New Students Faced
With Elective ROTC
By FLOYD PASEMAN
Freshman men at the Univer
sity this year will, for the first
time, have the opportunity to
take ROTC as an elective course.
Previously, the program of Army
and Air Force Reserve Officers
Training Corps were compulsory
courses for all freshman and
sophomore men enrolled as regu
lar full-time students at the Uni
versity.
While the decision to abolish
compulsory ROTC may seem a
relief to some students, it creates
a new burden to others. Begin
ning this fall, each freshman
male will have an additional fac
tor to consider in formulating his
plans for college. That factor is
bis military obligation.
NOW, BECAUSE ROTC is an
elective course, the student must
make a decision about what he
will do with ROTC. Previously,
that decision could be put off un
til the junior year.
What is ROTC? At the Univer
sity there are programs in both
Army and Air Force ROTC which
are open to any male student who
is physically and mentally quali
fied for appointment to a commis
sion in either the United States
Army or Air Force.
As an undergraduate, the stu
dent enrolls in the first year of
the two-year "basic” course when
he is a freshman, fie attends class
one hour a week, and participates
in a one-hour drill period each
Thursday.
As a sophomore, he attends
class twice a week, for two hours,
plus attending Thursday drills.
After two years, he has accumu
lated six credit hours toward his
graduation from the University
and has received 180 hours of ac
lual instruction in military and
related subjects.
BY THE END of his sophomore
year he may apply to enter the
"advanced” course, lie receives a
thorough medical examination,
completes a series of tests, and is
interviewed by a board of officers.
If he is selected as qualified for
the advanced course he will be
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enrolled in the fall of his junior
year and will begin to receive a
month of subsistence allowance.
As a junior, the student attends
class four hours a week and par
ticipates in the weekly drill ses
sion as a cadet noncommissioned
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the end of his fourth year of col
lege, he has accumulated 480
hours of instruction and 30 credit
hours toward graduation But
more important, upon graduation,
he is simultaneously commis
; sioned as an officer in the U S.
Army in the branch of his choice.
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earns a commission? In the Army
he is obligated to serve two years
active duty in the Army Reserve,
or, if he is selected, three years
in the Regular Army. Following
his active duty, he may revert to
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him to civilian life but require
him to att'-nd weekly drills and
two weeks summer training each
year for the remainder of a six
year overall obligation A request
may also be made for another
I tour of active duty as an officer. ;
Thus, the entering freshman
! male this fall will have to decide
whether this program fits in with
his college plans.
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