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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The Air Crew Keeping Fit with exercise and medical care The activities of the Aviation Cadets are many and varied on the Butler campus. Every Saturday and for other special occasions the Air Students ore reviewed by the officers and honored guests. At some of these reviews presentations of special medals and awards are made to the parents, wives and sweethearts of boys Vi ho ore in the Air Corps. On Sundays the students attend Sweeney Chapel or other churches in the city for religious services. The physical training program under the direc- tion of Frank hieddon is very rigorous but the cadets must keep up their high physical stand- ards. To supplement this they are given expert medical attention. Besides receiving academic training at the university the cadets receive ten hours of in- structive flying at the local airport. hHere they are given instruction in Civil Regulations as well as army flying. - Learning how it operates