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Show UNIERVSITY NEWS DONATION" FOR DEFENSE Two University of Utah instructors instruc-tors last week offered their services ser-vices to the National Defense Education Ed-ucation project, and classes in Spanish for Army Air Corps officers of-ficers stationed at Fort Douglas got under way. Although the War Department ordered that all Air Corps officers offic-ers and the officers of service troups attached to the Air Corps must study Spanish was natural, the classes at the University were the first throughout the nation to begin. The unprecedent speed was possible because two teachers offered their time and talents, and the University offered its facilities free to the officers. Eventually appropriations will be made by the federal government to pay for the instruction, find in other states the classes will not beein until such a set-up is provided. pro-vided. Dr. Horsfall, director of the Un-niversity Un-niversity Extension . Division, in charge of the Air Corps Spanish Span-ish instruction, expressed his opinion op-inion that the War Department's decision to have Air Corps officers offi-cers learn Spanish goes deeper than the reciprocal agreement between be-tween the United States and Mexico Mex-ico concerning the use of ach other's airports. "I believe it is an extension of the national Good Neighbor policy," he stated With a total enrollment of 210 men, the casses will be specialized specializ-ed in method to put practical Spanish at the disposal of the men as soon as possible. "We won't teach them to fly an airplane in Spanish, but we will try to teach hem enough so that they can find out wnat country coun-try they have landed in," was the aim stated by instructors Madge Howe and Grace Hoggan. The officers will learn the South American Am-erican pronunciation of the language, lan-guage, rather than the Castillian usually taught at the University. The men required to take the training have . for the most part jreponded enhusiastically, and are glad to take advantage of expert i-truction, according to Fort Louglas Post officials. The two I weekly classes and the home preparation pre-paration required as a part of each officer's "on duty" assignments. I The Spanish classes will eventually event-ually toe added to the army vocational vo-cational courses, it was announced in an official Air Corps release. These courses include radio teennique, airplane mechanics, and other studies especially designed for Uncle Sam's flying forces. The national funds are allocated to State Departments of Education, and classes are then arranged in "high schools and colleges to comply com-ply with the War Department re quirements. |