Friday, March 24, 1944
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Durinsr its 11 months existence
ASTP
348th CTD
Fourteen classes have been
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Back in March of 1943 the Air Corps came to Nebraska in army
trucks, not knowing that the same trucks would take them away
one year later.
Building Plans
Remain Vague
As Army Exits
At present, plans for the return
to student use of campus build
ings and facilities now being used
by army and air corps trainees
are decidedly indefinite, according
to reports from university offi
cials. L. F. Seaton, operating super
intendent of the University, said
yesterday that the foods and nu
trition building on ag campus,
formerly occupied by the STAR
unit, has been turned back to the
school and is now being cleaned
up for student use. He stated
howaver, that the date at which
it will be made available for such
use will depend upon available la
bor and equipment.
Army Keeps Library.
According to Mr. Seaton, Love
library will be used by the mili
tary at least until July and pos
sibly longer. Due to difficulty in
obtaining labor to clean the build
ing and prepare it for student oc
cupancy, it is doubtful that it will
be opened by next semester.
If the number of military men
fctationed on the campus is re
duced sufficiently, there is a pos
sibility that the remaining trainees
might be moved into the field
house. In commenting on the extent
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Goodbye
With this edition, the Ne
braskan bids farewell to the
ASTP and Air Corps units
which have been stationed on
the campus since last spring.
The majority of the ASTs are
scheduled to take a final turn
around the mall around April
1, while the Air Corps has been
gradually decreasing its ranks
for several weeks.
And now the campus says
so long and good luck to a
group of college boys in kakhi
who invaded the campus a year
ago and whose absence will
make it seem an empty place.
It's been fun!
to which the departure of campus
trainees will affect the function
and program of the Student
Union, Pat Lahr, Union director,
stated yesterday that plans are
under way for the redecoration
of the first floor cafeteria which
will open for student use by May
31, opening date of the summer
session.
In case enough of the ASTP
unit is shipped to make the con
tinuance of the army Union mem
bership plan unprofitable, the re
maining trainees will be admitted
to the regular student dances at
student prices, Miss Lahr an
nounced. Otherwise the member
ship program will continue at the
present schedule.
Bus Service
from
10 th & O
Streets
In the summer of 1943, 400 men
of the Army Specialized Training
program came to the university
campus to begin technical training
as engineers, doctors, and lin
guists. An allotment of 225 advanced
engineers were added in the fall,
along with 160 area and language
students and 150 advanced ROTC
who were finishing under the AST
program. A short time later 52
who were not on active duty but
on army reserve were added, and
assigned to basic engineering, pre
med, and pre-dent.
The AST program calls for en
listed men to have a minimum
of 24 contact hours, with an equal
number of hours for study, 5
hours for military training, and
5 hours for physical training.
Director of this program is
Dean Ferguson, assisted by Dr.
Schultz, educational supervisor.
Prof's Ludwigson, Brackett, and
Darlington complete the staff.
Dean Oldfather is director of the
area and language unit, assisted
by Prof. Fellman. Dr. Alexis is
in charge of the language depart
ment. Officers stationed' with the
ASTPSdr ROTC in Love Library
under Col. J. P. Murphy include:
Maj. E. E. Matschullat, Maj. Ilar
land G. Pattison, Capt. J. D. Cra
bill, Capt. R. E. Johnson, Capt.
E. C. Richardson, 1st Lts. John
C. East, A. J. Shaffer, George W.
D. Hamlett, J. J. Cook and J. G.
Smith.
Lts. C. E. Barney, A. J. Burg
lind, F. M. Hesler, C. E. Lawrence,
J. P. Northcut, J. D. Yoxtheimer,
J. R. Bowman, A. H. Amundsen,
W. A. Viebrock and H. J. Hered.
AirCorDet Has
Anniversary
Publication
The AirCorDet, newspaper ed
ited by the 348th CTD, will fea
ture the anniversary of the air
corps on the campus in their next
issue which will be distributed to
morrow. The special edition will contain
the usual features in addition to
a two-page insert of pictures.
Editorship of the paper changes
with each new class, but the chief
editorships have been vested in
the senior class.
The AirCorDet came into being
Dec. 18 and this, their sixth issue,
March 25, is titled "the anniver
sary issue" as the air corps came
to Nebraska March 29.
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Speaking on "Spoon River Anthology llmtrations
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Union Ballroom
Nert Week: Movie "EAGLE SQUADR0K"
mi th university campus, the Ne
braska Specialized Training and
Reassignment unit was raiea as
one of the top ranmng unus
tho ronntrv. Cant. C. J. Lindley,
chief classifications officer in
charge of the group, credited the
success of the unit to the complete
co-operation existing between the
university and military officials.
The Nebraska STAR unit, one
of the largest in the country, was
the second to be established in the
Seventh Service Command, com
ing to the ag campus on April 16,
1943 Before it was disbanded
March 20, 1944, over 8,000 men
had been tested and classified,
i nnn nf whom were found ineli
gible for advancement to the AST
program.
Men who have been stationed
at the STAR unit have come from
everv comer of the United States,
many having college degrees from
world famous European universi
ties as well as practically every
university and college in this coun
try. They are the best in the
army, according to Lindley.
Officers who have been sta
tioned with the STAR unit in
Hiidet LA. Pols. L. H. Shafer. A. T
Lobdell, Maj. M. T. Edminson,
Capts. Robert E. Adams, and J. i.
Lindley, 1st Lt. C. H. Neff, 2nd
Lts. E. T. McCormick, K. F.
Thompson, P. R. M. Armstrong
and R. L Seggel.
Last of 150
ROTCs Go
To Fort Sill
Thirty-one former Nebraska
ROTC members, the last contin
gent of 150 who had been returned
to the campus, left yesterday for
Officers Candidate School at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma.
The following are the 1st year
advanced course ROTC students
Roberty E. Dewey, Robert P. Dur-
rie, Earl D. Elwonger, Paul R.
Eveland, Walter J. Greenberg,
Thomas N. Griswold, Dillard A.
Huffaker, Alan J. Jacobs, Robert
E. Knoll, Homer N. Leymaster,
Howard B. Mengshol, Elmer L.
Peterson, Billie K. Radenslaben.
William B. Rist, Harold R. Salis
bury, John H. Sautter, William L.
Schaumberg, James I. Shamberg,
Stanley W. Stage, Raymond Sta-
rostka, Norman D. Sundberg, Wil
liam H. Thornburg, Donald D. Van
Horn, Basil C. Wehrman, Lloyd
R. Whitney, Samuel C. Wiggans,
Lester G. Wilterdink, Erwyn E.
Witte, Dale E. Wolf, Steward A
Woods, Morton Zuber.
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graduated from the army air
forces aircrew college training de
tachment since March 29, 1943,
when the aircrew men arrived as
the first military unit on the UN
campus.
The aircrew, which will com
plete over a year's residence at
Love Memorial library before the
unit is disbanded in June, has
completed a program of military,
academic and physical training
and one month of flying under the
direction of army and university
officials and will graduate three
more classes before it leaves.
Commending the university for
its cooperation with the detach
ment, Lt. Marshall, public rela
tions officer, said today, "The
spirit of the sororities and the
women's domitories in providing
parties and entertainment, and
the aircrew dances themselves,
have done a lot to make the boys
enjoy their stay at Nebraska. They
have been impressed with the
academic program, organized by
Dean C. H. Oldfather and Co
ordinator Dr. H. E. Wise. The
physical training program and
Friday night intramural games or
ganized by Dr. R. G. Clapp, have
developed a progressively well-
rounded program to fit the future
needs of the men."
Commanded by Major E. K. Kin-
kead, the detachment officers in
clude Chaplain Albert C. Monk
man, Lt. W. R. Marshall, Lt.
Simon Monen and Lt. Thomas J,
Connors. Captain W. A. Whiting,
first commanding officer of the
detachment, is now commanding
officer of the CTD at Central
Washington College of Education
at Ellensberg, Wash. Lts. Joseph
J. Hubka, John T. Sullivan and
Franklin Bacon, Jr., formerly with
the Nebraska CTD, are now sta
tioned at other posts throughout
the country.
American Student Health
Elects Lyman to Council
R. A. Lyman, dean of Pharmacy
College, was elected a member of
the council of the American Stu
dent Health Association. He has
just returned from a meeting of
the association in Cincinnati. His
term on the twelve-member, pol
icy-making body will last for two
years.
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