THE ROTC AND YOU...
 The Military Forum will be of vital interest to every male student that
 enters the University. At this Forum, you will learn about the Reserve
 Officers Training Corps at the University of Florida.
 At this time, the Professors of Military Science and Tactics and of Air
 Science and Tactics will be present to outline the military courses offered,
 the opportunity offered to enroll in the advanced course, and the possibility of
 securing a commission in the Reserve Officers Corps, Army or Air Force. In
 the case of distinguished military students, an opportunity may be provided
 for application for commission in the regular Army or Air Force.
 The University of Florida, a land grant college, requires a minimum of two
 years basic military training of all students as prerequisite for graduation.
 There are certain exceptions to this requirement. Male students wth a requir-
 ed minimum period of service in the armed service, those who have physical
 disabilities, those who have received corresponding training in other ROTC
 units, and certain others, are exempt from military program at the Uni-
 versity. The Registrar has sole authority to determine those exempt from re-
 quired ROTC.
 Basic Course
 The Army and the Air Force Basic Courses include four semesters (2
 school years) of instruction. The completion of either the Army or the Air
 Force Basic Course discharges this obligation. You may express your choice be-
 tween training in the Army ROTC and the Air Force ROTC at the time of ad-
 mittance; the Military Departments will try to enroll you in the service of
 your choice. This cannot always be done.
 Students are issued uniforms and text books by the University and are held
 financially responsible for the care of such property and for its prompt return
 at the end of the school year.
 Perhaps the biggest question in your mind is whether enrollment in ROTC
 defers you from the draft. The answer is NO. However, a substantial per-
 centage of the freshmen enrolled in ROTC are deferred from Selective Service
 before the end of their freshman year. Selection for deferment is based upon
 evidence of qualities of leadership and achievement in military and academic
 subjects. If a student qualifies for deferment, he signs a deferment agreement
 with the ROTC and his draft board classifies him ID (military ROTC defer-
 ment). This deferment is maintained for two years of basic military un-
 less otherwise withdrawn by the ROTC Department or the University for
 failure to meet the required standards.
 Advanced Course
 The courses include four semesters (2 school years) of instruction at the
 University, plus a six-weeks summer camp at a military installation.
 Each student applicant for the Advanced Course must have completed the
 Basic course or have had previous military training acceptable as a substitute
 thereof. Students may apply for the Service (Army or Air Force) in which
 they were enrolled during the four semesters of the Basic Course. Final selec-
 tion of students from the list of applicants is made by the President of the
 University and the PMS&T and the PAS&T.











ROTC cadets, applying what they
have learned from Army Man- "
uals, engage in "dry run" firing
 practice.