Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-09-30
News for Returning Vets

H1Sn SCHOOL Sen1OES anu OTdA-
 uates to Be Given December 13;
 Will Be Held in $50 Cities of
 the United States and Territories
 The Navy Department announced that December 13, 1947 would be the date of the second annual na- tion-wide aptitude test which is a prerequisite for entry into the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. They state that they ex- pect to enter about 250O new can- didates into this program in the fall term of college, 1948.
 The program is open to male high school seniors and graduates, between the ages of 17 and 21, who meet required mental and physical standards and provides four years of government subsidized college education at g universities and colleges in various parts of the country, in which NROTC units are established. In this program the Navy Department pays for books, tuition, and the normal fees required by the college, and in ad- dition provides the student with a $50 month living allowance. The student may take any course lead ing to a bacca1aureate degree that he desires, subject to including therein certain naval science sub- iects. In return he is required to participate in certain drills and cruises, and upon graduation, to accept commission in the Navy or Marine Corps, if qualified. Af- ter two years Of active duty he may elect to transfer to the naval reserve and return to civilian life, or he may request retention in the Regular Navy, and if elected, make the Navy his career.
 The Aptitude Test will be given in $50 cities widely distributed through the United States and it's territories. Applicants desiring to participate in this program must submit an application for the test prior to November 10, 1947. Ap- pIication blanks and Bulletins giv- ing a full description of the pro- gram may be obtained from high school principals, college deans. Professors of Naval Science, Off, fees of Naval Officer Procurement. and all Navy Recruiting Stations.
 Those applicants receiving the highest grades on the aptitude test will be interviewed and given physical examinations at a later date, and their names will then be submitted to committees, which are composed of prominent civil ians and Naval officers, and which are convened in each state and ter ritory, for final selection. Appl1- cants are permitted to indicate their choice of colleges they wish to attend, and subject to quota limitations, will be so assigned. However, in each case, final en- rollment will be subject to ac- ceptance by the college to which assigned.
 Entry into the Naval Aviation College Program has been suspend ed for this year because of an ex- cess of qualified candidates already enrolled in the program.
 Navy Installs PhotoeIectric Cello
 meters at Floyd Bennett, Naval
 Air Station
 Photoelectric ceilometers, which automatically measure and record the height of cloud ceilings over airports, are now being installed at 42 Naval aviation stations through out the world, including Naval Air Stations at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Lakehurst and Atlantic City, N. J.
 The equipment developed by the Navy in cooperation with the Gen eral Electric Company of Schenec- tady, N. Y., provides a continuous day and night record of accurate cloud ceiling data which is of vital concern to the pilot of a plane about to land at an airfield.
 It accurately measures cloud cell ings up to 10000 feet and trans mits the results to an electric chart recording machine in the airport office, thus eliminating the neces- sity for an on-the-spot observer taking sight readings at regular intervals.
 The apnaratus obtains the height