Drury University - Souwester Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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THE SOU'WESTER, I 918 Board Of Trustees T. W. NADAL ........ ......................................................... For Term Ending June, 1917. E. N. FERGUSON ......................................................,................. HON. CHARLES E. HARXVOOD .......... O. J. HILL ...................................... ARTHUR MARTY .......... A. H, MANSFIELD ................................,................................. For Term Ending June, 1918. LEWIS L. ALLEN .................................................................... i FREDERIC A. HALL ....... NV. L. HARDY ................... REV. S. H. VVOODROXV ........ J. T. WOODRUFF .................................................................... For Term Ending June, 1919. A. R, BALDWIN .................................................................... H-ON. JOHN T. FARRINGTON ........ HON. JOHN T. STURGIS ........... C. G. MARTIN ................ HON. J. T. WHITE .............................................................. For Term Ending fmze, 1920. C. H. COLE ....................................-- -------------------------------------- REV. H, F. HOLTON ........ L. L. LICHLITER ..... V ..... J. B. VVHITE ............ .................. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. :FREDERIC A, HALL, LITT. D., LL. D ........................ ...........--.-.-.---- VV. L. HARDY .............................. --.---------- G, VV, NONEMACHER ........................... VICTOR O. COLTRANE ...,.... ........President ...-.....Springiield .........Up1and, Cal. ........Kansas City ........Kansas City Louis ..-.....Peirce City Louis ..-....-.SpringHeld Louis .........SpI'ingfie1d .........SpringfIeld ..........Springfie1d ..........Sp1'ingiie1d ..................Springfield ...Jefferson City ..........Springf1e1d Louis .-.....Kansas City .......Kansas City .A ding C'hai1'man ...................Treasmfer ................Sec1'etary ........C01msel

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THE S0U'WESTER,19I8 Field Artillery The artillery is an auxillary branch and is dependent upon the O'fhC1' branches for its own protection. It must operate in conjunction with and partly under the direction of the other arms. It op-ens the way for an attack, or places a barrier before the enemy in a defense. It is the most powerful of the tactical units and the most vulnerable. It requires a technical means for adjusting its fire never before thought necessary. LIEUT. JOHN T. WHITE, JR. A Aviation Section of the Signal Corps I Naturally the problem of furnishing the equipment for the aviation forces is an enormous one, but it is not as complex and difficult as that of furnishing and training men to get the best out of these machines. For instance, take the Pilot, the super-aviator, in whose care is entrusted a machine costing over 310,000,003 the lives of many men, the responsibility of obtaining information which will affect the United States Army as a whole. In general, it might be said that the selection and training of Pilots may,be divided into five periods: the selection of candidates, which consists of the most exacting physical and mental examinations required by the United States Army, the ground course at certain universities, the preliminary flying course at Aviation School, the advanced flying course at Aviation School, the assignment to active duty and the specialization in this particular line of work. If the candidate is successful in all of the above periods of training, he is commissioned as Second Lieutenant. The' work of the Military Aviator is becoming more complex every day. To him is left the whole vital work of obtaining all kinds of information con- cerning the enemy, of directing the fire of the machine gun as Well as all types of artillery. In this role, the Aviator, ranking as Second Lieutenant, becomes the master mind that watches over the enemy, interprets the meaning of his every movement, and transmits to the ground forces such information as he deems necessary. By means of a few letters in code, he can cause practically every gun in the artillery on his immediate sector to change to any target which seems of sufhcient importance for .this step. Thus, at his finger tips, by means of his wireless key, he has millions of 'dollars and the lives of thousands of men at his disposal. ' INO. VV. GARRETT. ' fe , ' ,sg 24 ' I ers 5 .

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THE SOUWVESTER, IQI8 A Word from Drury's President Every student who enters Drury College becomes at once heir to a priceless legacy. Years of labor and sacrifice and - the generous gifts of consecrated men and women have been the price paid for the benefits which the College now extends freely to her sons and daughters. Drury is a treasure-house, rich in books and laboratories, in ideals' and traditions, and in all that is Hnest and best in culture and learning. Yet Drury College offers no royal road to knowledge and success. Drury offers only the royal opportunity to scale the difficult and windy heights of learning, to live for four years where the color of life is red, to work earnestly and to play joy- fully with men and women of ideals and purposes. It is to comradeship on such a royal highway as this that Drury College welcomes her Hne company of eager and aspiring youth. Striving to combine vision with service, idealism with efficiency, Drury does not stand as a detached institution of learning, dwelling in lonely, academic isolation, apart from the throbbing life of the World. Instead, Drury is one of America's training camps where young men and young women learn to live by living, where they are taught to see clearly, to reason sanely, to act nobly. Drury men in large numbers, today are answering Present to the roll call of their country's need. VVhen the war is won, when there comes the hour demanding constructive statesmanship in church, in government and in industry, strong men and valiant, trained in Drury's camp, will continue to arise and answer Present to every call and challenge of America and the world. ' .