TO K.U. STUDENTS:

In the pages that follow you will find a statement of the
steps which the University of Kansas is taking to adapt its
instruction to the needs of a nation at war. I hope that you
will read it carefully and talk it over with your parents
wherever possible so that you may be prepared to make im-
portant decisions about the remainder of your work in the
University.

These courses are designed to make possible training for
maximum usefulness for men entering the armed forces
and industry, and for women new opportunities to be of
important assistance in the emergency.

I call your attention also to the extended summer session
of twelve weeks in the College and even longer in some of
the professional schools of the University.

Freshmen will be admitted to these summer sessions.
All other classes are offered the same opportunity to accel-
erate their programs. It has always been possible through
use of the summer sessions to graduate in three years.
Now it is possible for able students, entering in June and
taking maximum work, to graduate at mid-year in the
Junior year,—a saving of a year and a half. For many this
means a college degree before military service, and for
many others it means the saving of vital months in prepara-
tion for national service.

These new departures are designed to increase the use-
fulness and effectiveness of the University to you, and I
hope you will take advantage of such of these opportunities
as meet your particular needs.

DEANE W. MALOTT,

Chancellor.