Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Corps . . . In all courses taught the future officers of the Army Air Corps, the most stringent rules of academic and military life have been applied. With the regular civilian instructors of the uni- versity enlightening the pilots, bombardiers and navigators with the necessary academic matter, the university and the army hove been brought together as never before. For their military classes, the men have been fortunate in receiving instructions from men vv ' ho have been proven qualified for this duty and are proud wearers of commissioned rank in the Army of the United States. The connection between the university and the army has been mostly on the academic scale due to the tremendous project present to prepare the men for their future service in combat zones. FHowever, at frequent intervals, the men of the detachment and the girls at the college have made use of the little free time allowed to plan and enjoy social events in Jordan hiall. These have helped greatly in uplifting the men ' s morale. The members of the Air Crew Detachment have established themselves as a definite mark in the history of Butler during the war-time emergency which World War 2 has created. Major William E. Sayer Dean Bail and Lt. McGuire

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Army Air ProF. George F. Leonard For the past year, Butler ' s campus has been adorned with the uniforms of Aviation Students who are members of the 52nd College Training Detachment. Under the command of Major William E. Sayer, who has guided the cadet program since December after replacing Captain Samuel C. Gist, the detachment has flourished to be acclaimed as one of the outstanding of its kind in the country. The training which the students undergo is a phase on the road to becoming Aviation Cadets and future pilots and officers of the Army Air Force. Their primary purpose while at Butler, is to achieve academic proficiency in many subjects such as physics, mathematics, English, history, and geography. Other parts of the program include a very vigorous physical training schedule, for the purpose of making the cadets fit for their future days as pilots; a strict military program which includes, drilling, voice and command, the use of small arms and lectures on other important phases of Army training. The students spend their final month at Butler engaged in ten hours of instructive flying at the local airports. Their course includes learning Civil Regulations as well as actual army flying. Aviation students 20

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