Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Students join all phases of the Armed Forces In these varied ways, Temple University furnished, and is furnishing, valuable war-time services. But far transcending them is another gift, the greatest gift a nation, a family, or a university can sons. With war an actuality, every young man enrolled at Temple faced the momentous issue of remaining in school or immediately enlisting. President Johnson urged each boy to wait calmly and patiently for his country to call him to the service best suited to his capacities. For some, the only solution was to get into the right away. Others were called through Selective Service. But most of the boys, under the of William A. Schrag, Armed Forces Adviser, enlisted in the various Reserve Programs and completed the spring term of 1943 before entering active duty. After a year of military service, these 700 boys are serving throughout the world, some in India, England, and in the South Pacific. Some are still in colleges under the A. S. T. P. and Navy V-12 programs. At this date, 7241 students and graduates of Temple are serving in our Armed Forces; 46 have already given their lives. TEMPLE ' S WAR EFFORT Recruiting officers speak to women students Students participate in experiments Students at Tyler Art School design war posters

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This window display illustrates the many courses given by the E. S. M. W. T. Program Our Bond drive exceeded its goal Aeronautics is taught under the direction of the Civil Authority At once these plans resulted in purposeful activity. Temple ' s accomplishments in Civil Aeronautics Administration and later in the Civilian Pilot Training Program won her the of leading all participating Pennsylvania institutions in assigned quotas. Tuition-free Defense and War Training courses, administered by Charles E. Metzger, under the Science, and Management War Training Program, of the U. S. Office of Education, to date have prepared 16,700 men and women to contribute their share toward a quicker victory. Under the sponsorship of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Society of Metals, the Evening Technical Division is currently offering cour ses in metallurgy of welding and other allied fields. A full-time fifty-week training program for in the field of electronics was given on campus sponsored by the Philco Corporation. On April 3, 1944, the U. S. Signal Corps initiated a six months ' full-time training program for women. Fifty-six girls gathered from east of the Mississippi were selected and sent to Temple as Signal Corps InspectionTrainees. Thus, we help to serve the existing need for women trained to take their place in the war effort. In both Medical and Dental Schools, the Army and the war was brought much closer to home by the arrival of Army and Navy Specialized Training Units, with Major Laverne K. Shiffer Commanding Officer of the Army group, and Captain L. M. Stevens in charge of the Navy students. Temple ' s A. S. T. Unit was augmented at the beginning of this year by the assignment of sixty pre-medical and pre-dental students to the Undergraduate School. At this time, the third floor auditorium was transformed into an Army barracks with a row of thirty neatly made bunks.

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Boris, Blai and scultpure students at Fort Dix A pint of blood is given—a life is saved Metallurgy is an important field during war times Painting with oils is part of art course given at Fort Dix The Tyler School of Fine Arts, at the outbreak of the war, offered its facilities for service along the lines of painting, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, pottery, wood and stone carving, leatherwork, etching, and casting. Every Wednesday, the faculty and advanced students conduct large art classes for soldiers at the United States military camp at Fort Dix, N. J. All are welcome to participate; officers and privates work side by side with materials and equipment donated by Temple. Contributions in the fields of research and by members of the faculties of the Undergraduate and Professional Schools have played an extremely vital part in hastening an early victory and looking toward a just and equitable peace. Many faculty members have entered the Armed Forces and government service, with those remaining backing the war effort to the fullest extent. Four members of the faculty of Temple University ' s School of Medicine have made headline news recently with their discoveries regarding the use of chlorophyll in healing of wounds and burns, and the use of blood plasma and cell extract to repair ruptured livers. During the year, Temple University played host to two projects of vital significance. One is the Institute for Post-War Planning, a non-partisan citizen group which considers problems that will confront us after the war and ways of solving them. The second, held from April 20 to May 13, is the 26th session of the Labor Conference, a conference world-wide in its importance which grappled with problems of far-reaching significance to the future of world civilization.