The Alumni Horae for Spring 1944 reported: “The one event of this Winter Term which merits the word ‘unprecedented’ is that 19 boys were graduated at mid-year in order to enter the armed forces of the country. Boswell, Damon, Donaldson, Flanders, Hatfield, Hickox, Hughson, McLanahan, O’Connor, Orbison, Otis, Pratt, Reath, Sheets, Shiverick, Stafford, Stewart, Trowbridge, and Vickers – these boys, being the older members of the Form of 1944, accelerated their course by going to summer school and were eligible for the School diploma. Their graduation ceremony was a simple and moving one at which Mr. Schley and Bishop Dallas were present to bestow the diplomas and Bibles, and Major General Sherman Miles of the First Service Command made an excellent address…”

In the Rector’s Letter for Spring 1945, Mr. Nash wrote: “The record of the alumni in the Armed Forces continues to bring us both pride and sorrow. The growing list of promotions, citations, and decorations amply attests the loyalty, capacity and courage of the men of St. Paul’s, and we elders are very proud of them. The Roll of Honor lengthens fast, and each week now brings its new burden of sorrow and of loss. We who stay at home send to you in the field our word of gratitude and hope, and we wish you godspeed in your service. May it be crowned by speedy victory and your safe return, and by a peace which is durable because it is just.”