Excerpted from the 1959 Year Book
40th Anniversary of the

Buglers at attention, gold trumpets glistening in the early morning sun, clear crisp notes fading into the morning stillness, the Stars and Stripes fluttering gently, 500 hands snapping to salute, 500 cadets pledging again their patriotism to America - thus does reveille revive the 40-year old spirit of military at Campion a Monday morning at 6:55. For Monday is ROTC drill day. After reveille the cadets march in ranks to Mass, continue wearing their uniforms during morning classes and assemble with their 9.5 pound Ml Rifle at 12:40 on the drill field. For two hours cadet officers bark such commands as "column left, march" or "right shoulder, arms" as squads, platoons, and even companies drill. Climax of each drill period is the impressive Retreat Parade when to the martial music of the ROTC marching band the entire battalion passes in review. During the week in two class periods students learn map reading, military tactics, weapon assemblage, exercise of command, etc. All cadets must yearly pass marksmanship tests firing from the four basic positions of prone, sitting, kneeling, and standing. For the more talented, the select drill and rifle teams give precision demonstrations on special occasions and compete with other schools. Nor is military all drill - the gala pre-Lent Military Ball with dates from home and in the colorfully decorated dining hall is the big social event of the year.