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Show : Peace Corps Plans lenior Year Program met- there will be no cost to the trainee. The Peace Corps will provide room, board and pocket money, plus a $75 monthly "readjustment allowance", allow-ance", normally given at the completion com-pletion of overseas service. The Peace Corps urged interested interest-ed college juniors to immediately fill out a Peace Corps question-aire, question-aire, write Senior Year Program on the front of it, and submit this when they 'take the next national placement test on Feb. 8. Interested Interest-ed juniors who have already submitted sub-mitted questionnaires should indicate indi-cate their interest by writing to the Peace Corps (Division of Selection), Washington, D.C. 20525. All applicants' appli-cants' to the Senior Year Program should have an up-to-date transcript trans-cript of college records mailed to the Peace Corps' Division of Selection Selec-tion as soon as possible. HINGT0N (CPS)-A pilot : :Sr,s-Senior-Year Program r ,-irfset under way this spring k ; , 500 to 700 college juniors ifjwillbe invited to a six-week ,d I & training program. After ,. -re graduation in June 1965 mr-ktill undergo another period aJtW Corps training (four to ojl weeks) before going over- Silt SS in: -THE SENIOR YEAR Program," do; Corps Director Sargent Shn-said, Shn-said, "represents a major ef-Jrei!J ef-Jrei!J ,:i on 'our - -jiart to increase the :,y of Peace Corps training liile they are still in college." Hie main advantage," he said, I i that the applicants can plan 7 hr eventual Peace Corps service, r "!' might then revise their sen-;;,r sen-;;,r year curriculums to reflect x z! i interest in a particular kind m i Peace Corps assignment. They is re. dbe able to acquire an increased ete -feign language facility. Further map ay will be able to devote their n the. Earners to a career-related pur-xan pur-xan : at no cost, while possibly ob-lall; ob-lall; : aing extra college' credits. The ho-- iiiitional lead time' will give the arid 'ate Corps a better opportunity xesr :i line up overseas assignments ap-ensii; ap-ensii; prapriate the individual skills and exis glides iof . the applicants." jfflj.. Summer trainees will return 10 their own campus for their senior year at thtir own expense. : j' ill be encouraged to con- ' . tat their foreign language and ' '. m studies on an individual s " basis. jn. tvr At both stages of training (be-the (be-the e and after the senior year), |