| Show Army Picks U to Classify Soldiers By ROBERT CUTLER In accordance with the army specialized training the university has been appointed as one of the three schools in the intermountain west to be designated as a training assignment and group army The appointment came in the form of a letter of intent received Wednesday from the Ninth Service Under the proposed the university will begin to immediately receive the first contingent of army personnel will be tested and classified for further specialized training engineering and basic under the direction of the university engineering The soldiers will remain for an indefinite period from one day to a month to be tested in written examinations and by counsel with faculty members of the They will be classified according to the grades received and will be dispatched to training centers bearing their classification Soldiers will live in the field be fed and have advantage of medical care under the direction of the Army-personnel will supervise the This testing program conducted by approved and contracted universities has become necessary because of the inadequate equipment and lack of trained personnel of the In addition to the classification the university will provide a limited amount of basic training in cases when only a review or a slight bit of additional training is necessary tc raise the classification of an A formal contract for the will be negotiated by the university and the Ninth Service command within the next few The other two universities included in the initial appointment are Pomona of California and the University of The program is entirely different from the which provides for the basic training of engineering students who will sometime in May following the completion of basic training |
