The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-18
COLLEGE HEADS
WANT WARRIOR
STUDENTS READY
favor Movement at All Uni.
yersitics for Military
Training in Camps.
GEN. WOOD MEETS
WITH

A. the annual meeting yesterday Of
ara Advisory Committee Of University
residents formed 20 assist In the work
=, huilling up n national reserve corps
,,ronr college students. a report was
.aor,ed recommending that the heads OF
=, Tho colleges OF the country encourage
.,dents 90 Join the summer military
,,,lninv camps established by the Gov
.-,nen, for the purpose Of strengthen
-, the campaign for national prepared
.sss The committee Endorsed the work
.sa, has been done at the military camps
md laid especial emphasis on the edu-
,a.ioral value of the training.
The committee met In the Century As
.,la,,o, building. 4 West F'orty-third
..ree, John q. Hibben, president Of
p-nce.on University. was chairman.
rvo additional members were elected to
ma committee, Harry A. Garfield, presi-
d,n. of Williams College. and A. c.
uumphieys. president Of stevens 1nsti-
MT. Among those present were Presi-
Se,, Henry :. Drinker OF Lehigh, Presi-
Aen, II. A. Garfield Of Williams, Chan
csllor J. n. Kirkland of Vanderbilt Uni
,nIty and Brighten. T.. w. Nichols,
sunerintendent Of the Virginia Military
institute. Major-Gen. Leonard Wood.
representing the Government. was also
there to hear the opinions OF the COM
mitee and make recommendations to
Washington accordingly.
Other Educators in Committee.
others who are members OF the com.
s,l,,ee but were unable to attend the
meeting yesterday are Presidents A.
lawrence Lowell of Harvard. Arthur r.
Hadley OF Yale. II. b. Hutchins Of the
University OF Michigan, George II.
penny OF the University OF Alabama,
BENJAMIN 1de Wheeler Of the University
Of California, J. q. Schurman of Cornell
md Edmund j.. James Of the University
O. Illinois, and DIR. John II. Finley.
Commissioner Of Education OF New
York.
The members Of the committee dis
eus.ed informally the benefits which
have accrued from the Governments
military camps and urged the continual
ton Of the work on broader lines to in
cr-ase the student enrolment. As a
result, II is expected hat the Govern
n.nt will establish more Of these train
,ne camps next year for students and
business men.
The committee was formed three
years ago at the suggestion Of Major
0en. Wood. who asked the heads of
various institutions to aid in the de-
y.lopment OF the summer training camps
Of rcolege students.
Iaterest Of Students Grows.
The first camps were established in
III. summer Of 1918 at Gettysburg and
Rt the Presidio. The course OF instruc-
ton lasted five weeks. There were 800
students in attendance. In 1914 camps
we're established at Burlington, VT,
Asheville, y. G., and L~udington, Mich.
The number of students attending
Jumped to TOO. This year more than
loo students were enrolled and an ad-
dtional camp WAS opened at Plattsburg.
We regard this movement as in no
way militaristic." said "A member of the
committee, yesterday. Its object Is to
train the students Of our colleges and
therefore serve "A useful purpose to the
country. The education which the
students receive under officers OF the
amy is Of the greatest value to them
and to the nation and we feel that the
sumner CAMPS are agencies for good
which III universities should do their
utmost to encourage