The Nation: The Girl Colonel

MISS Susan Orkins? Better make that Cadet Colonel Orkins, who represents yet another first for women's equality. She has been made commander of the 500-member Air Force ROTC wing at Ohio State University. Most of Colonel Orkins' subordinates are men, which could cause a protocol problem for the 22-year-old biology major on Saturday nights. ("May I have this dance, sir—I mean madam?") Luckily her fiance attends another university and hence is outside her control, militarily speaking. They intend to marry this year—after she receives her Air Force commission.

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