Eastern Kentucky University - Milestone Yearbook (Richmond, KY)

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EASTERN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AND THE WAR Soon after Pearl Harbor, Eastern joined the other colleges and universities of the nation in offering all of its facilities for use by our Government dur- ing the war. The college adopted the quarter plan to meet the needs for shorter courses and an accelerated program for those who would soon enter military service. The Department of Health and Physical Educatio n, always outstanding at Eastern, gave new emphasis to physical fitness for every stu- dent as a personal asset and a national aim. Without fanfare or the sound of trumpets, Eastern ' s men answered the call to arms. In near by and far-off places, they serve. Officers trained in our ROTC are directing field artillery units at the front while other graduates and former students man bombers and fighting ships. Eastern men are in every branch of the service and on every battle line. Twelve members of the faculty have enlisted in the Army or Navy. They are on leave of absence from the college and are expected to return to their work here at the close of the war. Other faculty members have assumed heavier loads on the campus in order to release some for active service. In addition to their college duties, they are also promoting bond sales and par- ticipating in civic meetings to discuss war aims and problems. Night classes have been organized for the employees of the Blue Grass Ordnance Depot while first aid classes are being taught for off-campus groups. y Jl ' i ' m ' - asl February the War Department established here, Branch No. 6 of the Army Administration Schools for the Women ' s Army Auxiliary Corps. Six hundred forty members of this unit are now housed in Burnam Hall. Three hundred are graduated every three weeks and are sent to their posts of ser- vice here and abroad. The many adjustments necessary for the operation of the WAAC school and the regular college program on the same campus were made cheerfully and with a remarkable degree of understanding and cooperation on the part of both students and faculty. The draft together with the dislocations due to the increased demands on industry has brought about a serious teacher shortage in the Nation as a whole and especially in Kentucky. Eastern accepts a definite responsibility in con- nection with this crisis and plans to enlarge its service to the public schools this summer by conducting study centers in several counties to which the col- lege has been invited and where many emergency permits have been issued in order to keep the schools open. The college will also offer a continuous supervisory service to be given through the regular school year by the college faculty and extended to selected counties through the State Department of Education. As its duties become more clearly defined, Eastern will react promptly to its opportunities. There will be no blackout of its service to the Common- wealth and to the Nation.

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ORLIE COMBS Lieutenant U. S. A. GEORGE HEMBREE Captain U. S. A. MAX HOUTCHENS U. S. A. HARNEY MEYERS Ensign U. S. N. R. SAM BECKLEY Lieutenant U. S. A. JACK ALLEN U. S. N. R. JUNIOR MUNCY Master Sergeant U. S. A. HAROLD GLOVER U. S. A. EVERETT GRIFFITH U. S. M. R. BILL AIKEN GEORGE McWHiRTER JUG VVORSHAM JOHNNY WALTON AYDE GREENWOOD RAY GOODLETT U. S. A. BURGOYNE MOORES U. S. A. DECKER JOHNSON 11

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