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The Old Gold, the yearbook from the Iowa State Teacher’s College, found another difference as the WAVE boot camp transformed into a Yeoman training facility in Spring 1943: the better weather meant the women were using the quads outdoors for their marching drills.

The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.

By Spring of 1943, the WAVES boot camp at Cedar Falls had been transformed into a yeoman training facility. And Old Gold, the yearbook for the Iowa State Teacher’s College, found them “smart, snappy, and plenty neat.”

The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.

Navy officers who ran the training facilities on the campus of Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls.

The 1943 edition of the Old Gold yearbook comes from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.

Bartlett Hall, WAVES Quarters, Iowas State Teacher’s College, c 1943 as seen in the pages of the  Old Gold yearbook.

The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.

And by Winter term, this is what Bartlett Hall looked like. As the the 1943 edition of Old Gold reminds us, the dorm at the Iowa State Teacher’s College was transformed into a home for WAVES-in-training, first in boot camp and later in the Yeoman training school.

The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.

This is what Bartlett Hall was “supposed” to look like on the Campus of Northern Iowa – in Fall term 1943 it was home for coeds.

The Old Gold yearbook come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.

Bartlett Hall, which would become the WAVES quarters on the campus of Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls.

The 1943 edition of the Old Gold yearbook come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.

Everywhere WAVES went, the uniform was commented on. It was designed by couture designer Mainbocher. And the Old Gold , the yearbook from the Iowa State Teacher’s College, dedicated a page in its 1943 yearbook to what the WAVES wore.

The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.

It was a big change for students Iowa State Teacher’s College in fall of 1942. Imagine heading to campus and seeing a sea of uniforms. The Old Gold, the yearbook for the Iowa State Teachers College, showed how some of the residents in campus halls had changed, and how the Navy is keeping things “shipshape.”

The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.

The dining hall, singing and other WAVES activities made the pages of the 1943 Old Gold, the yearbook from the Iowa State Teacher’s College.

The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.