Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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rr Q5 ment. The Welfare Dept., under the direction of Lt. li.g.l S. l. Craft offers even more opportunity for participation in a number of activities. The Navy has varsity football, in- tramural basketball, volleyball, softball, and several splendid musical groups, some of which have broadcast coast-to-coast over VVLW, performed in the Music Hall at Cincinnati, Ohio, sang before the Governor of the State of Ohio, and have even entertained the Minister to the United States. if, To these men of the Navy in the Radio Training'--Skshool at Miami University, who are symbolic of the strengtliihffgthis nation, and in vvhom vve place faith in extendingtstlife power of the Four Freedoms, vve lend our earnest support as genial hosts, cheering partners, and fellow Americans. Shipmates stand together- Commencement prelude to active service

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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

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aufq 'Y 1' 2 Cupper righfj MVTC boys vs. Miami's obstacle course. Cupper Ieftj This is the army, Mr. Jones. Crighfj Women's League rewards twelve weeks' work