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The 1969 national drill cham
pionship, the second straight won
by the Fish Drill Team, is the
product of a state of mind.
Long hours of practice go into
team performances, in which the
31 cadets appear to think as one.
“A c t u a 1 1 y, we don’t think
about what we have to do,” com
mented George Barrientos, team
commander, of San Antonio. “We
know that. It’s a matter of con
centrating on doing each move
ment precisely right.”
The team will call on it again
Saturday for the University of
Texas at Austin competition.
They march April 24 in an LSU
meet at Baton Rouge.
THE VIRTU ALL Y-perfect se
quence by the freshmen at Rob
ert F. Kennedy Stadium in
Washington during the National
Intercollegiate ROTC Drill Cham
pionships was anti-climatic, Bar
rientos observed. * 1 '
Advisors hestflfell^ by Mike
Casey of Houston kept team
minds off the afternoon perform
ance most of the day with a
White House tour arranged by
Congressman Bob Casey, the sen
ior advisor’s father.
An hour before the unit’s drill
time, advisors began letting ten
sion build. An eight-foot-long
telegram arrived at the oppor
tune moment to add psychologi
cal impetus.
At the stadium, advisors sent
the unit through a practice run.
“WE WERE too tense and
dropped some rifles,” the com
mander said. “But then we had
a prayer and relaxed some.”
Tension mounted again as the
team waited to go before judges.
“When they motioned us on,
we “humped it”, did our yell to
let off the excitement and went
out feeling like we owned the
field,” Barrientos described. “We
knew we could win and that’s
why we did.”
He noted the climax came dur
ing the yell.
Barrientos cited two other ad
vantages — the team being all
freshmen and of the same rank
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allowing closer rapport and the
constant pressure of practice, be
ing in uniform all the time and
becoming accustomed to the
daily routine of Corps freshmen
here.
“THEN WHEN the pressure
comes during competition, it’s
nothing new,” he enlarged. “Oth
er teams march seniors and jun
iors too, and the difference in
rank of individual members does
not help them.”
Casey said a variety of other
factors contributed to the un
precedented second straight na
tional title. Among them are
extensive practice (“The team
hasn’t had one free weekend,” he
said), support by President Earl
Rudder, Dean of Students James
P. Hannigan and Col. Jim H.
McCoy, commandant; backing of
sponsors M a 1 o n Southerland,
Army Capt. John I. Anglin and
Air Force Capt. Jon Gallop, and
a group of Aggie-exes in the
capital area.
“We had the vocal support of
about 50,” he explained, “from
a major general down.”
High school thespians of 14
Texas cities are competing here
for the Region 4 one-act play
title and a ticket to the state
University Interscholastic League
finals.
Winning plays in Classes “B”
and “AA” will be staged at the
state level in Austin during early
May.
Conducted under auspices of
the Theater Arts Program of the
English Department and man
aged by C. K. Esten, the Region
4 contest will run through today.
Six Class “B” casts are per
forming Wednesday and eight
“AA” schools will take Thursday
curtains, Esten said.
Competing in the “B” bracket
are Fayetteville, Runge, Acad
emy High of Temple, Riveria,
Dripping Springs and Rock-
springs.
“AA” entries are from George
town, Newton, Mina High in
Bastrop, Crockett, Midway High
of Waco, East Chambers High at
Winnie, Dayton and Katy.
More than 150 participants are
involved in staging the one-act
plays. Esten estimated the com
petition will bring more than 400
to the campus.
He will present plaques to the
winners and medals to best ac
tress and actor in each category.
Aggie Players members in
cluding Rodger Kloppe of Hous
ton, Ruth Reeves of Comfort,
Jean Andrew of Bryan, George
MAJ. GEN. William A. Beck
er, 1941 A&M graduate and
Army legislative liaison officer,
arranged team billeting at Fort
McNair and a Capitol A&M Club
reception for the team. Souther
land said General Becker, as as
sistant commandant here in 1946,
okayed formation of the first
Freshman Drill Team.
Casey also praised the team’s
junior and sophomore advisors.
“All of them have marched in
the national competition,” he
pointed out. “In fact, I’m the only
advisor that hasn’t. Their ex
perience has to be an advantage
too,”
Junior advisors Richard Gon
zalez of San Antonio and Steve
Nichols of Crystal Lake, 111.,
marched on the Fish Drill Team
that finished second two years
ago.
Sophomore Francis S. Conaty
of Annandale, Va.; John A. Ham
ilton, Galveston; Robert M. Pat
ten, Houston, and John T. Whip
ple, San Antonio, already knew
the winning feeling, from march
ing on A&M’s 1968 national
champion.
McCoy of Marble Falls, Travis
Miller of West Winfield, N. Y.,
Carl Masterson of Sherman, and
Bruce McKenty of Arlington,
Va., are handling technical de
tails under supervision of Bob
Wenck, Aggie Players assistant
director.
Contest critic judge is Dr. Lor
en Winship of the University of
Texas at Austin Drama Depart
ment.
Council Removes,
ReplacesChairman
In a called meeting, the Mem
orial Student Center Council re
moved and replaced the chairman
of the Contemporary Arts Com
mittee.
According to Council President
Benjamin Sims, senior Tommy B.
Ellis was asked to resign Mon
day because he had mismanaged
committee funds.
The Council accepted Ellis’
resignation and elected senior
Don Prycer as new chairman, ef
fective immediately, Sims said.
Prycer previously had been vice-
chairman of Contemporary Arts.
Ellis said that he had been un
der the impression that the
chairman had the power to allot
money appropriated to his com
mittee as he saw fit, without first
clearing such action with the
Council.
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