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Show LETTER JUST ISSUED BY' PRES. PETERSON 'M A letter ot Information to all ap- ''1 pllcants for membership In tho Stu- 'l dents' Army Training Corps nt tho '1 (Utah Agilcultural Collcco Including fll ,tho recent regulations of tho Com- mittco on Education and Special iiH Training of tho War depattment has 1 Just been Issued by President E. O. ifl Peterson. Tho parts of tills letter iH carrying Information ot particular 1 lntoi est to young men cllglblo for 1 cither tho vocational or colleglato tl Bcctlon ot tho S. A. T. C. aro as fol- IH "We havo Just received a wlro ll fiom tho Committee on Education H and Special Training of tho War de- IH partment Including tho ndvlco that 'jH students who nro not graduates ot high school should apply through 'jjl their local draft boards for assign- 'iH ment to tho college they wish to at- tend. They will then undoubtedly 'H as soon ns possible, bo sent to tho ! college by their board. All students ll thoreforo, who nro not high school graduates aro adviso to see their lo- ' cal boauls Immclatcly iind the board ' will, If not already, bo very soon In- '1 structed how to hnndlo tho ment so 'H applying. H All high school graduates who fl wish to take ndvantage ot this op- H portunity and former students ot jH collego standing should leglster nt ,, tho college. They will, ot course, nl- ' so register with their local draft H boauls on September 12. On or- WM about October 1, opportunity will ,b'o ,( :l ghon for all regularly enrolled col- H lego students, to 2bo-ndacted into tho ' H Students' Army Tinlnlng 'Corps ht ,H tho collego. Thc"-stuye(nt', by volun- '4l tary Induction,, becomes, a soldier Ijn , H tho United States army, uniformed ll tubject to military dlscipliuo nnd W Iwltli the pay of A prlvato. In view ' of tho fact that the soldlors will bo jH on actlvo duty status from tho tlmo' H tlioy aro Inducted, on or about Oc- , tober 1, 1018, tho government will m nssumo tho expense from,, thcttimo " H ot their housing, subsistence and m instruction, except for books nnd W other equipment usually bought byj m tho students. V U "All high school graduates should, H state on their questionnaires thati", ' 'they havo rcgistcicd at tho Utah Ag-i m rlcultural Collego for technical and military training in tho Students' 4 H Ami y Ttainlng Corps. j( H |