Election Results

This is one of the few pages detailing life at the University of Kansas that has any specific information. Class election results are posted. It also shows that the pictures in the scrapbook are not necessarily in order by date.

K.U., Mar. 46

Text of the results:
1. The following are the results of the election for V-5 Class Officers:
President: BURGESS, W. P., PT-6 (Bill Burgess)
Vice President: MC ILVAINE, W.R., PT-7 (Bill McIlvaine)
Sec-Treasurer: DE LAPP, J.K. PT-6 (Joe Delapp)

Boys will be boys, and the spooky flashlight picture is always fun.

A picture of Francis N. Duffey looking at something in his hand. He also appears to be having a bad hair day.

Here is a picture of two sailors in their "skivvies," one sitting on my dad's desk, the other standing next to it. Note the bathing beauty on the wall.

Appears to be Joe Delapp, newly elected Secretary-Treasurer.

Unidentified sailor.

I think this is a bit of trickery on Dad's part. It appears to be a double exposure of the same sailor.

Sunbathing

It was a different time. No one worried about skin cancer, so, why not sunbathe on the metal stairwell outside of class?

Notice the T-shirt used as a pillow... measures must be taken to preserve comfort.

Smile! Someday, we might find out who you are and send this picture to your great-granddaughter!

Of course the tan should be even.

Here's Dad, with the sunbather hiding behind him! (Francis N. Duffey)

I think this is the same sailor that was sunbathing in the previous pictures. In his spare time he visited the "Dean James Woods Green Memorial" built to honor "Uncle Jimmy" Green in 1946. The statue stands in front of Lippincott Hall.

Elsewhere on campus, a tall sailor dwarfs a short officer. KU 1946

 Close-up of an unidentified sailor.

An unidentified event at the stadium. KU 1946

Another picture of my dad's residence while attending University of Kansas, 1946.

A Stroll Across Campus, K.U. 1946

When sailors walk across campus they notice pretty girls... and...statues!

Two unidentified sailors goofing around.

Two pretty girls.

She seems to be dozing. If Dad's taking the picture he better do something to wake her up...

Dad must have startled her, because now she seems awake, but also falling off the edge of the table!

This seems to be a sailor's dream, surrounded by college girls...

A close-up of the girl on the left in the picture of two pretty girls.

An unidentified sailor strolling on the K.U. campus, 1946.

Two sailors with textbooks strolling on the K.U. campus, 1946.

Three sailors hanging out on the K.U. campus, 1946.

A sailor assisting "The Pioneer" (by Frederick C. Hibbard, 1904) in his work. Could be titled "Working Hard or Hardly Working."

Social Life and a Class Picture

The two large pictures look like they were taken at a dance. The pictures were taken in the same place as the previous, more formal, pictures of the "Navy Farewell Formal."

Francis N. Duffey on the right, unidentified girl on the left.

Two unidentified sailors and their unidentified dates.

Unidentified sailor, taken in downtown Lawrence, KS, 1946

Three unidentified sailors in a dorm room. KU 1946

V-12, NROTC, KU, class picture, 1946
Francis N. Duffey is in the second row up from the bottom, on the far left. No other sailors are identified.

Life on Campus, University of Kansas, 1946

There are no notes on the backs of any of this page of pictures, but they are obviously taken on or around the K.U. campus.

Unidentified sailor, K.U. 1946

Unidentified sleeping sailor, could be my dad, he sure did like to take a nap!Check out the wallpaper. K.U. 1946

Unidentified house with two people on the porch. Based on previous pictures this is most likely my dad's residence. The ivy would appear to go right inside and become the wallpaper in the previous picture.

Unidentified sailor at a desk. K.U. 1946

My dad, Francis N. Duffey, is on the left. Unidentified sailor on the right. K.U. 1946

KU Military Science building that is still
being used today as offices and classrooms of the Navy/Army/Air Force
ROTC programs.  Above the entry door is an eagle engraved in stone.

Identification thanks to Capt, C.A. Carpenter, Professor of Naval Science, Commanding Officer, K.U. Naval ROTC Unit.

Unidentified desk, but presumably my dad's. Note the bathing beauty poster!

Unidentified sailor, K.U. 1946

Two unidentified sailors, K.U. 1946

Winter Turns to Early Spring in Ames, Iowa

Back of picture: Hicks, Me (Francis N. Duffey), and Eaton, Ames, Jan. 46

Back of picture: Hicks and his damn dogs, Ames, Jan 46

Back of picture: R. C. Handley, Ames, Ia. Jan 46

No notes on the back of the picture, but it is most likely Eaton, Hicks, and Handley in a Friley Hall dorm room.

Back of picture: Feb. 24, 1946, Ames, Iowa. No identification, but Francis N. Duffey is the facing sailor.

Back of picture: Feb. 24, 1946, Ames. Francis N. Duffey and unidentified woman.

Back of picture: Ames, Ia. No dates, but on the same page as the previous pictures. Two unidentified girls. The one in the darker dress appears in subsequent pictures, with her own commentary, but no complete identification. Her last name could be Laney.

Winter in Ames

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Back of picture: Duffey, Handley, Hicks, Rm. 135 Friley, Ames, Iowa, Jan.

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Back of picture: Duffey Studying, Rm 220, Friley Hall, Ames Iowa

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Back of picture: V-5 Wing, Friley Hall, Ames, Iowa, Jan. 46

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Back of picture: Duffey, Ames, Jan. 1946

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Back of picture: Hicks, Duffey, Handley, Ames, 1946

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Back of picture: Duffey, Hicks, & Eaton, Ames, 1946

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No notes on back, but looks like Friley Hall

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Back of picture: Hicks, Eaton, Handley, Ames, Jan. 1946