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College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 6, 1970 THE BATTALION
Fish Drill Team sets
tryouts for Sept.
An organization that exacts a
price but pays a dividend and
limits its membership to fresh
men only will take on new stu
dents shortly after the 1970-71
school year begins.
It’s the Fish Drill Team, un
defeated three years and national
champions of 1968, 1969 and 1970.
Tryouts for the 1970-71 team
will be held on the Duncan Hall
drill field at 5 p.m. Sept. 7, an
nounced senior advisor Richard
A. Hanes of San Antonio.
“Interested students should be
Army or Air Force ROTC cadets
and need not have marched with
a drill team previously,” he said.
Many Fish Drill Team members
of the last three years had never
put a rifle through the manual of
arms before enrolling at Texas
A&M. Upperclass advisors pro
vide knowhow, devise sequences
and supervise drills of the unit
that starts from scratch every
year.
The team is commanded by a
freshman elected by its members.
Members are housed in regular
Coi'ps of Cadets units and drill
each day.
Drill meet competition is usu
ally limited to one off-campus
appearance during the fall se
mester. The competition season,
including the annual Texas A&M
Invitational Meet, comes during
the latter part of the spring se
mester.
Winner of 14 straight competi
tions, including the last three Na
tional Intercollegiate ROTC Drill
Team championships in Washing
ton, D. C., the team has been
praised by parents, the U. S.
Army legislative liaison officer
and opposing team members.
After the 1969-1970 team out
marched 17 of the nation’s best
at the national capital Cherry
Blossom Festival last April, Maj.
Gen. William A. Becker declared
the performance superlative.
“I admit I am prejudiced,” the
1941 A&M graduate stated," but
I couldn’t see another outfit as
military, as well prepared and as
precise as the Texas A&M Fresh
man Drill Team.”
Spontaneous applause greeted
the team 11 times during an «i
hibition drill at the half of tin
Maroon-White spring footbill
game. The same reception w
given at a Mother’s Day Reviei
performance, for which even Pres
ident A. R. Luedecke stood.
Working with the 1970-71 tear
under Hanes will be seven otlei
upperclass advisors. Like Hanes,
they have competed on nationai
championship teams.
Junior advisors Larry L. Larset
of Dallas and Louis B. Ullricho!
San Antonio marched behind tie
class of 1972 FDT guidon. Sopl
omore advisors include the time
top members of the 1969-70 tea#
They were commander Beverli
S. Kennedy of Austin, execute
officer and guidon bearer Darit
A. McClung of Shreveport aM
right guide Leonardo Hemaniki'
of San Antonio.
Marvin L. Byers and Gregory
P. Walk of Houston also won
the black helmet and white mascoi
with the class of 1973 team.
J. Malon Southerland of tki
commandant’s office is chief fit
ulty sponsor. «
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