"Girls
by the score have begun to arrive for college, which begins with registration
on Tuesday. The Navy is even to be
excused from classes (except Physical Education) Tuesday morning so our
instructors can assist in the enrollment procedure. The sailors went to school all by themselves
during August, so the arrival of some civilians should stimulate things around
here. All students enrolling for the
6-week term, lasting until Oct. 22, seem to be girls with the exception of a
few 4-F men. Then on November 1 the
girls and sailors will be put in the same classes."
-- Letter from my father, Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
to his family, Bloomington, Kans., Monday, September 6, 1943. My father was in the Navy V-12 program at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, which involved taking regular college classes, while waiting to be placed in officer candidate school.
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