Evening star., 1940-09-19
Army Training
Is sEmphasized
Al N. j.
Freshmen Greeted
BY College Papers
Spread on R. O. TIC.

A new emphasis on the Univer-
sity of Maryland's military train
ing program was noticeable yester-
day as hundreds of young men and
women arrived on the campus at
College Park, Md, to begin fresh
man registration.
Each member of the first-year
group - estimated by Miss Alma
Preinkert. registrar, to be 10 per
cent larger than last year-was
presented with a special issue Of
the Diamondback, student news
paper. Across the top of its first
page, the paper displayed streamer
headline which announced commits
sions granted in the schools Re-
serve Officer Training Corps
Named as regimental commander
was John G. Reckord of Baltimore,
nephew of Gen. Milton A Reckord,
commander of the Maryland Ma
tional Guard.
Heads Student Government.
A university spokesman said that
Mr.. Reckord is president of the
Student Government Association,
highest political position on the
campus.
Thomas E. Watson. 1906 Tilden
street NV. will serve as lieutenant
colonel and regimental executive
officer Maj Gino Valenti, 2224
Perry street NE, will be regimental
adjutant.
The mathematics department an
nounced in the school paper that
it is preparing special courses de-
signed for students who are in.
terested in the furtherance of ma
tional defense to be given this
semester. These courses will carry
regular academic credit.
Apart from such voluntary in
struction, the university will con-
tlnue to require each incoming male
student to spend two years in the
R. o. T. c. Training in the second
and fourth scholastic years is not
compulsory, but marked swell in
applications for this advanced mill
tary instruction was noted this year.
1t. Col. Robert E. Wyson, U. S A,
reported that many applications
were refused because there is in
sufficient room in the classes.
Glass of 300.
Registration of the fVshmen will
be completed today. The registrar
estimated class enrolment will
reach about 1900, compared with
l,l80 last year. She said other
classes are expected to increase by
about 6 per cent. About two-thirds
Of each class are young men. Glasses
viii begin on Monday.
Ms8:15 o'clock tonight DR.. Harry
Byrd. university president. will hold
q reception for the new students
at the gymnasium.
| A number of students from Wash
ington and nearby Maryland we're
granted R. o. T. C. commissions.
Among them were the following:
Maj. Lawrence H. Haskin, 261
Park avenue, Takoma Park; 1t Col.
John c. Marzolf, 17O5 Taylor street
NV; 1t. Col Robert w. Saun,
.Lanham, Md: Thomas E. Hatch,
1905 Fern street NV: Maj. Ed
ward w. Lloyd. 6l6 Fifth street
NE, and Maj. Stanley M. Whalen,
! 43l3 Georgia avenue NV.
Capts. John D. Custer, 1859 Mon
roe street NV: Lawrence j. Hodg-
kins. jr, College Park; Arthur
Horn, IS Shepherd street. Hyatts-
vile; Nelson R. Jones. 113 First
street NE; David c. Kelly. jr., Fort
Meade; Norman A. Miller, jr.,
Hyattsville; Robert D. Rappleye, 6712
Fourth street NV; Robert c. Rice,
Jefferson; John J. Ryan, Rockville;
Paul o. Siebeneichen, 1919 Upshur
street NE; Ernest G. Wagner,
Hyattsville, and Robert r. West
fall. College Heights.
First Its. James Beattie, Belts
vile; James B. Burnside, 1902
Ingomar street NV; Jack F.
Cherry, 1909 Forty-flrst street NV;
Lacy Hall, Benning; Robert D.
Mattingly. Riverdale; Richard S.
Reid, Chevy Chase; William j. Suit,
1920 Warder street NV, and
Worthington H. Talcott, 6121
Thirty-second place NV.