?_——.—? producers it was one of the first in the nation to be granted a resident project - in connedtion with the national defense training program. In addition to this specialized defense training which some 1300 students received at this institution in the last year, the California Polytechnic school is constantly turning out men trained in the technical aspects of agriculture and industry — two fields in~ disputably essential to our national safety. Many of these graduates have already become key men in our war industries and in our vast "Food for Victory'program. In the following report, considerable explanation has been given to various aSpects of the defense training program operating in the school, and for that reason certain other activities, which have been given considerable attention in previous reports have been described in more brief form. This does not mean that there has been any slackening in the regular educational program, but rather that a great deal of additional effort is being made to make the defense training program successful.