The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-22
CERvICEMEN
IN TRAINING AT
MICHIGAN UNIV.

By RHYs ~. JONES
Jnllea Pres Stan Correspondent
Ann ATbor, Mich. Dec. -. CUP)-
10 peaceful Labs, quiet libraries
ID academic classrooms Of the
University Of Michigan have been
inverted, at least partially, into In
ruments Of total war and the
,llege Is now q war plant training
BOO picked servicemen for special
ed duty.
The good die young here-only
10 very best survive" said Col
red O. Rogers, in command Of the
rmy's program. He made the COM
ent when asked about the intens-
Y Of the courses and the academic
andardS maintained.
Although most Of the schools
search projects have been directed
ward winning the war;" observed
ssistant Dean L. q. Woodburne Of
10 literary college, "the Army has
1T taken over because our teach
s are used and our own academic
'ocedureS are employed in the As
urses given"
Visiting newspapermen were
Town how the university plant
!, labs, faculty and facilities-are
'oducing. They saw the forestry
hool making virtual Robinson
rusoes out Of Marines, engineers
udying to refine the use Of cleo
onics and radar, the law quad
ngles being used completely for
ie Army's only Judge advocates
hool.
Forty Marines, selected as guinea
gS" to take a course known as
Individual Care in the Field" are
arning how to live without rations
: recognizing and preparing plants
I'd herbs. and by sharing animals.
rom Prof. s. A. Graham, formerly
Minnesota University, they are
arning to cross boys, marshes and
1ickSands.
Three graduates Of Michigan's
W school are again on the quad
sngles-but this time in uniform
i'd under rigid Army discipline.
ne IL Warrant Officer Robert E.
inch, a municipal court judge at
vosso, Mich, for five years. The
hers are Officer Candidate Theo-
)re r. Wood, district attorney for
le 35th judicial circuit in Indiana
,ur years and a former resident
1 Angola, and Of1cer Candidate
lillian G. Stephens Of Centralia,
IL.
Men Of So study and exercise with
en- Of %. Officers and enlisted men
re subject to identical rules.
"I saw a lieutenant colonePs
AIMED posted on the discipline sheet
he other day." said executive Of
GER Major L. p. Warner, because
, had a pocket unbuttoned. His
anne was right under that Of a
lck private"
Six or eight foreign languages are
aught in the specialized training
'ogram for prospective liaison
ZEN, translators or aides for intel
gence officers. The rmy's only
ersian class In the country is
Ought here by Prof. John Faily.
taff Sgt. Victor Farah, son of a
lint, Mich, war worker, Is in the
ass. Farah is 81 years old; his
Observation-Disclosures at the A-C
barking division Of General Mo-
prs. Several courses in Japanese
so are taught.
At University hospital, volunteer
objects are being tested to deter
line the best kind of diet for a
erson doing heavy manual work
4 the tropics. Day and night the
volunteer guinea pigs" live in a
bonn where the temperature and
humidity resemble that of a turk
h bath. Their endurance is tested
fter various kinds of food are given
hem. The project is carried on by
targaret L. Johnston under direc-
on Of the governments Office of
tientiflc research and development.