Trained College Men Still Needed by Army Air Corps

RANDOLPH FIELD, Tex., Feb. 2, 1942--Although recent action by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson knocked off the two-year college requirement formerly needed for enlistment as an Aviation Cadet, the United States Army Air Corps is still in need of men who have received special college training, Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center officers declared today.

The Air Corps, realizing that it takes 10 men on the ground to keep one man in the air, has opened courses to men with engineering, scientific, or mathematical training to fill the all important ground staff. These men who will also be known as Aviation Cadets and receive a commission as Second Lieutenants in the Army Air Corps at the completion of their training, can enlist in armament, engineering, communications, meteorology and photography.

Prerequisites for these ground courses are as follows:

Armament--Training is extended to civilians, former Cadets now in civil life and to Cadets currently undergoing instruction, and preferably to men who have had schooling in engineering or science.

Communications--Candidates must have completed either two full years of engineering studies or have had two years of college and hold an amateur radio license.

Engineering--Applicants must have completed at least three years of engineering study at an accredited college or university.

Meteorology--Prospective students must be college graduates and have specialized in sciences, engineering or similar technical subjects. They must have had thorough courses in mathematics, including differential and integral calculus, and physics.

Photography--Training is given to those who have had at least three years of chemistry or geology at an accredited college, and preferably have professional or considerable amateur experience. However, applications for this course are not being accepted at present.