My Story No. 13 - A bumpy Road to College
My Story No. 13 - A bumpy Road to College Change in regulation I tendered my resignation on September 17, 1956, asking permission to leave my position. There was no answer. On October 1, to my surprise and dismay, a new circular reached my Regional Headquarters. The Ministry of National Defense had changed its policy. The new regulation stipulated that military personnel going to college were limited to studying Engineering and Technology; no social science or literature was allowed. It also said that those who got into college would receive a stipend equal to the salary of their last position. The time spent in college would count as military service, and thus they would not lose seniority, which would affect their promotion after finishing college and returning to the military. If this regulation had been issued in the first place, I would have been very happy because engineering and technology were my original interest. But since I had already passed the very competitive college e