Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Twice the grim shadow of a world war has fallen across the campus of Memphis State Col- lege. The first time, during World War I, the south campus from the front steps of the Admin- istration Building to the Normal Depot on Southern Avenue was covered with tents of a thousand soldiers, members of the Students ' Aux- iliarv Training Corps. The northeastern campus, including the area where the Men ' s Dormitory, the football field, and the gymnasium are now, was converted into a liberty garden by the faculty and agricultural students of the college. On the first floor of the Administration Building was a Red Cross Chapter room where the women of the college made surgical dressings. The third and fourth floors served as a dormitory for tin- officers of the S. A. T. C. Shoe rationing! So Staters dance in sox. Y Wholesale moving day when girls change dorms. During World War II, in 1943, Mynders Hall was taken over by the Army to use as a dormi- tory for Army Air Corps Cadets receiving pre- flight training on the campus. In a workshop erected by N. Y. A. students in 19+1, both men and women are being trained as welders and sheet metal workers. Lights burn far into the night in Manning Hall and the Administration Building where Civilian Defense classes are be- ing conducted. From the erstwhile football field ring out the sharp commands of the drill master and, sometimes, the song of the Army Air Corps. Overhead is the ceaseless drone of planes flying the trans-continental route to some mysterious battle front.

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FOREWORD To you who entered Memphis State College in September, 1942, to grow in wisdom and friendship, we have tried to give a kaleidoscopic story of the year. This story has assumed a some- what different aspect from former years, for nationalism has sup- planted school spirit. Dur campus has become a proving ground for the armed forces. Into every chapel program, classroom, club gathering; into the publications and social life; into athletics, has entered a glorious feeling of patriotism. Uncle Sam has entered the campus gates and walked right up the admin steps. Because we realize the importance of our cooperation with Uncle Sam, we have chosen as the theme of the 1942 DeSoto — We ' re In to Win — and are dedicating it to the most prominent character on the campus — YDU. The Junior, riding on the crest of his college career, enjoys fully all phases of campus capers. The Senior, mellow with the remembrance of days well spent, ceremoniously climbs the familiar Admin steps.

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