University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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Commander John P. Graff Unique at the Pre-Flight school is the V-5 instruc- tors ' training branch and a course in the identification of planes. Officers of the school have stated that Chapel Hill is proving to be an ideal location for the biggest and best Pre-Flight school in the countr) ' . for the cadets. After the war, all buildings and physical education utili- ties will revert to the Uni- versity, which has contri- buted substantially to the building costs. 23

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u. s. nRvni PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL That ' s right, mate, the ground is hard. Come on, sailors, lots of grunt and groan. J. N THE spring of 1941 a giant exodus began from the Upper quadrangle; the Nax ) ' had arrived. Chosen as one of the four Naval Pre- Fhght schools in the nation, the University began reallocating students and preparing for inevitable changes. Taking over ten dor- mitories, the Navy dispatched officers and planning crews to Chapel Hill to prepare living quarters and facilities for the cadets. The school is now operating at a pre- scribed peak of 1875 men, coming from all parts of the country and participating in the greatest physical toughening program that our armed forces have ever attempted. Under the leadership of Commander O. O. Scrappy Kessing and since last fall headed by Commander John P. Graff, the school has made vast strides towards becom- ing the finest in the nation. Because of increased facilities needed in the vast program, a new athletic field has been layed out, and a modern hospital com- plete with the latest developments in scien- tific medical apparatus has been constructed 22

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T. H. Evans, University Cashier, has long held the difficult JOB OF BEING A BUSINESSLIKE BUT UNDERSTANDING COLLECTOR OF STUDENT FEES. W. D. Perry, head of the Bureau of War Information, has DONE A capable AND AGREEABLE JOB OF PLACING CAROLINA students IN suitable positions IN THE ARMED FORCES. They Stood Out Henry Moll Syd Alexander Bert Bennett Barry Colby :z ' AKING over the directorship during a year of widespread dislo- cations, Henry Moll has worked endlessly to suc- ceed in making Graham Memorial a fraternity house for all the campus, a student union in every sense. This year — as in no other — Bert Bennett has achieved his aim of guid- ing our Honor System to an increasing degree of perfection. Far from his BMOC days, Syd Alexander re- turned this summer to help solve a tricky and delicate housing problem. President of the Inter- town Council, Barry Colby did an excellent job in or- ganizing the fifteen hun- dred students that moved into town when the Navy moved into the dorms.