Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
EDUCATORS outline
POl|cY FOR WAR AID
Resolutions Urge Training Of
Youth for Constructive Work
After HostiIities.
OFFER FULL COOPERATION

The g assembly of educational adj
nainistr..tors and experts which met
yesterdxy in Memorial Continental
Hall lss In the afternoon unanimous
" adosted resolutions. submitted at
the mosning gathering. which provide
q conn, on policy in helping the gov
srnment solve its constantly changing
war preblems
This assembly was n joint conference
on the spart OF the National Association
Of Staa Universities, the Association
OF American Agricultural Colleges and
Euperilaent Stations. the Association
OF Am,s lean Universities. the Associa-
tion off American Colleges and certain
eovernsnent officials. The resolutions
look IL the establishment of a COM
prehen tive policy of collegiate Co
operation In regard TO two questions
how tse war may affect the colleges
and htsv the colleges may affect the
war rsney place the confereeS as
unanimously behind that part of the
advisors commission of the council OF
fationss defense which is known as
the "c,knmittee on science and re-
searchS including engineering and
education which is purely advisory,
and w'.ich Is intended to be a center
for this coordination of the resources
institui ions are in any way connected.
= Details of Policy.
.,,rhe resolutions were considered
earlier in the afternoon by different
groups of the college presidents. deans
and professors, and as forecast in yes
terday's Star. their final form did not
differ materially from the original
draft They recommend, with other
things that the five associations re-
quest TIE advisory commission 10 rec
ommer & that the council OF natonai
defens, approve a policy OF co-opera-
Ton which will make for the most Ell
fectiye. use during the war of the in
stitutif.ns represented by the conferees.
that tie associations request the com
unissiod to recommend that the adVlS-
DRY coslncil keep the institutions post
ed as 10 the needs for technical, mill
tary aud general training, to recon-
mend That the states relations service
Of the Department of Agriculture take
similas action as to agricultural needs,
and to recommend conferences at IN
tervals between the committee on ecu
cation of the advisory commission OF
the council and groups of educational
odicery to maintain. adjust ana
strengthen the educational system OF
The country.
..wohld Keep Young in Glasses.
Tn a, declaration of principles" in
PRODUCING the resolutions proper, the
belief Is stated that young men below
the as.e of liability to selective draft
and those not recommended for special
service should stay in the ciassrooms,
50 tina, later they may render most ef-
fective service. not only during the
var. but in the trying times which VIII
follow it.
Calendars and curricula of. colleges
are urged to be changed TO. utilize most
proftably the time of the students and
0fothe, institutions, and as an emergency
measure IL is suggested that"colleges
consider dividing the year into four
quarters of approximately twelve
weeks each. Students IN, medicihe,
agriculture, engineering. etc. It Is
pointed out. can render, through con-
6auance of training, more valuable
service than by enlisting. The belief Is
vide or encourage military training.
and that the colleges should include
such, in accordance with the provisions
Of the national defense act of June. 1915.
lit is recommended that the states re-
lations service and the bureau OF labor
he in every case the medium of COM
rpunication between the departments
and the colleges. The conferees en-
responsibility rests on the colleges in
disseminating information about the
Issues involved in the war and in m
tegpreting their meaning. ~
Would Continue Present Relations.
One addition to the original draft
was made-that nothing in the resolu-
tons be construed as advising any
change in the legal or administrative
relations existing between the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the agricul-
tural colleges.
In adopting the paragraph recon-
intending military training courses in
colleges il was announced as under
stood that those opposed to that form
Of instruction and service be not bound
thereby.
abstract of the document, which covers
three printed pages.
The conference was on the verge OF
an early adjournment. following quick
adoption of the revised resolutions.
when a spirited debate and pariiamen-
tary tangle arose over the question of
offering advice to the legislative branch
of the government.
Just as the delegates were making
preparatory moves for their hats and
coats President Wilbur of Leland
Stanford University delivered a pessi-
mistic speech on the affairs of our al
lies and the outlook for America based
he asserted. on information given him
from authoritative sources. He de-
plored the lack of constructive work
done by the conference.
- Proposes War Council.
He offered a resolution demanding
that the government be at once organ
lied on war council basis, with the
President at its head, and that the
coVncil of national defense urge on
Congress not only needed power for the
President. but creation of three new
federal departments to control NUM-
ticns. shipping and food. He was Sec
onded by another far westerner," who
DECLARED that If the conference ended
with nothing more constructive done
than had been accomplished, that fact
x9uld be but Characteristic of college
presidents. All work 80 far was but
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