Clark University - Pasticcio Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OE CLARK'S ARMY l l.T. COI.. NEWTON W. ALEXANDER Commanding Officer of the Army Specialized Training Unit al Clark GN THURSDAY evening, March 2, this year, a special convocation was held in Atwood Hall-not so much to graduate the few Clark Seniors, but mainly to award certificates to 254 soldiers of the United States Army. The highlight of the program was the granting of an honorary degree of master of arts upon the unsuspecting and totally surprised Lt. Col. New- ton W. Alexander, commandant of the men. Although these soldiers had expected to be at Clark from September until June, new orders had cut short their training by one term: within two weeks after the convocation, all khakied men but the staff had disappeared from campus. But the Army had been to Clark! Fanning, Grad, and Estabrook Halls, and the old gym had become barracks for an Army Specialized Training Unit, l55I

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Service Command Unit ll9l. Alumni Gym became General Headquarters and the Infirmary. One hundred and fifteen men were taking BE-l fBasic Engineeringl subjects, 60 were taking BE-5 subjects, and 125 were taking Foreign Area and Language subjects, In addition to their own staff. the soldiers were given two faculty men to help assimilate their needs to Clark's facilities: Dr. Dougherty acted as liaison officer between Clark and the Army oflicials, and Dr, Van Valkenburg was director of the Area-Language group. New profs were brought in by the Army, and added courses were shared by the Clark faculty. Whit, of course, handled the physical training, Twenty- four class hours a week, 24 study hours a week, 6 P.T. hours, and 5 hours military drill kept the soldiers busy. The Wednesday night canteens, football, writing their special columns for Scarlet, and whatever other extracurricular activities they could crowd in kept them amused. Writing and producing Wearin' Brown will keep the memory of their stay at Clark in the hearts of all who saw it or were fortunate enough to have been in it. That Atwood Hall was filled, that all proceeds went to Army Relief, and that it was so good, are noteworthy. l56l