Vol. 3—No. 24
U. S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
Friday, March 2, 1945
A glimpse of the military review in Kenan Stadiuni last Satur
day honoring Rear Admiral O. B. Hardison, USN, Chief of Naval
Air Primary Training, is shown in the top photo, while on the
^ight the Admiral presents the Navy Department’s Silver Cup to
Jesse K. Greenbaum, commander of the NROTC Third Company
^hich won the inter-company competition at the University. Dig
nitaries participating in the commencement exercises in Hill Hall
appear, left to right, in the picture immediately above as follows:
Judge John J. Parker; Gov. R. Gregg Cherry, of North Carolina;
Admiral Hardison, who was principal speaker for the occasion;
^NC Chancellor Robert B. House; UNC President Frank P. Gra
ham; the Hon. Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy,
and Capt. Edward E. Hazlett, Jr., USN, Commanding Officer, V-12
Unit at the University.
Adm. Hardison Urges Strong
Fleet and Air Arm For Peace
A strong fleet and some form
Of universal military training
two requisites for keeping
the peace after the war is won,
^ear Admiral O. B. Hardison,
USN, Chief of Naval Air Pri
mary Training, declared a s
Principal speaker at University
of North Carolina commence
ment exercises in Hill Hall last
Saturday.
„ “Following the war,” he said,
. Our interests, whether we wish
or not, will be more extensive
^han ever before. As the great
est and most powerful nation on
earth, we must accept respon
sibilities of leadership which are
world-wide.
“However, it is an historical
fact that following every war
there is a tendency to forget this
inescapable truth and to allow
the armed forces to deteriorate.
Needless to say, it is neither pos
sible nor desirable to maintain a
Navy-at-war strength during
peace. We want a Navy com
mensurate with our peacetime
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Hold Officers’ Hop
At Lenoir Saturday
An officers’ dance to the music
of the Cloudbuster swing band
will be held tomorrow in the
Pine room, Lenoir Hall, from
2100 to 2400.
Reservations are required and
may be made at the Wel
fare and Recreation Office, Alex
ander Hall, until 1200 tomor
row, or at the door.
French Cadets Arrive
Sixty French cadets, compris
ing FU-8, reported aboard last
week, raising the total now un
dergoing training here to slight
ly over 100. Whereas previous
units were from North Africa,
most of the new arrivals are di
rectly from France.
Two French officers, Lt. (jg)
Jean Dalmas and Ens. Jacques
Robert, accompanied the unit
here.
Station’s Red Cross
DriveBegins Mar.7;
Leaders Praise Aid
The annual Red Cross drive
on this station will begin next
Wednesday, March 7, and ex
tend through March 14, it has
been announced by Chaplain
George W. Cummins, who has
been named chairman of the
Red Cross committee for the Pre-
Flight School by Lieut. Comdr.
James P. Raugh, Commanding
Officer.
“It is hoped to be able to
match or approach our spendid
contribution of last year, al
though we have fewer person
nel,” said Chaplain Cumm,ins.
“A membership or renewal of
membership is $1.00 but in 1944
a great many contributors over
subscribed this amount several
times and I hope they will dupli
cate these subscriptions again.
The Red Cross is one of the
finest organizations in the
world.”
Department representatives
who have been named are as
follows; Lieut. Comdr. Renwick
E. Curry, Academic; Lieut. Cecil
B. Ross, Military; Lieut. Gordon
M. Clark, Athletic, and Lieut.
Comdr. Thomas D. Slagle, Medi
cal. These representatives will
receive contributions from all
personnel attached to this ac
tivity, including civilian em
ployees.
Navy, Army Urge Support
The Navy has been requested
by President Roosevelt to coop
erate fully with the American
Red Cross in the conduct of the
current national campaign,
whose goal is to raise $200,000,-
000 to finance Red Cross activi
ties for another year of war
Highest ranking Navy and Army
officials also have urged coop
eration with the organization, of
which General Dwight Eisen
hower has said, “We simply
couldn’t get along without it. I
consider the Red Cross an aux
iliary of my army. They are do-
mg a perfectly magnificent job
in every way.”
The invaluable aids and serv
ices rendered by the Red Cross
run into the millions. At the end
of June, 1944, the Red Cross was
serving 2,000,000 meals monthly
from 727 clubs and 194 “clubs
on wheels” in all theatres of
war. In the last year it has
packed 10,800,000 food parcels,
sent 125,000 copies of Prisoners
of War Bulletins, handled 37,500
emergency messages and ’dis
tributed 12,700 medicine kits