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VOL. LIII No. 63 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1942
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Here s How
You Stand
Norris Takes Down His Nameplate
ARMY SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAM*
Students Leave School First Disposition Second Disposition
Medical and dental Active duty* May 1943 Detailefi to medical schools after this
students in E.R.C. L ( under Army contract.
Medical students with Active duty May '43 May resign commissions and return to
commissions I Ifjmedical sclool as privates-.
Pre-medical students Active duty May '43 May or may not be Selected candidates
in E.R.C. taking given basic military assigned to medical
approved courses training.I schools as above
Medical and pre- Deferred, if inducted May or may not be Selected candidates
medical students not under Selective Service, given basic military assigned to medical
in E.R.C. until May '43. Then to training. schools as above.
Active duty. Others to immediate
SArmy service.-
Seniors in R.O.T.C. Active duty, May '43, 6fficer Candidate Schools
(including those in or upon graduation
the E.R.C.) whichever is earlier.
Juniors in approved Active duty, May '43 Basic military Selected candidates
technical engineering training detailed for technical
courses and in E.R.C. I training under A.S.T.P.
Juniors in approved Deferred, if inducted Basic military Selected candidates
technical engineering until May '43 to cn- trainng detailed for technical
courses, not in E.R.C. tinue such training, training under A.S.T.P.
Then called to active
duty.
All other E.R.C. Active duty, Jan. '43. Basic nilitary ,I Selected candidates
traning detailed for technical
I) training under A.S.T.P
* "Active duty" means placed an pay status with subsistence, quarters, and uniforms
provided. All men to be in cadet status, i.e. under Army supe'viion.
NAVY COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM*
Group Amount of college Additional college Remarks
training completed I I %
July 1, 1943 II
V-7 6 or 7 terms i 2 or 1 term respec- Prescribed courses
tively
V-7 5 terms 2 terms Prescribed course at
Navy designated
{ institution
V-1 V-7 4 terms 3 terms Prescribed course at
Navy designated
institution
V- 3 terms 4 terms Prescribed course at
Navy designated
4_institution
V-1 1 or 2 terms 5 or 4 terms j(l Prescribed course at
respectively Navy designated
institution
V-1, V-7 Undergraduates who Completion of In accelerated
qualify as medical professional studies curricula in approved
or dental students institutions
V-1, V-7, Engineering Any amount Enough to make t In accredited
students in good total of 8 terms engineering colleges
standing fPrescribed courses
V-5 and V-1 Any amount Complete year current Prescribed courses
transfers to ! at the time of
V-5I Ienlistment or transfer
Students holding Any amount Complete prescribe Resign commission
probationary education and accept assignment
commissions as apprentice seaman
for duration of
raining
* All of the groups mentioned are to be placed on active duty at a date yet to be
announced. "Active duty" means placed on pay status with subsistence, quarters,
and uniforms provided. All such men will be in cadet status under Navy supervision.
Senator George Norris; shown above removing his-nameplate from
his office door yesterday, stayed away from the last session of the c
Senate yesterday. Downcast, he said: "I didn't want to see it die--poor
thing." The eminent 81-year-old ilieral was defeatWin 'the last
election.
University s War Role
(Editor's Note: The following statement was released by the
University today.)
The joint Army-Navy program for the utilization of college facilities
in specialized training has just been announced. The institutions which
are to participate in the expanded program have not been named. Thej
University of Michigan does not know, therefore, just what contributions
it will be called upon to make beyond the training it has been providing
for several groups of Army officers and enlisted men for several months.
However, this institution stands ready to make available its facilities,
and, if chosen, will bend every effort to serve the needs of the armed
for*ces.
While the nature of the training required by the Army and Navy"
has not been announced in detail, the emphasis will undoubtedly beplaced
on the basic sciences, mathematics, and the engineering subjects. The
strains thus placed upon the departments concerned will be met, as far as
possible, by a shift in personnel within the University. This will call for
the re-training of some faculty members now engaged in the teaching
of subjects of less military significance.
Even though the University is asked to serve in this capacity, it will,
insofar as its facilities permit, continue to provide training for its women
students and men not called to the armed services.
It is obvious that the University's student population will change
markedly in the months ahead. The draft of men of college age will,
of course, reduce both the total enrollment and the proportion of men
in the student body, although many will undoubtedly be returned for
specialized training under present and future programs.
PRESIDENT RUTHVEN ADVISES:
Stick with Your Studies,
l ollege MenAr Needed
Give Men Pay
And Quarters
By LEE GORDENKER
All Army and Navy college reservists will be
placed on active duty - given pay, quarters and uni-
forms - l y the end of the spring semester.
This is the joint Army-Navy plan for intensive
use of college facilities. It is a sweeping training pro-
gram embracing all Army and Navy Reserves and
open to other men with the proper qualifications.
It was released here today by the University.
The first trainees assigned to the Army Spec-
ialized Training Program will begin their studies dur-
ing February, 1943. The Navy has not yet announced
the date on which its plan will begin operation.
Selected universities and colleges designated by
the Army, Navy and War Manpower Commission will
sign contracts providing the use of their facilities and
staff services.
Army Specialized Training Program trainees un-
der military discipline -provided quarters and rations
through college and university facilities under gov-
ernment contract - will be ranked -as privates. Mili-
tary training, subordinated to academic instruction,
will be given to provide maintenance of discipline and
physical condition.
Naval College Training Program men - V-1,
V-5 and V-7 reservists - will go on active duty as ap-
prentice seamen.
This is what will happen to the Army Reserves:
1) Medical and dental students in the Enlisted
Reserve Corps will be placed on active duty in May,
1943 and detailed to medical schools under Army
contract.
2) Medical students with commissions will be
placed on active duty in May, 1943. They may re-
sign their commissions and return to medical school
as privates.
3) Pre-medical students in the Enlisted Reserve
Corps will be placed on duty in May, 1943. They may
or may not be given basic military training, but se-
lected candidates will be assigned to contracted medi-
cal schools to be trained. Others will go into Army
service immediately.
4) Medical and pnre-medical students not in the
Enlisted Reserve Corps, or holding commissions will
be deferred until May, 1943, if they are inducted un-
der Selective Service. They will then be placed on
active duty and may or may not be given basic train-
ing. Selected candidates will return to medical schools.
5) Seniors in ROTC will be placed on active
duty in May, 1943, or upon graduation if earlier. They
will then go to Army Officer Candidate Schools.
6) Juniors in the Enlisted Reserve Corps tak-
ing approved engineering courses will be placed on
active duty in May, 1943, given basic military train-
ing and selected candidates will be detailed for tech-
nical training under the Army Specialized Training
Program.
7) Juniors in approved engineering courses not
in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, if inducted under Se-
lective Service, will be deferred until May, 1943, to
Army, Navy and WMC
Reveal College Plans
the statement said, will be entered
with colleges and universities not yet
selected. It was emphasized, how-
ever, that existing agreements with
the educational institutions for train-
ing programs will not be affected.
Regulations for selection of the in-
stitution will be drafted by the chair-
man of the War Manpower Commis-
sion, Paul V. McNutt.
All the rien assigned to the college
training courses will be uniformed
and will receive the nay and be under
The joint Army-Navy plans for
the training of college-age men
for the performance of specialized
military tasks have now been re-
leased. It is obvious that the arm-
ed services continue to recognize,
as they always have, the need for
well trained officers for positions
of leadership and, for duties which
demand advanced technical and
professional preparation. They have
said. repeatedly, that they expect
dentistry, medicine, and meteorol-
ogy. Qualities of accurate expres-
sion, incisive thought, and physical
fitness and a capacity for swift,
accurate mathematical computa-
tion are sought by all branches of
the armed forces. A knowledge of
history, American institutions, and
of a foreign language are import-
ant. Consequently, all of the sub-
jects you have been studying will
be useful to you and to the mili-
tary services.
By The Associated PressO
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 - The
Army and the Navy announced today
plans to contract for the facilities
of a selected number of colleges and
program. Generally, said War Sec'y
Stimson and Navy Secretary Knox,
the program is designed to maintain'
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