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Page 2 A Word Before September, 1943 began another eventful year at the University of Arizona. With history in the making, the war had become very real and close to all of us. We listened with undivided attention to news broadcasts, we bought world maps in order to understand more fully the turmoil going on around us, we followed carefully each Allied invasion. Thus we embarked upon another school year. The campus was unchanged in appearance. The stately buildings and well-kept grounds brought calmness to confused and worried minds. The war had caused many leaves of absences among the faculty, but the members of the administration were always willing to advise, instruct and guide us. We found that very few boys had been able to return -to school. With women leading the population, we elected a woman to the highest student office . . . that of student body president. The enrollment in the Senior class was smaller than ever before. Classes were smaller than they had been in previous years. The ratio of girls to boys in a classroom was about ten to one.
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The Desert 1944
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Most of us have nearly forgotten the thrill of a football game, but we hope that soon our memories will become real again. The Athletic Department worked out a program using army and navy trainees as well as campus men for university teams. The Army and Navy were both an important part of campus life. The A.S.T.P. unit was housed in Cochise hall, and the advanced R.O.T.C. men who returned to campus took over rooms in the stadium. Famed Bear Downl' gym was home to about 800 Navy Indoctrina- tion men, while Navy V-5 students lived in Yavapai hall. The women did their part in the war effort also. The local campus Red Cross Chapter was stronger than ever. Memories of the old days when fraternity dances, Sabino picnics, and week-end trips to Nogales were taken for granted will not soon he forgotten, hut campus social life this year took on a new light, consisting chiedy of dances and parties for the service men. Although the war has caused many changes the campus continues to carry on the tradition for which Arizona stands. As you look through your 1944 Desert may these few pages recall pleasant mem- ories, for your University is you and the people you know. Page 3
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