Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Id Mte fytUu tijtu, Students registered for the Selective Service February 1 6. Now all they have to do is wait for questionnaires. In honor of Russell Church, the first University war casualty, the R.O.T.C. stands at attention by the War Memorial. The Library offers a great deal of informati about duty to the United States. We have worked carefully. We are proud of the Indiana University War Service Plan. Our plan is not the first to be announced, but it is the most complete. In formulating it, we sought and received student opinions. We likewise made an exhaustive canvass of the plans of the other institutions. It allows maximum flexibility and acceleration. It more adequately meets the needs of the nation at this time of peril, and at the same time it is the most adaptable of all possible plans of individual student situations. With these words, President Herman B Wells introduced the major provisions of the University ' s new speed-up program to the student body at a special convocation on the night of January 19, 1942. He urged student co-operation and asked that the stu- dents take advantage of all of the Plan ' s benefits. Pointing out that the need for skilled persons in defense and military divisions make it vital for colleges to allow students to finish sooner than they did under old systems, the President said: Our society is faced with the necessity for a supreme military and productive effort. The type of training men and women re- ceive in college is needed in this effort. There is no shortage of man power. There is a tremendous shortage of trained man power. 12

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Becamel Muriate ,- Minded Forming the symbol of Americanism, V for Victory, are coed sponsor Jo Anne Pierpont and an R.O.T.C. unit. Showing the students that the program was launched to conform with the direct request of the government, President Wells explained the idea of mental fitness and told about the new required physical education program. He announced the members of the Student War Council, appointed to assist the Administrative War Council, and concluded with this plea to the students: It will require intensification of effort on your part. Every American, regardless of his task, will be similarly affected. As you know, our school is one hundred twenty-two years old. The institution and its students have met victoriously the problems of every national crisis throughout that long period. Together we shall write another brilliant chapter in that long record. Although clearly showing the students that more study and longer hours of it are and will be required in the future, President Wells made it clear that the main idea of the program, was that college life should go on as near normal as possible. He urged that, despite extensive changes in schedule and curricula, campus even ' s should not be altered drastically. And so, even in dark hours, students sought typical Hoosier fun and laughter, and the only great change was a grim determination to win. 13