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The WAVES

Classroom Scenes Activities Drill Staff Miscellaneous

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Classroom Scenes:
	Typing Class. Upon completion of yeoman (w) training, WAVES had to type at least 80 words per minute.
	The campus auditorium was the site of Saturday morning exams.
	Trainees leaving Morrill Hall after class.
	Students in stenography class learned to take shorthand at 140 words per minute.
	More typing class.

Activities:
	WAVES with cadet escorts cheer on the Aggies at a basketball game.
	Two WAVES sit by tranquil Theta Pond.
	Students studying in a dorm room.
	Volleyball along with other sporting events were popular leisure activities.
	Students edit the "Brightwork," a Newsletter of WAVES training.
	The Glee Club practices in the dorm.
	The drum and bugle corps keeps time during the Armistice Day parade.
	The Willard Hall glee club was so good they were asked to tour bases in Oklahoma and Texas.
	WAVES impatiently waiting for Saturday leave.

Drill:
	WAVES march back and forth in front of Morrill Hall.
	Commander Whiteside inspects the troops in front of the Dairy Building during Saturday review.
	The last graduating class marches in front of the Dairy Building.
	Standing at attention between Theta Pond and Willard Hall.
	WAVES marching down the Stillwater streets.

Staff/Instructors:
	Lieutenant Green (bottom center) and staff pose in front of Murray Hall.
	Military training personnel stand in front of the old shop building.

Miscellaneous:
	Waiting to be tended to by campus medical personnel.
	Waiting in the chow line.
	A graduating class (probably from fall, 1943) poses on the steps of Morrill Hall.
	Students receive instruction in the dorm.
	Arriving at the train station for patriotic duty.

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