Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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The first task that confronted this staff of officers was the induction of the student candidates for the Corps. The first step taken by the student candidate was the presentation of his academic quahfications and credentials to the University au- thorities and his enrohuent in the college course approved by the War Department. The candidate then filed his application for admission to the Corps. After his application was filed, he was required to undergo a physical examination that was thorough in every detail. In case the candidate passed the physical examination successfully, it was necessary for him to make arrangements with the draft board in his home town to transfer him to the jurisdiction of the Monroe County Local Board, from whom he eventualh ' received his induction papers. These papers were filed with the Commandant at the Uni- versity. The physical examinations for the Student ' s Army Training Corps were started September 26, and all the preliminary steps had been completed by October i. At this time the final ceremony of induction was held on Jordan Field. Both the collegiate section and the Voca- tional Section were included in this ceremony.

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Naval Unit first lieutenants and ten second lieutenants were detailed by the gov- ernment to be his assistants. Other commissioned officers were added to the staff later and the total number of instructors, including the commissioned officer at the School of Medicine at Indianapolis, was seventeen. Radio Men at Alpha Hall ' Xa Page Twenty-Four

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During this ceremony the members of the Corps were commanded and formed into temporary organizations by the officers of the staff and by students wlio had attended the camps at Fort Sheridan but had not been commissioned. The men were ah called to attention and were caused to stand at attention while Captain Dalton read to them the message from General March, Chief of Staff of the Army, and administered the oath of loyalty. President William Lowe Bryan Supervised Rrcreation Page Twenty-Six