Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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A K 1 1 1 Warri n Lawri n i i T. M Tom i inson Voi .i 1 1 11 1 1 l ROBI 1! 1 Ki 1 1 1 1 l DRON W ' arw k k Webber Ro i 1 l AKI) Marg m:i 1 . 1 SON ' i r ii i ■ l K(, K1 1 M K CAROI i N Wilson Wordi n JOl INSON 1943 Probab] v not since lv 17 has any class oi seniors awaited graduation clay with such an eagerness to finish school and make our small dent in the world; most of us to the armed services and defense work, some of us will get married, and a few will con- tinue to study for a master ' s degree. But underneath this eagerness, all of us are just a little afraid of the future and what it holds for us. It just won ' t be the same. We won ' t see the kids so often. Many of them we will never see on this earth again. Never again can we cut class and know that things will go on without us. from here on out we ' re on our own. Our lives will be just what we make them. Rut no matter what is going to happen, the class of 1943 started out on the right track when it entered the University of Wichita and it will continue to go on the right track — each of us to do our part in the war effort and to — victory. The following students assisted the officers of the senior class in the graduation prepara- tions. ANNOt NCEMEN1 COMMITTEE — George Purnell, clniinmiu, Roberta Dewey, I. vie Sturdy, Suzanne Gay, and Keith Webber. Cap and Cow COMMITTEE — Margaret Wylie, chairman. Rill Rerkowit , Betty Alford, Bob Korsmeier, and Bill Clothier. Publicum coMMiiui -Catherine Scher- muly, chairman, Lorraine Blood, Gene Mitzel, Mildred Ransom, and Johnnie Sul- livan. Ac nviTlES COMMITTEE — W a 1 1 y Marsh, chairman, Marsh Jacoby, Quentin Isely, Marj Anderson, and Virginia Randle Loveland. • Pagi 25

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Thomas Orr Dorothea Peacock Virginia Popkins Lorraine Powell Jerome Preston George PURNELL James Ralstin Ramon Charles Mildred Ransom Ruth Rigg Barbara Robinson Nellie Mae Rogers Constant i Rynders Robert Saft Catherine schermuly Deryl Shreve Wayne Simmonds Arthur Smith ROLLAND SOULE George Steeples Jean Stoll Lyi i Sturdy John Sullivan Robert Sutton Page 24

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Guul Ae iQ-naidiLcA, AclminidJAcdian vUa i naming a e wice THE Civil Aeronautics Administration War Training Service was started at the Univer- sity in 1939 under the name of Civilian Pilot Training, when The University of Wichita was one of the earlier schools chosen to give this training. Before July 1 , 1 942, 345 men and women com- pleted this training, consisting of 72 hours of ground school, covering 16 weeks ' training. On July 1, the program was open only to men en- listed in the Army Air Corps Reserve. MY DAY ' UNIVERSITY OF WICHITA Paw 26 • Since that time, 292 trainees have taken the training, elementary or secondary. The ground school program now consists of 240 hours taken during an eight-week period. Because of this stepped-up program, 32 members of the Univer- sity faculty have assisted at one time or another in the teaching of these trainees. Flight training was given by Rawden Brothers Flying Service, Harte Flying Service, and Mc- Junkin Flying Service, all located in Wichita. As an Army Air Corps unit and a Civil Aero- nautics Unit cannot be located in the same place, the program came to an end in 1943. The last group of trainees received their wings in April. The program was directed by Roy W. Elliott as coordinator and Richard S. Courtney and Francis J. Nock, as assistant coordinators. The picture above shows a group of trainees in the elementary or secondary flight training that have just received their wings. At the extreme right are: second row, Richard Courtney, Ed- mund G. Bradfield, of the district C. A. A. office; first row, Francis Nock, J. E. Wood, of the dis- trict office, and Roy W. Elliott. The cartoon was drawn by a C. A. A. trainee to illustrate a typical day of the trainee of the University of Wichita.