Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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Early in the morning the

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DEDICATED . . . To Scott B. Lilly . . . for ten years head of the engineering department at Swarthmore . . . and for many years before that, a teacher Tvhose influence has made a deep impression on the students who worked under him. In this day of endless new horizons, Doc Lilly ' s foresight and vision have prepared the way for advancement and improvement not only in engineering study, but in research, public relations and the whole field of education. He, as crea- tor and executive, has laid the foundations for the expansion of Swarthmore ' s architectural, physical and scholastic facilities. With peace once more at hand, and the future open before us, we look to him and to men like him, for guid- ance.

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hut, two, three, four ot Nuvy A year ago, in writing up the Swarthmore Navy Unit, the Halcyon announced that . . . this will almost certainly be the last Halcyon to present the Navy upon its pages. But, des- pite rumors each term that it was slated for extinction, and despite the changes that this past year has wrought upon it, the Unit is still with us, and will be until July of 1946. Since its arrival, 300 strong, in the summer of ' 43, the Unit has changed several times in size and character. Men have left it for boot camp, midshipmen ' s schools, NROTC, other colleges, and civilian life. New men have suc- ceeded them — coming to Swarthmore from other units, from the fleet, from high schools . . . and now the V-5 Aviation Training has virtually replaced the V-12. With the coming of V-J Day, the character of the Unit was bound to change, since the end of the war meant discharge or reshuffling for most V-12 ' s. After August 14th, the accent on the military was somewhat relaxed, and the ten- sion and urgency of the wartime program na- turally disappeared. When the summer term ended, the pre-meds received their discharges