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Show TRANSIT MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE FOR WEBER COLLEGE IS RALPH JENSON, JR., WHO ACTS AS CONSULTANT FOR STUDENTS WISHING TO ENLIST IN SOME BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES. Join The Service and Stay at Home WHEN Carl White first heard that he was eligible for the draft as a "buck private," he thought, "What about my education?" Faculty members had anticipated such a condition early last spring and Mr. Ralph S. Jensen, Jr., upper left, was appointed as faculty military adviser. Mr. Jensen, was already working with college fellows like Carl and he had heard Carl's problem many times before. He was ready with an answer Enlist! Yes, enlistment in the Navy, Marine, Army, or Cadet Aviation Corps provides deferrment for fellows who want to complete at least junior college work. In a special deferrment program set up by the Federal Government any citizen of the United States, between the ages of 17 to 26, in- IN CHARGE OF THE ARMY CADET EXAMINATION, GIVEN NOVEMBER 4TH IN THE CENTRAL BUILDING WERE: (left to right) SECOND LIEUT. HARRY KELMENSON; LIEUT. C. L. YOUNG, PRESIDENT OF THE ARMY AVIATION CADET EXAMINING BOARD; C. H. ANDERSON, C.P.T. COORDINATOR AT W. C; SECOND LIEUT. W. T. DOIDGE. YEOMEN COMPLETE ENLISTMENT FORMS FOR THE NAVAL RESERVE. IN THE BACKGROUND, LIEUT. L. T. CRAWFORD INTERVIEWS AN APPLICANT. CARL WHITE AND CAPT. H. S. COGSWELL OF MARINE CORP RESERVE. C.P.T. EXAMINATION DEE ANDERSON AND MARINE CORP SERGEANT. must have parental consent) the fellows are ready to be interviewed by the personnel of the local recruiting station. These fellows need not worry about the "buck private" angle anymore either. Any candidate who qualified for retention for two calendar years must serve on active duty for a minimum period as enlisted men before they may be recommended for officer training. Those students, however, who have been deferred until graduation will be ordered directly to active duty at a naval or army officer training school. At the present time the number of Weber College students enlisted in the Reserve Corps rapidly approaches the one hundred mark in spite of the three-hour mental exam that is given as a "warm-up exercise" to measure fitness for duty in the armed services. elusive, who passes a mental "screening" test is eligible. On the campus, Mr. Jensen takes care of this preliminary work. In November officers from the various branches of the Reserve Corp camped on Weber's doorstep to examine, interview and enlist students in the Army, Navy, Marine, or Aviation Cadet programs. Carl took the Oath of Allegiance along with several other students. Now he is a first class private in the Marine Corps. While Carl is in school he may choose the subjects he desires and complete his work as an education major. The lowering of the draft age has sent numerous vocational and professional students to the office where Mr. Jensen shares quarters with Dean M. L. Stevenson. After filling out several blanks and obtaining the proper signatures (students under 21 CAPTAIN L. E. MORGAN GIVES THE OATH TO TWELVE STUDENTS FOR THE ARMY RESERVE CORP, UNASSIGNED. |