University Archives Photograph Collection

On back: "Black and white livestock?", likely a young skunk

Sign reads: "California State Polytechnic College" (top), "Permission to pass revocable at any time" (bottom)

Peter Mehlschau, Nipomo, left, and Robert West, Castro Valley, of California State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, Cal., flank the coveted 'Warrior of the Pacific' trophy. The trophy, first presented by the University of Hawaii in 1925, is presented annually to the college ROTC unit with the highest average M1 rifle score. Competition is among all college units attending ROTC summer camps throughout the United States. Mehlschau was second high man out of 1178 cadets during training at Fort Lewis, Washington. West scored third during the Fort Lewis Competition. The award previously has been won by the University of Puerto Rico, Ohio University, University of West Virginia, Pennsylvania Military Academy and the University of Hawaii.

Peter Mehlschau, Nipomo, a senior at California State Polytechnic College, and a 'Warrior in Service of the Great Kamehameha pose together after Mehlschau's score of 234 out of a possible 250 helped clinch the trophy for California State Polytechnic College's ROTC branch.The trophy, first presented by the University of Hawaii in 1925, is presented to the college ROTC unit with the highest average M1 rifle score. Competition is among all college units attending ROTC summer camps throughout the United States. Mehlschau was second high man out of 1178 cadets during training at Fort Lewis, Washington. The award previously has been won by the University of Puerto Rico, Ohio University, University of West Virginia, Pennsylvania Military Academy and the University of Hawaii.

Description attached reads: 'Warrior for Kamehameha - Peter Melschau, Nipomo, left, and Robert West, Castro Valley, ROTC men from California State Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo admire the trophy, representing a "Warrior in the Service of the Great Kamehameha". Their expert shooting helped win the trophy for the college. The trophy, first presented by the University of Hawaii in 1925, is presented annually to the college ROTC unit with the highest average M1 rifle score. Competition is among all college units attending ROTC summer camps throughout the United States. Mehschau was second high man out of the 1178 cadets during training at Fort Lewis, Washington.'

Left to right: John Healey, Ken Kitch (standing), William Bush, and Robert E. Kennedy. Published in the 1952 El Rodeo, pg 42.