Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Clie Out one Ur two more ltiunllis ffm e EU YUHIQ of the preachers to .uoitl the stigma of paeifism give them- selves up .intl were whislsetl .iwiv to the four corners of the eirtli. Nlust of the buys, however, re.1li1etl tliit the gui- ernment could use titlined men better than untixiiiietl ones .intl sought the grnee of .1 little more time in the Reserves, trying to of college triining. ADJ so they left bv titles ,ind twtls .it first, but even the Reserves we hive not with us always. Xlfhen the time e.ime, they left .ind grunt was the de- parture thereof. We miss e.ieh of them And prav Liodspeetl upon them. Li W PHUPS Xvhile the boys .intl girls contemplate in just what manner they will contribute to the w.1r ef- fort, our busy professors are .ilreatly mobilixed. Defense classes held at night for civilians .ire .uf- Q, s arf' ,ft-v- J M A ,Qndfrmcf Guigalfw . . - r ,ruff f lui- vii' .Q-:ci X. taught by these men .intl women who .ilre.itlv give so mueli to improve humanity, yet give Again with no complaint when the neetl arises. 1.x 3 , X 2

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E T5 XY'l1en we fnrst came back tc xelmnl nn the f.1ll. .1 much mort UPIIINISIIL sxttmtnmm wax .mpparl ent than w.1s the .ICILLII case. The mlm ut' buys tu girlx was xtnll j1I'C.llL'l' Ill f.1vor of thf lmyw .mtl w fur .1 time we coufd belxeve that time, lmd not elmngeti grentlv, Soon, however, reprewnuttivew frfvm the marinus hranglmes nt the servncc came to the e.unpux tn enlixt the lmyx in the Reserve Corps. Iiuch presented the pmp.1g.1nd.1 Ill favor uf his particular unit .llld left the buys to enlist in wI1iel1ex'er appealed to them. lfew uf our students rushed pell-mell :nm the war, but there were some. One or two I 4- MAN T - - ' t-A N . . ..--'HA -:- , 'Z' . x , N? .N 5 - I A, pai ' , ' W ' ,fx ., .. . Y My- 355. . ' 'v'ie 5,f '3't'5!', I hh, 1. . I fx n ' l QQ- ' K' .1 :tif

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'Y' Q U fa like most things that grow into some consequence our Navy prograiii had a small beginning. In peace times there was only the Civil Pilots Training course whigh had as its purpose to teach civilians to fly and to en- able then to receive pilot's licenses. lt was carried on in collaboration with the Munici- pal Airport. But changes have come. On july l. 1942 this part-time C.l'.T. became a full-time course. Young Navy cadets ins the first phase of their train- ing came here to get basic training instruction. In ,lan- uary the male students at Ren- froe were evacuated to make room for cadets who moved in. During the days of the C. P. T. llr. Paty, our own profc-,sur of Pliysics, had tlle extra duty of supervising the whole program. More recently the program has grown to tl.f fullftime Civil Aeronautics Au- thority and the first naval of- ficer, l.t. I. ll. Mayfield, has come to assume charge. r I 11 li. Paty instructs classes in the t ilot Training. These are the is LS of gruelling study in which there are L tlscrs md a failure means a wash