Winter Term Opens

DARTMOUTH'S FIRST Winter Term under the coordinated Navy-College calendar opened on November 5, with civilian enrollment down to 229 men, the lowest since the early 1800's. The Navy V-12 Unit also started off its second term with reduced enrollment, but its 1,852 trainees still rated as the biggest Navy college training group of its kind in the country.

Winter term enrollment for the College represented a drop of 134 from the 363 men who started off the three-term year in July. The present total is made up of 125 freshmen, 54 sophomores, 39 juniors, 9 seniors, and 2 special students. No new freshmen entered in November, admissions being restricted to the July and March terms.

Of the V-12 trainees aboard for the winter session, 379 were new men who arrived on November 1. The new group fell short of the 524 trainees who left the Unit last term through completion of the course, academic failure, illness, and other causes, and November enrollment accordingly fell below the original quota of 2,000 men assigned to Dartmouth. The new trainees, made up of 364 apprentice seamen and only 15 marines, were nearly all V-12 freshmen starting the basic course, only 34 being transfers into the upper classes.

While the Dartmouth Unit originally had approximately 1,350 Nayy and 650 Marine trainees, the new totals in November became 1,443 an respectively. The greater proportion of bluejackets necessitated the transfer from the Marines to the Navy of New Hampshire Hall, the first Navy billet on the east side of campus. The Marines now occupy only Topliff and South Fayerweather Halls.

Shrinkage in enrollment also affected the dormitory arrangements for civilian undergraduates. Woodward and Ripley Halls, used last term, were clpsed, leaving only Wheeler, Richardson and Crosby open for civilian use.

First-term detachments for the V-12 Unit numbered 280 apprentice seamen and 244 Marines. V-12 seniors in good standing reported back to Hanover on October go to receive orders for their next stations, and all men had left town before the new trainees arrived on November 1. A selected group of the Navy seniors went to Midshipmen's Schools and the others were transferred to Norfolk for training while awaiting assignment to such schools. A group of V-12 A trainees were transferred to Pensacola for aviation training, and all other Navy detachees went to the Newport training station.

The majority of Marine seniors in good standing were sent to Parris Island for further officer training, and the balance were ordered to remain at Dartmouth for an additional term while awaiting room at the Marine base. All other detached Marines were ordered to the San Diego recruit depot.

The medical unit of the Dartmouth V-12 School numbers 29 men this term, while the medical unit of the Army Specialized Training Program has 16 men. Other personnel in the V-12 Unit includes 16 commissioned officers, 12 in the Marine crew, and 40 in the ship's company, making a grand total of 1,921 persons at Dartmouth in connection with the Navy program.