Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

Page 30 text:

l26l ROTC More than 4,800 students are enrolled this year in the various Reserve Olliccrs Training Corps programs. The record enrollment ligurc includes 2,768 students in the Air Force program, 1,735 Army cadets, and 3-H studying under the Navy program. While the majority of students are enrolled in the basic courses. the Air Force has 442 advanced students and the Army has 181 ad- vanced students. Upon completion of the program, these students will receive reserve commissions as second lieutenants and many of them will be called to active duty. All of the Navy ROTC students are Cir rolled for four years of naval science. The HO regular students upon completion of the program will receive commisxions us cnsigns in the U. S. Navy and scrvc on active duty while the 198 contract students enrolled, upon completion of the four years, will receive r0 serve commissions and may he called to active duty. Some of the Navy ROTC students are commissioned as second lieutenants in thc LI. 5. Marine Corps. The Army zmd Navy ROTC units had :10 tivc pistol teams during the year while the Air Force had an active honor guard. Extra activities also included Scabbard and Blade, Pershing Rillcs, Arnold Air Society, and thc Quarterdcck Society. COL. LUCIEN E. BOLDUC, Inf. Professor of Military Science and Tactics CAPT. ROWLAND H. GROFF, USN Professor of Naval Science LT. COL. JACK W. DIETERLE, USAF Professor of Air Science and Tactics

Page 29 text:

cw'enh Unwu. W '- h t . 'idwyytn 'IwWMMm e??? - I'M s t' 'nf . . -.t Extension N x :7 X h. ' ' 'Jlx , .9; 3 1w M V .wwmqmmtstrMszWWAb t gm. e Organized as a service to the people of the Commonwealth, the Extension program actually extends the resident facilities of instruction to com- munities throughout the State and carries new knowledge gained through research to the industry or individual who can apply the knowledge and benefit from it. The General Extension Service directs Extra- mural Class Instruction, including Day and Evening Technical Institutes, in cities throughout the State, operates Penn State Centers in heavilyepopulated r. areas of the State, has an active correspondence in- struction program, and sponsors conferences and institutes on the campus and at oH-Campus points. The program of the Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service is conducted through the agricultural and home economies extension representatives located in each of the counties of the State and through a Special extension staE on the campus. Short courses, conferences, and corre- spondence work also are a part of the program. I The Mineral Industries Extension Service forms .5. 31: 'L. '2: run ; N :u .;A..; 'pn. 4v; Ja-fu-s; vweuneem aw. .pnthxp-wav.va Classes in response to demands from communities and 05ers a broad program of vocationaletechnical, in-service, upgrading adult education as well as Proa'uction-manogemem is on of correspondence work. many subjects offered through Geierol Extension Men in the mining industry learn safety fundamentals through Extension Thousands attended Grasslands Field Day that climaxed 6th International Grossfond Congress

Page 31 text:

Army ROTC cadets acquaint themselves with the M-1 rifle Navy midshipmen learn about onti-aircroft weapons Turbo-jet engine is topic for discussion of these Air Force students DEPARTME SCIE?