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Students
Editors note: This is the
second article in a series
on Compulsory ROTC. This
article is written from the
student's viewpoint as the
draftee looks hack on his
days at the University.
By Tom Kotouc
The Texas wind is whipping
a fine snow through cracks in
the barrack window sills and
doors. Mess rivaled Nebras
ka. Tom turkey, dressing,
seet corn and mashed
spuds, but somehow it just
doesn't seem like Christmas
eve here at boot camp.
After my reminiscencing
this afternoon about ROTC
program . and purpose, I've
been mulling over how well
students think ROTC actually
meets the standards set up.
Reminds me of the conver
sation a couple of us had in
the Crib the Thursday before
the Nebraska-Arizona game:
Seems that one of the fel
lows had hummed the Mickey
Mouse Club theme song when
some screwball from the Dal
ly Nebraskan asked him what
his opinion was of compulsory
ROTC at Nebraska.
"Against" Column
But the fellow from the
"Rag" sluffed it off, making
another : m a r k under the
"against" column. He then
told us that of the 167 Uni
versity students he had inter
viewed at random that week,
112 were opposed to compul
sory ROTC at the University
for the first two years.
Pat, the fellow in Army
ROTC sitting next to me had
this to say: Compulsory
ROTC has no value to the
vast majority of students be
cause of their negative atti
tude towards it. We can't
simply sell the program on
the national needs it meets,
but we've got to use a Madi
son Avenue soft sell ap
proach. In other words, sell
me on what value a commis
sion has over the draft, its
pay, its program.
Yes, I had added, it's a
good opportunity for those in
terested in a military career
or in taking care of their ob
ligation. If I knew I was go
ing to be drafted, I'd go into
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the advanced program. But
I won't be, so that's that.
A "five-year man" in the
booth next to us told us that
he was a former Army ROTC
basic and a current Army re
servist. "You're crazy," he
said, "as a college man to
want to be a private for two
years. The advanced program
has the advantage of a com
mission plus eight months
saved in Officer Candidate
School if you qualify."
Basic Training
"As far as the training I
received in basic ROTC, how
ever," he added, "it was nice
to know drill procedures and
philosophies, but it could be
picked up in a breeze."
A Navy contract midship
man threw in "I like it. As
an officer I'll get better pay,
better living quarters, and
better people to work with
who are same caliber and
have the same ideals as I."
An advanced cadet in Army
ROTC added, "It's unpleas
ant, but it's the best way I
can fulfill my military obli
gation. A transfer student from the
University of Omaha said
that Air Force ROTC is not
compulsory there. Although
most of the students take it
anyway instead of physical
education, few go into the ad
vanced program. (Records
show that with only one-third
of the male enrollment of Ne
braska, Omaha U's program
turned out 23 second Lieuten
ants in 1957 in comparison
with out 29. However, OU has
no Navy or Army programs.)
Shouldn't Force
A fellow standing by ar
gued that a student shouldn't
be forced into any type of
activity. "He'll be caught in
the draft anyway."
Another voiced the fear that
many would never join if not
forced into the ROTC, 'but
emphasized a more positive
attitude through non-compulsory
ROTC would not only
make up for the smaller num
ber of basics, but attract a
larger number of officers of
higher caliber and ability.
Quite a few fellows thought
that basic ROTC was a good
and easy way to get acquaint
ed with the military establish
ment and structure in the
USA, as well as getting a
taste of military procedure.
An Air Force basic said
that mandatorv ROTC "is
one of the stupidist things in
life. A student entering the
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Then some one piped In,
"I like the movies in Air
Force ROTC. They have Walt
Disney and everything." But
he continued to say that the
course gave the student not
going into advanced ROTC "a
good idea" of weapons sys
tems and where we stand In
the world.
An advanced Army cadet
liked the basic cirriculum be
cause he could get it without
studying. He said that he
thought the basic course
should be more academic
and harder so that a student
wouldn't just take it to get it
over with. Then, he said, give
two hours of credit for the
freshman and sophomore pro
grams. "I'd even like to see
them teach us something
practical in the basic pro
gram like civil defense."
Basic Tough
A Naval midshipman inter
rupted to say that the Navy
freshman and sophomore
courses were just as tough as
the advanced. But there is a
definite trend from "how to
do it" studies to teaching of
principles applicable to any
weapons system.
Col. Sullivan had once told
this to one of his cadets: In
the AFROTC we are endea.
voring to train the "whole
man" a highly educated, in
telligent individual who may
specialize in more than one
field. It's too expensive in
terms of small classes and
equipment for us to concen
trate on a technical program
in college at the expense of
not giving the cadet a broad
understanding of the Air
Force program. We can send
him to a technical school af
ter commissioning.
Another factor discussed
was the quality and aptitude
of adult ROTC instructors
and student officers. Midship
man Hartman had pointed
out that he believed his in
structors of the highest cali
ber. They give us every op
portunity to perform while
challenging us at the college
level. They respect our abil
ity to produce, bringing out
our best, he concluded.
An Air Force cadet disa-
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greed with several of his fel
low cadets when he said,
Our instructors are not
teachers, but Air Force per
sonnel. I liked every one as a
person, for each conducted
very amusing classes."
Equal intelligence
Of the cadet officers in
Army, one student said, "I
hate being directed by guys
no smarter than myseit." .
Yet once on active duty,
said Col. Sullivan, a product
of ROTC usually adjusts to
the new demands of respon
sibility and direction more
rapidly than does the product
of the Air Academy.
But we got into a pretty
general agreement in the
matter of time vs pay. An
Air Force cadet said, "It's
not worth it for me to put in
six hours a week for four
semesters in the advanced
program when I could be con
centrating on courses I'll nev
er be offered again. I'll learn
the same things in the Army
when I'm drafted.
An Army advanced cadet
pointed out that he ' had
earned only 15c an hour in
his six weeks of summer
camp, making it almost im
possible for him to come back
to school.
Shoe Shine
A foreign student told me
that he couldn't quite see a
man shining his shoes for
four hours before the first
lab, as his roommate had.
Money is the only reason
that about 25 of the fellows
are in regular Naval ROTC,
said one Naval midshipman
As the supper crowd started
to fill the Crib, our discus
slon had broken up with these
remarks:
From an Air Force cadet:
ROTC serves this nations de
fense. If defending our na
tion is unimportant, then so
is our freedom. , .
From a former Army ca
det: If a man is not willing
to serve his , country two
years in basic, he does not
deserve to live here or to be
educated here.
And from a Navy midship.
man We all complain about
some part of ROTC, but I
think that most of us realize
that it's a necessity with to
day's crucial need for leader
ship. University knows whether or
not he wants to go into ad
vanced. The forced two years
convince few to enter ad
vanced and hurts the overall
attitude toward the program."
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But an ex-Navy man added,
"An ROTC reserve doesn't
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know, what he is doing aboard
ship. He is worthless for a
long time until he gets on to
the routine, some of which he
should have known before
hand." An ROTC cadet on tour at
a Texas Air Force base said
that officers had told him
that "a bigger per cent of
ROTC officers fail the flying
test than Academy or OCS
graduates."
Cadet Col. L. W. Burry of
AFROTC emphasized that
ROTC gave the armed forces
"an opportunity to impress
and educate a man " in his
formative years of college be
fore he develops a defense
against the philosophy and
program of the armed forces.
The ideas which a man gets
in his first two years of
ROTC frequently interest him
in advanced training and play
a part in determining what
career he shall pursue."
Midshipman Capt. Harvey
Hartman, batallion command
er of the Nebraska NROTC
unit, said that the ROTC pro
gram is "good experience in
making decisions" and as "a
training ground for future ex
ecutives, in the armed forces
or out."
Experience Valuable
"The ability to work with
men which I have gained,"
he added, "has given me con
fidence and know-how which
can be applied to civilian life.
The ROTC program has got
ten a bad name from its com
pulsory nature. 1 The NROTC
set-up illustrates that a non
compulsory program brings
out the qualities desired in
Naval officers and might be
a method the other services
should further explore in
meeting their officer require
ments." "But the thing I object to
most of all," interjected one
sophomore Army cadet, "is
the drill. The uniforms are a
waste of the taxpayers mon
ey. And if we want to ac
quaint a man with how to
fight, let's put the rifles back
in the Army program."
A junior who had completed
his basic ROTC said that we
should have mandatory phys
ical education if we really are
concerned with the exercise
value of drill.
An Air Force cadet added,
"This year the program's set
up to give the man a chance
to show his leadership if he
wants to. He can gain self
confidence and become more
self -disciplined."
Need Basics
Then someone brought up a
statement by Col. Elmer
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SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, SENIORS: DON'T TREAD ON FRESHMEN! They
have been known to become employers. A freshman wants, above all, to be
inaugurated into your world. Walk him to class, teach him longhand, explain
how the Ph.D. wears his tassel, introduce him to Luckies (and tell him how
college students smoke more Luckies than any other regular). You'll be a
bigger man, and you'll be able to borrow Luckies from him any time.
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Product of
ROTC
Powell, professor of military
science of the Army: In or
der to identify and train the
best leaders, we must have
freshman and sophomore ca
dets with which the advanced
cadets can work. The one
hour a week that we ask ba
sic cadets to drill does not
seem to be a great hardship.
Col. Frank E. Sullivan, pro
fessor of air science, had
pointed this out to one of his
students ! The benefit derived
to the Air Force in teaching
900 freshmen and sophomores
to drill is quite limited except
as it allows us to identify
members who demonstrate
leadership ability or lack of
physical dexterity or unwill
ingness to subjugate them
selves to a group require
ment. A Naval midshipman ad
ded, "Drilling builds men. A
lot of fellows think they are
hot stuff until taken down a
notch or two as they are re
quired to obey commands."
And from a basic Air Force
cadet, "I got more good out
of Boy Scouts than out of
ROTC. The whole thing is
centered around drill. Boy
Scouts has that and more."
Specialized Courses
From this remark, the dis
cussion led naturally into the
values and weakness ot tne
ROTC curriculum. An former
Army basic thought that a
more specialized course
should be developed for those
interested in coinff into ad
vanced. "The amount of his
tory I leanred I could have
gotten in other courses and
the chain of command is
something I learned from
business administration," he
added.
An Air Force sophomore
said that the first year pro
gram needed reorganization
and to be speeded up. When
the text says, "The major
purpose of test missiles is to
test missiles," he added, "I'll
I hear taps vibrating
through the falilng snow, so
I'd better bid you sayonara
this Christmas eve. If I feel
argumentative tomorrow I
may play the real strengths
of ROTC against its weak
nesses and suggest what you
might do if you think you
can escape the draft like I
didn't.
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Action was deferred on the
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Construction Is expected to
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John Abrahamzon, a jun
ior in Teacher's College, has
been elected chairman of the
IFC rush committee for the
coming year.
Abrahamzon, a member of
Beta Theta Pi, has been a
member of the IFC rush com
mittee and is past assistant
rush chairman for his frater
nity. He is also a Student
Council representative from
Teachers College.
Bernard Matthew
Lincoln I. Nebr.
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THE FRESHMEN1
for a change!