Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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.

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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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Philco radarettes at work A nutrition experiment The undergraduate as well as the graduate students are doing all that is possible for Temple ' s war effort. Donations to the Blood Bank, First Aid classes, Red Cross knitting and surgical work, and the establishment of a Bond Booth were some of the earlier evidences of Temple ' s war effort. This year Temple ' s United War Chest campaign reached a height far above its goal. Students aided the O. P. A. in the regulation of price control. Everyone contributed to the Victory smokes. Co-eds gave junk jewelry for barter in the South Sea Islands. The A Cappella Choir has sung at Fort Dix and a Russian Relief Rally. Many students are busy doing part-time work along with their school work. Others have taken advantage of the accelerated program to complete as much of their education as possible before entering the Armed Forces or war work. Courses stressing subject material vital to war economy have become popular. One of these is a course in Nutrition explaining the budgeting of ration points and means of guarding against malnutrition in war-time. These are not all the phases of Temple ' s war effort. While we have attempted to show in words and pictures an outline of our contributions many worth-while are being carried on with little or no publicity. The end of the story is not yet written . . .