Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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Holiday Hop, social event of the year. ir Coeds pause between classes. look for the future. Multitudinous forces are now at work, molding from the college curriculum, and demand for more intensive ap- Us end le0'Vl '9 lmpfesslens UPQU ' plication to produce high quality us which will determine the kind A ' work. There is no longer room 1 4 , of People We are lo be' for intellectual slackers, only for The intrinsic value of the educa- those who have changed their tion we are seeking today in wartime will be realized when we use this training, military or academic, to form our world to be. The changed outlook has resulted in a changed manner of life, keyed to the new tempo. With the new military courses came an accelerated program of education for civilians-elimination of many courses social and academic life to fit these limitations, making the best of the bene- fits and privileges offered to them. Our wartime Miami is a changed place in- deed. Although we wistfully recall the Miami of the past, that Miami is gone forever. Now we await another change, another Miami, to meet what the future demands.

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Here it is impossible to forget the war. Our daily civilian world touches and mingles with the world of the military. We are constantly reminded by the roar of the V-5 training planes, the hup-2-3-4 of the naval marching cadences, and the roll of the drums as the sailors swing past in review. These representatives of our armed forces have come to us from civilian life. A short while ago many of them were attending school, others were intent upon their careers. All have postponed their plans, given up those little liberties and licenses we still enioy today. Now a part of a great Navy, they are subject to military discipline and find them- selves here to learn those skills which will make them more valuable to their country. For some of them the comparative inactivity of the academic world may seem unrelated to the war, but the government, with a long range plan, has seen the necessity of edu- cated personnel for an efficient and integ- rated military organization. We in civilian life also have felt a restlessness, a desire to participate actively in the war. But education has been our choice. The ma- terials of war and death-guns, ammunition, planes, and tanks-are being weighed in the balance against the instruments of education and understanding which will forge our out- Civilian classes are becoming a woman's world. New and old Miami spirit.

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Our presidenT is Well known ThroughouT The counTry os on educoTor, os o speoker, ond os o mon of IeTTers. On compus he is ThoughT of os o vvriTer of poeTry, Trienol of The sTudenTs, onoi The bockbone of Miorni UniversiTy. His exTensive Troining, his greoT sTore of experience, o olernocroTiC oTTiTude, onoi chorming personoliTy oil moke Tor The well-rounoleol, broool-minded presi-