Show U of U news THE NEW ONES little green freshman caps and j beanies bednies be anies mushroomed up all over the university of utah ca campus inaus last friday september 27 on freshman registration day more than eleven hundred Green lings registered of whom were men were girls and chiefly men enrolled in the school of mines and engineering according to miss myrtle austin dean of women they were unusually likable and attractive as a group and they made it apparent at their first assembly that enthusiastic class spirit will knit them together as a body through their first year of university life nearly every county in utah was represented by the freshmen as well as ten other states and the hawaiian islands and canada THINKING FRESHMEN with new threats to the united states f roni from europe and the far east looming ominously on the horizon last friday freshman registration day at the Uni university varsity of utah saw an unprecedented rush of men students to enroll for military science and tactics the university equivalent of R 0 T C instead of the usually popular physical education classes the registration increased by more than 25 per cent according to col john C wyeth professor of M S T of the university ver sity more than freshmen from a total enrollment of about have already signed up for the classes as against the usual total freshman enrollment cf it is the logical outgrowth of public opinion and national sentiment said col wyeth men of all ages are beginning to see the light on the governments policy of preparation for such a world crisis as we are now facing maj rumsey campbell who is new to the faculty of the university this year said of the boys who were registering they see the peril of and they are anxious to do their duty as citizens although accepted for military training only tentatively the freshmen will begin class work on tuesday arrangements must be made for additional uniforms and equipment because of unusually large enrollment the fact that the olive drab M S T uniform with laced leggings has been abandoned for snappy blae bide shirts and red trim med blue trousers may have something to do with freshman preference for the military course |