DEPARTMENT REPORTS 127 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMEXTH OF MILITARY SCIENCE. 



To tlie President: — 



Sir: — Tlie following is a brief report of the Department of Military 

 Science aiul Tactics for the year endino; Jnne 'MK 11)23. 



T. INSTRUCTION. 



The Department has made rapid, progress dnring the past year 

 Inspectors from the War Department stated that the system and meth- 

 ods of instrnction here were the eqnal if not the superior of any college 

 in the country. We were surjiassed howeyer, by many colleges in the 

 facilities available, in the percentage of basic students taking advanced 

 training and in the arrangement of proix'r hours for the juniors and 

 seniors. 



Things have changed from the "old days" when the idea of Military 

 Training was merely "sipiads right" and jdiysical training could be sub- 

 stituted for it. Now two thirds of all instruction is class room work 

 from text books. Students are required to prepare lessons and recite 

 as in any other department. The practical or outdoor work is in the 

 nature of laboratory work. A student who completes the Four years 

 R. O. T. C. course is qualified for a commission in the Officer's Reserve 

 Cori)s, and readv to assume the duties of a lieutenant in time of war. 



The following is a partial list of the subjects covered <luring the four 

 years: Drill regulations. Courtesy, Map Reading and map making, 

 weapons of all kinds and arms, military hygiene, field engineering, mili- 

 tary law, military history, tactics, administration, equitation, selection 

 and care of animals, artillery material, orientation, motor transporta- 

 tion and gunnery. 



The Freshmen and Sophomores spend three (3) hours per week and 

 the juniors and seniors live (5) hours per week on military training. 



IT. ENROLLMENT, 



The average attendance, by classes, for the year was as follows: 



Seniors , 42 



Juniors 59 



Sophomores 192 



Freshmen 295 



Total 448 



III. TEACHING STAFF. 



The personnel of the Department has been as follows: 

 Lieut. Colonel T. L. Sherburne, Cavalry, U. S. Army. 



