Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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1 ,, H K. e ,.: ig. f 9'-A. , - f' ,f -F V lj. w I f . -t ,. . Tux' 4 rl fright To leftla Ensign A. W. Stevens, Lieuf. Ci.g.D H. Krashenp Ensign R. A. Schnobelp LieuT. Ci.g.l S. l. Craffg Ensign J. K. Bleeclner, Lieuf. H. J. Askrenf En- sign R. L. Granf, Lieuf. Com. A. A. Kennedy, Lieuf. fi.g.J B. W. Brant, Lieuf. G. L. Dosland, Lieut. fi.g.l R. A. Nelson. li x Tion of The sixfeen week course, The men in The Radio School receive The raTing of Radioman Third Class if They have successfully fulfilled governmenT reauiremenfs in Their subiecTs. This course includes four main Topics of sTudy consisTing of Code, Naval Procedure, Radio Theory, Typ- ing, and Physical Educafion. They are required To be able To send and receive a minimum of 22 words a minuTe in inTernaTional Morse code. They spend six hours a week in a physical hardening course-some of This Time being

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NAVAL RADIG TRAINING I-IE UNITED STATES NAVY commissioned the first Ndvol Rodio Troining School in the history ot Miomi University, Moy 4,I942, ot Oxford, Ohio, under the commond ot Lieutenont G. L. Doslond. This school, os roted by the Novy Deportment in Woshington, D. C., is ronked os the number one Closs A Rodio School in the United Stotes. Similor to mony other institutions throughout the country, it troins young men to toke their ploce in octive seo duty or in the Novy Air Force os etti- cient rodiomen. The U. S. Government hos Ieosed two of the older dormi- tories, The Pines ond Fisher, on the beoutitul Iviioumi com- pus ond is instructing 6OO men in the Rodio School ond 54 men in the Cooks ond Bokers School. At the comple- .i..D S

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Fountain service-Miami style. spent at the Miami gymnasium in Withrow Court. A radio shack, con- structed similar to a radio room aboard ship, gives advanced students practice in taking code from the air waves. Routine discipline necessarily rules the Navy lite at such an institution. lt's up at 6:00 A.M., breakfast at 7, classes 8 to 5 with an hour out tor lunch, make-up classes 6:30 to 8:30, and taps at 9:45. After 2:30 inspection on Saturday the sailors move en masse upon the small village ot Oxford and takes over until leave expires at l2:OO P.M. Leave is also allowed on Sunday trom 8:00 A.M. until lO:OO P.M. Lite is not dull, however, tor it it isn't classes or work, there is always organized recreation and what we in college would call extra- curricula activities. The weekly motion picture on Wednesday night, the Amateur show or what the Navy calls the Happy Hour, once a month, and the twice monthly visits ot the traveling U.S.O. groups out ot New York, furnish the men with an abundance ot good entertain- lntensive instruction in radio procedure