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 ====== Navy V-12 Training Program ====== ====== Navy V-12 Training Program ======
  
-[{{:36357468.jpg?400 |A Navy V-12 platoon poses with "4-0" the dog.}}] +[{{:36357468.jpg?400 |A Navy V-12 platoon poses with "4-0" the dog, ca. 1944. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.36357468|Trinity College Archives]]}}] 
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-The Navy V-12 Training Program was established by the U.S. Navy during World War II to provide large numbers of college-educated men for its officer corps, the U.S. Marines, and supply units. Through the program, young men known as trainees received academic instruction modified for the military. Upon program completion, trainees did not receive a degree but a certification that they had completed their academic requirements. Trinity College was one of 131 sites chosen for the program, which commenced on July 1, 1943 and ended October 30, 1945. Over the course of three years, 906 trainees studied at Trinity (out of about 125,000 nationally) compared to only 301 civilian students.  +\\ 
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 +The Navy V-12 Training Program was established by the United States Navy during World War II to provide large numbers of college-educated men for its officer corps, the United States Marines, and supply units. Through the program, young men known as trainees received academic instruction modified for the military. Upon program completion, trainees did not receive a degree but a certification that they had completed their academic requirements. Trinity College was one of 131 sites chosen for the program, which commenced on July 1, 1943 and ended October 30, 1945. Over the course of three years, 906 trainees studied at Trinity (out of about 125,000 nationally) compared to only 301 civilian students.  
  
 ===== Background ===== ===== Background =====
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 Shortly after the Navy V-12 program was established at Trinity, in August 1943, President Ogilby suffered a heart attack while swimming at his Rhode Island residence. He died before he could be brought to shore. This loss compounded the already mounting uncertainty the War had brought to Trinity. The [[trustees|Board of Trustees]] appointed as acting president [[hughes_arthur_howard|Dr. Arthur H. Hughes]], who had served as Professor of German since his arrival in 1935.  Shortly after the Navy V-12 program was established at Trinity, in August 1943, President Ogilby suffered a heart attack while swimming at his Rhode Island residence. He died before he could be brought to shore. This loss compounded the already mounting uncertainty the War had brought to Trinity. The [[trustees|Board of Trustees]] appointed as acting president [[hughes_arthur_howard|Dr. Arthur H. Hughes]], who had served as Professor of German since his arrival in 1935. 
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-Though the Navy V-12 program did not generate an abundance of revenue, it did help the College remain operational during wartime while enrollments plummeted. In the program, trainees used the College dormitories and utilized the Commons in [[cook_hall|Cook Hall]] for mess. The unit's commanding officers, Lieutenants Ives Atherton, Frederick E. Mueller, and Vincent J. Conroy, came from civilian life and encouraged trainees to participate in the [[hartford|Hartford]] Community and undergraduate extracurricular activities. The trainees also held War Bond Drives (which raised over $164,000), put on shows including Sports Nights and theatrical performances, and participated in military reviews on Saturdays on the [[jessee_miller_football_field_and_track|football field]]. In one //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]// article, students wondered if Navy V-12 should be represented in the [[senate|Senate]], as they vastly outnumbered Trinity enrollments and were enmeshed in College life. The unit even had a mascot, a small dog named 4-O that appeared at the unit one day and followed the members around.  
  
 Trainees came from a variety of backgrounds: some were high school graduates, had college experience, or were from the military. The program offered basic academic courses modified for the Navy's needs. For instance, there were a large number of mathematics courses and the few faculty remaining found themselves teaching subjects outside their typical purview, such as calculus, trigonometry, analytical geometry, navigation, mechanical drawing, U.S. history, philosophy, and English.  Trainees came from a variety of backgrounds: some were high school graduates, had college experience, or were from the military. The program offered basic academic courses modified for the Navy's needs. For instance, there were a large number of mathematics courses and the few faculty remaining found themselves teaching subjects outside their typical purview, such as calculus, trigonometry, analytical geometry, navigation, mechanical drawing, U.S. history, philosophy, and English. 
  
-At [[commencement|commencement]] in 1944, the V-12 unit presented Trinity with the John Paul Jones pew end in the [[chapel|chapel]] to commemorate its presence on campus. +Though the Navy V-12 program did not generate an abundance of revenue, it did help the College remain operational during wartime while enrollments plummeted. In the program, trainees used the College dormitories and utilized the Commons in [[cook_hall|Cook Hall]] for mess. The unit's commanding officers, Lieutenants Ives Atherton, Frederick E. Mueller, and Vincent J. Conroy, came from civilian life and encouraged trainees to participate in the [[hartford|Hartford]] Community and undergraduate extracurricular activities. The trainees also held War Bond Drives (which raised over $164,000), put on shows including Sports Nights and theatrical performances, and participated in military reviews on Saturdays on the [[jessee_miller_football_field_and_track|football field]]. In one //[[tripod|Trinity Tripod]]// article, students wondered if Navy V-12 should be represented in the [[senate|Senate]], as they vastly outnumbered Trinity enrollments and were enmeshed in College life. The unit even had a mascot, a small dog named 4-O that appeared at the unit one day and followed the members around.  
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 +At [[commencement|commencement]] in 1944, the V-12 unit presented Trinity with the John Paul Jones [[pew_ends|pew end]] in the [[chapel|chapel]] to commemorate its presence on campus. 
  
 At the Navy Commencement on October 17, 1945, Commander Frank W. Rowe Jr., Assistant Director At the Navy Commencement on October 17, 1945, Commander Frank W. Rowe Jr., Assistant Director
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 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, pp. 98-103. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, pp. 98-103.
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 +[[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/340|Trinity Reporter]], September 1995.
  
 [[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/198|Trinity Alumni News]], October 1945. [[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/198|Trinity Alumni News]], October 1945.
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