Washington University Saint Louis - Hatchet Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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'J 'ij fateful shadows across the campus loomed over Wash HIS year, ever poised, often striking, always flinging it l ' ' Q5 JH ington University the mighty Sword, token of war. Every phase of college activity keenly felt lts presence. Poised persuasively, the Blade called students and faculty alike to dedicate their mental and physical energies to victory. Striking swiftly, lt swept youths by the scores out of the class- rooms into service camps the country over: prodded coeds into duty as bandage wrappers, nurses' aidesp drove campus resi- dents from dormitory and fraternity house, completely altered curricular and extra-curricular habits. The shadows which lt flung across our sacred acres were sometimes heroic, sometimes tragic stories of our boys who have already played an active fighting role: and again the shadows were prophecies of the future for those of us still left behind. Who then will venture that the Pen is mightier than the Sword, when the Sword drives such a bargain in the Pen's own haven? The following pages are designed to show what extent the Tool of Mars has bid for credit with the Tool of Minerva in shaping the history of Washington University during 1942-1943.

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Lt. Gerald R, Platt. B. S. P. A., '4l. Commissioned in Coast Artillery after R. O. T. C. training, sent to Nichols Field, Manila. Reported a Iapanese prisoner in Ianuary 1942 after he had been listed as missing in action on Batacm Peninsula. Pvt. Robert Morrison Davis. L. L. B., '39. One of the first graduates of Wash- ington and first lawyers of Missouri to lose his lite in World War Il. Flying Cadet, Army Air Corps. Drowned during training period near Ft. Worth, Texas, in Iune 1941. Beta Theta Pi. -'5 Ensign Allan B. Lullman, B. S. B. A., '35. Lt. Donald U. Urquhart. A. B., '42, Army Naval Reserve. Killed when the dive bomber he was ferrying to Canada crashed near Marion, N. Y. Formerly a pilot for Transcontinental and West- ern, he had volunteered for the flight to Canada. we rice Air Corps. Killed when bomber crashed at Columbia, S. C., Sept. 1942. a? Nothing has brought the realization of war to the campus more vividly than the stories which reach us of Washington graduates who have met an unfortunate fate in military service to their country in the present Crisis. Some have paid the i it supreme sacrifice: some have fallen into the hands of the enemy: some according to latest information available are missing in action. These pages are reverently devoted to these men. All no doubt are not represented Whose performance should have gained them a place of recognition here. Our tribute is limited by the difficulties of complete research, and the problems of contacting the families of alumni. The HATCHET tenders a sincere apology for any such unintentional omissions. 10 it I i il Ensign Philip Michael Ioyce. Ex., '42. Killed when destroyer Peary was sunk in battle in South Pacific, Dec. 1941. Secretary of the Navy Knox has asked his mother to christen the destroyer U. S. S. Ioyce in his honor. Kappa Alpha. 2nd Lt. Russell Lee Callison. B. S. E. E., '40, Army Air Corps. killed in plane crash in Australia. TFV4' l Lt. Howard David Cory. B. S. B. A., '4l. Army Air Corps. Killed when his plane crashed in a take-off at Lam- bert Field, Mo., in Dec. 1941. Phi Delta Theta.