the student will have less money available if he has planned to
depend upon summer earnings for part of his total college financing.
Students will reach employment a year earlier. They should have
considerable reduction of non-college costs by about one-fourth. Room
rent has been reduced $5 a term.

10. Employment in the summer session?

There will be opportunity for part-time employment on the campus
and in the community.

However, you should bear in mind that during the summer term
twelve weeks of study are being covered in ten weeks. You will
concentrate on your college courses for six full days each week. The
two weeks saved by this concentration will permit you two more
weeks of full-time remunerative employment during the vacation
period. This should more than offset the loss of part-time employ-
ment which you might secure during the weeks of intensive study.

All requests for employment should be made directly to John Pond,
_ director of student employment.

National Youth Administration funds may be available for needy
students during the summer session.

11. Plans beyond 1943?

Dates and specifications are announced herein through the end
of the regular school year in May, 1943. It is the College policy
that for the next three years the accelerated program will be carried
on as announced in this pamphlet. The College will probably revert
to its normal schedule as soon as possible after the close of the war.
Government regulations may also alter some of the announced plans
of all colleges.

12. Are any new “defense” courses being added?

The College does not attempt to duplicate the work of engineering
schools which are obviously engaged in special technical work of
military significance. For the same reason, engineering schools and
other technical schools are not attempting to duplicate the work of
colleges like Springfield.

In view of the fact that men entering military services need ade-
quate backgrounds in mathematics and physics if they wish to
qualify for certain forms of service, the College has (a) strength-
ened its offerings in Mathematics and Physics, (b) shifted the re-
quirements of other courses to make it possible for more students
to elect these courses, (c) made some minor changes in the courses
in Chemistry.

The Department of History and Government has rearranged its
courses to provide students with a more adequate understanding of
the present conflict and the kind of social order we will want to
help develop after the war. Springfield College has always stressed
the study of history as a foundation for understanding the world in
which we now live. The courses in History of Civilization and
History of Modern Europe are considered fundamental courses for
all students. Courses in government, American history, and principles
of democracy will be emphasized and opportunities for study will
be increased.

13. How about Physical Fitness programs?

The government has asked colleges to emphasize Physical Fitness.
Springfield College has always been at the forefront in programs of
physical fitness. The only changes necessary in health and physical
education are those intended to prepare more students, more quickly,
for professional leadership in physical fitness programs in schools,
social agencies, and in military services. The College, as always, will
emphasize personalized programs for physical fitness.

14. How about the athletic program?

Obviously there will be changes in the athletic program because
of the concentrated work of the proposed scholastic schedule and
because of the shortening of the year.

However, it will be the policy of the College to maintain the

athletic schedules as completely as possible. This College has insisted
for years that athletic participation is a normal way of developing
physical fitness and social maturity, and of educating young men for
leadership in health and physical education. At Springfield College
athletic participation forms the laboratory of the professional courses
in Health and Physical Education.

Apart from the necessary role of athletics in the professional educa-
tion of the student, the College also maintains that it should continue
regularly with its interscholastic activities as a contribution to the
morale of the college students and the spectators who attend
the games. It is also anticipated that some athletic games during the
next few years will be played at army camps and naval bases, not
only with other colleges for the entertainment of the men in service
but also with teams representing the services.

The “Freshman Rule,” which forbids the use of freshmen on
varsity teams, will be eliminated for the next school year and perhaps
for the duration of the war. In its athletic planning Springfield
College will do whatever is considered wisest by the various athletic
leagues of which it is a member.

15. Does Springfield have a C.A.A. course?

For three years the College has conducted pilot training courses
under the auspices of the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Maximum
classes have been conducted in both the primary and secondary
courses. Flight training is provided at the Springfield Airport.
College credit is given for the ground course through the physics
department.

About forty men a year have been accommodated. Students in the
course must declare their willingness to enter military air services.

16. Does Springfield have an R.O.T.C.?

No. Furthermore, the government has announced that there will
be no expansion of R.O.T.C. units in colleges and universities.

The numerous men who want to attend a college which does not
have an R.O.T.C., but nevertheless want to become eligible for
officerships in the Army when they are called into military service,
should recognize that the policy of the United States Army is to
select approximately three-fourths of its candidates for the Officers
Candidates Schools from the enlisted and selective service men. The
effect of this is that, regardless of whether a student has attended a
school with an R.O.T.C. or not, he has a good chance at the end
of his period of basic training to apply for and receive special training
as an officer.

The government has indicated that intelligence, devotion to duty,
physical fitness and ability, leadership qualities, and character are
the main variables to be considered. The actual number of college
credits and the degrees which one holds are of less importance than
these more fundamental qualifications. The implication of this is
that you should select your college primarily in terms of your long-
time educational plans. Develop your personal qualifications in the
college which can best serve your total cultural-vocational needs.

17. Are students accepted in the reserve classification?

At the present time Springfield undergraduates are receiving their
proportional share of appointments in special naval classifications: V-5,
aviation cadets—permitting completion of the current year before re-
porting to duty; V-7, deck officers—permitting completion of college
course for degree before reporting for duty; Candidates Class for Com-
mission in the Marine Reserve—permitting completion of college
course for degree before reporting for duty.

The Navy has just announced a new program of enlistment for
college men between the ages of 17 and 19. This V-1 Program
provides that the student will complete two years of college at the
end of which period three possible alternatives will be opened on
the basis of further examinations. The student can be transferred

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