Plan Would Return Draftees For New College Training

An Enlisted Training Corps by which inducted men could study for a short period at the nation's colleges has been outlined by the Association of American Colleges.

Last night Dean Buck Suggested, "It seems quite possible that the Army will utilize the resources of the college and send some men back to them for training. I think that the plan of the colleges presidents is an excellent one."

Five hundred presidents and deans met at Philadelphia last week to discuss the fate of educational institutions if the draft age is lowered and all able bodies students of college age are taken by the armed forces. The corps would allow--the military to supervise wartime education and would fully mobilize college facilities, according toe the report of the committee headed by Edmund E. Day, president of Cornell University.

The plan adopted by the Association calls for the establishment of corps for the individual services at selected colleges. Admission would be on a competitive basis among men 17 or older with the equivalent of a high school education according to quotas set up by the armed forces.

Basic Education at Colleges

Fourteen weeks of basic training with special emphasis on physics, math, and sciences would be given enlisted men chosen from Army camps and Navy centers. This would be accomplished at the colleges, probably following a 13-week conditioning period at camp.

After preliminary education these men would take a year-long course with a curriculum decided by military and college authorities. This period would be split into four terms, a division favored by such schools as Chicago, which is already on a quarter system.

Trainees to Be Paid

Specialized and professional training could be achieved during that longer period after the candidate has proved his aptitude by passing examinations. During these training periods the corps members would receive base pay and subsistence.

A number of other recommendations were made by the Association in its attempt to acclimate the country's educational institutions to the war effort. A new emphasis for the first two years of civilian college work was suggested with increased concentration on basic - subjects as American history, English, math, languages, and the sciences.

The Association acknowledged the desirability of admitting men to college without graduating from a secondary school if they prove their mettle.