Repository: UIHistories Project: Booklet - War Program at the UI (1942) [PAGE 11]

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course, following which they may be recruited for the advanced R.O.T.C. or enter the A r m y Air Force Enlisted Reserve, other Army reserve services, or the V-5 or V-7 program of the Navy. The new Army Enlisted Reserve Corps program provides an opportunity for college men to enlist on a deferred basis and to continue their education through graduation, provided they maintain satisfactory scholastic standing. Today's highly mechanized army with its complex organization must have educated men to give it efficient direction; the new Deferred Service Plan has been approved in the belief that continuance of education develops capacities for leadership. Although the unforeseen circumstances of war may require the termination of their deferred status, enlisted students who fulfill the necessary educational qualifications may reasonably expect to complete their education before being called to active military service in either the A r m y or the Navy.

MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS

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Students in the College of cal Administrative Corps Second Lieutenants or in as Ensigns. Students so until they have completed

Medicine may enlist in either the MediReserve of the United States A r m y as the Hospital Volunteer Naval Reserve enlisted are deferred from active duty their work for the degree.

NAVAL T R A I N I N G

UNIT

The United States Navy has opened a training school for signalmen at the University. Dormitory space, feeding, and instructional facilities are provided by the University for a maximum of 1,000 men and for the staff of officers and enlisted men w h o will aid in instruction and administration.

CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING

PROGRAM

A Civilian Pilot Training P r o g r a m is sponsored by the University of Illinois in cooperation with the Champaign Aviation Company. The ground school course is given by members of the faculty of the University four evenings a week. The students taking flight instruction this semester arc all enrolled in the Navy V-5 pi - r a m .