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CLOUDBUSTER
Saturday, December 12, 1942
CLOUDBUSTER
Vol. 1—No. 12 Saturday, Dec. 12, 1942
Published weekly at the U, S. Navy Pre-Flight School,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Under supervision of the Public Relations Office.
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Lieut. Comdr. John P. Graff, USN (Ret.), Commanding Officer
Lieut. James P. Raugh, USNR, Executive Officer
Lieut, (jg) Kidd Brewer, USNR, Public Relations Officer
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Editor: Ensign Leonard Eiserer, USNR
Associate Editor: Orville Campbell, Y3c
Staff: Lieut, (jg) Dan Partner; B. G. Leonard, Jr., Sp.3c; Everett
Bracken, Y3c; David Y. Coverston, Y2c; Cadets W. E. Smyth, Jr.;
T. B. Howell; E. V. L. Aiello; A. Weintraub.
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Opinions and views expressed in this newspaper are those of staff mem
bers or of individual writers, and are not to be considered as those of the
United States Navy.
Articles and features may be reprinted without permission, provided
proper credit is given.
Pre-Flight Trainmg* as Model for Schools
From the beginning of the Pre-Flight training program last
spring, physical education leaders, newsmen, and visitors gen
erally who have seen first hand how the Navy is conditioning its
future fliers have been unanimously enthusiastic in their response
to the present naval aviation physical fitness program. It was
evident from the start that features of the Pre-Flight program
would have a contagious influence on physical education in high
schools and colleges throughout the country.
Writing in the January issue of Esquire, nationally known sports-
waiter Herb Graffis terms the Pre-Flight training program an ideal
pattern for physical education directors to follow in correcting the
condition of flabbiness and softness prevalent among American
youth.
Says Mr. Graffis: “From athletic directors and coaches there
comes testimony indicting school administrators for a serious neg
lect to help high school and university students face the realities of
a naughty world. The physical educators have observed an alarm
ingly large per cent of students who are almost psychopathically
adverse to sports competition, especially of the contact type....
“The first thing the Pre-Flight Schools proved was that American
young men could not be frightened by the certainty of a schedule
of sweat, strain, fatigue and rough man-to-man competition. Pub
licity on the Pre-Flight Schools was thought by some to accent the
severe grind to the extent that some potentially excellent naval
aviators softened by neglect of physical conditioning in school would
be discouraged as candidates. In .actual practice the publicity
worked the other way. The boys considered the Pre-Flight test a
challenge. It has to be said that the Navy Pre-Flight experience
confirmed the recruiting lesson learned by the marines who've
gathered a great array of battling talent by playing their tradi
tional ‘first to fight' tune.
“Second, the Navy’s Pre-Flight Schools have demonstrated that
the time can be had for adequate conditioning of school students by
smart management. Although the Pre-Flight course is 50% phy
sical training during a 12-weeks’ period due to the necessity of
putting later stress on technical education of students, the features
of the Pre-Flight course can be introduced into school schedules
without overburdening scholars.”
While the prime objective of the Pre-Flight course is to give
needed training to naval cadets, an important effect of the program
is the adoption of some of its anain features by high schools and
colleges, thereby reaching thousands of youths soon to enter one of
the fightmg services. In the words of Mr. Graffis: “Events from
the Pre-Flight Schools’ programs inevitably will become standard
in high school and college intramural and extra-mural athletic
routines.”
By Lieut. Eric H. Arendt
Chaplain Corps, USN
The first “Pearl Harbor Day” has
come and gone. Not one of us during
the 24 hours of that day, could detach
ourselves from the significance of Dec.
7, 1941, and its effect upon our lives.
Only 52 weeks after “Pearl Harbor”
the life of each American has been
changed from a relatively easy-going,
take-it-for-granted way, to one of
seriousness and determination. And
what has that got to do with religion?
Religion has taken on a new signif
icance since Pearl Harbor, People are
turning back to God as they have
throughout the centuries during times
of great stress. More persons are go
ing to church—more persons are realiz
ing, some for the first time in their
lives, that the very principles for which
we are enlisted are not different from
those which the Church has been
teaching.
The time for passive religionists is
no more. The principles for which the
“American Way” has stood through
out its proud history are those which
have been founded upon a rock and are
those for which, consciously or uncon
sciously, we are fighting.
Many of us ve-dedicated ourselves
anew on this first anniversary of “a
day of great infamy.” We made a new
resolve. We pledged ourselves and our
resources. We are “all out” for vic
tory.
This is being an active religionist.
Remember, that even the “Prince of
Peace” went into the temple “and over
threw the tables of the moneychangers,
and the seats of them that sold doves
. and he taught and said xinto them,
Is it not written, my house shall be
called a house of prayer for all the
nations?"
It does give us something to think
about, does it not?
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Divine Services
Catholic
Masses 0615, 1000, 1045
Confessions, Friday, 1830-1930
Gerrard Hall
Jewish
1000, Hillel House
General Protestant
1000, Memorial Hall
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