The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-26
COLLEGES IN WAR
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT A
MEETING IN CHICAGO.

l A meeting of the Association o
American Colleges was held in Chi
Icago, April 18th. This meeting wa
called by the President of Lake For.
est College, John A. Nollen. Some
thirty-eight institutions were rep
resented.
Colonel Arthur Thayer, U. S. A.
addressed the gathering ON the sub
! iect of The Officers Reserve Corps;
Mr.. A. r. Brunker spoke concerning
the intercollegiate Intelligence Blu
reau;" Mr.. J. ]. o'Conner presented
the work of the American Red Cross
and Mr.. Wharton Clay spoke upon the
subject Recruiting for Military
Camps For Officers"
The resolutions adopted were as
follows:
First: That we approve the i'm
mediate institution of military train
ing or other forms of preparation for
service of the country in war, and if
necessary to this end, the abandon
ment of intercollegiate athletic
schedules; recognizing, however, the
ACCESSIBILITY of continuing the usual
forms of physical training and ath-
letics in so far as these do not inter
fere with definite preparation of
students for the national services.
Second: That pending definite
announcement of plans by the gov
ernment, students be advised to con-
tinue thcir collegiate work and to
combine with it all possible training
for government service.
Third: That We favor plans similar
to those proposed by the Bureau of
Education or the intercollegiate In
telligence Bureau, for securing from
the colleges and universities infor-
nation, which may be of value to the
government at this critical time, con-
corning the specialized training Of
their alumni and students, and that
We recommend that each institution
gather such data as here proposed
and that such be kept on file SO as
10 provide important information re-
yarding the fitness of these alumni |
md students to do specialized work |
needed by the government during the
war.
Fourth: That reasonable and pro-
,ortionate credit be given for student |
work in military theory and practice
lnder competent instructors, on the
'ame basis as regular curriculum
work, military practice being weight
ID as laboratory work;
That in cases of enlistment of stu
tents and entrance upon government |
service before the end of the present |
full credit for the work of |
The semester be given on the basis of |
he work already done, or that |
Ilanket credit of passed" be given, !
# that proportionate credit be grant |
d for academic work actually com I
'leted and, in case of those who en-
list, an additional credit for military
raining be granted sufficient to-
sether to constitute a full semester's
york; and that a statement of the
acts involved in such credits be
made matter of collegiate record;
That in cases of senior students
government service before
he end OF the semester, the prescrib-
ID degree be granted, if necessary in
lbsentia, provided all conditions
necessary to graduation have been
UTILIZED so far as possible up to the
line of enlistment or Of entering
government service.
Fifth: That in all college func-
ions there should be practiced the
Utmost economy with a view to CON
CRYING all the resources of the coun-
ry for the great and serious emer-
,ency which now confronts our ma
ion. /
Sixth: That we wish to express
o the President of the United States
md to Congress our Judgment that,
n the interests of a spirit of democ-
acy and to enable the government
o meet promptly and adequately it's
responsibility and opportunity in con 4
lection with the present war, ade-
Iuate military forces be secured by
system of selection based upon uni
'ersal liability to service.
The Secretary was instructed to
to the President the
ointment embodied in the sixth res
'lution.
Richard Watson Cooper, I,
Secretary Association of I,