Loomis Chaffee High School - Confluence Yearbook (Windsor, CT)

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Reading in Lou Fowles' history of Loomis, THE HARVEST OF OUR LIVES, the record of the World War II shortages and scarcities does not seem so remote to us today. It has been said that the major problem at Loomis during the war was the 3 F's-food, fuel, and faculty. . . .The food and fuel situation was handled at Loomis as well as at any school because Mr. Morse tthe Business Managerj gave unlimited time to the government regulations and Mr. Batchelder tHeadmasterJ had a basic belief that uthe simpler life that has been forced upon us has great values if we want them . . . The faculty problem, however, challenged Mr. Batchel- der's ingenuity as he utilized former Loomis students awaiting their call to duty, tandj faculty wives. . . In many ways the school life was different during the Second World War. Again, from The Harvest ofOur Lives, The most insistent pressure from the students arose from the need to graduate before entering military service. This occasioned commencements in the middle of the year and at the end of summer school, in addition to the June graduation. While the courses remained the same, school life changed in many ways. Athletic contests with other schools ceased and club competition increased, based on the healthy background of rivalry al- ready in existence. A commando course was laid out, students took over the pantry jobs-which one student found his most valuable training at Loomis for army service-, potatoes were picked-with some confusion-at neighboring farms by both Loomis and Chaffee students, and a group became Medical Aides at the Hartford Hospital. Again, as in the first World War, a military unit was formed which drilled, paraded, and learned military fundamentals. There was little leisure in this war period at Loomis and less time could be devoted to cultural mat- ters. . .

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JU' Q - x A Above: Aerial view of the Loomis campus in 1926. Batch was built in 1929-30. Left: Aerial view of the Loomis-Chaffee campus, January 1974. 5

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