Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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THE ARIMY A TH5REIHNS United States Army Air Force Training Detachment of the Army Pre Meterology unit assianed to Brown straggled up Col lece Hill. These uniformed students en- tered Hope College and Slater Hall flaunt. ing still their carefree mannerisms of pre- vious collede days, but were rapidly molded into military form by paternal Ser. geant Martin Fryer. The brilliant Bs ' as these advanced men were denoted, had no sooner adapted themselves to their accel erated courses, become immure tfo the mess at the Faunce House Cofeteria which they shared with the undergraduates, and tamiliarized themselves with the local ter- rain when the C ' detachment settled in Horace Mann, Beorge, end Warren houses, eader to use the avaleble facilities with their seasoned superiors, E ARLY IN MARCH of 1943 the nucleus The fulure weathermen were guickly put al ease by the first commandant Ma or Ethridge F. Doane. They readily accepted their prescribed schedule of forfyonine weekly academic hours plus ten hours of military traning leaving the detalls to the Army and the Unversity officials. Dean Samuel 1. Arnold was chief supervisor of the educational program, while Professor Gilbert E. Case coordinated matters con cerning the Universiy and the Army. Profescor Uase s task was somewhat

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blanning arlls reviews ete. ssome of the bractca experence that s gven the men hrough o system of shudent ofi cers Under the supervision of the commissioned Officers, the shident officers are in imme. diate command of the men Student o cers organize the battalion take charne of lonalons cnd morcn the men to meals anc other activities Reports frion old Briown men, now comnissioned ot e who have cone rouan this training ver ty the tact that the experence ganen as s 1y dent officers s of creal value in prenaring tobeanoiicer noer he close sipervision of our officers and petty officers much has been done te give more respopsip by 1o each indvicunl student. The chonging of a0 dent officer every sermedler i1 one way oflgiving morenenachance o lean Aso there o el Lo U s commu- nications i. e. blinker and semaphore e e which the upperclass- meneaeciven hance to ol fheir cnow - edge to work There are otber aspec s of o franing horce o e oo cation of what we learn in our classrooms. that have ver s 0 NManyieotros have toen place in whien doerent Woonl baces o b b have beer . cd Snce w0 connot Be allowed fRe iLA criise dining fthe summer months, because of wortime restrctions theee visits and ore day crises oboora small ot craftarc bk nilen Becalce of be nonoar o reat many Nlaval establish- ment our Vi have shHown L almecd every branch of the Naval service, Ve hope that when we have e Brown Woconboemenbared o b g oo to the University's as well as the Navy's tadilons ol bonor encd el e it ; ,. 5 1

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complicatec by the three shitts inthe com. mond ol bhe nildu g s beellife Maor Loone s iccesior Maor Arthur B Camp- rell instan by won the conlioence and 1 0ol of Ihe nen, antain George Y, MW ober cone 1o Brown on November b, 1943 to ascume the respons bililies of the bop oflice Fiom Aprl 3 1844 theough the L orad ation exercises, Laptain CliE fora Parliment capanly quided the Pre Metes. METEOS RELAX BETWEEN After the Hrst fow ddove of ot o Honthe Fre Metec were plinged ceer in 0 the iniricacies of mathematics cono o faroadvancededle L et bt o con qguer vectoral mechar c0 boon 0 o0 mastery e field ol phyics b, o connotfercd the vatiol apect of e rapny and combleted the r schodile with o combingtion of Anericon histor, e Englih classes, The Army Air Force wanted these future