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• Two-year ROTC plan

  Announcement that the W&L ROTC Department is adding a two-year course plan for students that did not enroll in ROTC in their first two years. The plan includes. a six-week summer program that catches students up on the first two years of the ROTC program.
• They're in the Army Now

  An article describing how W&L has changed since the introduction of the ROTC program. It also details the specific enrollment numbers and course structure of each year of the ROTC program.
• The Lottery and ROTC

  An article questioning how the ROTC program and cadets will respond to the lottery numbers being announced for the draft during the Vietnam War. The article proposes that, since many people joined the ROTC program to avoid the draft, those who had safe numbers might now drop out or avoid the ROTC program, poentially decreasing ROTC enrollment.
• The Aftermath: A Flood of Goodwill

  An article on the floods that destroyed much of the Rockbridge County area and how the ROTC cadets among other groups were mobilized to help with relief efforts. The article includes a picture of ROTC cadets helping after the flood.
• ROTC unit claims state honors

  A report that the 26 ROTC cadets representing W&L in a competition against ROTC cadets from other schools earned top honors among the programs in Virginia.
• ROTC Undergoes Army Inspection

  An announcement that the W&L ROTC program recently underwent a formal Army inspection.
• ROTC Students Recieve Reserve Commissions

  A report that fifty graduating ROTC students will receive officer commissions on graduation day. The report also announces that this will be Military Science and Tactics Professor Colonel Charles E. Coates last year at W&L after four years teaching.
• ROTC Review

  Forty W&L ROTC cadets visited a summer camp in Indiantown Gap Militar Reservation in Annville, Pennsylvania, along with thousands of cadets from other colleges to be reviewed.
• ROTC Reorganization

  Report that the W&L ROTC program is being reorganized to a regimental system with student cadet leaders taking charge. It names Theodore Kirr from Texas as the first student leader of the cadet corps.
• ROTC Program Deactivated

  An announcement that the ROTC program, which lasted for 40 years at W&L, is being disbanded due to low enrollment.
• ROTC Exchange

  An announcement that the ROTC department at W&L agreed to allow students from universities without a military program to enroll the ROTC program at W&L.
• ROTC Department Appoints New Leaders, Transitions to General Military Science

  A report that ROTC head Colonel Jones is being replaced by Colonel Coates to complete the program's transition from a Transportation Corps program to a General Military Science program. The report also announces the new student cadet colonel, R. Gordan Gooch, a senior from Fort Worth, Texas.
• ROTC Climbing Back at W&L

  Jeffery G. Hanna writes about how the W&L ROTC department is rising out of its lull in enrollment after the 1970s. His report also includes discussions among staff and ROTC students about the social pressures surrounding the ROTC program and the Army, and whether the program is still a worthwhile investment or not.
• ROTC Change to General Military Science Program

  An announcement that the W&L ROTC Department will change from the Transportation Corps program to a General Military Science program due to the Army receiving too many Transportation Corps officers.
• ROTC Camp Visitors

  Description of the ROTC review camp being held by the Army and the faculty that will represent W&L at this camp.
• ROTC at W&L is experiencing resurgence in enrollment

  A report that the W&L ROTC program is experiencing a resurgence in enrollment after the slump it hit in the early 1970s. It includes a chart that depicts the ROTC program's enrollment numbers from 1970-1975.
• New ROTC Instructer

  An announcement of a new ROTC instructor, M.Sgt. Ernest G. Mines, a Vietnam War veteran. The report gives a brief history of M.Sgt Mines's military experience.
• New Honor Fraternity

  An announcement that the Scabbard and Blade Society, a national fraternity for ROTC cadets, is coming to W&L with 21 students joining it.
• Application for ROTC Unit is Filed

  Announcement that an application for an Army ROTC program has been issued by the school and that it may soon be approved.
• "Good Men Willing To Serve"

  An article reviewing the ROTC program at W&L and detailing its course structure, ultimately highlighting the importance of the W&L's ROTC program to the country.