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

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Coeds find Honor Roll cases onor lgof ollafa ,mad ingfonb jigkfing en The names of approximately 2530 Washington Uni- versity former students and faculty members known to be in service have been listed in a War Service Honor Roll by the university News Bureau. ln addition to those serving with the armed forces of the United States, the roll bears the names of members of the Royal Canadian Field Artillery, Royal Air Force, British Ferry Command, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Army Medical Corps, and of the famous Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group. VV'hen the Honor Roll was dedicated by Chan- cellor Throop on October 19, the list filled only one of the specially designed frames, but now it has grown so that it fills three oak frames mounted on the wall of Ridgeley Arcade. A revised list is placed in the frames monthly. The honor roll includes representatives of the classes from 1904 to 1947 with the oldest man on the roll being Major Iohn C. Pritchard, B. S. E. E., '04. Contributing the largest number of men to the service is the class of 1942 with 214 of its members in uniform while the class of 1941 ranks second. About 400 students who left school before graduating are from the classes of 1944, 1945, 1946 and a few of the freshmen entering at mid-year, class of 1947, are also in the service. The roll includes twenty-two students who have been killed in line of duty and eleven who are listed either as prisoners or as missing in action. Listed also are the names of 158 faculty members now in service, two of whom have been killed in action. Miss Virginia Betts, of the News Bureau, is in charge of compiling the list. The Price We Pay Coni'd from page 12 LL Willicnn I.. Baker. ex-'41, is now a prisoner of the lapanese. Max Curtis Hammer, ex-'39, killed in army plane crash in China, was in the air corps. Pvt. Irvin Earl I-Iamersmeier, B. S. B. A. '42, Army Air Corps, died suddenly in March while training at the Army Technical School, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Frank T. Hardt III. A. B. '41, was on Corregidor and is now believed to be a prisoner. I Tom Kirksey. ex-'39, stationed with the Army Air Force at Hamilton Field, Calif., was killed in an auto accident. Hans Kleine, B. S. '27, was killed during maneuvers at N atchitaches, La. Lt. Robert N. Nichols, ex-'43, previously reported missing, but is now believed to have been killed in the African area. Fred Rueb, Ir., M. D. '31, with the Army Medical Corps, was killed in the crash of an army bomber. on Ridqeley wall a daily reminder oi boy friend. classmates. professors now in uniform. st s sr 3 5 rw swirl Z. 'M 3351 . E Z? r '15, . to issiwwxq L- svwvgwigt' W 5 UWA 5,591 B nv-5, was r-if-vw magnesium lstffslfgw Wlalit-ii -t w ig V 527- i miw H s W Em -we smmmtt

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18 Col. Stewart. commander of army units on campus The staff: Sgt. Cox. Lieut. Petelik, Col. Stewart. Capt. Caudel, Sgt. Wilkerson The war year, 1942-1943, finds several changes in the R. O. T. C. at Washington Uni- versity. Work on obstacle courses, stress on physical education, and training in discipline cmd close order drill make it an 'excellent asset for future army life. Thus, enrollment in the course has gradually increased from an average of 240 to- this fall's class of 900, the largest in the university's history. The size of the class permitted the R. G. T. C. to form a regiment composed of six batteries made up of 100 men each. However, demands made by the Reserve Corps and Selective Service decreased the enrollment in lanuary. Also for the iirst time in its history, the R. C. T. C. carried on a summer course to enable men in the accelerated program to graduate early. This summer's program was compulsory for the advanced course and approximately 140 men attended. The war, however, has caused no great change in the curriculum of the men. Fresh- men are taught the duties of a citizen, map reading, rifle marksmanship, organization of the army, and military discipline. Sophornores learn use of anti-aircraft weapons, identification of air craft and naval targets, motor transportation, mathematics and basic gunnery for anti-aircraft artillery. ln the advanced course, complete and detailed training in aerial photography and chemical warfare is taught. Advanced students also learn surveying, signal communications, gunnery, military law and history, writing of combat orders, and technique and tactics of employment of artillery of all kinds. ln the last few weeks of training, several lectures are given to orient outgoing R. O. T. C. men on the duties of an officer. Ianuary. '43 class, most ol whom will receive their commissions in Iune at Camp Davis. N. Car.