Vol. 1—No. 32
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, May 1, 1943
Tenth V-5 Officer
Training Course
Underway Here
The Tenth V-5 officer indoc
trination class—143 strong—^be
gan training this week at the U.
S. Navy Pre-Flight School here.
From east and west, north and
south, they came—^logging in for
one month’s instruction in Naval
customs and traditions, military
drill, and physical conditioning,
prior to becoming instructors in
the Naval aviation physical fit
ness program.
Among the well known sports
personalities present are Lieut.
Henry Sanders, USNR, former
director of athletics at Vanderbilt
University; Lieut. John Harding,
USNU, from the University of
Miami; Lieut, (jg) Paul Holstein,
USNR, from Washington and
Lee, and Lieut, (jg) John Baker,
USNR, from George Washington
University.
Boston University contributes a
*najor part of its coaching staff
to the Naval program, namely,
Lieut. Walter Holmer, USNR, and
Lieut, (jg) Russell Peterson,
USNR. Harvard and Niagara are
J’epresented by Lieut. Charles
Whiteside, USNR, Crimson row-
coach, and Lieut. John Gal
lagher, USNR, director of ath-
See V-5 OFFICERS, page U
Next Cadet Dance
Scheduled for May 8
The May dance for the regiment
of cadets will be held next Satur
day evening in Woollen gymnas
ium, with swing music as usual
furnished by the popular Pre-
Flight band.
Starting time for the affair will
be 2030 and the last dance will end
at 2315. Taps will be at 2400.
Members of the senior battalion
will be permitted to wear their
blue uniforms, while the re
mainder of the regiment will wear
khaki.
A vocalist is expected to be on
hand for the occasion, possibly
Cadet Paul Owen, 23rd Battalion
member who formerly was tenor
soloist with Fred Waring’s band.
Cadets Always Welcome
At Service Center During
Town Liberty Hours
Pre-Flight cadets have an open
invitation to visit the Chapel Hill
Service Center which is open every
weekend during town liberty
hours, David Sessoms, director of
the Center stated last Thursday.
The Center has no connection with
the USO but is a locally sponsored
project located in the Methodist
Church opposite Sutton’s drug
store.
Cadets will find there three ping-
See CENTER, page A
Sports Poll Rates Football
Tops for Physical Training
Football holds first place in the minds of eastern sports writers as
one of the 10 best sports for physically developing the nation’s youth.
In a recent poll of eastern sports scribes conducted by the Public
Relations Office of the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill,
N. C., the gridiron game came out on top as the only unanimous selec
tion for inclusion among the “10 best sports for rounding out and
developing the participant’s phy-^
sical endurance, agility, coordina
tion, poise, confidence, and fight
ing spirit.”
A close second in the voting was
track, selected by 93% of those
polled, followed by boxing and
swimming which shared the third
spot as the choice of 86%.
The other six sports nominated
for the Big Ten of physical con
ditioners, and the percentage of
the total ballots they represent,
are: baseball 83%, basketball
81%, wrestling 69%, hand-to-
hand combat 48%, soccer 38%, and
gymnastics and tumbling 35%.
All of these “10 best sports” are
included in the naval aviation phy
sical fitness program.
While all of those responding to
the poll did not give reasons for
their choices, a number of them
did. A selection of representative
reasons offered by various sports
writers in making their nomina
tions is given herewith, grouped
under each of the sports.
Football
Gbantland Rice, North Ameri
can Newspaper Alliance, New
York City: “Football is the great
est of all team games in the way
of body contact and heavy pres
sure. It is probably the best game
to develop quick thinking under
pressure.”
Jimmy Dolan, Columbia Broad
casting System, New York City:
“Football is war on a small scale,
as well as a contact sport.”
Paul Jones, sports editor, The
Asheville (N. C.) Citizen: “Any
sport which teaches, or improves,
the physical endurance, agility, co
ordination, poise, confidence and
fighting spirit of its participants
seems essential to any training for
war. The more competitive train
ing, the better. That’s why foot
ball tops my list.”
Track
Dan Parker, sports editor, New
York Daily Mirror: “Because ob
stacle course racing develops the
See SPORTS POLL, page U
Football
Track
Swimming
Boxing
IN A RECENT POLLING of eastern sports writers, football was chosen unanimously as one of the 10 best athletic activities for
Physical conditioning. Track, including obstacle course running, was a close second in the balloting, followed by swimming and boxing
'vhich tied for third.