Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Pre-Induction Training Rifi-ight face! Forward march! Hep, hep, halt! one, two. The sound of military drill and calisthenics are heard from the boys' gymnasium this semester. Boys, who expect to be in the service of Uncle Sam in not so many months, are training in the Pre' Induction course, now offered at Lincoln high. Although most emphasis is put on the physical fit' ness training, 'ktraineesn also receive instruction in war aims, mathematics, physical science, military orientation, global geography, airplane identificaf tion, gas engine fundamentals, and screening tests. Une-third of the time spent in physical training, which composes threeffifths of the entire course, is spent in the water. Trainees report to the boys' gymnasium every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Here they undergo stiff ealisthenics and exercises. Arm, leg, and back muscles are limbered up. Rope climbing, which is important because it is used extensively in the Navy, is often on the program. One of these days is spent in the swimming pool. Here the boys learn to swim long distances with a minimum of effort. Swimming under water, which is a necesf sary accomplishment in the Navy because of oil and machinegun bullets, is practiced. When the semesf ter is finshed, all boys are expected to be hardened physically. Trainees report for refresher courses on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Pupils spend six hours of the semester in military orientation. In this group, Lyle Weyaiid instructs the pupils on milf itary insignia, when, where and how to salute, milf itary law, and drilling. In the six hours spent in a physical scienee refresher, Julius Young, head of the chemistry department, reviews physics and chemistry, while in a threefhour study of gas en' gines, he teaches them the fundamentals. Miss jenkins and Mr. Phillips teach nine hours of war aims and global geography. Six hours are spent in a mathematics refresher course, taught by Miss Cook. Thus, as Lincoln high boys go to war, more will return alive and more will return as officers be- cause of this prefinduction course.

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Step nllnmher live is hnrnlling ulxedgesf Flat on their stomachs, the trainees crawl through :L long Wooden tunnel. g,QgggQ1w Q' L4 w They then race precariously along thin hoards. Heclglehopping over lvzxrriers. racing down K QQHNQ . . 'Wx Qs fm E1 steep hzmk, jumplng across a Creek, they then drop to the ground, exhausted. f, ' The trainee, tired hut triumphant, has surf vived the obstacle course,