Air Force Technical Training Detachment - Echelon Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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FEBRUARY 12, 1944 HAVERFORD WPRE-METUITATIONS Page 2 PRE-MET IN REVIEW REPORT T0 THE DETACHMENT After Bill Hope and LAST NEWS STORY Tom Friedman won 2- 1 GRADUATION PROGRAM two-2 dollars for the prize-winning misno- mer, Pre-Metitations, Y Editors Len Klotz and Bob Aronson paced their staffs through a biweekly deadline from April to Feb- ruary. Among others, Mort Lippman's nThe Ballad of Double A,n Bob Brummer's nHow I Got My Commission,n Mike Tulevech's dy- namic New York-Chic- ago feud with Norm Kranz, Art Unger's nStrictly From Hun- ger,n Art Singer's nln Cadence,n John Burnett and Tom Christian's nFor the Birds,n Mike Lanin's nThe Battle of the lsarithims,N and Don Pitkoff, Don Bender, and Bob Puskar's car- toons will long be remembered. In case you come back, a per- manently bound volume is on file in the library. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1944 8.00 P. M. Basketball Game . . Gymnasium FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1944 9.00 P.M.-l P.M. Military Ball . Gymnasium Howard Lanin and Orchestra SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1944 2.30 P.M. Military Revue . Walton Field Military Awards 4.00 P.M. Musical Review .. Roberts Hall 'Stand By Your Guns' 6.00 P.M. Tea and Buffet Supper'.Gymnasium 8.00 P.M. Commencement Exercises Roberts Hall Presentation of Academic Certificates: Major General Joe N. Dalton Director of Personnel, Headquarters Army Service Forces Greetings: Felix Morley, President of Haverford College. Commencement Address: Major General Joe N. Dalton 9:30 P.M. Reception . . . Founders Hall

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K Q' During the hot days of summer we had the opportunity of swimming 5. ' in Haverford's Jool, which resembles an element of area dvdx. Une da , i 1 , , y -3 -4' each week one section chased the wide variety of marine life found in the . N,-eg pool. Functional swimming was the name given to this activity. The high- Wl V , light of the season was the functional swimming demonstration presented by rixtitii-K Sgt. Al Sloman and an all-star cast consisting of Farrow, Pierson, hlurphy, 7- V Renuck, lxatzmann, Friedman, lYlcGrath, Hessmann, VVarren, Epstein, Caplin, Darfler, VVhite, Santimauro, Deutsch, Rettig, and Lutz. , -3 'lhrou hout the whole urofram a keen sectional rivalrv ersisted be- ,, V g i s . P H -B.-vijyf . tween the ltast and Midwest. Although many assertions of physical prowess j.: were made, the only competitive clash between the two factions came with i f '1 fs! a softball game between two representative teams. 'lihe first contest resulted , in a 3-5 tie, and in a second game the East won 1-0. The East was repre- ': ..1.'ivf ,- ,B . . . - . . . . w7'5'ff e ' - sented by Sheldon, Schaefer, Santimauro, Blackburn, Seimert, Axon, Mad- den, Chapman, Ferguson, Pitkoff, and Pierson. The Midwest was repre- C, sented by the following: Friedman, Schultz, R. Smith, Christian, Flaws, f' 5 Strutz, Faynor, lf. Nelson, Gibbs, Lutz, and Darfler. Rx., LW- Last fall football once more claimed our attention. The close competi- r9i'-'-i3-- tion of the spring was duplicated, and the calibre of play did IlOt seem W , affected by the academic depletion of our ranks. Sections -1- and 7 once W K more shared the spotlight, with Section 7 proving itself a shade the better. At the time of this writing the basketball team has begun its second , 1'-E, I C, Q, season. 'lihe prospects for a highly successful court campaign are good. 5, -15 'li'kl,'f'lq VVhile Manager Fahnestock's boys are short on height, they are long on 'll fffiyk'-i+'il'Y','1'W fight and their play has been marked by good shooting and ball handling. 'lr f 'lihus far the team has registered impressive victories over Haverford School, ' if Friends Central School, Haverford Collefe and Swarthmore Colle e. Black- -, t , g burn, jones, Axon, and Ferguson have provided the scoring punch, while Gary has functioned effectively on the defense and as a cohesive force. v 4' R. Smith, P. Smith, Burnett, Siemert, Collins, Deutsch, Black, and McGrath round out the s uad. fy-x . 74' q eff- 5 Pl,5kf' J . ' 'A' 1, All in all, we have had a full sports calendar. In many ways it has been :m an essential part of our training program. It has helped to keep us up to w i-Armin' . . . . , ' Arm' hvsical standards, has yrovided the necessarv dailv breather from JS.. ,Mak 5 P - l t - hours of accelerated academic work, and, perhaps most important of all, has . contributed to that psychological state of mind associated with having fun. ' ' None of us will be verv much sur wrised if we remember some of the im or- , . i P Q ,,1,f'. tant games, close scores, and stand-out playing long after we've forgotten f b' -Eff, R -5 that -I' sing x dx : PHX - sin x cos xl + c. i 5 . ,I I ' I ' ' N',,'1'l l,..o il' 'h A.. , ff' PM -' 1 , , rm .: f 4 all 5' 4 f-3 -i -.. lv' 1 ---.N , ,- . we ef- ' -17.15 ' ' Sf 1 Qmiiix X nzF 1- Y x -?- j N