Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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t. EUGENE M. MESSICK, Jr., Lt. (j.g.) “FREDDIE” MARVEL, Lt. WALTER McALLISTER Lt. GERALD GIVARZ in the states after more than with the Navy Air Corps. with the Army Air Corps. with the Army Air Corps, fifty bombing missions. IF IT WERE POSSIBLE to run pictures of all STC men, and women, too, on war duty and at their battle or land stations there would be before you a kaleidoscopic scene of busy hard-fighting and in many cases weary and imperiled men, making sacrifices for their country on all fronts of war. Lt. David Somervel, bombardier, and Ens. William Newcomb, Navy flyer, both have been listed missing in action; and two other former students, Harrington Pritchett and Everett Bennett, were killed in accidents while on furloughs. Men in college now temporarily have abandoned hopes for degrees in preparation for teaching and other professions and are preparing for Army and Navy tests to enter the service as soon as they are eligible. Loss of life and health may be recorded for some STC alumni before the war ends, but the glory that comes from bravery in war will be theirs in the regards of others. ' Lt. CARL L. PUSEY, Jr., cavalryman in the Army. ENSIGN HENRY WHITE USNR. ENSIGN ROBERT HEATWOLE Lt. CHARLES LEE ELLIOTT Navy Air Corps. recently served in the Intelli¬ gence Division of the Army.

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S. T. C.-eans With The Armed Services Lt. (j.g.) J. WADE CARUTHERS, USNR, on a minesweeper in the Caribbean area. ENSIGN SAMUEL E. SEIDEL, line officer in the USNR. Capt. JOHN EICHNOR with the Infantry Armored Force, a member of the regular Army since 1938. ENSIGN WILLIAM NEWCOMB Navy Air Corps. Lt. HENRY McFADDEN WILSON, “Mickey”, with the Army Air Corps. WARRANT OFFICER ROBERT A. ELDERDICE is overseas with the Army. Pvt. PRESTON MESSICK a bomb squadron attached to th e Air Corps. Lt. “FREDDIE” MESSICK with the U. S. Marine Corps.

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MISS JAMART, MISS RIALL, DR. CARUTHERS zohi a Excsz zzjlti jz s EULOZ ± xl J July 2, 1940. My fate is settled now. I ' m going to S.T.C. Dr. Blackwell was down today and left me some papers to be signed. It seems one has to give his whole life history to get into college. September, 1940. Getting lost seems to be easy around this school. Today I ap¬ plied at the library for lunch. December, 1940. Christmas here is beautiful. In fact it ' s more beautiful than I ' ve seen it before. Somehow that candle and the carols, and the readings draw one close to the school and cause him to feel that indescribable something at the heart of it. have practically melted—as if exam ' s can ' t make one hot enough! September, 1941. Sophomores, at last! And it ' s a grand feeling—even if one in¬ structor did remind us to Take care, you know sophomore ' really means wise fool. ' December 7, 1941. The horror that struck this morning at Pearl Harbor has affected every corner of our nation. It stands over our college like a great black shadow and we go about much guieted. No one wants to hear anything but news re¬ ports from the radio, which a few hours ago blared forth bright music and silly stories. December 8, 1941. Sitting breathless on the floor of the social room today await¬ ing the words they knew President Roose¬ velt must speak, students forgot their classes for a while. January, 1942. Red, white, and blue crepe paper carried out the patriotic theme at our class dance. Lew Startt furnished the music. May, 1942. Goodbyes are different for our class this year. The men are almost all of military age, so few of them will be here next term. Some twenty of us are going to become teachers (we hope); others are transferring to study their respective chosen professions. May, 1942. lonathan Swift had to bear the brunt of our revenge, and be burned in effigy at our class party tonight. There wasn ' t a serious person among us for our last Open-Book Test was presented to Mrs. Bennett on the stroke of 8.30 this morning. March, 1941. I wonder if Mrs. Thomas will actually read all of those card theses. June, 1941. Am I glad the last exam ' s over for this year! It has been so hot we 10 June, 1942. It doesn ' t seem possible that we are luniors already. Our acceler¬ ated schedule looks all right—there ap¬ pear to be plenty of afternoons left for swimming, movies, etc.