The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-27
col LECE Men SHOW PATRIOTISM
by ENLISTING in The FORCES OF
UNITED STATES ARMY And navy
Figures Show That 65 Per Cent of Students of Yale and
Harvard Have Taken UP Some Form Of War Work
Other institutions Show Nearly AS Well

rolled in the senior classes, which an
clude most of the men above the age
of 81 years. The record of Dart
mouth was a notable one, for one
third of it's undergraduate body en-
listed at once and II per cent addi-
tional< engaged in indirect war SER
vice. Practically all who remained
for the completion of the collegs year
enrolled in military training courses
which required from twelve to twen-
ty-four hours Of work. a week.
Trinity and Colby have shown of
what stuff the smaller colleges are
made. Over one-fourth Of Trinity's
total enrolment enlisted within a
short time of the declaration Of war,
considerable proportion of them in
part of the 101st Machine Gun Bat
TALON. One-third of the students at
Colby who were physically fit offered
themselves to- their country when the
call came.
The agricultural schools of New
England were not slow in responding
| to the appeal for men. The Connec-
ticut Agricultural College at Storrs
closed on May IL with only twenty
students left out of an enrolment OF
| 1872, the Massachusetts, Agricultural
/ College closed on April 10 to allow
99.8 per cent of its enrolment of 470
to go into some form OF war work
The New Hampshire Agricultural
college released four-fifths Of its
men. OF the 1910 men enrolled in
the agricultural department of Maine
| University 200 left college to go onto
farms and every man of the agricu1.
! tural department Of the University Of
/ Vermont volunteered his services te
! aid the government in raising foo6
FOR its soldiers and those of the Allies
In the three agricultural colleges OF
Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, 81 per cent of the stud
ents left to go into war work Of ONT
kind or another. mostly, of course, il
farming where they could be of thu
most value .s
The entire teaching staff of tn,
IConnecticut Agricultural College wen
into extension work under the aus
pices of the committee on food sup
4 ply Of the Connecticut State Council
of Defense. four of It's members serv
ling in the offices of, the committee
} One of their most important accom-
plishments was the training of eight
women as expert Gamers through
} six weeks intensive course. "a
In addition to the agricultural worl
for which these men volunteers.
: their services, Ii per cent. Of the stu
, dents at the Connecticut College, so
per cent. of the Massachusetts an
| 16 per cent of the New Hampshir
: students enlisted directly for militar
or naval service.
The undergraduates Of the technic
al schools were advised, by thei
' teachers when the war started t
5 stick to their studies so that the
Z would be more efficient when Gale
t to take up government tasks. Mo.
e of them did, and directly upon grad
; uation the members of the senic
r class of the Massachusetts, Institut
:, of Technology, sfor instance were tax
: en- into the service of large munitior
: and shiD building plants working o
r government contracts. In addition 1
: these, 16 per Gent. of the student
Z without waiting to qualify as engi1
: GERS or scientists. Joined the coiors.