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Under the direction of Sergeant Thomas J. Lavin, the R.O.T.C. riAe team completed a season which was marked by an increased average score and an excellent team spirit. Unfortunately, stiff competition prevented these factors from making the season a success based upon the criterion of matches won. This year's schedule included shoulder-to-shoulder matches only, no tele- graphic matches being engaged in because of their relatively low competition value. The high-water mark of the season was reached in the third match when intensive practice enabled the squad to out-shoot Gettysburg College, 1326,1276. Of the eight men who formed this year's team, only one, Homer Myers, will be lost by graduation to next year's team which should be an excellent one. The 1939 squad was weakened by the graduation of three of the best marksmen of the '38 squad. Douglas Catington rose from runner-up on last year's team to high-score man this year with Homer Myers running him a close second. The scores of the matches were: University of Maryland, 1386, Western Maryland, 1302; Frederick RiAe Club, 1356, Western Maryland, 1320; Gettys, burg College, 1276, Western Maryland, 1326; Frederick RiAe Club, 1332, Western Maryland, 1314; Johns Hopkins University, 1323, Western Maryland, 1300: Johns Hopkins University, 1327, Western Maryland, 1286. The Western Maryland team received twelfth place in the Third Corps Area Intercollegiate Gallery Match. Back TOW, Jeft to right: Sergeant Lavin, Catington, Fitzgerald, Hill. Front row, Jeft to right: Hawkins, Wiley, Hendrickson, Leister. One hundred fifty-seven