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nunlstration A. M, WICAYI-Ill J. li. XANFAIIIROW Superintendent ol' Sehools l'rin1-ipul The High School Victory l'orps, a national voluntary organization for secondary schools designed to mobilize secondary school students for lnore effective preparation for and participation in wartime service. has been one of the major additions to the Wil- liamsport High School this year. The aims of the lforps arc: QIQ The special training of youth for war services that they will be expected to perform after they leave school and Q25 To provide active student participation in the CUIIIIIIIIIIIIYQS war effort while such pupils are still in school. Every high school student is eligible to join the general membership of the Corps, while those within two years of completing high school are eligible for admission to any of the five special service divisions which follow: Qlj Land service, QLZQ Air service, Qiij Sea service, QU Production service, and Q5j Community service. Some of the projects in which the Corps has participated follow: Qlj The collec- tion of over 100,000 pounds of scrap metal, The collection of over 15,000 pounds of tin cans, Qilj The sale of defense savings stamps, The collection of books for the soldiers, and The making of bandages for the lied Uross. In addition to the Victory Corps, another major change in the school has been the setting up ofa special program for all boys who will be eighteen years of age on or before July I, 19-iii. The new schedule for these boys consists of the following: Qlj linglish, four periods per week, Q25 Physics, four periods per week, Qrij Mathematics. four periods per week, Q-l-J An elective subject, which preferably should he additional mathe- matics or science, or perhaps typing for the commercial pupils, four periods per week. Q55 Pre-induction training, four periods per week, and Qlij Physical fitness, four periods per week. In the Pre-induction training, the pupil may select any one ot' the fol- lowing: QU Radio, Q23 Electricity, QCD Auto mechanics, Q4-J Machine shop, or Q5j Pre- flight training, Most of the boys are taking the Pre-induction training on Saturdays. The Physical Fitness program consists of two periods per week of swimming and two periods per week of toughening exercises. The swimming is taken at the Y. M. C. A. pool from 8:00 A. M. to 9:20 A. M. VVe trust that the program is furnishing worth- while training for a need which seems inevitable. J. E. NA NCARROYV. I MUST ALWAYS IN TROUBLE'S HOURS 12
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