The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-20
STATE COLLEGE
 lSHORTE:Ns TERM
Freshmen May Now Enter
 in February, June or x. September

Z The University of Connecticut will ineuglrate an accelerated three term schedule February 1 under which freshmen viii be admitted In February, June or September, and work for the, bachelors degree may be completed In two and two4 thirds years, President A. N. Jorgen- sen announced today. ]. :: In a letter to Connecticut school superfntendents and secondarv school principals which he said was prompted by, 'the liniQueress of the present situation, 2 President Jorgensei1 gave assurance that ''the University will continue throughout the emergency to serve all of its students in its regular programs on the campus" At the same time. he added, 1t is continually re. evaluattng its program in terms of how 1t can best serve the. war
 He informed the local school, of= fictals that "in particular cases" students may be admitted to the University before completing high school, If they pass special examine atiors, but, he pointed out, 'as a general rule the University does not advise students to enter collegiate level work prior to graduation from high school" ..s ,.
 President Jorgensens letter said in part: '2 ' '@}.E ss'sF %s1
 "When the University contracts for the training of additional mili- tary units on the, campus, the. men tn such, units will be, highly selected college students pursuing college programs and subject. to { strict military discipline. ~ t'r'
 5"Worlen students of, the Univer. sity, as their obligation in oui. total war effort, will be urged to re- evaluate their own ,objectives ' in terms of the maximum service they can render in this 4'all out effort At the present time there are seys eral professional fields in which acute shortage exists and for which women can be and Fare being trained. In this connection, ~ the University is giving renewed em-. phasis to its programs in the prep+ aration of teachers; especially in mathematics and the physical y sci4 ences, nurses, home economists in specialized areas, office workers and teehnicians, particularly in engineer- ing, chemistry, bacteriology and physics. ,s..s@ ,.4,...,. "The Universityais on a definitely accelerated basis. Sstudents taking advantage of the accelerated sched- ule may complete the work for their bachelors degree in two and two-thircis years. VI @7 7 ."Qualified high school graduates may enter the University three times a year, as follows: Spring
 semester, February l, 1o43; sum- t11er semester, June. 21, l043; fall semester, September 20, 19AS. To take care of off campus persons in- terested in summer work, the Uni- Yersity will also run two summer sessions. . "All upperclass students and be- ginning students in a civilian .;sta- tus will be urged to accelerate their college study. All students as. signed to the University by the War Department for specialized training will, of course, be required to follow the accelerated plan of study 'st'i.
 "The University will continue to operate freshman- sophomore cen- ters in Hartford and Waterbury. High school graduates may prefer to begin their college work in one of these centers. A complete fresh- sophomore offering will be pro- vided. Students attending these ex- tension centerS will be given pref