HIGH SCHOOL VICTORY CORPS

   

Any and all students enrolled in a
senior high school with a Victory
Corps unit may become general mem-
bers by meeting a few simple require-
ments. The one standard requirement
for all five special divisions is partici-
pation in a program of physical fitness.

The student is also required to par-
ticipate in at least one of these sug-
gested Victory Corps activities:

Air Warden, firewatcher or other
Civilian Defense work; U. S. O. volun-

The High School Victory Corps is America’s
answer to students who want to serve their country.
It is democratic. It is voluntary. And it is making
a valuable contribution to the war effort.

It is training thousands of high school boys and
girls for essential war work. Briefly, it consists of
these divisions:

1. Avr Service, as preparation for service as aviation cadets or
as aircraft repair or maintenance workers.

2. Land Service, as preparation for some branch of the Army
ground forces (infantry, tank corps, artillery, signal corps).

3. Sea Service, as preparation for some branch of Navy or
Merchant Marine (other than Naval Aviation).

4. Production Service, as preparation for work in war industry,
agriculture, or other essential civilian production jobs.

5. Community Service, as preparation for work in community
or other service occupations, such as: teaching, social work,
medicine, nursing, dentistry, librarianship, or other profes-
sional services; stenographer, typist, bookkeeper, or other
commercial services; home-making, child care, home nursing,
nutrition, or similar services.

teer activities ; Red Cross services; scale
model airplane building; health serv-
ices; farm aid or other part-time em-
ployment to meet manpower shortages ;
school-home-community services such
as salvage drives, care of small children
for working mothers, gardening, book
collection, and similar activities.

The complete details for installing,
organizing, and operating the HSVC
program may be found in the special
pamphlet being distributed by the U. S.
Office of Education.