Repository: UIHistories Project: Student Regulations - Undergraduates - 1930 [PAGE 49]

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mission is not given if in the judgment of the Director of the Gymnasium it will interfere with the regular work in physical education. MILITARY Provision for military instruction at the University is not a matter of choice with the students or with the authorities; it is a matter of law. The Congress of the United States and the General Assembly of Illinois have made it a special and imperative feature of the charter laws of this institution—an obligation in return for the advantages of the endowment of education. The following rules govern the military duties so imposed. ; . % 106. Of Whom Required All male students, except those specifically empted below, must register in military, and unless properly excused, must take the full basic course (first two years) therein, whether they intend to graduate or not. To have any credits received for basic military work count for graduation, the full cours.e (basic) must be taken. The classes of students exempted below may take military work, if they so desire, by registering for it, except that no student who is not a citizen of the United States and no student who holds a Reserve Corps Commission or a Certificate entitling him to a Reserve Commission, will be permitted to so register. Exemptions: a. Students over 22 years of age when entering the University. b. Students entering the University with Junior standing. c. Students who are not citizens of the United States. d. Students who have had two years of military work in other Senior Units of the R. O. T. C. and who can present certificates that they have successfully completed such two years' course. e. Students holding Commissions in the Reserve Corps, United States Army, or certificates of eligibility for such commissions. f. Students who are found physically disqualified to perform the military work such disability to be certified to by the University Health Officer. 107. Students Excusable by Petition * k For reasons other than those mentioned in p.ir** graph 106, students to be dKcused from military or to have their military work deferred, must first register for military and then submit a petition through the Headquarters of the Military Department to the Council ot Administr.ition for action. Petition* will be granted only for exceptional reasons. 51