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Out of ninety-nine applicants sixty-eight have been chosen by the Military Office to represent the University at the Fourth Officers' Training Camp. Bit by bit we are graduating men from the R. O. T. C. and sending them to the finishing school which opens the road to a commission in the National Army.

It is at times like these that the value of the R. O. T. C. is brought home. Through it alone can we prepare for commissions without first spending months as privates in the Army and even then running the risk of not being sent to an officers' school.

The sixty-eight have been chosen because they have worked conscientiously and because the Tactical Staff believe them to be worthy of the great trials which are to come. They may go "over" as privates, they may be given commissions very soon, but whatever happens to them they are objects of envy to those of us who are doomed to wait until we too become of age. They are departing on the "Great Adventure"; we are still training for that opportunity.

To those who failed to be accepted the CRIMSON offers its sympathy and reminds them that there are more camps to come and that the war is just beginning as far as we are concerned. To the more fortunate applicants congratulations are unnecessary. We merely ask them in their enthusiasm not to forget the finals or the fact that a degree is a worth-while possession to cherish even when looking forward to the more popular commission.