Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Sb. ' ecember 7, 1942, saw the dawn of a new war-time Washing- ton and Lee University, The past two years had seen an accelerated program, the adaptation of courses to the war effort and a some- what reduced student body. The first anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, was the day when the Army School for Special Service came to the campus signifying a new and different W. L. for the duration.

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ffS IJ [WORD HIS YEARBOOK IS AN AHEMPT TO PICTURE THE FINAL YEAR OF THE CLASS OF 1943 AT WASHINGTON AND LEE— THE LAST YEAR OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION FOR A CLASS THAT NEVER SAW W. AND L. AS IT WAS IN A WORLD AT PEACE. FOR JUST ABOUT THE TIME WE EN- TERED THE UNIVERSITY IN SEPTEMBER OF 1939, HITLER WAS COMPLETING HIS CONQUEST OF POLAND IN A STRUGGLE THAT WAS TO AFFECT MATERIALLY THIS SCHOOL AND THESE UNITED STATES. THE SCHOOL YEAR 1942-43 HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY ONE FOR WASHINGTON AND LEE. IT BE- GAN WITH AN ENROLLMENT SOME 300 STUDENTS FEWER THAN NORMAL AND ENDED WITH SCARCELY 300 ENROLLED. WE HOPE THAT THIS BOOK IN A WAY PICTURES THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME TO A WAR-TIME WASHINGTON AND LEE AND THE EFFORT THE STUDENT BODY HAS EXPENDED IN PREPARING FOR GREATER SERVICE i IN A WORLD AT WAR.

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DR. FRiCIS P. m}in Gentlemen of fhe Senior Class: In fhe pleasant course of the normal years, a college annual is little more than a sweet agency of remembrance, to give permanence of record to the faces and the episodes that crowd the undergraduate epoch. For the Class of 1943, we hope, the memory of Washington and Lee will be as rich in quiet and unpretentious suggestion as for any group. But something more will speak through these pages, something of the greatness of heart and the boldness of spirit that, char- acteristic of your Alma Mater in every period of crisis, remain as your own assets of inspiration. Draw deeply upon the assets of honor and faith and sacrifice; and go forth unafraid, go forth proud that you will write another chapter of comparable glory. FRANCIS P. GAINES, President.