Information On Attending
Coast Guard School
‘Continued from Page Five*
Preparatory School by writing
Coast Guard District headquar
ters at Ketchikan.
- Purpose of the class, Lt. Dwyer
pointed out, is to enable a select
group of eligible men to receive
specialized instruction in subjects
emphasized in the Coast Guard
Academy entrance examination,
held each year. Graduates of the
four-year Academy course receive
Ensign’s commissions in the Reg
ular Coast Guard.
High school graduation is not
mandatory for entrance to the
Preparatory School, since such
subjects as algebra, trigonometry,
solid geometry, English and phys
ics, are included in the course, Lt.
Dwyer said. Applicants must,
however, have accumulated high
school credits totalling five units
in required subjects, plus six and
a half units in optional credits.
Those required are: one unit of
elementary algebra, one unit
plane geometry, two units of Eng
lish one unit of physics or chem
istry with laboratory work. In the
optional group may be included
foreign languages <if two or more i
units*, social science, biological
i science, mathematics, mechanical
drawing and arts, third and fourth
year English and aeronautics.
Applicants who meet these re
quirements will be interviewed,
given a general classificatiQn test
and another on arithmetical rea
soning and reading. In order to
enter the preparatory school, they
are enlisted in the Coast Guard
I Reserve, and if accepted for train
| ing and subsquently for appoint
j ment as a cadet, they must agree
to remain unmarried during both
' the preparatory and academy
courses.
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Currently, the Coast Guard is i
interviewing other 17 to 22-year
old men for competitive Academy
examinations that are to be held i
in Ketchikan and other cities
throughout the nation on May 9th
and 10th. Top candidates of this
group, all of whom have fulfilled
| educational and physical require
ments without attending the pre
paratory school, are to begin their
four year course at New London
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Mr. Goodman was a former
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