Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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W®$0 $!!% r Although most men feel that their physical well-being is much more important in wartime than the health of the female of the species, since they will be doing the actual fighting, the numerous jobs on the home front which women are required to do are not for powder puff ladies. Only the strong are well qualified. A permanent part of the organization of the University which was in- troduced in connection with the War Service Plan, is the Junior Division, an innovation in university education, headed by Dean Wendell W. Wright. It is a division concerned primarily with the problems of first year students, their courses of study, and their guidance during the period when they are making the transition from high school to the Uni- versity. It will be the aim of this Division to provide for each student an educational program that will fit his own particular needs instead of attempting to fit him into one of a few definite courses of study. Its aim is to deal more adequately with old and new problems intensi- fied by war. Under its plan of operation, high school seniors have the best possible guidance for fitting themselves for a place in the world both during and after the war. Their capabilities are being discovered and developed in a college course mapped out for them which will achieve the maximum benefits. For students who find it necessary to go into Service before complet- ing college careers, the plan provides that a student ordered to report for military service after the completion of at least six and not more than ten weeks of a semester will receive credit to the extent of one-half of the hours for which he is enrolled, subject to his standing in each class at the time of leaving. If withdrawal for the same reason occurs after the completion of at least ten weeks of a semester, the student will receive full credit for his courses. Perhaps taking one ' s philosophy, ethics, or French grammar course in an accelerated manner may seem foolish to some students. They may feel that such things should be cut out and that only subjects vital to the actual guidance of the war effort itself should be included in a speeded up academic program. Army and Navy officials, as well as educators, agree, however, that this man ' s war needs mental fitness as well as strong bodies to carry it to its successful completion. A college man has a much better chance of coming back. Statistics prove that; so the skeptics had better think twice before doubting it. Mental fitness may sound rather vague, but the university man can think faster, adjust himself to new situations more rapidly, and has a sounder background upon which to base his decisions. i t iiaa

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