Three days before VJ Day, the University's committee on public exercises sent a memo to all faculty and staff. Dated Saturday, August 11, 1945, the memo was titled "Victory Day Celebration."
After President Truman makes the official announcement that Japan has surrendered, all peace-loving peoples will naturally wish to express joy and thanksgiving.
At Stanford University the celebration will begin with the sounding of the sirens. All classes for the Army and for civilian students will be dismissed immediately for the remainder of the day. Members of the University community will then assemble in the Inner Quad in front of the church for songs and yells.
At the conclusion of this phase of the program a service will be held in the church commemorating the final victory.
If the official news is received after 4 p.m. on Monday through Friday, the only observance will be a service in the church, which will be held between 11 and 12 the following morning. If the news is received after 12 noon on Saturday, the regular Sunday morning service will commemorate the victory.
