University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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MINNESOTA AT WAR FACULTY- PnrP niNG STUDENTS ANIl THEMSELVES EDH WAH ANIl EUH I ' EALE MINNESOTA faculty numbers have Ionj» Ixcn known as double iluty men, dis- tinjjuishinj themselves both in teachinj ami in essential research. Now the entrance of this coiintrv into another great war has inlensifieil the im|H)r- tance of their services in botii of liuse helils. Stiulent projjrams must be altered and accelerated lo satisfy the demand lor trained men and women in the service ami n vital civilian activities, ami teaciiing nuist be of especial excellence to equip the peo- ple of a w.ir and |)osi- .ir jieriod. More ilirect and tanj ible contributions are beinj made by faculty members ihrouj h the j reater research ellorts that .ire being put torih. Almost 400 university staff members are now on leave, serving in every con- ceivable field oi siudv.

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Researchers, advisors, administra- tors but fundamentally teachers. The inner man satisfied, there is time for the finer things. Talk of many things, but mainly of students.

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Famous Minnesotans On Leave THE war effort had priorities on the University faculty this year as 383 staff members left Min- nesota for the duration. The army and navy claimed 319 of these men; war-related services took 61; and three went to the American Red Cross. The naval air corps pre-fhght school at Ames, Iowa claimed many of Cooke Hall ' s former directors, coaches, and trainers. Bernie Bierman, builder of men and champion Minnesota football teams, is now Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Bierman of the U. S. Marines. Stationed at the pre-flight school as direc- tor of physical education, Bierman puts the cadets through Golden Gopher training. Lloyd Stein, former trainer of the football team, was also sent to Iowa. Here Lieutenant Stein is in charge of first aid and athletic training. David C. Bartelma, Edmund L. Haislet, Dallas Ward, Babe LeVoir — these are just a few others that were sent to the Iowa pre-flight school to turn out men with brawn as well as brains. Lieutenant-Colonel Bert Baston, U.S. Army Ord- nance Department, went overseas in charge of a bat- talion of mechanical tank repair men. Frank G. McCormick, formerly the director of the athletic department, is now a major in the intelli- gence division of the air force ferry command at Cedalia Airfield, Warrensburg, Missouri. Milton Hahn, the director of Men ' s activities at Minnesota, was commissioned a lieutenant in the Ma- rines. He has done work much like that done by the University Testing Bureau in placing men in jobs where they would be best fitted. Hahn was stationed permanently with the Headquarters Staff at Wash- ington, D.C. Dr. C. P. Oliver, director of the Dight Institute. Work done under his direc- tion nnalces Minnesota an outstanding center for the study of human genetics. Frank McCornniclr — now Major McCormicIt of the U. S. Army Air Forces ferry com- mand at Warrensburg, Missouri. Bernie Bierman — Lieutenant- Colonel Bierman is the man in charge of the physical training for the Navy Air Corps Sea- hawks at Ames. Iowa. 17