Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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18-19 Year New Army Pla,n For Higher Education Of Soldiers Has Not Been Announced No Change Of Policy Is Made On Part Of Navy; Reserve Students May Remain Till Graduation From official and semi-official information, President McKissick has compiled the following data and questions, answers, concerning the ef fect the new 18-19-year draft will have on students. This information is subject to change at any time The notation (W) indicates that the answer was derived from an of ficial statement from the War Department. The new plan for the higher education of soldiers has not yet been officially announced by the War Department. The Navy has announced no change in its policy of allowing students to carry on their college or university education until the exigencies of national defense require them to be called into active service. Q. When will the government begin drafting 18 and 19-year-old stu dents who are already registered? A. The national selective service director estimates that induction can begin generally in 30 or 40 days from last week. Q. When are questionnaires to be sent to 18 and 19-year-old students who registered June 30, 1942? A. Immediately, according to Brig. Gen. Holmes B. Springs, state di rector of selective service. Q. What will be the procedure for 18-year-olds who have not been registered? A. President Roosevelt announced Wednesday that boys who have become 18 since June 30, 1942 would register during the month of De cember. Q. Will 18 and 19-year-old students after they are called into the ser vice be permitted to remain in college and universities until the end of the academic year? A. In general, no. They will be subject to induction as soon as or dered. However, there will be some exceptions as set forth in the an swer to another question below. Q. Will former students be sent to colleges and universities after they enter the Army? A. Some of them will be. (W) Q. What former students will be so sent? A. The War Department has announced that the Army will select students for training to be sent to colleges and universities "on the basis of previous education, results of scholastic aptitude and achievement tests and tests of leadership and aptitude for military service as demonstrated during a period of service in the Army. Selection will be made from the Army at large and it will be accomplished by means of a system similar to that now in effect for the selection of candidates for the officers' can didate schools. Preference will be given to soldiers in the younger age group because of their more recent school experience and of the longer potential value to the Army." It will be noted that this statement does not exclude former college and university students over 19 years of age. Q. To what institutions will they be sent? A. Colleges and universities chosen by the War Department which has not yet announced its list of selected institutions. If chosen to con tinue his higher education, a student may be returned to the institution he formerly attended or to another institution. Q. Who will pay the necessary expenses of students sent to colleges and universities? A. The government. (W). Q. Will such students be under military control and discipline while attending the college or university? A. Yes. (W). Furthermore, they will be in uniform and will receive soldier's pay. Q. What courses will such students take? A. Those prescribed by the Army. The principal subject will be medical and pre-medical, engineering and science. (W). Q. How long will they be permitted to remain in a college or univer sity? A. From nine to twenty-seven months-probably longer in the case of medical students. (W). Q. When will the Army start this program for students? A. It is expected that it will be begun about Feb. 1, 1943. (W). A CAUTION TO MEMBERS OF ROT C N R OT C ENLIST ED RESERVE ... Cash is a dangerous companion. It tempts thieves or it may be lost. It is both wise and inexpensive to turn this cash into AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVELERS CH EQUES. Then if these Cheques are misplaced or stolen (before you have affixed your identification signature) their value is re funded to you. You spend them as you do cash. They remain good so long as you carry them around unspent. You can buy them at Banks and Railway Express offices. They cost 75# for each $100.00. AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVELERS CHEQUES p. STUDENTS! For excellent work on your laundry leave it at the We can give you one day service and SPEC IAL RATES TO STUDENTS COLUMelA LAUNDRY "A GOOD L.AUNDRY" ia2i Taylor Street Phone 2-2147 Draf~ Naval Off Capt. M. C. Robertson, dire tumbia last week and made a R. C. Needham, USN (Ret.), resident of the University, at Q. How many will be sent t, A. The War Department ha Q. Will students be sent fr< arolina? A. The War Department ha >e utilized for this purpose. Q. What college and univers A. Congressman Andrews, nittee which framed the new d Zepresentatives Nov. 10, 1942, tre automatically deferred. He added: "In addition to t he colleges, are all the young mnd engineering courses of cerl >y the War and Navy Depari nan in any college in the Unit< it to enlist in. the Army or Na uch time as he is called into uis course.... Any young man iis college course, may enlisti ,xcellent chance of completing :olleges, subject to the draft, t who are not in pre-medical or< trmy and Navy Reserves. It wvill leave a great many whom hey could not get into the RC "In the case of those who somewhat longer than those w Lbly remain until the completi he reason that the Navy has ni :ary Stimson has said that th :ollege as it possibly can, con: here is no guaranty that they "The chances are that youn with the intention of going ini Lbly be able to finish this year, ably cannot take them all any Nowak Visits US4 During Leave Fro Pre-flight School Clem Nowak of the Univ Class of '43 visited on the ca last week during his short I of leave from the Naval Air training school. Nowak, who entered the classification of the NACR spent the past ten weeks a University of Georgia pre school in Athens. There he through ground schooling a strict physical education prog Upon leaving Carolina Ib reported at Kansas City, Kans his primary flight training. While at the University hi a member of the freshman fe tekm and was a letterman, hai the weights on the track tear Two brothers, Steve and Nowak, both gridiron stars ai olina, are also serving in tI corps. Steve is with the Amn Corps ground crew in Florid Stan is flying with the Army I Antonio. Texa. SRevie icer Visits McKissick ctor of Naval Officer Procurement for visit to the University campus. Left to commandant of the University Naval I kd Captain Robertson. The two captain : colleges and universities? s not announced this. )m the Army to the University of Soul ; not yet announced what institutions wi ity students will be deferred? t member of the Free Conference Con raft law, said in a debate in the House 4 that juniors and seniors in ROTC unii hose in the ROTC who are exempted i men who are taking pre-medical course ain specifications, upon a set-up arrange ments. In addition to that, every youri d States, 18 or 19 years old, who has see vy Reserve, is automatically deferred uni he Army or the Navy until he complet< in good health, if he wishes to comple1 -i the Army or Navy Reserve and have a his college career. That will leave in ti Eie young men who are not in the ROT( ngimeering courses, and who are not in ti will not leave those who are qualified. the Army would not take anyway, becau: TC. enlist in the Naval Reserve, they remai ho enlist in the Army Reserve and prol on of their courses more particularly f< ot yet completed its 2-ocean navy. Secri e Army wants to leave them as long sistent with the needs of the service; b1 can com,plete their courses. g men who have enlisted in the Reser1 to the Army Air Cadet Corps will prol because so many are going ini they prol vay." m TAKE A HOL Start your HOLIDAY ersity ' alteH mpus seriod ' V-5 has t the flight went nd a ram. owak as for a was otball idling Stan Car ie air NOW y Air "Wings For I ' ThenEogle" , wed B. And Needham the Sixth Naval district, was in Co. right in the picture above are: Capt. ZOTC unit; Dr. J. Rion McKissick, s were at the Naval academy together. Extension Division 1 Gives Debate Data " High Schools Recipient Of Argument Material - The University extension division )f is making efforts to supply and dis :s tribute material to the state high schools for use in the annual de n bates to be held for high school stu s, dents in Columbia next spring. d Winners in local high schools g will enter a county and then a dis n trict debate on the chosen subject. il The Winners of the district debates s will represent their district and :e school in the state debate meet n which is held in Columbia. Le The subject of the debate this -, year as chosen by the National Uni e versity Extension Association's [t committee on debate materials and ;e interstate cooperation, is "Resolved, That a Federal World Government n Should Be Established." SPutnam Completes -Pre-flight Course Naval Aviation Cadet Robert e Henry Putnam, Laurens, S. C., has - completed his course at the U.S. - Navy Pre-Flight School here, and has been ordered to the Naval Re DAY MONDAY! with a Bang! Celebrate LIDAYS in one Starts Monday FEATURING "White christmos" FRE - PO O0 No. 1 on the ' i - .HIT PARADE' N McKI Miss Dudley Tells Sen That Chinese Don't H Naval Cadet Glenn Is Transferred To Kansas City Base ji the Former Student Was In sta Top Twenty Percent Of Class In Pre-flight Se Naval Aviation Cadet James Har- lunl :ld Glenn, Columbia, has completed Mi his course at the U.S. Naval Pre- sC Flight School at Athens, Ga., and bili [?as been ordered to the Naval Re- sm serve Air Base at Kansas City, the Kansas, for primary flight train to ing. for Glenn,- who stood among the top in 20 per cent of his large class, is ing the son of R. J. Glenn, Sr., 2118 off Rosewood drive. He is a former of student of the University of South S4 Carolina, where he was a member cit: of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and the American Society of Civil En gineers. ie su Since entering the Navy Pre- su Flight School here three months va ago, Glenn has had ground school tm work in military and academic sub- thl jects, and has undergone a rigorous to physical conditioning program to which is designed to make Uncle re Sam's Naval aviators the fittest and .f best trained in the world. anl At his new base ie will have in more ground school instruction and vel begin flying. From there lie will eac move on to three months of in- clu termediate and advanced flying, and, wa if successful, will be graduated - from the Naval Air Station at Pen sacola, Florida, or Corpus Christi, Texas, and win his commission and Navy wings. After graduation comes operation i training, with carrier-based planes or multi-engined bombers, the final lap of a 12-month training period. Completing this, Glenn will be a full-fledged fighter Pilot-ready to join the fleet. serve Aviation Base at Memphis, Tennessee, for primary flight train ing. Putnam, who stood in the top 20 percent of his large class, is the son of Mrs. T. R. Putnam, Laurens. He is a former student of the Univer sity of South Carolina. THE CAROLINA LIFE INSURANCE CO. It is better to have it and not need it than to need ' it and not have it. Home Office: Columbia, S. C. FOR 35 YEARS CARO WOMEN HAVE BEEt B IH A RI'S R E! (Air Conditic Special Luncheons and 1229 Hampton Street-A Few D< JEROME F. BIHARI, AlIw ays SA N C KEN NS *SOLD AT TI MANUFACTUR RICHLAND CUT RATE DP 1530 Man ss ck rice Society ate Jap People Missionary Alumna Was Interned In Hong Kong 'The Chinese do not hate the >anese people as a whole; instead y feel rather sorry for them", ted Miss Marion Dudley, alumna ;sionary recently returned from ina', in a talk to the Christian -vice Club at their Dutch cheon in Flinn Hall Wednesday. ;s Dudley elaborated on this tement by saying, "They (the inese) realize that the responsi ty for this war lies mostly on the all military clique in control of government." iliss Dudley has just come back this country after ,being interned several months by the Japanese Hong Kong where she was serv in connection with the national ces of the YMCA. An alumna the University, while serving as :retary of the YWCA here in the , she helped to organize the VCA on the campus in 1920. With the exception of a few vspaper reporters whom they pected might be able to give uable information," she con ued, "the Japanese soldiers' treat nt of citizens was not brutal; for 0 most part, they were too busy fool with the populace. The only I hardship suffered was the lack sufficient food." dliss Dudley said that Americans I Chinese are noticeably similar their likes and dislikes; they are y much more congenial with h other than with Japanese ex ding prejudices caused by the r. HELD OVER! TODAY AND SATURDAY 'Thunder Birds" PRESTON FOSTER GENE TIERNEY -WEDNESDAY ONLY On Our Stage Probably One of the Best Stage Shows of the Season "KARSTON'S SHOW OF 1943" /ith Loads of Gags and Gals -- ON THE SCREEN -- "The Hidden Hand" LINA MEN AND 4 MEETING AT T AU R AN T ned) Suppers From 40c ors From Telephone Bldg. Corolino-'32 Eat CE CREAM -IE CANTEEN ED BY DAIRIES hUG STORE, Street.