US Army Command and General Staff College - Summary Yearbook (Fort Leavenworth, KS)

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parachutists. Forty-one are glider-riders Clook Herman, no motorl and we have an assortment of twenty-six pilots, including three marines, five AF senior pilots and nine senior Army Aviators. Three hundred and six men have commanded in combat and two hundred and thirty-three have been on staffs in combat. These figures include one hun- dred and eighty-five who have done both. We study an average of just under three hours a night including one who says he doesn't study, three who report one-half hour, one who reports forty-five minutes and three who report six hours per night. Two hundred and seventy-nine hard-pressed students color their own maps. One hundred and thirty-six wives perform this chore, and in rhirty-five families it is a joint effort. Five hardy souls report that no one Joes their's and six are using maps colored by last year's class. Seven use their children, two sisters-in- law get credit, PFC Seback and SP3 Griffith receive one vote each, and four anonymous engineer office employees or soldiers are mentioned. One man replies What maps? and we feel it is best not to answer this question at this stage of the game. If he's still here, why should he worry. He may have the solution. Social life is hard to depict. A fourth of us go out four times a month, a seventh go out three times, a fifth twice, a tenth six times. Three don't go out at all Ctwo of these couples have five kids eachj and two bachelors report that they go out twelve times a month, only to be topped by one hardy bon vivant who hits the neon-lighted trail sixteen times a month. This guy is married with one child and studies three hours a night. Good organization, that's what it is. What one thing would you most rather change at the C8tGSC? Here is one answer: Gee, I don't want to change anything! What a good deal it all is!! My quarters in West Normandy are peachy. The curriculum is dynamic. lAnswer that phone!! Kansas is a beautiful place. The instructors are keen fellows. Examinations are a stimulating challenge. lHey, church bellslj The whole course is a morale-builder and builds self-confi- dence. I never had it so good. fLook out, here comes a street car!! l love it!!! lWho keeps ringing that doorbell?i Although it cannot be said that this is a typical answer, it does, after a fashion, reflect a number of the sentiments which were voiced in the various answers to this question. Two hundred and twenty-one students referred to the examinations in one fashion or another-the an- swers running the gamut from the stark word exams through such specific suggestions as eliminate the exams to some very detailed and sometimes heated discussions of the examination program. Most of the remarks suggest elimination or major modification of the examination program. The rest of the suggestions cover a multitude of sub- jects. Twenty-nine propose an improvement in the quarters situation and fourteen would shorten the study requirements and hours. Twenty recommend shorter classroom hours and thirteen would like to see their class standings or grades changed. Fourteen don't want to change anything flncluding the person whose answer is quoted above and sixty-four left the question un- answered, whether from emotions too strong to tran- scribe, or sheer vegetable indifference can only be surmised. Several references are made to instruction. Eight would change the caliber of the instructors, two simply recommend changing the instructors, four would like to improve what they call the attitude of the staff and faculty, and one man suggests preparing for the next war instead of the next exam. Two men are dissatisfied with the barber shop, one with the Kansas weather. One suggests changing the ventilation in Gruber Hall and two want longer breaks. One of the most specific and clear-cut recommenda- tions is from the man who wants to change the ther- mostat in the apartment downstairs. 141

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