Vol. I—No. 9 U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C. Saturday, November 14, 1942 5c a Copy To Perform This Afternoon at Duke-Carolina Football Game I % ' -i-'r Capacity Audiences Applaud Kate Smith Broadcasts Here the CRACK DRILL PLATOON which appeared in Washing-ton last week at the Cloudbuster-Georgetown football game will perform between the halves of the D uke-Carolina game this afternoon in Kenan Stadium. The Washington performance received high praise from Naval Officers, and was applauded warmly by the 15,000 spectators present for the contest. Shown above are the drill platoon and two close-up pictu^res of Lieut Robert D. Robinson Pre-Flight drill master. Lieut Robinson’s record of military service dates back to 1918 when he served overseas at the youthful age of 18. He is proud of the fact that most of his years in service have been spent in the Marine Corps, which celebrated its 167th anniversary last Tuesday. The inset pi^cture on the left shows the drill master in Marine garb, while on the right is a photo of Lieut. Robinson which was taken recently at this station. Leaders Laud Cadet Bxhibition The following letters were received by Comdr. O. O. Kessing, Islanding officer of the station, during the past week commending t ® formance given by Chapel Hill Pre-Flight cadets between halves of the Cloud- bustei'-Georgetown football game played in Washington, D. C., last Satur day evening: The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air Washington November 10, 1942 I^ear Commander Kessing: The drills put on Saturday evening between the halves of the Chapel Hi Pre-Flight School-Georgetown game were •w'ell done and very , cause of the favorable comments made to me about them I am sure otneis I t^sh t^take^his opportunity to congratulate ^^e drills and on the general good showing made by aviation cadets throughout the evening. Sincerely yours, Artemus L. Gates Navy Department Bureau of Aeronautics Washington November 9, 1942 rJEAR Commander Kessing: It was mv good fortune to see the football game between Nort aro ina Pi'e-Plicht School and Georgetown last Saturday night, and to witness o^ellent deLnstration given by your drill team and athletic squad between the halves, I was very proud of the team and the exhibitions given. I couldn’t help butttink back to the time eight months ago when w^ ‘••ying to put this program over, and to feel that with your ^P. by the officers and men under you, it had been put over one hundred pei cent. Please convey my congratulations to the officers, cadets, an m Command. , , With kindest personal regards, Sincerely, A. W. Radford, Captain, U. S. Navy Ralph A. Bard To Visit Here Saturday, Nov. 21 Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Ralph A. Bard, will speak from the stage of Memorial Hall on Saturday evening, Nov. 21, it was announced this week by Dick Railey, chairman of the Carolina Political Union, non partisan university organization which is bringing the noted person ality to the campus. It is expected that Mr. Bard will visit the Pre-Flight School during his brief stay here. “Naval officers, cadets, enlisted men and their friends are invited to hear the Bard speech,” CPU Chairman Railey stated, Lieut. Comdr. Micou Ordered to New Post in Chicago Lt. Comdr. Benjamin H. Micou, supply officer of the station, has been ordered detached from Chapel Hill and is Expected to leave during the latter part of next week for his new assignment as supply officer on the staff of the Air Technical Training Command, Chicago, 111. Lt. Comdr. Micou is being succeed ed by Lt. (jg) Frederick D. Thomp son, former assistant to the supply officer at the Naval Air Station, Cor pus Christi, Tex. Lt. (jg) Thompson came aboard last Tuesday and is now becoming acquainted with his new duties here. Kate and Jane Take Time Out For Interview The Songbird of the South, Kate Smith, and screen actress Jane Wyatt had much to talk about last night but little time to talk. It was 15 minutes before their first i broadcast, and we could have five of them. In that time we had to get their impressions of North Carolina, the Pre-Flight School, and Chapel Hill. We had an interview to do. Now interviews don’t always turn out so well. Those answering the ques tions usually give out the same old answers to those asking the same old questions. This would be different, we said. No ques tions from us! We would just let both of them talk for five minutes, take down as much as we could, and pass it on to you. Yes, Miss Smith (Let’s call her Kate for that doesn’t sound so formal) was happy to be back in Chapel Hill and North Carolina. She reminded us that she attended the Duke-Carolina foot ball game five years ago, that the weather was unusually hot, that she didn’t remember who won, that her home is in Virginia. Everyone had been fine to her, Kate said. She wanted to be especially re membered to Lieut, Frank Gillespie, assistant welfare officer, for the ex cellent way he handled the million and one details that go into making a coast to coast radio broadcast. As for the Pre-Flight program it self, she ,