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Army Didn't Clarify AST,
s Princeton President
Suncfay, March 12, 1944
Say
In a signed article in the
New York Herald Tribune last
week, Dr. Harold W. Dodds. presi
dent of Princeton university, writ
ing about the recent curtailment
of the AST Program, declared
that "the army never succeeded
in making clear to the trainees
how the basic curriculum pre
pared them specifically to be more
valuable soldiers."
"To those familiar with the re
cent experience of the ASTP and
who have watched the political
pressures growing up against it,
its days have seemed numbered,'
Dr. Dodds commented. "So far
as an outside observer could judge,
the army had not succeeded in
digesting AisiF or in finding a
real place for it in the pattern
of this war. Indeed, it didn't seem
to be trying very hard to do so,
and rumors of serious intra-
departmental differences regarding
progra m were
the
the value of
many.
No OCS for Trainees.
Princeton's head recounted that
not long after the basic course
opened, the trainees were, told
that contrary to earlier expecta
tions, very few if any would pass
on to officer training. "Despite
their disappointment," he said,
"the vast majority appreciated the
opportunity to go to college."
"Yet what was worse than the!
closing of the door to OCS," con
tinued President Dodds, "was the
fact that the army never suc
ceeded in making clear to the
trainees how the basic curriculum
prepared them specifically to be
more valuable soldiers. Moreover,
nee their course had been com
pleted the army seemed to have
no posts available which directly
capitalized their training at the
colleges."
Discussing the import of the
ASTP on educational theory. Dr.
Dodds concluded his article by
stating:
"Had the ASTP continued it
might have exerted a postwar
impact on higher education of wide
social significance. The manner
of its ending will neutralize this
impact to a considerable extent.
However, critics who contrast the
army training experience with the
navy program must not forget
that the army was confronted
with problems and pressures of
quite different magnitudes than
the navy."
AST Termination Regretted.
"It is nevertheless to be fe
gTetted that an ambitious program
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of great original merit is being
terminated thnough no fault of the
colleges, which were loyally and
proficiently doing the work they
were asked to perform."
ARMY
NEWS
Army Wrestling Tournament
Opens Tuesday Night at 7:30
Plans have been completed by
the athletic department to hold
an All-Service Wrestling tourna
ment this week in the coliseum,
Wrestling Coach Jerry Adam an
nounced last week. Forty-six
trainees have already signed up
for the tournament which will pit
ASTs against the aviation stu
dents. Further entries will be ac
cepted till 5:30 Monday night.
Those who have not weighed in
at one of the eight weight groups
must do so any time tomorrow.
They may weigh in with any of
the PT coaches or with the shower
room equipment man.
The preliminaries are scheduled
to be run off Tuesday night at
T:30 in the basement of the coli
seum with the finals following at
some later date this week conve
nient to both ASTs and ASs.
Certificates will be awarded to
first and second place winners in
each group. The weight groups
will be 124 pounds or under, 131,
139, 148, 158, 168, 178 and heavy
weight (over 178 pounds).
Several of the entries so far re
ceived have had college wrestling
experience, with one former UN
varsity performer in the tourna
ment Ray Starostka wrestled for
Nebraska last year. Don Good of
the Air Corps was a bonebender
at Ohio State, while AST Capo-
ferrl performed at Brooklyn col
lege. Do Pop and D, Wilson,
Air Corps, both wrestled in high
school.
The majority of entrants are.
novices. According to Coach
Adam, this should make the com
petition keener and fairer to every
entrant.
The list of entries received to
date is as follows: Air Corps
Crandall, Davis, Estrin, Good,
Greer, Green, Heaton, Henshaw,
Hirsch, Hubbard, Isca, Kenney,
Roberts (R.), Reese, Schottmiller,
Smith (G.C.), Schmidt, Wilson
and Yazich. ASTP Adams, An
thony, Bauermeister, Capoferri,
Ferree, Fuller, Forsythe, Guide
rella, Heafey, Hobbs, Hymas, Jex,
Johnson, Kaliago, Kelsey, Lupsor,
Matz, Ness, Price, Pope, Roberts
(G.N.), Rodgers, Schroeder, Smith
(S.K.), Starostka, Taussig and
Tatanus.
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