1961 Debris

Although the Purdue Drill Team is composed of students from the Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC units at Purdue, membership is open to all male students. The Drill Team, organized in 1947 by seven ex-servicemen, is devoted to the development of precision, fancy, and exhibition drill. A Drill Team plebe class is chosen each semester after a call out and several weeks of pre-plebe training. The Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., was again won by the Purdue Drill Team in 1960, allowing the group to maintain its reputation as the finest collegiate drill team in the United States.