The Daily Cardinal offers this collection of wartime tales from fall 1942.
'Rank and file of this year's estimated 2,300-strong university ROTC will undergo training featuring preparation for actual combat conditions to an unprecedented extent, according to the military department.
''It is more than conjecture to state that this will be the busiest year in our history,' Col. Herbert H. Lewis, cadet corps commandant said. 'Our seniors will carry a record load and that will enable them to be definitely prepared for active duty when they graduate next May...'
'Military training will be compulsory for male freshmen and sophomores for the second consecutive year...
'Sweet milk is six cents a glass at a certain popular campus hashery. A 45-cent tenderloin special was raised to 50. The hamburgers have a little less meat. Blame it on Hitler.
'It will be tougher to get a beer, tougher to rent a typewriter, tougher to get a hotel reservation for your folks. Tougher steaks.
'A Cardinal investigation-about-town bares the truth'the cost of living is up 10 percent.'
