RAGS ly Navy, Marine Candidates Trained Here West Quad Had 1,100 In Summer More than eleven hundred men are now studyingat the Universityas members of the Navy college pro- gram, according to the latest statis- tics released by Navy headquarters. A breakdown reveals that 520, al- most half of the total Navy comple- ment at the University, are enrolled as members of the NROTC, while 290 are members of the V-12 program. When the program was established here in July, 1943, the enrollment was numerically dominated by the V-12, with NROTC trainees making up only a small portion of the entire unit. The reversal in numerical superiority, according to a headquarters spokes- Man, represents the gradual assimila- tion of the V-12 program into the NROT.C, a process begun last year. Marines Here Are Combat Vets The Marine unit, stationed in the West Quad along with the V-12 and NROTC, account for 150 men. All but 42 of the Marines, now studying at the University, have seen action overseas. Navy medical and dental students, numbering 158, and the RONAG de- tachment of 30 men, bring the total to 1,148. These specialized students receive living expense allowances and are permitted to reside and eat at places of their own choice in Ann Arbor. Taking a combined program of electives and Naval subjects, men in the NROTC program are assigned here, with some exceptions, for seven semesters. They are required to elect 33 hours in Naval subjects, taught by officers attached to the NROTC headquarters staff. Under the super- vision of Navy and University person- nel, all men drill and take physical education, as part of their regular daily program. Under the uresent liberal set-up, NROTC members may choose either an engineering of a general curriculum, and, according to Prof. Clarence F. Kessler, Program Supervisor of the Navy V-12 Unit, "There is no reason why a man may not select journalism or architecture or any other field of study if he wish- es to do so." Transfer to Midshipman's School When this program is completed, NROTC trainees are transferred to Midshipman's School for an addition- al semester of training, from which they graduate with the ensign com- mission in the U.S.N.R. Navy medical and dental students take the regular University program of eight terms, whereas the RONAGS, studying Naval architecture, complete their training in about eight months. Commanding officer of the entire Navy college training program at the University since January is Capt. Woodson V. Michaux, succeeding Capt. Richard E. Cassidy, who retired at the end of last year. Capt. Michaux, a Navy veteran who has sailed every Navy ship but the submarine, came here after 30 months at sea. After commanding an auxil- iary troop transport in the Atlantic during the early months of the war, Capt. Michaux was assigned to the Pacific to establish an advance base. THF, ,!MfCT44C A N fIA TT.V Tn A V - d TTt-XTQM. *A .1*M P- JUL LA 211 ('Hl vti 14 utb1TV "KlAY At E 414 i 'THE LAWYERS' WEST POINT': i Army Legal Officers Trained Here Army Officer Candidates Study Japanese Language at Michigan "The Lawyers' West Point," the Army Judge Advocate General's School, has trained 1,857 officers and officer candidates as legal officers since it came to Ann Arbor from the nation's capital in September, 1942. Sixteen hundred officers and en- listed men with civilian experience in the law have been assigned to the School, many from overseas stations, for training as judge advocates. Trained by a staff and faculty of 30, under the direction of Col. Reginald C. Miller, commandant of the School, the men are brough , here in groups of about 75, and organized into class- es for officers and officer rindidates. 250 JA's Now Enrolled Of the 2,341 graduates since the school's establishment at the National University Law School in Washington, D.C., seven months before it was transferred to Ann Arbor, 834 enlist- ed men have completed the 17-week officer candidate course and received commissions as officers of the JAG department. During this period 1,023 officers, ranging in rank from second lieutenant to colonel, have completed a similar eight-week course. The re- maining 484 officers were trained in a special one-month Contracts and Readjustment course from May, 1944, to March, 1945. r The gnduation of the 12th Officer Candidate Class and the 23rd Officert Class July 21, brought the total offi- cer strength of the JAGD to 2,576, by1 far the largest total in the depart-t ment's history, which dates back toc July 29, 1775, when it was established by the Second Continental Congress,l meeting in Philadelphia. At present there are 250 men in three JAG Schoolclasses: the 24th Officer and 13th Officer Candidatet classes, graduating September 22, andt the 14th Officer Candidate Class,t graduating November 24. More Than 60 Decorated Graduates of the JAG School areI assigned to all points of the globe, wherever American troops are sta- tioned. One four-man JA section, at- tached to Lt.-Gen. Robert L. Eichel- berger's Eighth Army Headquarters at Leyte, P.Z., is composed entirely of recipients of the Bronze Star. More than 60 JAGD officers have thus far oecn decorated hi World War 11, 28' receiving the Legion of Merit; 24 the Bronze Star; four the Purple Heart; three the Distinguished Service Medal, one with an Oak Leaf Cluster; two the Croixrde Guerre of France; one the Soldier's Medal and one the Silver Star. Without precedents to guide them, the training program has been break- ing fresh ground since it was or- ganized soon after the beginning of the war. Field and Training Manuals prepared by the War Department for various branches of the Army, were almost entirely lacking for the JAGD. What they had were entirely inade- quate for the tremendous task con- fronting them in 1942 and expanding since then. To meet the need for text books, the JAG School faculty and staff, starting almost from scratch, have prepaied 11 textbooks, Text. No three on Military Affairs alone com- urising more than 500 pages of select- ed material, bibliography, procedural and substantive law in this field. Text No. Nine, a companion volume con- tains up-to-date "Selected Opinions on Military Affairs." Texts Nos. One and Two concern "Military Justice," procedure, commentary on common errors and irregularities in court- martial procedure, "War Powers and Military Jurisdic- tion," "Claims By and Against the Government," "Law of Belligerent Occupation," are other titles in the series. Texts No. Five and Six on government contracts have recently been replaced by a revised text en- titled "Government Contracts and Readjustment." Biggest Job Ahead Requested by judge advocates in all parts of the world, these texts have seen service in the great metropoli- tan areas of Europe and the jungles of the smallest Pacific isles. They are the tools of the 2,576 Army judge advocates who, during the war, have handled nearly six million cases un- der the legal assistance plan; have compiled evidence, apprehended, and laid plans for the trial of those ac- cused of committing atrocities against American servicemen and nationals; and have advised the War Depart- ment in taking over and managing industrial plants engaged in wa: in- dustry. T wenty-rFve £ en. 'sFroleitti tes Are Represented, at Uitiversity <'- The orgies of fraternity rushing as practiced by the Alpha Choleras on one Asa Hearthrug have no doubt intrigued more than one young gent who looks toward Michigan as his future alma mater. But, since the "Barefoot Boy With Cheek" never went to Michigan, he could not know that we have no tar- pits in which to capture prospective pledges, and that dragnets stretched over the doors of chapter houses were outlawed years ago. Twenty-five fraternities have chapters at the University. Although many of the chapter houses had to be abandoned during the war, some of the fraternities have reopened their houses, while others are plan- ning to move back this fall. Advantages Enumerated Joining a fraternity offers a man an opportunity to make friends with whom he can remain throughout his college career and even afterwards, accordig to an official IFC publi- cation. An experience in cooperative living is gained when a group of fel- lows are hroused under one roof, the publication. continues. Especially of interest to freshmen is the guidance which can be ob- tained from upper classnen in both studies and social life, according to the brochure. At the University all rushing is handled through the Interfraternity Council, a supervisory body for cam- pus fraternities. In order to rush, men must register at the IFC office in the Union. Registration will be- gin during orientation week. During wartime, fraternities de- voted their rushing efforts to infor- mal get-togethers, dinners, picnics, (lances and ball games. Rushing To Begin Early Rushing this year will begin some- time during the first two weeks of the fall term. and will continue all year. A man may not become a pledge until he has been officially regis- tered at the IFC offices for a period (See FRATERNITIES, page 8) Students enrolling in the Univer- sity for the first time are likely, dur- ing orientation week, to be impressed and puzzled when they spot small clusters of soldiers conversing in Jap- anese on the campus lawns. Convers- ing with them will be young Japan- ese-Americans who, under the lead- ership of Dr. Joseph K. Yamigawa, Educational Director of the Army Intensive Language Course, instruct about 250 men in the Japanese lan- guage to equip them as officer inter- rogators, interpreters and translat- jr S. The students, officers and enlisted personnel of Co. A, 3651st Service Unit, are here for a 21 month inten- sive training program, leading to a commission for the enlisted detach- ment. Quarters for Co. A is the East Quadrangle. Many of their predeces- sors, upon completing the program, have been assigned to the Pacific theater where they have taken part in the campaigns in the Philippines and elsewhere. Of the overseas grad- uates of Co. A, a unit training at the University since January, 1943, several of the men have attained the rank of captain and several have received citations for their work. New Techniques Used A great deal ofdiscussion and even greater speculation has been aroused among academic circles concerning the techniques used in language pro- grams in their applicability to col- lege language courses for civilians. "While the intensive language pro- gram contains many suggestions as to what may be done in civil teach- ing," Dr. Yamagiwa said, he men- tiened a number of factors that have contributed to its success that would not appear in the civilian classroom. "We have been favored," he points out, "by the fact that the men are commissioned at the end of a long period of training. This is an incen- tive for them to do their best. Fur- thermore," he added, "the fact that the Army also wants a top notch per- formance from each trainee, and will drop students of low calibre, also helps to maintain a high level of per- formance." Men selected for the lan- guage program are in the top one- hundredth on Army intelligence tests. New Mechanical Aids "Great use," he said, "is made of mechanical devices: the phonograph, magnetic tape recorders, movies, and contests among trainees of skill in the spoken language." Small classes and the attention paid to getting suitably graded ma- terials for instruction in the written and spoken language are other con- tributing factors to the success of the program enumerated by Dr. Ya- magiwa. The classes, he said, are laboratories in the development of many new tests. ' Each day's lesson is determined at a daily staff meeting and detailed instructions are run off for the use of the teachers. Lights Go On Again A sure proof of the end of the war came last week with the University's announcement that the lamp beams lighting the Burton Memorial Tower at night were going on again. The Tower, with its Baird Carillon, has been pitched in darkness when night fell ever since December 8, 1941. - -- ---- - --- ------ ' 0 ""'' - v Radio Station Ann Arbor Ypsilanti On Your Dial -1050 Kilocycles News.,. On the none Detroi tiger Baseball Ginmes (Broadcast by Harry Heilman) World's Finest Music Programis of L ocal Interest Broadcast Daily 7 A.M. to 9:15 P.M. 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