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Show AFROTC program to be phased out on Southern Utah Campus stitution and retaining the scholarship or dropping the program and scholarship with no obligations. SL'SC has had as high as 3.5 percent of its student body enrolled in ROTC, but a total student body of under 1,900 doesn't allow enough enrollment to retain the program. "An KOTC enrollment of only one percent of the student body is enough to sustain a successful program at larger universities," Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth F, ("ravens, commander of the SCSC detachment, explained. The closing of the program, primarily funded by the Air Force, will have very little financial impact on SUSC. The staff at SUSC includes Col. Cravens, Major Anthony K. Stephenson, Captain Michael L. McC'loud, Technical Sergeant Garth 0. Bryant, Technical Sergeant Dale E. Larabee, and Maurine Kobb, secretary. "Nationally, the ROTC program is currently producing more people than there are slots in active duty, mainly because of Air Force manpower cuts imposed im-posed by Congress," Cravens pointed out. SUSC began the four-year AFKOTC program in 1971. The school maintained a two-year program lor years, but dropped that training when SUSC assumed four-year status in the mid 19(i()s. Pending official action by the Southern Utah State College Institutional Council, the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at SUSC will be phased out this year. SUSC's Administrative Council has voted to concur with an Air Force request to close the program by June 30, even though the institution has a contract running through June 1970. In a letter to SUSC President Hoyden C. Rraithwaite, Lieutenant General F. M. Rogers, commander of Air University, stated that "We prefer to conclude our operations on June 30, 1975,. , . In any case, we must terminate the agreement not later than the end of the spring term 197(i." SUSC is one of 12 programs across the nation being closed out because of the small number of cadets enrolled. Currently SUSC has 34 ROTC cadets enrolled, and eight more are attending ROTC classes SUSC detachment at Dixie College. The six seniors at SUSC will be unaffected by the phase out. Three options will be open to the seven juniors who have been accepted into the Professional Officer Course phase of the program : -They may transfer to any other institution with an ROTC program and continue, uninterrupted, unin-terrupted, their Professional course. -They may continue their regular education without ROTC training at SUSC until graduation and then step into a reserved position in Officer's Candidate School. -They may be relieved of any obligations to the ROTC program and drop their commitment to the program. Five SUSC cadets are on full Air Force scholarship programs. Two are juniors, one is a sophomore, and one is a freshman. fresh-man. Each will have the choice of transferring to another in- |