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Show Cubs, South Grads Take Army, Navy Tests Youths Seek To Qualify For V-12 Or Special Branches, O. C. School Graduates and senior students of the South high school who will be between 17 and 20 years of age on July 1, today completed tests for specialized and officer branches of the United States army and a new navy college training program known as V-12. Applicants were chosen by De-Voe De-Voe Woolf, principal, and Miss Winifred H. Dyer, assistant principal, prin-cipal, who approved cards of boys who possess potential officer qualifications, quali-fications, including appearance and satisfactory scholarship, and who were morally and physically qualified. quali-fied. On a special assembly held Monday Mon-day for boys eligible and interested, interest-ed, Miss Dyer outlined specific details de-tails of the programs and answered questions held in regard to the programs by the boys. No guarantee was made that results re-sults of the army tests would insure in-sure attendance at an officer candidate can-didate school or the army specialized special-ized training school. However, I army officials said that good grades would assure maximum consideration for the highest position po-sition in the army for which candidates can-didates are qualified. Men enlisted in any branch of the service were ineligible for the army test, and men enlisted in any armed branch, including V-l, V-5, V-7 reseives on inactive status, were considered not eligible for navy exams. Qualifying applicants for the navy program will be sworn into the navy as apprentice seamen, receiving re-ceiving room, board and tuition, clothes, and pay of $50 a month. x,uc period of training will consist of four terms of college work, each of 16 weeks' duration. After this, the men will take specialized training train-ing leading to commissions. |