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Show District Pupil Personnel Director Takes Part In West Point Orientation Program Returning from West Point, New York last week was Mr. J Weston Woodbury, Garfield School District's Counselor and Director of Pupil Personnel. He was one of a small group of newsmen, television men, and educators from the western states who attended an orientation session at the U.S. Military Academy at historic West Point on the Hudson River, as guests of the Academy. The flight was made by Air Force C131 and involved 13 hours each way In a route through Montana. Minnesota, and Into Canada Mr Woodbury states that he participated in Cadet classes, dined with them and officers of the Acad-emv. viewed Retreat Parade, and spent rome lone and very busv davs in a complete review of the Cadet program and Academy VU1U were had with Major Turek of Hatch, an Air Force officer on loan to West Point The Military Academy is in the middle of a vast expansion program which doubles the opportunity of an applicant to be accepted Three fourths of the graduates go on to attend other universities to earn graduate degrees while serving as an officer. Graduates generally attain the rank of major within two years They also select their choice of services such as Air Fore I i tneen sic Selection to West Point is on a competitive basis and sur-prisini'lv i client trades are not necessary Opportunities for aeceptance bv high school graduates are quite good and an Interesti bov should check further AceeotSdkM means a $48,000 s'holarshio and he can major In a variety of fields since military tra-ping is confined mostly to the summer months Mr Woodburv Invites inquiry about t' e Academy program |