Vol. 30
ALUMNI ISSUE FEBKUARY, 1944
All Ready To Leave
No. 4
Heads Religious Emphasis Week Dr. Peter MarshaU Of Campus
Washington, D. C., Spends Several Days On Dr. Peter Marshall, noted pastor of the New York Avenue Presby
morning at a special service in Harbison Chapel and made him-
terian Church of Washington, D. C., Was guest .speaker at Reli gious Emphasis Week, February 15 to 18. Dr. Marshall spoKe every I self available for student inter-
m
Noted Pastor
Grove City College Bulletin Army Air Corps Training Program Is Discontinued Grove City Will Finish
Cadets Now Enrolled At Courses Just after midnight, Sunday, January 30th, the College received a telegram from a district officer
that the contract between the Col
of the Army Air Corps saying lege and the Army Air Corps was to be terminated. Under the plan announced by the military author new cadets are to be sent to the
• views and various class meetings
ities the cadets now in College will finish their courses. However, no
will be liquidated sometime during I organized during the day. In ad
carnpus. As a result, the program the month of May. While the ac
lege, Dr. Marshall was speaker at
and
Church
of
Grove
Union
Reaction to Dr. Marshall's min istry here has been most favor able. The students found him
churches.
Prayer Services of the Grove City
conclusion to the special
City, his ministry serving as a
Presbyterian
the evening services in the United
dition to his services at the Col
tion taken by the military author ities is not entirelj' unexpected, it was hoped that the program might
of administrative
lege and will, of necessity, create
continue at least through the cur rent year and possibly for the du ration. The termination of the program will involve a reorgani zation of the program of the Col problems
speaking very directly and frankly on their contemporary problems.
financial character.
It is almost a year since the Col lege was notified that it was to serve as one of the centers of pre-
-V.e hope was m-ngraiiv _e>g3TeS'i>efl T,'.o above scene has been repeated a number or tunes during the pasT tvroyearsrit shows a group of(that he could be brought back
The college year beginning September, 1944, will be a critical period for most col leges. Although Groye City will be no exception, the outlook for the College is fairly encouraging. True it is that the Army Air Corps Unit will be removed by the end of the present semester, but we shall have our Naval Training School. Our present enroll ment of civilian students, especially girls, is fair, and with the exception of the seniors, most of them plan on returning next fall. The faculty has, with a few exceptions, re mained intact, and our buildings and equipment are in excellent condition. The Col
lege standards have not been lowered because of war conditions, and the general rep utation of the College has never been better. Nevertheless, every effort will have to
be made to maintain student enrollment, and in this effort the alumni can play an im portant part.
There are few alumni who do not, at least occasionally, come in contact with young men and women who would make desirable Crove City students. High school teachers, ministers, Sunday School teachers and leaders in young people's work have unusual opportunities to interest prospective students in the College, and other alumni
hiay speak to their young neighbors or young friends. In discussing the College with young people, alumni may call their attention to the wide range of courses offered by Crove City, including the courses in Liberal Arts, Science and Engineering, Commerce and Secretarial Work, Music, and Fine Arts. They
may tell of our beautiful campus, our modern dormitories, and our splendid equipment. They may explain that Crove City is accredited by the Association of American Uni versities, which is the leading national accrediting agency, and by the Middle States Association of Colleges, which is the regional accrediting agency for the Middle At lantic States. Alumni may also call the attention of prospective students to the fact that expenses at Crove City are moderate.
Prospective students and their parents may want to visit the College. Urge them to make such a visit. We shall be glad to welcome them and to show them over the campus and through our buildings.
Many of the freshmen who entered College last fall did so through the efforts of our loyal alumni. We need your support more than ever this coming year. Won't you interest at least one good student in Crove City!
United
enter the min
and came to the
cruiser in
spite of
heavy
First term, Summer School be gins May 31; ends July 22.
i college football team.
Lieutenant Taylor played on the
While a student at Grove City,
enemy fire. A great explosion re sulted when the torpedo hit.
Jap
lor, '41, participated in the attack on Rabaul on Armistice Day which resulted in disabling a Japanese heavy cruiser. Lieutenant Taylor was able to fire a torpedo into the
Lieutenant (jg) James J. Tay
Former Gridder In Raboul Attack
heran conferences.
the President to the Cairo and Te
rank of sergeant. Several years ago he was appointed guard at the White House, and his depend able work in that position resulted in his being selected to accompany
enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police, in which he attained the
City, attended college from 1931 to 1934. Upon leaving college, he
Jim, who is a native of Grove
officials.
A former Grove City student, James H. Griffith, acted as body guard for President Roosevelt on his trip to Cairo and Teheran. The honor and responsibility of the po sition indicate the high esteem in which he is held by Government
For Roosevelt
Is Bodyguard
Former Student
"Lincoln Church " at Washington.
southern, states until his call to
Seminary in South Carolina. His early ministry was spent in the
States where he entered Columbia
istry
he felt called to
land and had taken up an engi neering career in his native land. After entering upon this career,
Dr. Marshall is a native of Scot
■ocm
At the conclusion of hts services,
fUght training. On March I, 1343,
'
ALUMNI CAN HELP
the first contingent of cadets ar rived on the campus and by April naval trainees who have finished their course at the Deheg-o and who .rro about to feave the campus. first the program was in full oper ation. During the year progress
has been made in various lines and at the time the contract was ter
minated the work was proceeding in a most efficient way. The in
struction provided by the College was given almost exclusively by cluded mathematics, geography,
the regular members of the Col lege staff. The fields covered in
physics, English, history, and physical education. The program called not only for classroom work but for supervised study.
The success of the Air Corps pi'ogram at the College was indi cated by a report made by Ma jor Pearl W. McMurray of the Inspection General's Department who inspected the Air Corps on February 4. At that time, the Grove City College detachment re ceived a rating of "excellent"
which is the highest rating at tainable.
The report of the inspection contained the following para graph;
''The officers of tire college have
morale. The co-ordinator of the
manifested an admirable spirit of cooperation toward the college training detachment from its be ginning and have contributed to a high standard of discipline and college training program is Dr. H. O. White."
The cessation of pre-flight train ing in many colleges may indicate that the peak of the training pro gram in the present war has been passed. We only hope that it may indicate that the end of the war is close at hand and that before
program.
many months the College may be able to reestablish its peace-time
Dr. A. H. Leitch addressed the
Association. His
February meeting of the Franklin Parent - Teacher
was based on his studies, while in
talk, "Behind the British Front," i
education.
England, of the British system of|