KINDS OF UNIVERSITY TRAINING MOST NEEDED BY
THE COUNTRY AT PRESENT

Both officials of the government and industrial leaders
have indicated definitely the major needs of the nation
which it is the particular province of colleges and univer-
sities to meet. Clearly the United States should be pro-
vided as quickly and as steadily as possible with more (1)
physicians, (2) engineers, (3) nurses, (4) chemists, (5)
physicists, (6) accountants, and (7) industrial managers.
These classes of trained men and women will not only be
indispensable during the period of the war, but most
classes of them will continue to be needed after the coun-
try has happily returned to a condition of peace.

Juniors and seniors who have not already chosen a cur-
riculum concerned with one of the academic fields just in-
dicated will probably be unable to do anything about the
matter now, except perhaps to enroll in one or more of the
emergency courses discussed elsewhere in this pamphlet.
Freshmen, sophomores, and entering students, however,
may well wish to take the national needs into account in
making plans for the months ahead. This is not to say that
students are advised to shape their academic program
solely on the basis of war conditions and requirements; but
the knowledge of what services are deemed of paramount
importance to the life of the country today should properly
be one of their considerations.

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A WORD ABOUT CERTAIN BASIC GENERAL COURSES

During the months which have passed since the country
began actively to prepare for war, many former college
students have discovered to their dismay how great is the

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