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Amherst's Athletic Program changes its objective to prepare its students for war.

A list of the number of students who were members of the class of 1944 but left and joined the armed forces to fight for their country in the second world war

Editorial: "Music and the Dean"

Dean Burns' address galvanized the revival of a double quartet, led by "pre-war" students to remember the "past, glorious" memories of the singing college in its heyday. This marked the first of the pre-war singing…

Three alumni who have enlisted in war are reported missing, and one is reported to be a prisoner of war in Germany.

Found in Vol. 1 No. 1

The entering freshmen class consisted of 40 members, half the number originally expected due to naval enlistment in the V-12 program. All together, about 93 students attended the summer term.

The article discusses the summer session that was opened for students who wished to graduate early in order to enlist and the faculty members who took sabbatical or extended sabbatical to enlist.

Found in Vol. 1 no. 3

Excerpt of a letter from Charles A. Hersch, 506th Bomb. Squad to Professor L. B. Packard. Letter discusses the number of Amherst alumni at the post and some gossip.

A student's opinion on Switzerland's role in WWII, influenced by his childhood spent in Germany and Switzerland.

Found in Vol. 1 no. 2

Written in response to President Stanley King's discussion about the four goals of wartime Amherst, in which the President declared that the business of student morale should stem from the student body. The editor argued…

A brief summary of the accounts of different classes during the war as submitted to the yearbook.