Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...organization that runs on several unusual principles: If any usher gets caught taking a bribe for a favor, the Frain organization gets no pay that day. Ushers must go through a training course, may not smoke on jobs, must take regular exercise, have regular drill under the eye of an exMarine, marching to their own bugle corps. Most are high-school or college boys and Andy Frain likes to think he has helped put more men through school than any other person...
Next the fleet steams to the southern drill grounds for target practice. Firing five-inchers, gun crews from Harvard will compete with turret marksmen from Yale, Northwestern, and Georgia Tech...
...Very fine" were the words used by Colonel Collins speaking of the drill in which 202 students and officers took part. Blue stars on the sleeves of all uniforms are the insignia which stand for an excellent rating...
Major Joseph F. Nee '38 did an excellent afternoon's work as commanding officer of the battalion. Captain Albert E. Brunelli '38, who gave the orders for Battery D's close formation drill, was another outstanding, gruff voiced officer...
Battery "D", under commend of Captain Brunelli and Lieutenant John Briggs, 3d '38, will execute a close formation, exhibition drill during the review. Three members of the battalion will be decorated with medals for outstanding work and interest in their R.O.T.C. work...