| Show Officially Yours V-l Enlistments Opens at S. F. Station Navy V-l Enlistments The Local Naval recruiting station is no longer empowered to enlist V-l The enlistment is still open to until March Crawford plans to be in Salt Lake for any further enlistments at least one day next The date will be Eleven Quarter Graduates Seniors who would normally graduate in but who will be ordered to active duty at the end of the winter quarter should be certain to take all necessary steps before the end of this if they intend to petition for special The student should have the written recommendation of the head of his major department and the approval of his dean for presentation to the graduation All comprehensives should be taken this because it will quite probably be difficult to arrange for the tests between the end of the quarter and the date of call to active Procedure of Call to Active Duty Sydney W. armed services representative on the university releases the following information concerning Enlisted Reserve men from the American Council on in Individual calls to active duty of the unassigned group of the Enlisted Reserve Corps will be issued through the nine Service Commands and sent to the college addresses of the There will be approximately 14 days between receipt by the student of his call to active duty and the date on which he must be ordered to the designated reception In most instances the student will be ordered to the reception center which is nearest his college or Transportation expenses from the college to the reception center will be paid by the There will be opportunity at the reception center to within established for aviation cadet training in addition to other training within the The army Specialized Training Program will of course be within to those who can qualify after the completion of the period of basic All enlisted reservists should have with them full transcripts of their university including class work for the present Army Air Force Enlisted Reservists will be sent to seven Basic Training Centers under the Army Air Forces Technical Training After completing the basic training period of from one to two months some will go directly to the Flying Training Command Classification Centers to be classified for immediate flying The balance will be sent to attend designated colleges and universities for a special training course prior to their entering flying The selection will be made on the basis of an educational test and an evaluation of their total educational The training course for most of the men w ill approximate five Some will have a shorter depending upon their educational level and the needs of the Flying Training The five month training course will consist of basic and elementary training in five subject matter There will be sixty hours each of and hours of Ten hours of flight instruction will be given under the Civilian Pilot Training A limited number of hours will be given to military drill and physical It has been learned from Army Air Forces officials that transcripts and qualification summaries will assist in the classification and assignment of the reservists now being Joint Induction Procedures Under Selective Service Since February qualified registrants between 18 and 38 are being sent to armed forces induction centers where it is the responsibility of the Army and Navy personnel to examine physically and to assign the individual registrant to the particular service for which he appears to be best Registrants are being asked to express their preference for Marine or Coast and that preference is being given the fullest consideration If the quota is filled in the preferred registrants are assigned to that service for which the Joint Service Induction Board finds them best At this point the registrants should show the assignment officers whatever qualification data are qualification specific letters of The Army and Naw have agreed upon a single set of physical standards which are higher than those now applied by the After the apportionment of the men who meet the higher the Army is authorized to accept any of the registrants whose minor physical defects prevent them from meeting the other Registrants not accepted by either service will be returned to their local boards for Navy inductees may now be given the choice of the three classifications of They may join as Navy They may volunteer for enlistment in the Regular Navy year They may volunteer for enlistment in Class V-fi of the Naval If they remain as Navy inductees or voluntarily enlist in the regular they will be kept in active duty status and may be given seven days' leave at their own upon completion of which they will report to the Navy Recruiting Station for transfer to a Naval Training Navy inductees that elect to volunteer for enlistment in the Naval Reserve upon completion of their be ordered to the site of their local board and placed on inactive duty for a period of seven days before being recalled to active duty and ordered to report to the Navy Recruiting Station for further transfer to a training Voluntary Enlistments Seventeen year olds may now enlist in the Army in addition to the Navy and Marine They may enlist in the Army Air Forces Reserve if they qualify as Aviation Cadets and they may also enlist in the Army Enlisted Reserve They will be called to active duty within six months after they reach the age of As announced the Navy and Marine Corps will enlist 17 year olds who have graduated from an accredited high school and who are enrolled in accredited The deadline for this type of enlistment remains at March Students who cannot qualify before this deadline will have the opportunity to compete for selection under the Navy Collegiate Training The Cadet Corps of the Merchant Marine is still open to applicants for direct It is of course possible for registrants to apply for voluntary induction by executing Selective Service form They will be assigned to the service preferred insofar as they are qualified and vacancies 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