Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Horrified spectators watched the Commander grab a revolver, drill a hole in a ten-gallon can. He explained: "It's just water, but it's been hanging there nine days labeled 'dynamite' and nobody noticed...
Under the new regime, instituted at the beginning of the first, spring term of the school, the men will receive all their academic instruction in the morning, leaving the afternoon clear for drill calisthenics, road marches, and field work in map reading and similar courses. Instruction for the morning hours will be concentrated in Semitic Museum and Sanders Theatre...
Before the shiftover, the daily schedule consisted of a 5:30 calisthenics drill, followed by breakfast and chapel at 8:00, with classes beginning at 8:20. After lunch, classes again began at 1:00 with 5:30 ending this type of instruction. The latter part of the day, beginning at 5:30 will be continued as usual, with lights still going...
Another item which Bob Henderson promises to tell us all about next week is the new athletic program. We know that "everyone will play softball" and drill once a week. And it 'pears as though we'll have an eight-car crew if enough men are interested. Incidentally, the Army is about to "dispense with" some thirty odd horses, residents of Soldiers Field Stables. We had hoped to get some free rides now and then, but in view of circumstances, all we can hope now is that the Army deals kindly with our equine friends...
...Army ROTC is a Field Artillery unit, headed by Colonel William S. Wood and under the same command as the QM ROTC. About 250 men are organized into two battalions which drill once a week each on Soldiers Field. Obstacle course, infantry drill, communications, and above all training with four new 105 mm. howitzers sharpen the abilities of these future artillerymen, for live ammunition...