Vol. 1—No. 27
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, March 27, 1943
Ninth V-5 OfUcer
Training Course
Underway Here
The ninth V-5 officer indoctrina
tion course began here last week
with 138 well known coaches, ath
letes and teachers donning Navy
khaki for one month’s training in
naval customs and traditions, mili
tary drill and physical condition
ing.
Leading the field of outstanding
sports figures now being groomed
for their future job of instructors
in the naval aviation physical fit
ness program is Ensign Cornelius
Warmerdam, world’s greatest pole
vaulter and winner of this year’s
James E. Sullivan Memorial
Trophy as the Number One Ameri
can sportsman and athlete of 1942,
Football is represented in the
new class by Lieut. Rex Enright,
head coach from the University of
South Carolina and former Green
Bay Packer player; Lieut, (jg)
Tom Barclay, line coach at Dart-
niouth and Brooklyn Dodger pro
gridder of 1935; Ensign Len Bar-
num. New York Giants and Phila
delphia Eagles star pigskinner;
Ensign Clarence Wyatt, ’38 Ten
nessee star and former coach at
Mississippi State, and Ensign Wil
liam Kerr, of the 1939 Notre Dame
flighting Irish.
Baseball and golf players ap
pearing on the local scene are En
sign Joe Gonzales, Boston Red Sox
t^iamondeer of ’38 and ’39, and En-
See V-5 OFFICERS, page U
Movie Schedule
Mar. 27—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “Panama Hattie” with
Skelton and Ann Sothern.
f'eature starts at 1330, 1500, 1930
^nd 2100. Complete show one hour,
^0 minutes.
Mar. 28—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “Mrs. Miniver” with
^reer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.
f'eature starts at 1300 and 1520.
Complete show two hours, 20 min-
^tes.
Huge Track Meet Held in Record Time
Six Officers Named
Special Instructors
In Military Arts
A revision of the military de
partment’s procedure for teaching
cadets the rudiments of first aid,
ordnance and gunnery, and sea
manship, was announced early last
week by Lieut. Comdr. Lloyd R.
Sauer, USNR, regimental com
mander.
Under the new plan placed in
operation last Monday, six officers
have been designated to specialize
in teaching military arts subjects,
thereby relieving the regular pla
toon officers of this function.
Formerly each platoon officer
would lecture to his cadets on these
subjects in the course of accom
panying them through the pro
gram. Now, the six selected of-
WINNERS of the track and field jamboree, finals of which were held
here Monday afternoon, are pictured above with two of the track
coaches, Lieut Robert Pitkin, left, and Lieut. Charles “Chic” Werner,
right. Over 1400 cadets participated in the three day event, largest of
its kind ever held. Bottom left shows Comdr. John P. Graff, USN (Ret.),
commanding officer, who personally presented awards and congratu
lated the winners in a special ceremony held Tuesday afternoon.
1400 Started Out, Ten Were
Crowned Champs Here Monday
Ten cadet champions were crowned here Monday afternoon as finals
of the largest track and field jamboree ever scheduled were held at
^Fetzer Field.
The three-day meet, which started last Thursday, had 1400 par
ticipants the first day, 520 on Friday, and a total of 150 cadets in
the finals.
The Skyrockets with 45 points
v/ere the squadron winners, fol
lowed by the Catalinas with 38^/4,
the Helldivers with 33, and the
Mariners with 32%. Other points
were scored by the Buffaloes and
Kingfishers, each of whom had 30,
the Buccaneers with 29, the Coro
nados with 28%, the Wildcats with
25, the Vindicators with 11, the
Devastators with 7, and the Mus
tangs with 1.
So well was the program hand
led by the track department that
the total actual running time of
the entire three-day program was
but one hour and 45 minutes.
Fifty-five minutes were taken the
See TRACK, page 3
ficers will serve as military arts
teachers for all the cadets, deliver
ing two lectures daily, in addition
to handling their regular sports
work.
The six military instructors who
will function under the direction
of Lieut. John E. Hollis, USNR,
officer in charge of military arts,
are: Lieut, (jg) Raymond J.
Roche, USNR, who heads the
ordnance and gunnery phase;
Lieut, (jg) James E. Wadsworth,
USNR, in charge of seamanship;
Ensign William H. Rodiek, USNR,
in charge of first aid; and Ensigns
F. S. Donnelly, Jr., Archer E.
Reilly, Jr., and Richard Zimmer
man.