MILITARY SCIENCE

Tom Fox, Major of Infantry USA, Commandant and Professor of Military
Science

GEORGE EDWIN FINGARSON, B.A., Captain of Infantry USA, Assistant Pro-
fessor of Military Science

GEORGE ALLAN MILLER, Captain of Infantry USA, Assistant Professor of
Military Science

DONALD CHARLES BURNETT, LL.B., Captain of Infantry USA, Assistant
Professor of Military Science

FRANK CELESTINE MEADE, First Lieutenant Signal Corps USA, Assistant
Professor of Military Science

Harry Lovesoy Rocers, JR., First Lieutenant of Infantry USA, Assistant
Professor of Military Science

FREDERICK WILLIAM Post, First Sergeant USA Retired, Assistant to the
Commandant

OBJECT AND SCOPE OF INSTRUCTION

The object of the military instruction is to train students for the per-
formance of the duties of commissioned officers, should their services be
needed by the country. The instruction is necessary in order to prepare
them to perform those duties intelligently and enables them to be thus
partly trained with the least practicable interference with their civil
careers. It is hoped that by this system there may be available, in time
of national emergency, an increased number of educated men trained in
military science and tactics, to lead the units of the large armies upon
which the safety of the country will depend.

The courses in military training prepare for leadership in civil life as
well as in the military service, for the same qualities are demanded in both.
The tactful handling of men, the ability to cooperate with others, the or-
ganization of effort and resources are common factors of success in either
military or civil life. Military training develops efficiency, patriotism, lead-
ership, and those qualities of manliness so essential in all walks of life.

The courses provide the ground work upon which to build military char-
acter and proficiency, and are designed to develop the greatest possible ini-
tiative on the part of the student. They also provide that the cadet officers
and non-commissioned officers shail participate in the administration and
training and share in the responsibilities thereof.

REQUIREMENT

Freshman and sophomore men are required to take three hours a week
of either military science, physical education, or band instruction. If mili-
tary science is elected, it must be pursued continuously for two years, un-
less deferment of the course is secured from the Military Department.
However the two years must be completed in any case prior to graduation
unless excused because of permanent physical disability.

Students entering from schools where they have had the basic ROTC
course may take the advanced course in the freshman year in fulfillment of
the general option in military science, but without academic credit. In the
sophomore year the advanced course may be elected for academic credit as
well as in fulfillment of the option.

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