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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1979
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Drill team performs at parade
despite strike in New Orleans
By RUTH GRAVES
Battalion Reporter
Because of the police strike in
ew Orleans, Texas A&M Univer-
ty’s Ross Volunteer Company
Mardi Gras last month for
first time in 28 years.
Ron Hilton, adviser for the Ross
ne type /olunteers, said he is looking into
duction Ic out-of-state parades to see if the
der but | 0S s Volunteers can perform in
hem. However, the RVs have met
(bstacles on every parade so far.
The Ross Volunteer Company,
he oldest student organization at
\.&M, is the “elite of the Corps of
Ijidets” and “represents both the
hiversity and the state,” said the
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ip in election
company’s operations officer, Dave
Stauch.
Each year 72 juniors are selected
by the senior members of the com
pany. Each RV wears a yellow and
white cord on his uniform.
The Ross Volunteer Company is
called the “honor guard” of the gov
ernor of Texas, and participates in
some of the governor’s activities by
forming saber arches.
Another annual event for the Ross
Volunteers is the Montgomery
County Go Texan parade held in
February in Conroe. This event also
fell through for the company be
cause the roads were iced over. Hil- • -w- ^ 1 * 11 ■
ton said he decided the driving con- f I I 'l^'i I I "i
ditions were “too bad to put that^ • VAX XXX X J.x V
many people on the road
augural parade. The junior mem
bers, however, weren’t able to at
tend because most of them didn’t at
that time have their “whites” —
their white Ross Volunteer uni
forms, Hilton said.
The Ross Volunteers do have
another major performance this
semester, however. They will per
form at Parents Day, April 22, on
the main drill field, Stauch said.
By RUSTY McDONALD
Battalion Reporter
The Fish Drill Team got to do
something other campus groups
wanted to do but couldn’t — go to
Mardi Gras.
Drill team members were able to
participate in the Krewe de Iris
Parade since they were already in
New Orlsans for the Tulane In
vitational Drill Meet. The parade
Fish Team to compete
was held in the suburbs of New Or
leans because of the police strike
which had canceled the parades
through the French Quarter.
Spokesmen for two of the other
campus groups — the Ross Volun
teers and the Memorial Student
Center Travel Committee’s trip —
said that safety and transportation
problems were the main reasons for
their cancellations.
Bobby Cox, commander of the
Fish Drill Team, said it was about a
35-minute drive to the suburbs
where the parade was held. He said
the turn-out for the parade was bet
ter than he expected and the crowd
was well-behaved.
Cox said he had been to many
Mardi Gras celebrations before with
his family and that he noticed more
state police patrol cars around than
the usual New Orleans police cars.
“It seemed that there was a state
police patrol car on every corner,”
Cox said.
He said there were not as many
people out in the French Quarter as
he remembered from previous
years, but it was still “pretty
crowded.”
“Most of the people thought we
were Marines because there were a
lot of ships in and our short hair
gave that impression, I guess,” Cox
said. “And we got some pretty funny
looks when we said ‘howdy,’ but
when we were waiting outside Pat
O’Brien’s, we got to talking to the
other people waiting and they were
very friendly.”
“I think we put forth a pretty
good image of A&M while we were
there,” Cox said.
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Legisla- Battalion Reporter
rake Jr. There will be over 100 positions
om the §en for students wishing to run in
'fficetole upcoming student elections,
a other tpril 9 and 10.
undfor Filing for the 1979-80 election
Evans’iosts will be from March 26 to
bill on rap 30 and requires a $1 filing
er with Bbf
Students cannot begin campaign-
ng for the elections until they have
(ledfor their positions. Bill Jentsch,
&C(l : ^ ec ^ <)n commissioner, said.
Positions open for election are:
‘—class officers of’80,’81, and ’82;
college —yell leaders;
bounty —Residence Hall Association;
1 Open —Off-Campus Student Associa-
had at ion;
of the —graduate student council and
re law, —student government,
lounce The executive committee mem-
ant lawyers (the student body president
Varren Bid five vice presidents) must have
) foiled I minimum grade point average of
or two 2.5 at the time of their election,
id said Other offices vary in grade point re
further piirements.
,aw by A maximum of $150 may be spent
for the executive student govern-
fjent positions and yell leader posi-
jdons. A maximum of $50 may be
spent by all other candidates. All
candidates may spend $35 on run-off
elections.
Anyone requiring more informa-
tion on filing for positions should go
by the Student Programs Office in
o men room ^16 of the Memorial Student
inated Center or call Bill Jentsch at 845-
uthem §$ll
Hilton said he tried to get the
Ross Volunteers to perform in the
Azalea Festival parade in Mobile,
Ala., but it was too late to schedule
them in the parade.
The Ross Volunteers were also
considering performing at the
Cherry Blossom Festival in Wash
ington, D.C., but no college units
were accepted in the parade, Hilton
said.
The Battle of Flowers Parade in
San Antonio usually accepts only
mounted units and bands, he said,
but the Ross Volunteers have been
invited in previous years. However,
this year the company will not be
able to perform in the parade be
cause the parade officials didn’t have
time to vote on admitting the RVs to
the parade, Hilton said.
All of the junior RVs and some of
the senior members drill about 4 1/2
hours almost every week in prepara
tion for their performances, Stouch
said. The three platoons of the com
pany also have some individual
drills at night. The senior members
are responsible for teaching drills to
the junior members.
Because Mardi Gras was called
off, however, the company’s drilling
time has been reduced.
Since the senior members at
tended the annual parades last year,
it is the junior members who are
especially disappointed. The
juniors, as a whole, “have a real
good attitude,” Stauch said.
“They’ve had a lot of disappoint
ments this year.”
So far, the only parade the junior
members have performed in was the
Bryan-College Station Chamber of
Commerce parade last semester.
The senior members participated
in Gov. Clements’ inauguration in
January by forming a saber arch.
They also performed drills in the in-
By RUSTY McDONALD
Battalion Reporter
Hut...ho...hut. ..ho. There’s a flurry of activity and a flash of
weapons thrown through the air. Then there is absolute stillness, as if
the group of men had been turned to stone. The Fish Drill Team is
practicing its moves for competition.
And competition it is. The drill team participated in the Tulane
Invitational Drill Meet at Tulane University in New Orleans, La., on
Feb. 23. Against 15 other teams and bad weather, the drill team
placed first in squad basic drill, second in inspection and platoon
basic drill and third in platoon fancy drill. The team finished third
overall in the competition.
“We didn’t do as well as we wanted to, but we have found the spots
to smooth out for the next meet,” said Bobby Cox, commander of the
Fish Drill Team. “This first meet gave us a chance to see the other
teams and how they perform.”
The drill team leaves today for the Best of the West Invitational
Drill Meet at the University of Southern California in Anaheim,
Calif., and will compete against about 30 teams said Maj. Ronald L.
Dennis, faculty adviser for the drill team.
The Fish Drill Team is formed in the fall and is open to all
freshmen in the Corps of Cadets. Cox said the freshmen in the band
are not eligible because the drill team has practice at the same time as
the band.
Freshmen also have to post at least a 2.0 grade-point ratio to stay
on the team for the spring semester. “That’s where we lost a lot of
men from the team,” Cox said. “They didn’t have the grades so they
were off the team.”
There are 29 members of the drill team and the commander is
elected by the members of the team.
The Fish Drill Team has eight student advisers — six sophomores,
one junior and one senior who are all past members of the drill team.
It also has two faculty advisers from the Military Science Depart
ment.
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