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Show Page U CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM OFFERS SURVEY SHOWS SCARCITY OF TEACHERS OPPORTUNITIES offered under the Civil Pilot Training program at the &ixie college this year afford excellent opportunities for qualified young men, according to M. J. Miles, college coordinator. The offerings include the training for the private pilot certificate, the secondary course, college phase, the crosscountry course and the instructor course. inclusive, who Applicants ages 5, pass the requirements for the commercial CPT physical examination, who are flight matriculated for a college degree, fully Courses 19-2- and who have completed one full year of accredited college work,, are eligible for the private course. Students not matriculated in college may enroll for this course if they have completed two years of college work. Students completing the primary course may enroll for the advanced courses. Such students may get full information from Mr. Miles. Under the revised setup Dixie seniors, within the next months twelve that will increase their earning capacity to $250 and up per month. The young men taking the courses will also contribute to the national defense and may therefore be deferred from may receive training the draft. Application for this training. should at once to M. J. iiiles. be made The opportunity to obtain a teaching position is better than it has been for a number of years, according to a recent survey. In fact, many districts in Utah have start school this year staffs. been compelled to with incomplete Students thinking of teaching as a career will make no mistake in entering that field of work at the present time, if they show any aptitude at all. Prospective teachers at Dixie should do two things. They should take the survey course, Orientation in Education, and they should join the organization, Future Teachers of America. Joseph Black is the president of the Dixie chapter of the latter group. .D. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PLANS TO MEET NEEDS The English department plans more than ever to meet student needs this year, according to A, K. Hafen, head of the department. Students register for the regular English work and arrange to take special work in fields of their specific interests, says Mr. Hafen, may Students may get credit for English C, English D, or English 1,2,3, and yet spend part of their time in such courses as journalism, speech, debating, and si- lent reading technique. Those interest- get in touch with Mr. Hafen or the particular teacher concerned. FACULTY WORK AND PLAY Such a plan makes the work much more The Dixie college faculty have been to the students. more in earnest in preparation for practical English placement tests will be school this year than for several years. to the students in English 1,2,3 given this The fact that four faculty meetings Such intests enable the will year. have been held to date might indicate structors to give work more in keeping that the students will be expected to with the student's needs, work more than ever. But there is one .D. a held of the MR. WAS HINTON hope RECENTLY ELECTED as a bright ray faculty member of the board of control of the rousing party at Zion's Thursday night In the faculty meetings problems in Washington County Teachers' Association. connection with the starting of school Mr, Ashby became ex officio were discussed, and the various teachers since he was president last year. gave points of view in connection with .D. their respective fields of work. THE LAWNS LOOK THE CLEANEST they have in At Zion's the group was taken on the . This due to the excellent is years Narrows trail by H. L. Reid, who spends job of The weeding. sprinkling system his summers at the park as a ranger has installed also aided in last . ;thc .hike all enjoyed a stosk keeping the lawn spring looking well. supper and melon bust. D. must the teachers like STUDENTS RETURNING TO DIXIE ' WILL NOTE Incidentally, melons, because they enjoyed this Dixie many improvements made in the fruit Wednesday afternoon on the college during the summer. This willbuildings add much lawn . to the student atmosphere. ,D. ed should ' vice-preside- nt, |