CLASSES & PRACTICE FOR ENTIRE FAMILY 30 HOURS $10 HERE’S WHAT YOU LEARN FOR $10 RUMBA SAMBA TANGO 0 PEABODY 0 SLICKER FOX TROT WALTZ o SWING • ZIG-ZAG © Cross Away Couples $15 — Regular $40 Course weapons and marksmanship are of fered. Second Lieutenants Upon graduating from advanced ROTC thq.cadet receives a commis sion as a second lieutenant and if required to do so, may spend as much as two to three months re ceiving additional training in tech nical studies in his field. Graduates are required to spend the usual period of service on active duty. j The national administration of j all U S. ROTC components was re cently transferred from the Con tinental Air Command to the Air University Command, with head quarters at Maxwell Air Force Base. A revision of ROTC teaching procedure will take place in the next three years under the new administration which will remove specialization from ROTC training, and srive all cadets a generalized course. The revision will take place gradually to prevent too great a shift in subject matter now being taught. In the future the graduat ing cadet's specialization will de pend at least partially ypon his non-military studies. During the baste years the cadet’s military course gives the student one term hour; in the advanced years, a three-hour course is given, requiring attendance five days weekly. Newborn Named Board Member University President Harry K. Newburn has been appointed as a new board member of the Institute of World Affairs. William C. Jones, dean of administration, is also on the board. The Institute will meet Dec. 14 to 17 at the Mission Inn in River side, Calif. National leaders in business and professional fields will discuss U. S. foreign policy and its implementation with edu cators from leading coast universi ties and colleges to be represented at the conference. First Days of Week Boost Infirmary List Joseph Kirkwood, William Win ter, Phyllis Korn, Gary Lee Meyer and Sally Ingalls are newcomers to the infirmary list, entering Monday evening and Tuesday morning. Also confined to the in firmary are Lyn Hartley, Jane Cotton, Jerry Anderson, Clariss Partch and Donald Surfus. Dismissed Monday evening and Tuesday were Marlene Norquest, Sam Kent, Claudell Ellis, John Wadman, James Carskadon and David Beery. Search for Rare Literature Provides Interesting Travel By ANNE RITCHEY Emerald Reporter Collecting priceless books and early editions of newspapers is the fascinating life of Robert I>. Horn, professor of English literature. His interests in the search for rare volumes have led him across the Atlantic innumerable times, and have brought him into contact with such famous people as the 10th Duke of Marlborough and im mediate m e m b c r s of Winston Churchill's family. The seven-acre Clenheim Palace and grounds, home of the present Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, was Horn’s own to study and do re search in during the summer of 1950. The palace muniment room, where very few scholars have had an opportunity to work, was his special property for study, and during the time he was there he met the family of the Duke. A National Shrine This place is Winstan Churchill's birthplace and is now a national shrine. Here, too, Churchill pro posed marriage to his wife. Since Horn's major interest is in material relative to the*Duke, his precious folio-sizo manuscript of battle accounts, kept by one of Marlborough's officers, is a special treasure. Another source of information about the Battle of Blenheim, which is quite valuable in its own right, is Defoe's newspaper "The Review,” of which Horn has a near ly complete first volume. Real Significance The real significance these treas ures from the past have is their link with the present royalty and rulers of England the Churchills. Winston Churchill is the first cousin of the pr esent Duke of Marl borough. Other treasures of his are a fourth folio of Shakespeare's plays and a Chaucer folio which was for merly owned by W. W. Skeat, the great editor of Chaucer. Horn has one copy of Gray’s “Elegy” in a very early edition, on which someone had calculated their poor taxes' This type of association, he pointed out, is what makes the copies even more valuable. famous libraries The special, intensified studying of Horn takes him to famous libraries and collections all over the Giants Slate Night Tilts NEW YORK The New York Giants will play sixteen night games next season, including four with their traditional rival, Brook lyn. This is the most arc-light con tests ever scheduled by the Giants, although they played seventeen this past season because of make up games. 9*N THE CAMPUS ~ 854 ErB world. He-especially likes the Mor gan library in New York City, and the Rothschild library in Cam bridge. Considered sy Home to be the greatest library in the world in the British Museum library, where he had an opportunity to work for a month. Perhaps one of the greatest links the professor has made is the re lationships with other scholars, with whom he corresponds regu larly. # Campus Briefs q Pre-Nursing Club will meet at noon on Wednesday (the 12th) at Wesley House. Members are asked to bring a sack lunch. Ona !te Frost, graduate student work ing in the infirmary, will speak on infirmary nursing. ^ The s' holttrslilp ehalnuen from all campus living organiza tions will meet at 4 p.m. Thurs day in the Student Union. 0 Kre«l V. Hein will be the guest speaker at a meeting of Phi Epsilon Kappa, physical education honorary, Monday evening at 7:30 in the Alumni room of Gerlinger hall. Hein is the consultant of the bu reau of health education of the American Medical Association. Professor May (Continued from page one) red to Congress for final action," he continued. Throe Instead of One "Recently we received a letter requesting that we bring all legal papers for another hearing in Port land. We thought it was only one of many hearings like those at Chicago, . . . but it eventually turned out to be a different mat ter." Lee explained that Congress wanted to put the 15,000 requests for suspension of deportation un der th.e new McCarran Act. This makes it necessary for a family ' applying for permanent residence to have three children who are citi zens instead of one. At the healing in Portland Joel V. Bcrreman, professor of sociol ogy- protested the deportation since Lee had "been challenging the Marxian doctrine,” and a re turn to his own country might lead to execution. Heliographing (sunlight flashed by mirrors sometimes a hundred miles away) was introduced in 1885 by a young lieutenant named John J. Pershing, later comman der-in-chief of the American Forces in World War I. HAL'S RICHFIELD STATION 285 6th Ave. West Complete Bra*