PAGE EIGHT THE COLLEGIAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1945 ASTP To Disband After 2Vi Years On Campus I ■» —■——^ Chow—unanimously voted the most popular hour of the day. AST's returning to Barracks 8 (Alpha Tau Omega house) one of the 22 fraternity houses taken over by the Army during its stay at the College. Study, Drill; Study Drill- Joe College, Army Style (Life for men in the AST unit at the College has been a busy one ever since the khaki-clad men hit the campus in June, 1943. Beginning the day with a cafeteria style breakfast at 6:30 the men go to classes where they study engineering and more engineer ing until dinner time at 12:30 p. m. During the afternoon, and free periods the men may have are turned into compulsory study hours at the main library. \ Chow is served again at 5:45 p. m. From then until 7:30 p. m. the men’s time is their own. Quiet hours are observed in the barracks just like they are in col lege dormitories, only with more strictness. From 7:30 to 10:30 p. m. no radios or loud talking are allowed, and after “lights out” at 10:30 p. m., those who need more studying may use a special room for this purpose for another hour. 'Medical attention for the AST unit has been provided by the College Health Service. Medical checkups are made each month in individual barracks. In case of severe sickness, men have been transferred to Army hospitals such as Valley Forge, Deshon, and In diantown Gap. Now the AST is leaving. The Men ate in the barracks. familiar sound of their marching feet as they go to classes will be missed by the College. They’ve spent two and a half years of in tense studying here, and many of them will use their knowledge, to help in post-war reconstruction overseas. OVER the PHONE or OVER the COUNTER WE AIM TO PLEASE COLLEGE FOOD MARKET Groceries, Meats, Poultry, Sea Food, Produce PHONE 4955 202 W. COLLEGE AVENUE BUY VICTORY BONDS term beginning in June 1943 to 5 tor the term, beginning in Sep tember 1945. Trainees and stu dents were housed and ted in the -barracks to which they were as signed. Insofar as possible, men pursuing the same curriculum were assigned to the same bar racks. The following fraternity houses were occupied by AST men for at least one term during the pro gram: 5 / w Acacia, Alpha 'Chi Rho, Alpha Chi Sigma, Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Kappi Pi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Sigma Rho, Delta Theta Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Epsilon Pi. Phi Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Tau. Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Phi Sigma, Gam ma Sigma Phi, Tau Phi Delta, Theta Chi, Phi Sigma Delta. The ta Xi. All trainees and students in the AST unit were under the direct control of a commandant. The commandant was assisted by of ficers and enlisted men detailed to duty with the unit. At the College the number of officers and enlisted men assigned to the AST unit varied from 23 officers and 32 enlisted men in December 1943 to seven officers and nine enlisted men in October 1945. The commahdant was directly charged with the military instruc tion of all trainees, and with the supervision of housing, messing, medical service and physical train ing. The military training was or ganized and operated under the “cadet system.” Selected students and trainees were appointed stu dent and trainee officers and non commissioned officers to fill the positions for the grades provided by Tables of Organization for infantry rifle units. The cadet system was under the supervision of the regularly assigned officers, and trainees and students were required to perform duties per taining to their assigned positions. Duties were not allowed to inter fere with academic training. For purposes of military ad ministration, trainees and stud ents were organized into compan ies of 200 men. The total number of men enrolled in the AST unit at the College for the entire per iod numbered 2800. White Hall Redecorated I Miss Marie Haidt, head of the ! women’s Physical Education de j partment, has announced that for J the first time since White Hall was , erected in 1938 .the complete inter ; ior—walls, rooms, gyms, and bowl- I ing alleys—is being rep'ainted. il classroom’ scene. ASTP men had special programs prescribed by the Army. Students studied all phases of engineering. A lypici Barracks Bag By P.VT. RALPH TEMPLES As I start to write, there’s a tendency for me to 'brood in a rather pensive mood—but that wouldn’t help matters. This is the final copy; of this article to appear in your paper. After two and a half years, on the Penn State campus the AST is leaving for good. We who are here now have something to be thankful-for. Being pulled out of basic training'for duty here was almost ilke’manna frcim heaven. We were' spared' the hell of combat, and how well I rem ember the day the corporal point ed to a small mansion on Fair mount avenue, and said, “That’s your ’home.” It was like a dream —living- in a house- with its" own mess hall downstairs, lady cooks, duty in the form of - school on a campus filled with coeds, having, civilian instructors and doctors, carrying books instead of packs and rifles—just to be sent here was something that couldn’t hap pen, There have been complaints, and some have expressed how glad they would be to leave here. It seems a soldier alwyas wants to go somewhere else, but if you were to take a poll of the men here I think you’d And about 99.8 per cent would rather stay. .Not many in the Army get such a break, and believe me its something to appreciate^ Graduation Tonight The government contract with the College officially closes to morrow. Classes end today at noon, the remainder of the day to be .used for turning in books and supplies. President Hetzel ’ will award certificates and deliver a short address at graduation exer cises in Schwab Auditorium at SPSS YOU can be a mathematical wizard with this sensational, new Multi-Slide Rule,- It is a professional techaldanjs scale—not a toy. Now especially .designed for students' use. Anyone can use it Sturdily huilLvClear, 4egible print. SLIDE INDICATOR OF -GLEAMING PLASTIC. Fils 3-ring binder. Valuable far beyond its meagre price. Sold at only $l.OO (complete with carrying case) as'&n introductory offer. No stamps, please. If you are not more tban.pleased, return it within 10 days and your $l.OO will be cheerfully refunded. MULTI-SLIDE INSTRUMENT CORPORATION P.0.80X 3038 DEPT. U CHICAGO. lU. 7:30 tonight. Only twp classes, one civil and one electrical en gineering, approximately 50 men, will complete .their curriculum. With the exception ..of, Captaiii : ; Young, who has volunteered for overseas duty and is awaiting .or ders,' all the officers' and-cadre", will probably continue this post to facilitate the adyanc-... ed E.OTC program. Lieutenant.!-/ Blackburn, a member of Penn. State’s 1943 graduating- class and - veteran Infantryman of 13 months in Europe, has recently been ad-- ded to the College’s military staff. Leave Tomorrow All men. are to leave State Col lege tomorrow, The term five Civils will go to the 804th Re placement Battalion,' Fort Bragg, N-C.; term six’Civils to the 802nd; Replacement Battalion at .Fort Jackson, ‘S. C.; terms, four, five,' and seven Electricals-will be at Camp Crowder, Mo. for ASFTC; and the term four Mechanicals will be in an ASFTC at Fort' Bel voir, Vai The. unit set quite a record : tfiis?£ week when 4i per centbf .the'imettii enlisted’ in' the regular Army 'fofJ:t one year. 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