City College of New York - Microcosm Yearbook (New York, NY)

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In 194S The College and the Associate Alumni set up the City College Centennial Fund to provide for the extracurricu- lar needs of the student body. The goal of the fund is to provide for a Student War Me- morial Building and for the development of athletic, ro- soarch and cultural facilities for the students.

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The front lawn Whore dates are made, and book roportg oxchangod The tempo and tho times ... back from the war were the men and womon . . . back to the subway college . . . some back to become '48 graduates . . . some never to come back except in memory and memorials. . .. The tempo and tho timos had changed . . . men of 30 and pigtails of 17 took oxams together . . . khaki shirts and tight fitting swoators filled the halls . . . the old ratio of two men to each girl reigned again . . . and the coeds liked it. . . . The vet was back . . . tired, eager to get his degree as fast as he could ... he became tho plodder, the leader. . . . Tho first change camo on Doccmbor 8, 1941 ... it was the turning point . . . tho beginning of tho exodus of men from the campus, of soldiers from this country, of Fascism from the world . . . President Roosevelt spoke to the nation . . . the col- lege—faculty and students—listened and heard him call for a declaration of war . . . heard him plead for a better world to omorge from tho ensuing blood and destruction. . . . The tempo changed . . . tho fever of war replaced the scho- lastic calmness . . . values shifted . . . War Bonds and acceler- ated courses became important ... air raid drills and prayers for victory made academic lectures seem insignificant . . . the glamour of uniforms replaced tho casualness of college clothes.... The times were different . . . buildings onco unknown to female smiles, except for a girl engineer or two. now had their halls filled with coeds . . . the armed services left only a scat- tering of men to walk with them ... 12 girls entered in Septem- ber '42 and passed through Lincoln Corridor . . . the following February 20 more coeds were admitted . . . soon there wore