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['nw :t\ has I n \ I bj rep ntati\ from th Marine ( »rj th< Army, the Navy, Anm and Navj Vvial md the Coa I Guard. 5, A new c mmittee on >'t< \r < Adju t)> I R. riffith Chairman, pprai d the >ur - f th Uni in relation 1 types of militarj vi< and defen training and h. tudied th< in which new courses might b iven. < < jtinj >ursv >mmitt< ints thai d brand eng leering s :nce, > chemij ry, of the premedi< I curriculum, and other f divisions ( Fer valuahh sp< iali Linin in the r ni/ itional 1 pn >sional ields. For ex nple, adequat trainin n b h; in tl

University in physics, the various branch of electrical en ring motorized equipment, transportation, road construction and m radio and communication, civil engineering, and kindred ! A highly practical form of work is wen in the Department of Agriultural Engineering in the construction and operation of motorized equipment. In the Department of Bacteriol< gy, :ial attention will be iven typ > laboratory work with pathogenic bacteria, such s are concen :1 f in the operation and maintenance oi military rvices. In times oi war even more than in times of peace a st< dy supply o foodstuff is imperative, so that work in agriculture and in <. ^cultural extension occupies a pt sition of importance along with ( ther specialized ;cupations. The same fact holds true of other divisions of the Univers y , for example, of Education, where the demand is "rowing for an increas ng number of qualified teachers at all levels. In consideration of the wealth of training and experience that can b provided through existir arses, the committee on courses has been iir. pressed by the need for continuing our main policies f instrr. n and research. These policies possess values in their own right, but they now have additional merit because (a) of the basic training in all fields knowledge that ought to be available to those men and women who ar not yet ready to be called to the service and (1 f the extreme de: ands t will be made on all educated citizens during the \ st-war per- 1 o reconstruction. Several departments of the University have pooled their in rmation n order to ive divisional courses, s in the Division of Social Scienc which are aimed to -ive students clear ideas the >rces which have le up to th present war and the issues that are involved. Th< cial facilities in the General Division oi the College ;' Liberal \r md Scienc- will continue to provide a new form of b :c - n student \ special value lie in the fact that those mien who n not 1 ible to >mplet< mor< than t\\ years of work before they call* to the irvice in r ume, on their return, their lucational plan or specialization \\ h the ntag i broad foundation in knowh

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Of din t practical value are a wide variety oi resources in phys 'ii. In view he man> defects uncovered by the sel \e servio imination Department f Physical Education iov Men and f < Women will provide facilities for , rre iv< ymnastics and physical fitness 6. A v < mt pon 1 bj the Committee on Cui ailar Cox