Cincinnati Enquirer - Sunday, May 23, 1943

The student-soldier is exemplified in this picture of a group from Section "A" proceeding to class on the University drive. All group movements are executed in formation. These cadets take the low hurdle with ease as they set out to "do" the obstacle course surrounding the Xavier practice field.
Athletic Director and Head Coach Clem Crowe now gives most of his time to the physical training program of the cadets. Here he is supervising a tug-o'-war. Strenuous games with a minimum of body contact are worked into the physical training sessions.
Training Airmen
IN COLLEGE

Five hundred United States Army Air Forces cadet candidates–composing the Thirtieth College Training Detachment–are going through a five-month training course at Xavier University, preparatory to basic flight training.

Housed in Hinkle Hall and Elet Hall on the Xavier campus, the cadet students received instruction in mathematics, physics, history, geography, English, and physical training from the regular Xavier teaching staff. Air Force personnel attached to the unit teaches them military science.

Flight instruction is carried on at the Tri-State Aviation Corporation in Sharonville, and at Lunken Airport. Each cadet receives 10 hours of dual flight instruction while at Xavier. The detachement, shown here in typical routine, is commanded by Lieutenant Robert H. Frick, U.S.A. Air Forces.
Xavier's obstacle course for physical toughening is one of the most elaborate on any college campus. It is patterned after the course at Maxwell Field, Alabama, headquarters of the Southeastern Training Company. The cadets run the course every day during their physical training period.
Heart of the academic training program is the study of physics. Seen here in the physics laboratory are (left) Private Robert F. Ragsdale, of Haddon Heights, N.J.; (center) Private Atwood richardson, of Lancaster, Pa.; and (right) Cadet Sergeant Eugene A. Puhl, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Twice a week the Xavier cadets go for a five-mile cross-country run throught the Victory Parkway area surrounding the Xavier campus. Cadet Captain Orval r. Porrit, of Boise, Idaho, (at side in foreground) is in charge of this group as they start out from the Fieldhouse. Out in front (left) are Guide Sergeant Kenneth Reddy, of Baltimore, Md., and (right) Cadet Lieutenant Gilbert Rendle, of Pittston, Pa.
Stiff class schedules keep every cadet busy at his assignments during study period. Seen here in the Mary G. Lodge Reading Room, regulary used as a study hall, is Private John V. Potkalisky, of Kittanning, Pa. John is a graduate of the Kittanning Public High School, and did not attend college before coming to Xavier. Hinkle Hall, former home of Xavier's Jesuit faculty, now houses 250 of the cadets. The three residents of the Hall seen here are, left to right: Private Clifford J. Price, of Edgerton, Wisconsin; Cadet First Sergeant Albert I. Raizman, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Private Arthur G. Hughes, Jr., of Anniston, Ala.
Chow in the Xevier Mess Hall is tops according to the cadets. The Cafeteria in the Union House has been enlarged to serve both first and second floor dining rooms, where 250 of the cadets are seated at one time. Four former college men head the line at the steamtable in this picture. They are, first (extreme right), Cadet Captain robert A. Reese of Meadowbrook, Pa., former University of Pennsylvania student; second, Cadet Lieutenant Karl I. Raikes, of Covington, Va. formerly of Randolp-Macon University; third, Cadet Sergeant Leonard Richmar, of Washington , D.C., graduate of the City College of New York; fourth, Cadet Sergeant F. M. Ramsey, of Belfont, Mass., formerly of Northwestern University.
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Cincinnati Enquirer - Sunday, May 23, 1943