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Princeton University is to hold three Field Artillery R. O. T. C. courses during the spring term which begins on April 2. These courses will be in preparation for the Field Artillery Unit which is to be started next fall, and are to be taken by men who expect to become members of the Unit. Academic credit will be given for the work done this spring.

Course A will be open to Freshmen, and will take the place of the prescribed hygiene and gymnasium. It will consist of field artillery ordnance, field artillery gunnery, and work with the gun squad and the firing battery.

For men of the three upper classes who have had no previous field artillery training, Course B will be given as a free elective. It will be similar to the Freshman course, including practical work in assembling and disassembling various parts of the gun material, and the elements of the determination of firing data and its use by cannoneers.

Members of the three upper classes who have had experience in the field artillery, may elect course C. This will consist of work with smoke bombs, sub-calibre fire, use of range tables, the study of the atmospheric effects on the trajectory, principles governing the conduct of fire, and the solution of problems involving a battery.

In an article in the Daily Princetonian, President Hibben, in urging the support for the course, said: "The course as outlined by the War Department is designed to give a very thorough grounding in all of the principles of artillery, both in theory and in practice. Through such a course one will be able to qualify as a Reserve Officer and be in a position to offer his services to the government in case of any emergency, without the delay of long months of preparation, Its particular aim is to increase alertness, accuracy, and resourcefulness of thought, the art of working in co-operation with other men, and the learning how to obey and command. I hope that the undergraduates will give very careful consideration to the opportunity which is now extended to them by the generous facilities which the War Department offers at this time."