The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
STUDENTS MAY GET
TASTEOF ARMY LIFE
War Department Will Con-
duct Military Instruction
Camps Next Summer

University, November 2s.-(special.)
Students in the colleges and universities
and in the graduating class of the high
schools of Alabama will have the oppor-
tunity of spending five weeks of the sum-
mer of 1914 in the students military in
struction camps, which are conducted by
the war department President George II
Denny, who is actively associated with
the movement put on foot by the gov
ernment to give students military train
ing during the summer. announces that
he has received a number of the copies
of the bulletin on the plans for the camps
in 1914 issued recently by the war de-
partment and that he will be glad tc
furnish information to any Alabama stu.
dents who are interested in the matter
The plan of holding these students
camps was first tried out last summer
at Monterey, Cal, and at Gettysburg, Pa
These camps proved to be such a sue
cess that next summer four of them
will be held; one in the lake region OF
northern New York state or farther east
in the mountain country, one in the
mountain and spring region of Virginia
or little to the south, one in the south
ern part of the middle states, and one
in the central section of the Pacific
coast.
1.-THE object of the camp is,' to quote
from the bulletin, ito give to the youns
men of the country who are desirous oi
accepting it the opportunity for shor
course in military training, in order tina
they may be better fitted to discharg'
their military duty to their country
should IL ever stand in need of theil
service
But this is by no means the sole ad
vantage to be derived from the camps by
the students. At moderate cost tn,
student has an opportunity to spend {
part of his vacation in most wholesome
profitable way out of doors in health
full climate with congenial company ant
plenty of exercise.
President Denny Is greatly interested II
the movement and expresses his approva
of it in no uncertain terms. 1T is 4
splendid opportunity for students" h,
says, particularly for boys from tn,
Gulf states. 1t gives them a chance t
spend good part of the months of July
and August in a bracing climate and t,
build themselves up for the ensuing
years work. But the feature that appeals
to me perhaps more than any other is thu
influence that these camps must exer
on those who take part in them. Stu
dents attend these camps from the grea
educational institutions in all parts o
the country, from Harvard, Yale, Prince
ton and other universities of equa
grade, and the social Intercourse an,
the exchange of ideas which must neces
sarily attend such a gathering canno
help but prove broadening.
The students who attended the camp
held during the past summer formed al
organization known as the Society o
the National Reserve corps for tn
United States. President Denny, aloni
with eight other prominent educators. i
a member of the advisory committee o
this society Associated with DR.. DEM,
on the committee are the following: J. G
IIibben. president OF Princeton university
A. L. Lowell, president of Harvard uni
versity; A. T. Hadley, president of Yal
university; H. b. Hutchins, president o
the University of Michigan; E. W. Mich
OILS, president of the Virginia Militar.
Institute; ]. H. Finley, president of tn
College of the City of New York; H.
Drinker, president of the Lehigh univer
sity, and Benjamin Ide Wheeler, pres
ident of the University Of California.