El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
MARINES AND Naval
MILITIA have GOOD
TIME At San DIEGO
SANTA FEAN FINDS INSPIRING
EIGHT AT THE EXPOSITION
GROUNDS; WHOLESOME IN.
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IAN unusual but patriotic and crate.
full task has fallen to the School OF
American Recearch In connection with
the museum at San Diego" said Paul
Ia. r. walter, Secretary Of the Museum
Just back from San Diego. today.
THE museum occupies the buildings
of the California Quadrangle, and sey-
eral of the adjoining structures at
the Exposition grounds In Balboa
Park, while the remaining buildings
have been assigned to the United
States marine and the naval militia
for their quarters. The officers OF the
marines make their headquarters in
the New Mexico building and the nav
al militia In the Painted Desert, con-
structed by Jesse Nusbaum. The
Home Products Building has been
transformed into Y. M. G. A rooms
and it is a pleasure to see SO many OF
the men take advantage Of the facili-
ties offered for their entertainment
under Christian auspices. II addition
to reading room facilities, the Y. M.
%. A. has three billiard tables, a play
or piano and equipment for various
games. But still more remarkable, as
la demonstration of the caliber and
character of the army that Uncle Sam
is raising, lis the demand OF the mill
tia for lectures, concerts, classes OF
instruction, summer school,. Any af-
ternoon you may see a thousand or
more yuong fnen, attired lin faudtless
white, before the great out-of-doors
pipe organ, not only listening to
strains OF classic music but applaud
ing in a way that demonstrates intense
interest and much Discrimination. Vo-
calists as we'll as instrumental play
ers of San Diego offer their services
free for the entertainment OF the men.
The classes in French are partict.
larly popular. In fact, nearly every
enlisted man is attending some class
or other. AS many OF the men come
straight from the universities, the in
structors are selected from the ranks.
The museum has arranged a large
room in what was the Science of Man
Building and now houses the archaeo.
logical exhibit from New Mexico and
the beautiful mural paintings of the
cliff dwellings by Gerald Cassidy. d.
rector Hewett delivers two lectures
each evening on anthropology and
archaeology to an audience composed
entirely of members of the militia.
The school has appointed a number of
fellows who teach classes in psycholo-
|gy, literature n art. In the latter
class, Anderson Hill, a San Diego
High School pupil, who was with the
archaeological expedition at the Puye
last year is an assistant. OF great
help to the class in art, are of course,
the exhibits by artists in the Fine
Arts building. One of these exhibits
at present is that of William Penhal-
low Henderson of the Santa Fee Art
Colony, and Of course, the Beaure-
guard exhibit, which is coming back
to Santa Fe as soon as the new mu-
scum building is completed.
Miss Schofeld, Miss George and
others have been appointed fellows
of the school and are in charge of elias
SEES. Madame Montessori today . in
~augurates a class in educational train
ing. There are to be classes in Italian
as well as in history and literature.
That the men are intensely interested
in this work and prefer it to the dt-
versions offered down town, is illumiu-
ating. There was a characteristic in.
cident last Thursday. The naval mill
tia authorities sent word that they
needed accommodations for 200 more
men who had just arrived from Utah.
Director Hewett with the aid of a
squad Of the naval militia on the
grounds, cleared out the second floor
Of the sacramento building and in the
course of three hours had placed 200
cots. When the young men had COM
pleted their task in double quick time,
they were asked: what will you have,
boys?s With one accord they shout
ed: ''Ice cream cones"
"The good cheer, the apparent hap
piness, the absence Of the crouch and
pessimism among the men are factors
that impress visitors. There are sew
en- hours of stiff drilling each day
but the men go to their daily task JOY.
fully and what is more have the spirit
and energy to put in hard study the
leisure hours after the days military
duties"
Education Survey
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