Purdue debris . Senior Cadet Officers THIS year has been a big success in the Military Department,and a big share of that success has been due to the Senior CadetOfficers. These officers were put in charge of a greater part of the prelimin-ary instruction of the Freshmen and some were also given the taskof giving some of the more advanced instruction to the addition to this they were charged with the carrying out of the de-tailed operation of the Corps and they succeeded very well in theirtask. It must be remembered, also, that the government is spending thou-sands of dollars eac


Purdue debris . Senior Cadet Officers THIS year has been a big success in the Military Department,and a big share of that success has been due to the Senior CadetOfficers. These officers were put in charge of a greater part of the prelimin-ary instruction of the Freshmen and some were also given the taskof giving some of the more advanced instruction to the addition to this they were charged with the carrying out of the de-tailed operation of the Corps and they succeeded very well in theirtask. It must be remembered, also, that the government is spending thou-sands of dollars each year to train men in the R. O. T. C. with the ex-pectation of obtaining a large officers reserve. It can readily be seen,then, since there were over twice as many men commissioned in thereserve this year as last, that this class of Seniors has helped thegovernment more in accomplishing its purpose than ever before. Three Hundred Fifty .. ?—Bartholomew, Morris-Baldwin, Ford. Polisrer Brigade Staff IN accordance with the advancement of instructional methods of ourfuture reserve officers graduating from the Purdue University Re-serve Officers Training Corps, the military department has adoptedthe General Staff system of handling its military and social activities. The so-called Brigade Staff is copied from the General Staff sys-tem of the regular army and consists of a Chief of Staff and fourmembers who are departmental supervisors and directors. One has under his charge the Administration Department whichregulates the athletics of the corps. Another is head of the Intelli-gence Department which takes care of the publicity of the Corps andregulates the Honor System now in use by the corps. The third manis chief of the Department of Instruction which has for its duty theadvancement of instructional methods and the supervision of examin-ations. The fourth man has charge of the Supply Department whichhandles cadet offic


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