CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, March 25, 1985
Page 6
Junior ROTCs march in annual drill
By SHELLE LEWIS Staff Reporter
Hoch auditorium was filled with stomping boots and spinning rifles Saturday, as high school ROTC members competed in an annual drill men
Members of the Benton High School ROTC drill team from St. Joseph, Mo., toss rifles as their drill commander walks between them. Benton placed third in the exhibition drill category at Saturday's junior ROTC competition in Hoch Auditorium.
John Lechliter/KANSAN
Roberto Roberts, Junction City High School junior, said his team practiced an hour each day after school and for two hours each day when it was preparing for a meet.
Drill teams from Leavenworth High School, Junction City High School and Lafayette and Benton high schools, both in St. Joseph, Mo., participated in the fifth annual junior ROTC event, sponsored by KU Army ROTC and Recondo.
ROTC and records. The students were judged on their executions of regulation, exhibition and individual drills.
and marshal. ROBERTS, WHOSE TEAM took second place in the regulation drill competition, said his team used heavy rifles weighing about 8 pounds each.
"The weight makes them more difficult to spin." Roberts said. "And the judges don't take the weight into consideration."
Roberts said the other teams used lighter weapons, which are easier to use and make complex maneuvers look more spectacular.
team members had grown accustomed to the heavier rifles, they found it difficult to change to the lighter ones.
However, Roberts said that once
higher ones.
"You spin one after getting used to the heavier weapon, and it just flies everywhere," he said.
everywhere. Lafayette High School took first place in both the regulation and exhibition drill competitions and won an award for being the best team overall.
MAJ. CHARLES SMITH, assistant professor of military science, said exhibition drills were the ones often performed in parades.
"Exhibition drills demonstrate creativity and sharpness as well as uniformity within the team," he said. "Restricted only by their imagination."
Karren Kilpatrick, Junction City High School senior, defeated 61 competitors and won the individual
In the drill-off, the students were put into formation and instructed to perform commands, in unison, as they were given.
drill-off competition.
Roy Simpson, a retired staff sergeant who has been in charge of the Leavenworth High School ROTC team for 17 years, said the drill-off taught his students to appreciate precision.
Committee to propose allotments
scheduled to begin today
the Student Senate Finance Committee plans to meet at 6 p.m. in the International Room. Delibs will hold a meeting of several nights through the week.
Hearings for 33 student groups requesting money from the Student Senate ended Friday night, and deliberations over how much money to allot to each group are
The committee's recommendations then will go before the full Senate for approval.
The student groups requested about $7,250 to cover expenses for fiscal year 1986, which includes the 1985-86 school year.
The committee can allocate up
to $1,81 among non-revenue code groups for fiscal 1968. The money comes from the $24 student loan program, with their tuition each semester.
Non-revenue code groups are small student groups that request money from the Senate annually. Generally promote special interests.
During Friday night's hearings, the Commission on the Status of Women requested $1.620. The Commission says its role is to
encourage women to challenge traditional role limitations and reports on the status of women on campus. Last year, the group received $130.
SCofMEBE, the Student Council for Recruiting, Motivating and Educating of Minority Engineers, will also pay for supplies and expenses.
and expenses.
The KU German Club requested
$464.
The Latin American Student Association requested $450.
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