Brown University - Liber Brunensis Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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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

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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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o cers of the BBth Trainng Detachment to have sound bodies as well as alert minds, so athletics received a considerabl empha- 5. In adaition to the strenuous calis. thenics was the interflight competifon in the seasonal sports. The eight Tlights bet tled fiercely in touch football contests in tast moving basketbell Hlie and in the pep. berec cofthall clashes, Even soldiers must have a bif of relaxa. tior now and ther, Along these lines there were the much freauented Gellery Can. teen, Whelan s comer diugsiore, ond any of the Pembroke or Bryant dormifories Feature enfertainment by the B was orovided in the form of a dance in the Faunce House Art ballery at the time the s enferne 1he 2 BRSBTS farewell with the catircal G Junllee 1 talented variely show of humorous vein,