Show R ROTC 0 T C expands S enrolls men minneapolis the army of students taking ROTC military training at american colleges high schools arid and academies has expanded another men with the fall enrollments of 1940 to toa ea total enrollment ment of trainees applications are pouring into the war department tor for establishment of new ROTC units from schools a and rid colleges now without them applications are already on file from schools treble the number of institutions represented agn on the application flesor files i of the war department a ye year arago ago there is little ini immediate mediate likelihood of aej any of these requests being granted as the aimy army cannot spare any more experienced officers for instruction purposes according to a new report on military training in U S schools j barnor by northwestern th western national life insurance company total ROTC student military enrollment totaled men in the academic year 1939 1940 which was a an n increase 0 of 20 per cent over the previous two years years the 1940 41 enrollment roll ment consists of men taking the basic two year training taking ta king the advanced course ind and youths enrolled in junior britts of prep and high school glade according to the report meanwhile the comparatively lim cited group of students in naval ROTC units to is also showing a sharp expansion ton to a number sp ap at 19 universities |