NROTC Unit

THE LONG-AWAITED word that Dartmouth had been selected as the site for one of the Navy's new Reserve Officer Training Corps units was released in Washington on May 1. As one of the 25 colleges and universities throughout the country selected for this expanded training program, Dartmouth will make the transition from V-i 2 to NROTC on November i and in the following March term will have its first intake of new NROTC students. Under the Navy's present plan, the College will continue as an NROTC unit after the war.

Some of the details about the academic, plant and financial arrangements for this new relationship with the Navy were worked out on May 17 and 18 when a party of seven Naval officers from Washington and Boston came to Hanover for discussions with College officials. The visiting party was, headed by Captain Arthur S. Adams, USN (ret.), of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, who has been in administrative charge of the V-12 program from its start. Three Dartmouth men in the party were Lt. A. H. Sturgess '17, Comdr. Gerard Swope Jr. '39, and Lt. John F. Meek '33, all from Washington. A special regimental review in honor of Captain Adams and the other officers was staged by the Dartmouth V-12 Unit on May 17.

Although the V-12 program will continue at Dartmouth for another term, the 375 trainees eligible for transfer to NROTC will start their studies in Naval Science and Tactics in July and seven Navy officers will be assigned here next term to teach the courses in seamanship, navigation and communication, all of which will count toward the later NROTC curriculum.

Along with their Naval Science courses, the V-12 trainees eligible for transfer to NROTC will also start their academic major programs next term. Among the major electives filed by these trainees during May, engineering led with 92 men and business administration followed with 62. Other leading choices were mathematics 34, history 27, psychology 23, government 22, chemistry 21, sociology 16, English 12, geology 11, and economics 10. A total of 24 different major fields in all were chosen.

Total V-12 enrollment at Dartmouth in the summer term will approximate 785 men, as compared with the 990 at present, and it is expected that November enrollment will remain at about the July figure.