Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-09-11
STATE u" NOW
ARMY OFFICERS
PREP" SCHOOL
MALE STUDENTS RETURNING TO
CAMPUS IN FALL WILL
SEE BIG CHANGES

t3llA Otdte university lOr the 1all
quarter will find the institution not
lust college" as they left it last
spring, but preparatory school for
officers in the army, navy and marine
corps reserves-a fundamental train
ing group for intensive endeavor and
accomplishment in the war effort.
AS it is of great Importance that a
reserve of youth be left in colleges
where knowledge and training in ac-
curate thinking can be impaired each
major branch of the armed services
army, army air force, navy, marine
corps and coast guardians established
a plan by which qualified men may
enlist for training as officers and in
many cases, finish their education be-
fore they are called to active service
Not a Refuge
However, none of the programs have
been designed to offer refuge for I'M
worthy students so that they may
continue in college on borrowed time
as privileged citizens, nor do they
promise commissions as officers. These
plans simply provide vehicle through
which colleges may furnish a limited
number of men who have learned TO
think clearly, who have absorbed de-
sired information, and who seem to
be of the right officer caliber. Such
men are urged by the armed forces to
continue their college education. Sc
lections are to be made from those
who seem to have the most promise
for officer development -training
which will be valuable to them in pre-
pairing for leadership during the Pc
riod of postwar reconstruction.
The reserve programs in which the
student at the State university may
enlist this fall and finish his educa-
ton are listed below.
l. The army enlisted reserve corps
This branch is for college students,
married or single, between the ages
of ID and As, who meet physical re-
QuirementS for entrance to an officer
candidate school.
2. Army air corps enlisted reserve
For regularly enrolled college students,
citizens for at least 10 years, who are
between the ages of ID and 81 and
physically qualified for ground duty
or air crew. Physical requirements are
higher, an intelligence and aptitude
test must be passed satisfactorily
Students may enlist for immediate
service for as privateS for appoint
ment as aviation cadets and continue
college.
3. Navy, class vi - U nmar e
freshmen and sophomores, over II and
under 26 years of age, may enlist and,
by passing examinations at the end
of the sophomore year, transfer to
class VS. or VI, or, if they fail, be
called to active duty as seamen.
4. Glass VI, reserve mid hipman
deck, engineering and special service
officer candidates-For unmarried COL
lege juniors and seniors or married or
single college graduates. Undergrad
yates may finish college.
5. Marine corps candidates class for
commission For regularly enrolled
college students; married or single,
over II and under 81 years of age.
They are taken for training upon
graduation from the university, and,
if successfully pass the training, are
commissioned second lieutenants in
the marine corps.
Training As Officers
The following programs offer train
ing as officers but call the student
for active duty before he finishes his
education:
l. Navy, class VS. (naval aviation)-
For high school graduates over ID
and under 81, physically qualified as
aviation cadets. College men are de-
ferred from training duty until COM
pletion of current academic year. They
NAV be assigned, however, to the uni
yersity for training in the opt pro-
gram.
2. Civilian pilot training program
Students enlist as army glider pilots
or naval aviation cadets and are given
primary and secondary instruction at
the university Upon finishing, cadets
take advanced training elsewhere
eventually become officers. Glider
pilots get advanced training in army
bases-receive non-commlsSloned Off
GERS ratings Cadets must pass stiff
nhvsical examination and be between
the ages of Is and &c. inclusive. Glider
pilots may be between the ages of ID
and &c. incluSive-muSt not be eligible
to become army air corps cadets.
2. United States coast guard-F'or
college graduates who possess at least
a bachelors degree from an accredited
school and submit credits necessary to
substantiate degree held, including at
least two one-semester courses in
mathematics of college grade. Must be
unmarried, citizens for 10 years, and
not less than 20 or more than 80 years
of age.
Enrolled members of any of the
above classes are not subject to IN
duction by the selective service. Stu
dents especially qualified for necessary
advanced study, research work, or as
faculty requirements may be recon-
mended by the institutional author
tiles as to continue their studies be-
You'd graduation.
Likewise, according to word received
from Gen. Lewis Hershey, director OF
the selective service, students who are
pursuing courses in certain fields in
which specialists are needed such as
accountants, chemists, economists,
geophycists, mathematician, meteor
ologists, psychologists or statisticians,
may be given consideration for defer
ment by their local draft boards.
HELENA - Charles Davidson of
Great Falls was elected grand master
of the Montana grand lodge, A. F.
o. M d,lrip0 the closing sessions