University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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The niversit at War It was a hushed and thoughtful group that gathered around the radio in the Union lounge on December 8, to hear President Roose- velt make a formal declaration of war. Traveler reporters in hurried surveys found that many students had brothers in Pearl Harbor, cousins at Hickam Field, friends in Manila. The Hrst excitement was soon to die down, but there remained con- stant reminders that we were fighting a war. Around lOO men left school to join the armed forces. Second semester enrollment dropped twice the usual amount, leaving a total of l,760 persons on the University of Arkansas campus. The largest decrease, strangely enough, was a l6.S percent loss in the College of Engineering, the smallest was a 6 percent decline in the College of Education. New defense courses appeared on the curriculum. Both primary and secondary courses in Civilian Pilot Training were offered. Forty students enrolled in a course called Design Principles Basic to Camouflage . Eighty registered for sheet metal work and classes in explosives also proved popular. Red cross Hrst aid courses were conducted in the Student Union for both students and townspeople. With the advent of War Time, people with eight o'clocks groped their way across the campus before daylight, if they went to their eight o'clocks at all. Instructors competed with the clicking of knitting needles as in- dustrious girls turned out sweater after sweater for the Cause. f'Books for Victoryn were collected by the Social Service Club. And on General MacArthur Day, April lO, the Hrst united war ef- fort was made, when members of Guidon, YMCA, and SAI sold 55530 in defense stamps. Conspicuously absent were the Engineers' traditional fire works, the Agri Day parade, the annual high school meet, lavish decora- tions at social affairs. And then of course there was the dearth of cokes in the Union to be reckoned with.

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The Governor GOVERNOR HOMER M. ADKINS Governor Homer NI. Adkins has served his native state well since he Went into office January 14, 1941. Credit is given him for bringing defense industries to Arkansas, improving Arkansas roads, and refunding the state's bond debt. The governor was eo11eetor of interna1 revenue prior to his election. He is now running for re-election.