Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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f ffl. Q 5' ii I it Sending not receiving. The Waves and Marines entertain. AVES Ill ES Welcome addition to the Miami University campus this year were the Waves and lady Marines. The Waves bowed in on April 15 last year and were followed on May 13 by the Marines. Oxford welcomed them with a drum and bugle corps which marched with them to their new quar- ters. Military and well-poised, the girls have been invited to various campus affairs and the students try to make them feel a part of the University. These energetic young women are studying code and radio theory in order to become radio operators. Many of them receive their ratings when they graduate, and go to various Naval stations where they release men for sea duty. East and West Halls have now become home to these service women. West Hall was not taken over by the Navy until the academic year was finished, although the fresh- men women had to vacate East Hall earlier in the spring. The coeds hoped the service women would enjoy these dorms as much as they had, and from all indications they must. East Hall basement was completely redecorated into a recreation room complete with dance floor, coke ma- chines, and games.

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The Naval Radio Training School, commissioned Ivlay 4, I942, is the oldest of the Naval units at Miami University. Under the command of Comdr. J. F. W. Gray, it is ranked as the number one Class A Radio School in the United States. The I6-week course consists of Code, Naval Procedure, Radio Theory, Typing, and Physical Training. Upon com- pletion of this course, provided they fulfill government re- quirements, the men receive the rating of Radioman Third Class. They must be able to send and receive a minimum of 22 words a minute in International Morse Code. Navy discipline necessitates a rigid schedule. Reveille is at 6 a.m., breakfast at 7, classes from 8 to 5 with an hour out for lunch, make-up classes from 6:30 to 8:30 and taps CII Inspection is held Saturday morning after which the men have leave until I2 p.m. Leave is also granted from 8 a.m. until IO p.m. on Sunday. At the present time there are 800 men in the Radio School and IOO in Cooks and Bakers School. Organized recreation in the form of the Wednesday night motion pictures, monthly Navy Happy Hours, and twice monthly visits of traveling U.5.0. groups from New York is provided. McGuffey meets Navy. The Welfare Department, headed by I.t. ligl Charles C. Hartung, offers varsity football, intramural basketball, volleyball, softball, and several musical groups, some of which have broadcast coast-to-coast over WLW, performed in Cincinnati's Ivlusic Hall, sung before the Governor of Ohio, and have entertained the British minister to the United States. SAILIDB Knock it off! On watch.

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One of The miliTary uniTs represenTed on The campus is The War Training Service, The program of flighT Training ThaT has recenTly replaced The old Civilian PiloT Training. The uniT here, comprised of one hundred V-5's, is headed by LT. John E. Sullivan, commanding officer, and LT. ligl J. Leslie 1-larT, physical Training direcTor. The uniT is auarTered in David Swing Hall, and makes use of The faciliTies of The Universify Airfield in iTs Training. The airfield was recenTly repaired and enlarged To ac- commodafe This service group. ImprovemenTs included grading and leveling of The area, and consTrucTion of a new hangar and concreTe runway. The field was dedicaTed July 17, 1943, wiTh Governor John Bricker officiaTing aT The Governor's Day ceremonies. Previous To compleTion of The field, cadefs were TransporTed via sTaTion-wagon To l-lamilfon and lvliddleTown for use of The air fields There. The War Training Service has been aT Miami since Sep- Tember of 1942. The basic course here lasTs abouT Two monThs, affer which The cadeTs are graduafed To advanced flying insTrucTion elsewhere. Upon compleTion of The en- Tire course, They are commissioned as Ensigns in The Naval Air Corps, WT Ready for The Take off.