~ ~ ____,,,,__,...1f es- ~f v ®<':~r-•J~,-01~ , ill nn~f::~ Do,ar f riend , ~\.~-Q Came the with aun, and balmy weat_ _· r, s:.- , came the rain, and up came the ·'. .'ac-s g ardens., came the Summer Sessi- . c JJ> and about 200 students, c am e a .~ ,;'_1c1.n.y :Sv.ening , and a new contingent .'.- i" Av.. Cadeta fro m Mi a mi.--and who_; sho.1 ·.l s li d e out of one of the b.usse.si with \ -~lJ (o) '--5 ~ £.. :elU"L'r \'2../"'" . . ,_ ~ - - ,.----._ 1 .::;..:.;_ ~ ffrff1 ( ) ~ "'- l- 1 i:.. 2,n, and as did on eyou of \_pull thenn, the but s Georg_E!, ~1 ··, 9 _ ,L ..-~ "\3 ~~~. -- . _ -.. . ,. . "~:-}.!_1g er-How tringffi ~'_:'. ~:o rge ? (He:.' s now qiartered in_ Wast Hall. [· · ,,' .Jl~ H.S.) In a fe w ~ays from Butle.r ,came. ..1ar1an--coulden~ t a lK to Geor g a--Sherman was ==.::.c::-· ,.-, l ' l ght l l Came word from: Miami Beach- - Wed~ing \"---· ~ - ._, =;:· ~ I' :0 611s for Mary E. Eby of Ne wp ort Pa and. SjSg_t John O• .h.aufmann -Dont let him g et away Bride Mary--he c an run like the dickens;11 CONGRATULATIONS t o them and also Bob Herz.berger, and Virginia Westlake recently marria.d also. - Game t h e unusua I--Bob V-a rnum -a nd h i s wi.fe(Be_t ty I::.es-l i e; a. t - t n e same tim e enlisted in the Navy-he as Ensign-Deck0fficer to be., and she: wi t h the ''Ripple!;j\--first couple to be ~o enrolled in Pgh office. Came s ome news..-- a little envelope from *.~cke e sport\on June 22-announcing " Bame a big b aby boy 7-lbl2-o~ to Mr anci Mrs Lt .~ensley Iviiller--opened the Pgh paper--there st a ring me in the fac e: was a picture of Kensley Sr -BAG-GED A MESSERSCHMIT'Itl~ ~ His §lquadron of Mosquitoes bagged 15 in the battle of Pantalleria and pa:2a R'.ensley is credited with on.e t t t t Nice: gp ing papa Kensley--a boy and a' Messers_chmi tt on the same day--which g ave you the great e r thril].? May you g,e t many many mor,e. Messerschmitt s: an d -----~--~- ~--. To the Campus came: Ton~ Longo headed for the Wea-_. the r St ation at Maxton Field Air Base, N. Cicome again Tony. Lieut C .E. GJ£J.dd- sorry to h ave missed you Clo.ire-stop in a gain. Came Lieut Archi e Dodds now Athl e tic Officer of 4th Naval District(Phila) -Enjoyed the chc,t ov e: r th e many coll ege men now enrolled-and his unusual and var.i ed expe ri ences t h a t ought to e nrich him for his job as He ad H.E. when he, re turns • Ca m_e Bill Held _after being hospi t ~ liz e d at Knox College and now on the mend-soon bound for Texas •• a nd the wide open places. Ca meLt K irt ze ll from ·washington now bound. for Washinton state and with him. hi :: wi f e Eleanor. Cam e p l c.nting ti me and Drs Nichols and Waldron carefull y pr epared the ground, p l anted mnng littl e seeds--came a boy with a harr ow.- - mixed em u.1 1 up--succ ot a sh. Came word that Lt Paul T. Butler ·1vas again on the loo.s - - Pa ul ct on..t y ou ever stay p ut..' Af t e r co mpl.eting a cours e in ths Sp e ci a l Services Schools a t Wash and Lee,Lexington. Va he fle w back to his base camp Palm Spring s Cal. Do you remember him?-Tha.t t a ll p leasant !li ght haired broo.d shouldered lnd with the p l easant s mile? Often he rode a. motorcyc:.le from down Portersville way parked it back of Main Bldg ---I - s p eak of Howard. G.• Sipe:. On th e 4th of June Ho ward died in Africa. To his pa rents came no deta i ls,--just the notice.. To a fri end came (lo.t er) a l e tter from Howo.rd wr i t t e n the s ame day he died--leads us to think it must have been in an a ccident •. So on we hop e to kn ow . Liv.e forever Howard Sipa--Ln the: e.at · eem o.nd re gard of your fellow students, your friends and your pa- · r e ntsl!As a man you lived,, as a man you died. for what you ho1.d to b'.e ri ght-.,.-Li berty, Just ice, Fr e e Speech,, Fr e e Assem1bly,, Freedami from WD.nt--Freedom from Fe.nro Though you be buried in far off Afric:.a, you a re not a lone--others of your nntLve country are buried near you c.nd hove ring over your grave Howard Si:pa iso o.n aurora of deep asteem--it r ema ins th e re tod o.y a.nd tomorrow, i.ts light will never &o out.. Live ~or ever Howard Sipa in the hec.rt of your A1m~ Mo.t en. ~ And now a s spo.ce. will allow, , some exc erpts from recent l .etters. : FROM Lt W. A.HINDS (North Afriaa) "After spending 3 months in England I wc:. s sent down here. It would have been c. pleo.sure to have served a.11 o e ti me in="Eng1a. n w iere r - fno. demnn..y ri en a:;.1::.nc1.- r - nope -cr--- ga""t 1:m~ c..k to see th em one day •. Right .now I have a ba.s.e ba.11 team c.a.l led the BBc ( bec a use they' re not b.itg__ shots, I suppose Bill) SomE. of them have p].o.ys emi- p ro and in a.ollege - we dont get much pr o.ctice . I have m~t Art Amm01 Lt and Mrs Ho.rtz.ell, and ._!?_ill Manke since joining up" Good Letter Bill. -CQome again . From A/S Keith Stoner II I am here at Witten.b erg College Springfield Ohio, and Jimmy Weaver, Bert Wo.gneF~ and Mark Wayne a.r~ all her e too." Keith check up ru.1.d S:ee if all those fellows o.re getting , VB ri ght a long plee.se. Csp J _a ck OBRIEN "Most of the Ch~e:f Specialists. I work with are from 11 s0 c.a.lled" big _time collegea and they c.re deprived of a paper like VB-do they regret it.! My wife a.nd l pften wo.lk e:.round the Harv a rd Campus c.nd I try o.nd impress her with bi g words I pick$d up in your art clc. sm-I TRY t.o impressi1Jmer 1 I wish I could come bl!1.cr-k to wisit S.R. this June---S.Ut permits nre few and far between. I am1 ,,-ihat you might call a " dry lnnd sailor" but who am I to dictate tOl the Navy y 111 Good luck CPO ~ ac.k. Fro.m Lt and Mrs Bob Shannon( 332].FColoradoSt. Pa.s.. o.. d ena Ca..l) 11 · Bess:te(Barnhnrt) o.nd I were married here in Pasadena . June 12th using the double ring ceremony-so were b.oth out of circu].o.tio:a 11 , ,. ft· "' V ;, . -,, * * * * * * '"'-J..,. '--' T n. .. • ....,r. r• ''•r. - ~ . · • ;~,.· "' .. -~:·r.'J . , ..~ .• _H~it;o t:..• ~onrn time a.go in the PX I _rn.n onto a former S,,R. cha.p hy the nrun~ o-f Wt: Rt e rmnn.i-he is a. Sa.rgJH1nt ··here a:t Snntn Ani t im-It sure wa.S:i s,wall t:o :<--F"f:,n a.fte r c.·. number of yaa.rse.-F1~iend~1 mo.de at S.R. a.r.e not, aa.s.ily :w·r,ct ton. . Things en thP- Wes:. Coast a.:..~e · qu.ist, ,b:.ut, NOT ASLEEP '" Long lLiv.,~ ·:;:: .1 CL:d " t he Cap 1 ~ 1s chughter"~, · F::--0:11111 I_;J; Ha.rry_'~eggs11 Sa.hrd. dt II My tha.u_·Y,,;-: :J f · (:::-·: t, o 0.ri :~t b ,'.:'.Ck :0 ~0,_v•.001 iit SuRc:. more t h2.n eve1.---but its good :: ; :r"' -'H1 o.. 1: :tLa\:~ en: ;1,ow ·at. l=, ~.:nt:i.:'.:. 5 ham Air Fi elJ Ft, Meyers :i'l.a.-this ia - · .;_~.e g .~::.r1!'J.er 'y S ( : ...h O~J,,t"~-;11:/ · P ,_- S l.1 ✓, cl e :1J.v·s () It : ··_···.. l;:{ .i.r. •.:;1 0l... k _ :t· S · j.n • • T r l/il l· ..·LI b.\ Crr~~:: ,,.1er·..1 · · ', 2 Lr':1:.r:·u1 d own kc r s w~'. .i-h l~.~ : ·c.n·~ brtllio.nt :fl owe:r- ~1,..... wi:_w.. ther as hot, ,-· - - .. - - ... 1: · '.J) r) d c lLd·-· Ee ggr~ve nd -.:, t,, :1!zs for the giTt-the 11:::_ds - as well though , · ; hem s we:LL t P"."om · Q_pl j' immy lana s ( 14th Sta CompSqSP-~acksonvi l~e Ela) c.m inc lo 3ing a pi0:ture from the newspaper how I J_:_o olted as"Boria Kar ·--~ (f 11 idArsenic and ; Old LacJt-we had quite a time with this., show-.in Bat,1 Rp.u g_ e -now I have done several shows here, and have more coming up. :- 'l ows are n·eeded on this side · and also badly needed on the other--ihat ,11i.ere I hope ·t;o land ..Tell . all my f r iends · that just as soon as this damne d mess is over and won well all meet at the coll.ege and have SUCH a celebration- For e_vsry show I . do in N. Y. Ill see _to it that they al~ have sea ts front and center and that goes for you too." For a darn fine letter tha.nkml l- An-:cl - how we would- like- to d o_p__ in on _one ,o.f your great vvh i te way· pr ocftucti ons 1 i From Jo Banicha:r;( Bx2618Christobal ,,CanalZone) "No ma leria; no aches, no pain.s..-still have my hair;;.in short, Im fine-:t tanned, I like Panama ,_· interesting, I plan to stay here until the war is 0,ver _then add l\'Irs. to my name and head for NewHampshiX:e or Ver. I plan to wisi t S . Amer. next suri1mer-any sugge stions ? 11 -Yes-dont start. a revolution11J:Q:J-. From Lt Loyal M.• Liken II Im the adjutant here at the Munici:l)al Air. Port at A1.bany N..Y~ where we train transport pilots"From Cpl J ti.mes W.Corne li.us{ CoB-3301.stASTU,Blacksburg, Va)'" When that first brown enve.!op-'-8 rrivecr my 1}'ur-ros1-cy- m,a~sl{yniglr-'I- trnrught ' ' ~ er -rurlouglrt-l~ assure you my appreciation arose higher than my curiosity to hear ell about the fellows , ·where they , were o.nd what doing.Im studying Mech_ Eng here-I've had vartb .a us experi 'e nces in the army--visi tedHollywood, . St Aue Fla, and took a 50 mi l'e hike slept in pup tents-Great! 1 "-I would he::-.ve enjoyed print'ing ALL your fine letter-and picking more . strawbetties fr om your brothers- patch near Jo.xvill.e .. From Tom Watson 11 The l a t e s t ~ flcrnh is that it reached L37°in Camp Hyder on May 26th-Im picking up a. little bit of Spanish from the Sen.ors and Seno.,ri t .as down her e 11 Take care w~t you pick up Tommyll-As lon g as its Spanisk O.K.-HAW, w. . w, HAW , here is c.i news ;item se·nt fr0011 Engl'and by Doug Lehman·· written by a Sports, rJ;Jport&r in Landan P.ui ly Ti m...es " It was ·- ·:.!!r di:fficult to know whatr the: - ~ -ayeF-S- o ~ o- -rn=Am e-P4-0-a.n- t-e am-s w@-r do i ng.,-b-u h i-s= k ~ s o.1 L-wa• tching carefully, ,::i.nd ulti nrn.tely th~re did aeem to e merge s.ome sort of. patt e. rn, bused largely orr our own game of · Rug_hy. -There are eleyen on. ea.ch side o·f this gume and ·substitutes a re allowed'! --A ripping contest no doubt_-a.h we ll Cheerio; old thing 1 From Sgt.John Patterson ( · . ~" I sure; ili.Gke Engl a nd arid have s -e en many plO.ces. th -at would do justice to your paint brus.h-quaint old b_u ildings -,, o]ld v:ill a.ge s, the churches, the "Pubs" etc. I have acqui·r-ed a bicycle and it sure s ci.ves o. lojl of walking-have be e n receiving the iJBs and do snjoy them~I suppose you are making garden-how -are the dahliaa?." Ma.king garde'n? yes-Dahlias-not so hot . Fro fl! __Li aut jgJohnE .Do.vis... ( Ac ornlOPori-t HuenameC al)" After 22 months in Ja.xvi l leFla I have been tra.nsferred ;t,oC c.. l. This is am ernbarc0:tion point and we do business hc;;re-Of course we miss our· home in Fla-" Dont let the Cham ber of Com mer ce he.a.r you ·say- that Jack..--thats poison out there I hear! ~ From Pvt Patsy Deleti.s (APO _8962 Pm NYC)" , I hop e someday to return· to S.R. and take up my colle:g 9 work from the re on~It s0ems thc:t some people ha.ve o.lL the lu~k.. How I . woulcl liks to be a Cadet at S . R.u Yes we a.re in th e midst of the 6 week Summer s.ession now Pa.tsy-a.nd dont worry a.bout your j0,b:--ALL af us, ha.va to, do. things that we dent like to do P ats,y TBuck Up ll From ~11s Co.rl Sink;u]. a.. 11 HE.res my new a.ddress ll70E . Brainard Ave , Pensac:.o la Fla-time short now more later" F'rom A/$ Ja.ek M.Dunlap (-Gr3i-S,qBBcrr6No.shvill.a Tenn) "I recently met some fellows here who had been Cadets at S.R., and they liked it •. The psychameter tests are fun-we call tham1 the "Penny .hrcade 11 We ho.ve: to push buttons c.nd match lightS;-work lights in a. dummy cockpit ,. work left handE.d threaded handles etc. . ·" Come ago.in J o.c..k. FrQrrn Art, RometoPfc( · )"So far I h e.v ent s e en a.notherS . R. la.cl-I a.m now Clerk, and doing instructing o.bout 20 miles from1 V-ihere I was on the sa.me is.land . Columbusa• anchor is here in 0, rnuseurm he: lost it on his 2nd va,ya;g•e to Ar.16ricn. We a lso have a. Pitch l o.ke-nevGr goGs dry, Trees h e re in the Kings Bot a nical Gafden from a.11 over the world. The customs of the natives a.re nlwo.ys interesting_- in a Hindu funer.a.l the c..ortege goes down the street po.usirig c:t the doorways where most frequented by the dee e c..sed .. Th·e women in the pr oc es s ion weo.r white. r-o bes nnd the men in high ho.ts and tux•a. The husbnnd of the olde~t girl is gro.nted conc..ubinG.gc rights to all the other girls in the fmi1iLy whe.ther they ·are married or singl.e ..They h o.ve peculi ::.r sup e rstitions o.lso"-I guess you must enjoy the experie11.ce of getting a round some Art.. From Lt, ~eph T ·. LytJ.e.. (iJ.I.S.o&G#,21C.ampDavisNC) "Excuse the dirt on this pc.per I L s 0• ·, • 1 .I. Page 3, V.B. #- 2Q • . a.s we have had o. dust storm a.nd it now covers everything a.bour ½t, I apcnt a.n entire evening studying my lo.st VB--n.nd you ma.y put me down us; • a. Chnrter Member of tha.t group who want a. big Homecoming, when this:, mess,. is o.11 cleared up--how I would like to llC'..Ve a. look a.t tha.t ca.m.pui;a right now"' Your on Jo:a. From Pwt JohnJ ,Lottes.(G-oa.ASTP-MissiSC,ollege ,s-tate Colleg.e.,Miss) nAfter Co.mp Wheeler I went to Alo.be.ma. Po1.y,. Insto.long with John Lewi.s,,Tom Carey,o.nd .Joe Bonefeste. A .group of us bnsic Engineera (no S.R. fellows' o.long)ca.me here-we ha.ve been shown genuine Southern Hospitality of which one could a.sk nothing finer--only I wish to hecJl{ it would rninU It seems like every oneelse from S.R. is an officer c.nd Ive been in this outfit for 4½months!'-0hcer up Ja.ck the first 3.8 yea.rs; are the hnrdea;t-then mebby you• lL be a. Corp. From rfcMarcus Holpfel!'(l 646 TSSBrl.!939,TruaxFi 1.e dMndi sonWia,) I am to.king rt. radio mo.chani