Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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E. E. Erickson L S. Hough Doctor Wode held the position of chief code instructor for the school, vvhich hos been turning out l5O copoble novol rodiomen eoch month. A brief refresher course in the intricocies of Morse dit-doh's olso served to quolify Doctors G. L. lvlotuschko ond S. O. Polleslce, ond Professors M. S. Powell, l-l. lvl. Willioms, ond B. T. Sondefur os rodio code instructors. As teochers in rodio theory, Professors R. Atherton ond VV. A. Yoekle were recruited from the physics ond industriol educotion deportments respectively. Geored to the business of turning out one of the more importont commodities of vvortime-pilots-the Civilion Pilot Troining progrom hod little trouble switching over to o complete progrom of militory oviotion troining ond generol indoctrinotion of Army ond Novy co- dets. Drown from his duties os heod of the mothemotics deportment, Doctor VV. E. Anderson served os chief novigotion ond mothemotics instructor for the codets. Assisting him in the explonotions of the dividers, composs ond sextont, the working tools of the novigotors, were Doctor J. R. Breitenbucher ond Professor E. E. Erickson. ln oddi- tion to oiding ot the Novol Rodio school, Professor L. P. Irvin tought L. P. Irvin A. I. Jacobson C. W. Kreger A. D. Lekvold G. L. Mcituschko N. T. Mottox H. C. Montgomery S. O. Pulleske

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sl oo. E. M. Albaugh D. C. Alden L Lu .a.i,....s-.4 .'f'v-fnvv-?-:rx-vassrf-. ., .-... ..- A annul. l W. E. Anderson R. Atherton 5 K Q J. R. Breitenbucher Martha R. Bryan J. E. Cocanougher J. B. Dennison WAR PRCJFESSCRS EEPING equally apace with the nation's conversion from peaceful pursuits during the past year were faculty members of Miami University who assumed additional duties either directly or indirectly related to the war effort. Most closely associated with military train- ing on the campus was Professor R. J. McGinnis, who used experience gained as an officer of French poilu during World War l to present a voluntary mnitary training pro- gram and to serve as commanding officer of the Army and Navy Air Corps cadets stationed in Oxford under the CPT program. Officially listed as chairman of the University Military Training committee, Prof. H. C. Montgomery was instrumental in the establishment of the Miami Volunteer Training Corps. Also among those on the MVTC roster, with ranks varying from Company Commander to Private, were Professors J. B. Dennison, L. S. Hough, A. I. Jacob- son, A. D. Lekvold, E. W. Yrrkola and N. T. Mattox. With 600 students, the faculty members spent three hours each Wednesday evening learning the fundamentals of military drill and undergoing the rigors of a toughening com- mando course. Popular throughout the state were Pro- fessor G. R. Hood's lectures on chemical warfare defense and protection. The establishment in May of the U. S. Naval Radio Train- ing school in Oxford provided new wartime pedagogical problems for an educational institution which has seen its young men leave for service with the American armed forces for every conflict since the War of l8l2. To his already numerous duties, Professor E. M. Albaugh added that of director of education of the Naval school, while Doctor F. A. Wade brushed up on radio code which he learned and used while on field trips to Little America, Antarctica. Until the beginning of the second semester when he was commissioned Captain in the Army Air Corps,

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DED radio code as well as blinker signaling and aircraft identi- fication and specifications. Cumulus, cirrus and stratus clouds were all in the realm of Professor VV. G. Richards, who instructed the CPT men in meteorology. Until the Army Air Corps called for his practical training, Professor M. H. Hicks served as instructor in Civil Air Regulations and theory of flight and aircraft povver plants. Also busy with a full-time instruction schedule under the CPT pro- gram vvas Professor J. E. Cocanougher, who taught aero- nautics, mathematics of flight, and general service of aircraft. Sponsored by the U. S. Department of Education, Miami cooperated with the Emergency Science and Mathematics War Training program in preparing men already holding positions in vvar industries to fill more highly skilled and advanced duties. The necessity for instructors participating in the program to travel from Oxford to Hamilton, Day- H. S. Pollard M. S. Powell DUTIES ton, and other distant centers a number of evenings dur- ing the vveek vvas only one of the duties willingly accepted by University professors. Doctor VV. C. Kreger added to his duties that of institutional representative and co-ordi- nator for the ESMVVT program. Doctor H. S. Pollard ex- plained as vvell as practical uses of mathematics to men vvho immediately put them to work at their machine shops in the arsenals for Democracy. Professor D. C. Alden acted as accountant for the ESMWT program. Not to be outdone by the male members of the faculty, feminine professors and instructors took part in the war effort in numerous ways from supporting civilian defense vvork to instructing vvar vvorkers. Popular and instructive were Professor M. R. Bryan's classes in First Aid. To the entire Miami faculty, therefore, goes an A for academic accomplishment in preparing American youth for their roles as leaders in the present-day crisis! ' W. G. Richards B. T. Sanclefur psy: kick., . ...ul . 'W . F. A. Wade H. M. Williams W. A. Yaekle E. W. Yrrkolcl