NAVY AT DARTMOUTH

UNCLE SAM'S POSTWAR preparedness plans are accented on Hanover Plain by Dartmouth's first peacetime Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, now in its second year of operation. Of the 104 men in the unit this fall, 70 are Midshipmen, USN, and the remainder are contract students.

As candidates for either Navy or Marine Corps commissions, both types of NROTC students take the same courses and have the same uniforms, which are worn only at weekly drill periods and on summer cruises. A Midshipman, USN gets government aid including $50 monthly retainer pay and the cost of the combined fee and text books. He is required to go on three two-month summer cruises and to perform up to 24 months of active duty after graduation. A contract student receives only a commuted ration allowance his junior and senior years, takes only one six-week summer cruise and is called up for active duty only at his request or during a national emergency.

OPERATION OF FIVE-INCH NAVAL GUN is explained by Lt. Comdr. Felton to a group of Dartmouth NROTC students. Several guns are enclosed in a special area in the east wing of Alumni Gymnasium.

OFFICERS OF DARTMOUTH'S NROTC UNIT in their College Hall headquarters: Left to right, Lt. Comdr. Edward A. Taber Jr. USN, Lt. Comdr. Gale S. Felton USN, Capt. Roger E. Nelson USN, commanding officer, Comdr. Charles O. Cook Jr. USN, executive officer, and Mai. Donald S. Callaham USMC.

ABOVE: Captain Nelson conducts a Naval Science class in Wentworth Hall. LEFT: Marine T/Sgt. David E. Dickson, one of seven enlisted men attached to unit headquarters, coaches a student sharpshooter.

RIFLE INSPECTION is made at Chase Field drill by Student Company Commander James R. Morse '48.