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Show UTAH STATE WILL PARTICIPATE IN ATS TRAINING PROGRAM College President Tells Of Program After Washington Trip Plans of the war manpower commission to . assign men from the army and navy to Utah State Agrieutlural college, were partially partial-ly outlined Tuesday by Dr. E. G. Peterson, college president, upon his return from a series of meetings meet-ings in Washington, D. C. Coincident with this statement, was the announcement that all ROTC officers and ERC enlistees, who are not senior students, will be called to service at the end of winter quarter. Exempt will be students in pre-medics, engineering and pre-dental schools. The new training program will begin by April 1 and "likely not earlier than that," President Peterson Pe-terson said. He was unable to report re-port the number of men who might be assigned to USAC, but said, "if the soldiers were divided evenly even-ly among participating institutions there would be about 800 in each." They will be alloted according to faculty talents and physical facilities facili-ties available, he said, so large universities undoubtedy will receive re-ceive more than the medium-sized colleges and universities of the in-termountain in-termountain area. In the first announcement of the types of curricula which may be expected under the program, President Peterson said "the special spe-cial needs of th army and navy are for training in mathematics, physics, .chemistry, engineering, business administration and practice prac-tice (for the quartermaster corps), and all fields of technology including in-cluding work with heavy duty engines, en-gines, aviation technology, radio technology, precision instruments, welding, puto care and repair, foundry kotk, flight training and the other fields so necessary in mechanized warfare." Physical education will be emphasized, em-phasized, he added, as physical fitness is the foremost requisite for army and navy service. ' "While the subjects mentioned are of primary importance," he said, "it is hoped that certain electives will be allowed in the course of study, thus providing some opportunity for training in political science, history, economics, English and similar fields. However, How-ever, tliis is as yet undetermined. The great dearth of talent and training and the requirements of our colleges to provide leadership is in engineering and other scientific scien-tific fields mentioned." President Peterson said institutions institu-tions selected as training centers will be required to provide housing, hous-ing, feeding and instruction of the men. "Our Utah institutions in this regard are laboring under a han-dioap han-dioap because, in all of them, dormitory dor-mitory space is limited," he added. ad-ded. "The program undoubtedly will tax our resources, as we al-reay al-reay are operating with a surprisingly sur-prisingly large group of regular students." The soldiers will be under military mili-tary discipline, but their academic work will be emphasized, he said. USAC is evaluating its faculty personnel to determine what instructors in-structors could be provided for necessary phases of the program, he revealed, and also is studying physical plant resources in relation rela-tion to the program. |