The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-03
sE.AMANsRIP UNIVERSITY
At GREAT LAKES STATION
Largest school in AmerIca u Esisb
llshed by Uncle Sam.

ilsh~d by Uncle Sam.
Great Lakes. H.. Oct. The pro
posed Great Lakes naval training sta
ton university. for the teaching OF
searnanshlp and it, allied arts. Is a.
surei, as the last Of the preparatory
branches. the y.oman school. was open
ed recently.
Fifteen thousand youths are In train
ing al Great Lakes. the largest enroll
ment of any institution in America. Fa'
NOUS and honored as the seats of learn
ing the world over are. none can com
pare In size To Uncle Sans own school
at the big naval station. The faculty j.
unexceiled for proficiency In its various
lines The members are all experts In
the arts Of taking and saving human
lives. for just "a much attention H. paid
10 the embryo gunner's mate as 10 the
hospital apprentice, though the busi-
ness Of one * To- XIII and the other to
save.
The resemblance OF GIeat. Lakes To
the big universities Il perhaps best H.
lustiated In the athletic department.
Some fine athletes from middle-western
colleges are members of the football
sduad and the coaching Of the gridiron
men Is in the hands ~ Lieutenant En-
met; ANGEL. assistant surgeon. l.. : y.
with record OF ,eighten years collegi-
ate experience. This period covers afiil-
iations with Harvard, Yale. Wisconsin,
Oregon Agricultural college and West
ern Reserve The baseball squad, un-
der the tuteiage' of former Org Lacquer.
Felix Chouinard. is just winding up
successful season. Boxing. wrestling
and other sports are in the hands of
experts.
Tr.t;,,ing m Nm. schools.
Special training is given In nine in
| struction schools on the station. The
daily classes are attended by 5c0e men.
The length of the course vary and
many bright students quaify in frac-
tion OF the allotted time.
To the student rookie" one of the
most attractive branches IL the radio
school. Two towers. 400 feet hieh. with
power to receive and transmit messages
as far as the Panama canal, enable the
students To yet practical experience In
wireless telegraphy. Three hundred stu
dents are graduated every three months
in radio. They complete the course in,
the naval reserve radio school at Har
ward University
One thousand students are. attending
| classes in the hospital school. learning
To care for the sick and wounded. Many
Of the students are university gradu
ates and several are registered physi.
clans. In the medical branch instruc-
ton is given i'm pharmacy botany. bac
injured. IL is planned to graduate ..
500 students year.
Big Gunnery School.
Another interesting department Of
the big training depot is the gunnery
school. Youths who show aptitude for
this highly essential arm OF the service
are entered for a two months training
course. Before they are mated and
sent To sea they must be able To take
apart and replace guns of every caliDer |
USED in the feet Sixteen hundred gun
ners mates a year will he turned out OF
this school.
Uncle Sam viii be furnished l.2OO
quartelmasters each twelve months By |
the Great Lakes station There is no |
connection between a quarterInastcr inI
the navy and man of the same title |
in the army. The navy man has charge !
Of the steering of the ship and also of /
signals. This course is thorough and |
lasts eight months.
Before Jul, J next year 1.sOQ cox
-wains win have been graduated from
the school TO the petty officers in |
charge Of small boats. The cOxswains
school Also gives advanced courses in
artillery. signaling deck and marlin
spike seamanyhip.
As everything depends upon the PRO
fc.ency. -ision and speed o. the men
vino signal in the navy only exception
ally apt students can qualify for rhis
branch. They are hand-picked by their
company commanders and 200 signal.
men are sent 10 sea every two months
Must BE Well Fed. 81
Blueiackets must be We'll fed and the
food must be prepared by experts To
insure the proper preparation Of food
cooks and commissary school has been
ON the station Plain and
fancy cooking is taught the men by
chefs who have spent years in the serv
ice
All clerical work in the navy is done
by yeomen. They keep the books. type