Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1945, Nice, Alpes Cote D'Azur                                July 1945 unit school rectors Are not available within nit they May be requisitioned a the next higher Catalon of courses suggests is of personnel who May be died As instructors for each use for the instructors i fictions for the two courses Small business Are High school graduation or the and some business sex College work in business administration is some suggested sources for instructors Are Chain store Man Ager san accountant san lawyer san vocational adviser san purchasing agent or buyer san 1 and economist Nese occupations can be checked Rains the form 661 and 20 of be officers and enlisted men in in it is expected that approximately Joo schools to serve More than troops will be re key administrative of fers and enlisted men have Al 5dy been trained to conduct these tools in the army information education staff schools in prance and it is estimated that a total of administrative personnel and instructors must be trained in command training schools within the major com mands to conduct the program about textbooks have been allocated by the War depart ment to the european theater of operations for use in the of these approximately have already arrived in the Thea and have been Distri buted to the selecting courses troops will have free Choice As to what phase of the program they will follow and will select the courses in which they Are most educational advisement officers will assist them in select ing subjects in line with their Post War plans and ambitions and their previous experience and ail courses to be offered in the command unit schools have been divided into blocks of each Block requiring 20 hours of study and so far As possible each Block is made Independent of subsequent blocks so that if a student stops in the Middle of a course to go he will still have benefited from the the courses to be offered in the command unit and technical continued on Page d a command in France i Sti dents take a break z to you in the various schools Mem repair be shop mechanics University centers in of accounting Erial Law Ana banking problems tonal i growing grow ing y of Art history ifs of philosophy mini Pra guidance Foremy drawing English literature american government botany household physics and scores of other  automobile Radiator repair automobile electrician automobile body repair automobile mechanics mechanics diesel mechanics tire rebuilding electric motor repair electrician training Railroad car repair refrigeration Cha pics Blacksmith general floating Crane operation ringing combination welding Ukaj technician training pharmacy technician training medical Laboratory technician training training within civilian agencies scores of the normally found in of night colleges and l colleges an see your unit i Ami e a Corporal instructs a Parachute regiment unit school class in livestock production and Dairy cattle raising i universities and tech school the european theater of operations will operate two army University centers and one centralized technical these institutions will be very similar to universities and vocational schools now operating in the United sessions will be of eight weeks courses in the army University study centers will be open to warrant officers enlisted members of the army nurse corps and no provi Sion is made for female student personnel in the centralized tech Nical students will be on detached service from their units during the eight weeks they will return to their respective units upon the completion of the session unless their units Are Alert for departure from the theater prior to the completion of the in which category n personnel Are returned to their units immediately and category in personnel Are transferred to the appropriate redeployment Center upon completion of for eventual return to the United army University centers two army University centers Are being one of these will be located at Shrivenham in eng land and is scheduled to open 30 the other will be at on the coast of Southwest France and will open 20 the courses thought will be comparable to those of the average under graduate College in the United students attending must have a High school education or equiv courses will cover subjects in the Fields of com Fine Liberal i and the the staff other than and general housekeeping personnel will include army officers who were formerly University professors in the states and prominent civilian civilian instructor personnel has been selected from professors in the United states who to instruct in the army University these Are being granted leaves of absence from their uni Only personnel who have demonstrated marked Success in their respective Fields have been Over 150 colleges and universities in the United states will be detailed records will be kept of each course that is taken by Stu dents in the University centers and technical upon completion of courses certificates will be issued to the students showing the courses taken and grades showing the efficiency of the student while at these a permanent record err of work done and degree of proficiency attained will be available in the War department for All Dis charged soldiers through entries made on individual personnel re at the time of discharge a Soldier will be Giyen a record of his army career including educational this record May be presented for evaluation for credit at schools and colleges in the United centralized technical school the theater centralized technical school opens at eng in courses will be available in the various trades such As aircraft and engine Auto radio repair and machine shop me courses will be of 8 weeks duration and the purpose of the school will be to provide vocational training for qualified military per a student will also be Able to up Mariye in on  he will be Able specialize As an in engine ignition diesel fuel injection air plane Hydra or Blue print instructors for the centralized technical school Are being selected from military personnel in the theater and in the United states army instructors will be Plemen Ted by expert civilian technicians obtained from manufacturers and from existing vocational schools and Industrial train ing schools in the United the civilian personnel obtained will bring with them modern trends in Industry and new tones of equip new types of equipment now in experimental stages in the United states that have not been placed on the Market will be presented to technical school students so that they will be familiar with the mechanical operation and maintenance of this equipment when they re turn to the United civilian personnel have also been selected from the construction industries who will teach modern trends in construction now being taught in the United requirements for admission to the centralized technical school will be prior experience in the Trade or vocation or demonstrated aptitude in the course requested by the the capacity of each of the army University centers and centralized technical schools will be Stu it has been necessary to place certain restrictions on the selection of students entering these centers As facilities Are not Avail Able for students who wish to Start in a new research sur Veys have indicated that interest m these courses will be far higher than the number which can be accommodated and information and education officers charged passing upon applications and with the distribution of information concerning these courses will be required to make careful selections those students who from the course to studying for the army education program is packed with Pra Tuai Cou