The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications 6-1943 Maine Alumnus, Volume 24, Number 9, June 1943 General Alumni Association, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation General Alumni Association, University of Maine, "Maine Alumnus, Volume 24, Number 9, June 1943" (1943). University of Maine Alumni Magazines. 500. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines/500 This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. limy Specialized I Training Program (j NIFORMED students maich to classes in Stevens, Aubert, and Rogers Halls and the Alumni Memorial Gymnasium. Martial feet tread the campus roads. Mili tary drill and intensive physical education condition the soldiers for their future tasks. Students of the A.S.T.P. have arrived at the University. For the I niversity this new student body brings a responsibility and an opportunity. 0 UR responsibility is that of helping to perfect these soldiers for the great task of victory. The lecture periods and laboratory hours they will attend here will help to supply the nation’s Army with men trained for leadership. And leader ship remains always the one greatest need of the fighting forces. A.S.T.P. also brings to the University the opportunity to make available to the Government its buildings and equipment and to make use of the skills of faculty members.