University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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PteAi eHtA tHe afe The University of Nevada has girded itself for war, and has mobilized all its resources for ultimate victory. Approximately 1300 former students are serv- ing in the armed forces, and twelve have rendered the full measure of devotion to the cause for which free men fight. ... A program of intense instruction for several hundred pre-flight cadets is under way, covering classes in eleven different subjects and reguiring more than forty teachers. Cadets are reporting for twenty-five to thirty hours a week in such subjects as history, geography, mathematics, physics, English, medical aid, physical education and military drill. . . . Trainees are housed in Lincoln and Man- zanita Halls and the new gymnasium. Mess is served in the dining hall, where much new eguipment has been installed. Infirmary service has also been enlarged to care for the needs of the trainees. . . . Pre-flight cadets are trained under a system of strict discip- line. Reveille sounds at 6 a.m., and breakfast is at 7. Some may be found working in laboratory classes as late as 9:45 p.m. Lights are out and the men in bed at 10 p.m. About the only surcease comes on weekends when students can forget study and class- work. . . . While conducting courses for the pre-cadets, instruction in aca- demic subjects is being continued -for regular students. Standards of work by the instructional staff have re- mained high, and the scholarship of the students is being maintained. ... In addition, a training course sponsored LEON W. HARTMAN, President of the University of Nevada 10

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' - Confronted by the problems of war, the academic side of a university career took on many new aspects to the students who enrolled at the University of Ne- vada last fall. When the spring semester rolled around, we dis- covered that we were to share our class rooms and professors with five hundred United States Army pre-flight cadets. Many special war courses were added to the curricula.

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by the State Department of Vocational Education and the University machine shops is being given five nights a week for non-University men and women who are training to go into shipyards or industrial plants. A course in Engi- neering Science Management War Training is also being given. Defense bonds having a value of $236,51 1.50 have been sold through the comptroller ' s office since January, 1942, showing the University is truly aiding in the war effort. . . . The people of this battle-born State, as well as our staff, have a real sense of satisfaction and pride in the promptitude and success with which the necessary adjustments and requirements of the Army authorities have been met. Our facilities are placed at the disposal of the nation. At this time when our country is passing through its greatest crisis the motivating purpose which has governed the thought and labor of each one has been that so well expressed on our State Seal — All for Our Country. CHARLES H. GORMAN Vice-President and Comptroller GERALDINE HARDMAN Secretary to the President u