The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 27, 1973, section A, Page page four, Image 4
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Last year USC's Air Force
?ROTC cadets began marching off
the drill field and into the
community.
Now the University's
experimental program in which Air
Force cadets transfer some drill
field time to volunteer community
service has been endorsed for
implementation nation-wide by
Air Force ROTC Headquarters.
This school year the USC
Department of Aerospace Studies
initiated the concept that cadets
learn leadership and management
skills by organizing and directing
community projects. Historically,
drill and ceremonies training had
served as the prime vehicle for
teaching responsiveness to
authority, teamwork, poise, and
other behaviors important to
military officers.
"Reception to the program in
the Columbia area, plus very
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led the the recommendation to
adopt the program nationally,"
according to Colonel Clyde P.
Evely, head of the USC Air Force
ROTC unit. USC plans expansion
of community service activities
beginn ing this fall, he added.
Carolina cadets involved in the
program during the past school
year worked with a volunteer
project at Caughman Road Middle
School in Columbia to offer the
children there new educational
experiences.sOne group of cadets,
for example, introduced the basic
principles of flight to the children,
helping them design and built a
28-foot wingspan glider.
Another group of cadets
worked at the school to teach
children mini-bike maintenance
and safety while still other cadets
provided remedial training and
tutoring for students including
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:oncept be tried.
Drill will still remain a small part
)f the program for Air Force cadets
it USC, but as Fernald says, "a
najority of the cadets will be
narching into the community to
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