Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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The coming of total war made Purdue immediately abandon her pursuit of peace- ful accomplishments and turn all of her many assets toward helping to attain victory. Many of her skills were very ap- plicable to the service ofa country at war, and all Purdue efforts were immediately exerted to key these skills perfectly to the needs of our country. A new academic calendar was devised to allow her to function year-round at maximum efficiency. Army Specialized Training Program, Navy V-12 Program, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Naval Training School for Electricians' Mates, Diesel Engine Officer Training School, Navy War Training Service Flight ln- structor's School, War Department Civilian Protection School, Engineering-Science Management War Training, and the Curtis-Wright RCA Cadettes were all in- troduced into the campus schedule. Purdue found herself in a position to do effective research work for a nation engaged in total war. The Agricultural School has adapted her much needed services to the wartime program. Civilian Qourses were so converted to become more applicable to our times. Civilian war service and post-war planning took their place among the University functions. Now in 1944 we still find Purdue using all her personnel, efforts, ideas, and facil- ities to help win the war. And on this course Purdue will remain until victory is at last won. us. ....4, .4g,-.. tu- f.

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