·3 '{ ®iJ/ nn. 1~ I1 ~ lS Dear friend wit.h the colors,: • -:C. ..1. Weath_er. in the extremes has been I\ •· the lot for Slippery Rock and vici1 ~ ni ty--last Spring_ a solid month of Q ~ .::-:-·· ~ rain, and this September-October. with ~ 4_ ...__ O --~ _ .6 weeks so dry that farmers hauled wat'\.Toy 9r for their stock) since dependable J" ·4~ 1I· . .. fl~ r\ springs dried up. Albeit, Autumn in all ("'~_I_IJI 11=-;vits tranquility has been beholden , and for a _( -1(. ~ - · --~ good fortnight Pennsylvanians have feasted their ( ,.,..· · (' ' ,' t'i::"'i _,:, ,. , , souls upon every tint and shade of oLd rose and l, \.__) gold, scarlet and orange, mauve and green that the , 1 \ _ \,,( r.',Maples, Oaks and Poplars could muster. The clinging 1 ' ; 1 , r , · '\ Ivy on the Chapel has taken on hues of soft red, and thal shrubbery near North Hall and Old Main, delicate yellowa. Then cam.e the rain to refresh the streams and springs> and down came the leav.es ~ of painted tan and brown, carpeting in a day, this lovely spot, a.,nd 1 leavin3 the trees bare-limbed for the blasts of Winter yet to come,. 1 The colle g e pro g r · m, as with the cadence-stepp_i!'lg __ _q~q~-~~-' __ b_~th pold. firm, with groups of the latter arriving and departing at interval$. Recently, Kitain, a celebrated Russian violinist thrilled both the 1 st~ < ' udents and Cadets _in a rare program of music, and last week Bailey~ a ti) ~ magician entertained with slight-of-hand and incidentia~ly Dr.Str~~n who came to be entertained, left tne stage-Presto-Chang~, having iost his very shirt 11 l 1 \ Deep embarras1'uent an.d scarlet blushes--and hQwls , of laughteri Victory Bell awards a new purple shirt to Dr.Strain • . ..; Instead of oiling up the Garand., mortar, or anti- aircraft, thousands , f in Pennsylvania hav9 been oiling up the shotgun and kraig for tha coming game season. Small game comes in iat.Oot 30--but with fihelves fmpty of gun shells, thous~nds will oil and nothing ~ ,, until soma +ong looked for ammuniti~n arrivea r-if indeed it doe$. ' ~...Q.E...E.§:ld and stunned were. we•'. 1a'st week as the Butler Eagle brought he news--Lt. William Stanley Robson has ·been killed in the South ,• ·~~ Pacific.. At"present no details a.re ava.ilable, and we know not where he lies~-we only know that a ·radi~nt persQnality has passed r' from our circle. 11 Friendly and warm of personality, dinamic. and ~ · . . friendly was'\sto.n Robson.to many of us who now read these words:. rl •~ Rest in peace~Stari Robson--the \orch flung from your failing hand ~ - , has been c~ught by your comr~des. Until these pr.aoious freedoms are won will tnoy curry it high J To his m~th6r, Mrs Neila Ro ~\ son and to his bride-wife, Mo.rgueri\e , and to his many rn~ny iends a benediction, a soothing word, Qnd n gen~la prayer. Amid all the heartaches and sorrow of this dizzy world ( and incident. ial.1.y in comparison to many places we know l:_i ttle of rQa.l war~ ~ -Ot'Cl- c.t homa), our hearts are gladdened most when those of yt>U in unifor~, of whom Y!_e ~ so proud,, come o.-visi\i'n to the campus. Would that we h:i.d more spc.ce to .:i.dd comment for eaeh of you-but you will understand c..nd thats a.11 that is necessary. I hope I h ~ve omitted nnt a singla one of those who came since th& last issuQ went au\ : H!•k Bilowick, Bob Smith,, S.H.H:-..rris,, Snmbo Ristich, Sterling ·Ra.msey, wife a.nd little fe.11.er,. St6rling,you re.member> hnd n plane ernsh-reent.ered the bla.zing mc.s.s helped 9 others to snfety-his co-pilot was killed by his side-Sterling wa.s thrown clear. H2D2~ t~ ~~~r!!~e ~~m~e_y 1tt Bob McGregor to plc.c& c.. spCtrkler on the hc.nd of ·Anna. M. Sancferoeck , Mr and Mrs W.R. Miller from Bc..inbridg& Md, i'v1r nnd ~{r~. Ernie Hnrrison from Orlando Fln.,, Kfr and ' Mrs D~le Liken from Phil~, Al ~enrow ~een in Butler, ~nd Bill Meise fr'JQJ Bloomsburg--tells us thnt o.11 he ·o-.hers there will soon visit. our C~Mpus--wslcome these others whe.n you eome ltL And now, as space will psrmit~-lets have a peek at a sampling (only) of the splendid let~ers that have come in from all over the world: F~ Lt. Chuck Hough; 11 ?.E.grct on this furlough I could. not visit the campus, so thia letter will have to do for this time. Lt. Kensley Miller was homa from Nor~h Af rico. be a.ring quite a few honors. He wa.s a.wa.rded the D istinguishod F'lying Cros~, the Air Medctl with 8 oak lea.ves clust~, o.nd the campaign ri.hbon for the African thec..ter--So our boy reall~~okny by himself. It ~Qs fortunnte that I arrived home before he left~for his new fieldJfor I Wt\S present a.t his little sons(KenDee) bnptism, o.nd ~m now the wee cha.ps Godfather. Kon looked fine, in fact you wouldent know thC1.t he wns overset\s 11 months. For me-soon to Sult Luke City for an a.s s ig nmE.nt, then ave.rs ea.a in sev 6ro.l months-keep those VBz; coming_ 11 - To Lt. Ke.nsley who h~s s&en so much action in N. Afric~ Honor and G_l.9.!:·y-- for Godfather "Chuck"·-a. toy rattle.. From Alm,Uke.l\laca.luso ~ 44r3-Fl32.CocklanFld,,Mc.conGn) 11 Never thought Id' miss. school so much unt✓ I recd that VB-its grec.t to hen.r nbout the f0llov'/S o.nd what they'r uJ.J ta.-IJ.1 struggling ci.long for .:-., po.ir of wings.. in Bo.sic Flight TrD.ining, ·1 -Soa.r up hers when you get them Miko.. From Sgt .Don McCork..l& ( 12th B -'J.S C Hd.&AB SqRa.ndolph Fld,Tex.) 11 .F'rom those VBs one con scG tho.t th e Turn tht p~gQ plc~se. :j ~j ·3 .! 1 di~f'.··f I]) 1 lt) ,. . ~- 1=--.=.:_:,~\- Ir ~ · p .2--VB# 23. Y b~·Y,s from SR '.'..re ._nll ovE.r the globe. Im1 mru-ric.d no\"- .'.".nd looking forwnrd to th~ d:c,.y vvhon I C'.'..n b.t-:ing Lc..urcn0. b:'.ck to· s ·. R.c..nd meet c.11 of you pcopl~ thGre. 11 -ComE- soon. From:E11~.!. ..!?.Qb V:-.rnum (521 Cuyler Hc..11 PrtncE.ton NJ) 11 1 rcport~d h<:.re: Oct. 10th for trf>..ining-I see -T~hq___q..QY & ~-d'_P0tnik every dc..y-they'r he.re for instruction too 11 From Ale Tom Q__r"..h:\m (44F-SqA-l•Fl3Mc..xwell Fl.Aln)" The dc.y I left N:'..shville Bdb. Cy phcrt ·hc:i.ndE.d me._ his copy of VB-I fe.el vu-y b::'.dly ·-.. bout loosing c. friend likE. Don Pri tcha.rd. I c.lso sn.w Bob Lind tl:'1ere-he mnrried cl N~shvill6 girl-soon to move. to Kessler Field ,Miss. Did you lcnow that BL~ir -Hildebr0.nd ',:ms plo.ying foot bo.11 for · Frnnlclin &1U:.1.rsh2..ll ? Those VB sure do rin.g in the news and I wcmt to help when I cnn" -Thci.nks Tom• F:r:o~ Ens. Ary ·Ho.zen. (l!TS Sag~53-l~hico.NY) 11 I am here studying eleotr ic c_.l :::u;id diesel _engines-quite different from NotreDc.me - here we hn.ve eng~nes of ~very size-~ grent ·1c.baratory, I suppose you know that ~~01:' 1.. (Radk~) and I were m~rr ied on tie pt. 23rd-she r12.s with me here gnt~l,., l:;st Sundr-.~ .• I rc.n into 'Dqn Nesb-it-he i.s here in Cornell also". 1 T~~~) '-•~r~ ~~f~r~mdil~ From Lt. Ern~st D~Su~ (Cr!S Ellington Fl rt~i~ur~ht who should wnlk i~oafoet8"~ ~0~1e-8h1le hnving dinner in a : ~· . ~b.out S .R-;K • Stoner -:nd Br • '-• e ut eo Kn.luge..r_-r,e hfl.d a long ~~ Pt uch.a·, ( South Seas:) ~, Thos~cVB~·dp~1s" larle both here _. ~rom Q agt in~ Y reach us even 1f we m ve from one _plap t-0 ·anot~e~-they Qatch up with us. As for myselr r o no-t have mu~11 to sa.y. . his tr o pie a~ c 11.ma~ e ha_s tr ~mme~ me down from 200:to 180-Ah what a figure l The Jungle 1s a fascinating place and fet~. ~ n~~ld ~~lit it, at!ihanc e does things to you. I have leo.rned to pract'e 1 in e Jungle, appreciate beautiful flowers~ butterflys 111 of . 1tf ~~~8.f-erzon~sthave ..1iscon?eptiona, and feai.rs Geo~Wa_genhorst You c t an. in q an old friend-none other t ,han . i t-_v,e h~v & met se; eral ~gu~h~~mB!n~tld~ff oFt~ e~~ of · f · cert 1 . a.in_ o carrying t 1e eff9I".t to Tojos po.lace soon---so naturally we -op~ned a b~1,~le of _____ (Si .ze, brand, and potency of said flask ~~~~·ttdd~m1ll~~; ~1c.5et.Ed.) w-1-~ich a~ded in the strategy. \7ith deep 3- gro.nd fellow.' l i,Iy 'th~n~,.,~er th -he Wlll re.main aJ.l'l our memories aa une.26t~" For a fiae ·1~tt;r now a pr?ud ~apa-a baby boy born Cadet.Vairo.~ SenecaJ. (SOQ-lOPhilaaNks,,TloHtne bi$ boy-~oo GOO. From:. ent \th't!e in training and . d d av~ osp.Ph1la.Ua) II I had an ace id ·k h ea e Up with a ·shatt·e d f ofen eel bonai dol.lble dislocation- of tli ' b ... re . racture and: brgndah10 ft fal .-a brick-where· I landed .dt.:m ·:'!:!.nd .. bruises as the result elo ) ;ve peen here 6·weeks and s t one the damage--I have a cast sur~ c'c.1 a1:~mf 0 Ill go bacl< where 1~1t . oPf-tli~dN~, IfcI dont dev. ' read about Don- h . . · ·a 1~1 r. orps--It was -ui11 c E 1 ett er Vance-good wishes fro: was one ?f :. :my best friends II A. --i~~.Roddy Brad..Y..,,(Sgt) is at 65th ki~li .Q..i \-l~ • From i'virs Brady; my Visa1i!Il8-~l}?i i!.ddie. Cottrefl(Class R~~~~-~ 1 ~~ 5 ?hool Brookfield really , like a am _n~w at Primary an·d . expect to solo t liAF'FTDSeq.poia Fld in a privai~ dini~o ern count~y clu~ ~e live in smal~mgrrow. his is 1 II England) "Imagine ·the ~~~~is~~~J~Kn c~~~~;~~s From: e({n las-t week at the Rainbow Corner Cro.55Jloaa°111aunbd ~ cr:;amed fa9eJ to f.ace. •. . • . Hl . on 011,-- olin -½POKas fine as ever, and we had quite a chat over old friends at S.H. From ·: Pvt Tom E. Y!atson(Hd Qr 2nd Sig B1:1Fort Ord· Cal) This outfit ·has its headquarters· i'ti mid- Pacific so if I move out you will have a fair idea ·where 1 1 11 be.I have seen all the historic signts about ___ onterey Bay· j~st . 5 mi away" Thanks Tom,Mrs M.is much better now after a sever.e time of it. ·From; At.. J.ndy B. Petach (800 Bomb S.q •.470 Gr ·Mt,.Home ,Idaho) 11 VB reached me forviarded from New Haven-tod.a y just af' ter reading a let.t-ar. from Dick Jones ·your le.tter came · telling me of Dons death -very sorry1 t We have little but sage bru 9 h about here & ill dliss the autqmn coloring-Ill be awaiting that next VB 11 None oth near tnere tha.t I know off Andy. From: Ale, W.F.Nesbiit (SqF-a/c PreTE. ch Sc3eymour Johnson FldN.C) "J"..fter 12 v,iceks of hasic training as gro ·nd Technicians . we go to Yale U for 20 mar'? weeks.-my branf VB 1 and ·it brought back fond memoriea of ·nore pleasant times.My job here is primarily '.' trouble shooting for the men in the services, that is laison between the men & their familieS:i. I have a staff of 3 assistants and 3 ·stenographers.-the exper.ience is· excellent. My 'wife and son Jimmy age 20 mo. were here untill ,~ug when I too}< t.i.rnm ·back: to Butler.I hope to reach Micky Boal & Hats !teown through VB·.I ·know of nothing better than news to the men in th·e services as a morale factor, and we need more of the. thing your trying to do." Come again Papa Jimmy. From W.S.Held a/c (Class 44E Sq 2773-rT-San•. ntoni oTex) " J, i:JE:av~r, M_ark ~~ne ar-e with me-:-J. Grossman is one class behind us.To-near aboutl:Thn Pritcharda death was more t~1an a blow to me-ili s pass ins 'l: i 11 be iuourned all ov_~ r the world by those w.i.10 knew hi ra as I did 11 From S/Sgt ·:!alter R ....ia,JJSey(22base Hdq 11BSqLowry Fld,DenverCol) "Ive spent 1.4 months here and still like it, (next page, old frie~d) ~~~a!d 8~ t11f~g~a~g€\;: rr~1~~~t1:i~g~~h ait~a f~ r ft!'. ~4; 8 Jf~~; Hf~~s J· Pa ge 3, · No ~3 VO. I hope to be home for eithe.r· Thanksgiviag or Xmas. and Ill be up to pay you a :vis i tu -And we 1 11 be expecting you l From :.Ens Daun W• Nesbit(llO s. Baker Ha1icorn~ll-Ithica N.Y.~I am studying the work done bi a deck officer-my detatchmeht dat~ will be about Nov24th-~rt Hazen is here studyi,ng diesel engines-that shows the versability of a health-edder. Bt ijam Ristich an army. navigator, is temporarily at Rosacrans Field, St.Joseph, Mo. Frank Rogers was in Sic.ily, John -Robalc was at Camp SibertAla i ~ the Chem·~itfare 0 drvice RepoCtr. Your ~ribute t~ Don Pritchard-though difficult to write- was superbly done. 11 Come again with a newsy letter Daun. From: Sgt T. Greiner (810University Cornell IthicaN.YY) "Ylhile there are only a few ,- ;ientioned in the last 2 VBs th a t I knew personally, still I sure like · to read agout·what the others are doing--ti1ey are trying to · teacfi me · the Russian Language up here-why Im darned if I know:also Government and Geography 1 the last time I hear -d from Clark McClelland he ~as at·George Field _Ill -he iQ a Ll nowcontinue ori'°"""with t iwse VBs 11 . · From "Speed" rlastings uncle in Map,le Heights Ohio II Harold is now a Captain_ -he· has had a lot of f l'ying and lost one plane-he was in the water 4 hours-we will try and get you a picture in uniform of him. 11 -t•address Ca}t Wm !:tastings VM~-123, Magll, USN 140 foFle et P-master SanFran.ci scoCal From.: Lt H.P .Mos7t.~