Word: enlists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Offered an opportunity to receive a probationary commission pending the completion of their College training. Juniors and Seniors concentrating in the field of electronics may enlist in the Army or Navy now and delay active duty until their graduation...
...Juniors and Seniors concentrating in Physics or in Engineering Sciences with approved programs of study emphasizing electronics may enlist in either the Army or the Navy and, except in an extreme emergency, will be allowed to complete the training in the course in electronics. Upon satisfactory completion of the course they will be ordinarily commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the Signal Corps in the Army or as Ensigns Volunteer Special Service, if in the Navy...
...studying for their degree who enlist now may possibly have, but are not guaranteed, the chance of finishing College, but in any event they will be given six months' notice before being called up to begin their half-year training course which leads to a second lieutenant's commission in the Marine Corps Reserve...
Navy Plan. But the Navy, like the Army, wants well-educated men most, refuses to set up a rigid schedule for the colleges. The Navy's plan, explained Joseph W. Barker, is to enlist 17-to-19-year-old students who will take a comprehensive examination after three semesters. If he passes the Navy's test, as well as his college exams, a student can go into Naval aviation at the end of his second year, or, if he elects engineering or other specialized work, can continue his course, get his degree, then his commission. The Navy wants...
...magnesium program was to enlist a new process that uses less power than present electrolytic methods: ferrosilicon. Pulverized and mixed with calcined dolomite (a common magnesium ore), the ferrosilicon reduces the ore in a vacuum, and magnesium of high purity results. Henry Ford, Union Carbide & Carbon and Canada's Dominion Magnesium Co. have been experimenting with the process for three years. All three will share in the new manufacturing program. So, using this or their own process, will American Metal Co., National Lead Co., Permanente Metals Corp., Dow Chemical (at present the only volume producer of magnesium), Mathieson Alkali...