The National Defense Act led to the creation of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) at Purdue. R.O.T.C. was required of all freshman and sophomore male students. This led to the construction ...

But it’s too large to stay hidden for long, and has always returned to its home in the Purdue Armory. For more than 50 years, the Purdue Band has been engaged in a friendly, but heated controversy ...