The War Department has approved a plan to enroll college students in its Enlisted Reserve Corps and defer their call to active duty until after graduation, it was unofficially announced by Colonel Z. E. Lawhon, Army representative, at the annual meeting of the Council on Eduation in Chicago.

Calling attention to the speech, yesterday, A. James Casner, chairman of the War Service Information Committee, emphasized that details of the plan were not yet available. Nevertheless, it is expected to open all branches to the Army to college students.

College Training Valuable

"The Sophomore of today is excellent officer material, but the same man after graduation is infinitely better prepared for the Army," Colonel Lawhon said. The Army must have at least 35,000 college graduates who have technical training each year, he further emphasized.

Students enlisting in the Corps will pursue a program which is in general along the lines desired by the Army. Their deferment is contingent on the maintenance of satisfactory grades.