PAGE EIGHT THE COLLEGIAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1945
ASTP To Disband After 2Vi Years On Campus
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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.
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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:
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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
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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
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week when 4i per centbf .the'imettii
enlisted’ in' the regular Army 'fofJ:t
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