The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-18
SCHOOLAT
COLLEGE STARTS
THE FACULTY OF INSTRUCTION
is HEADED BY PROFESSOR
II. B. MATHEWS
OVER TWO HUNDRED BOYS Of STATE HERE
Army Captain Is Commandant, Assist.
ed BY Two Lieutenant Instructors
And A Medical Officer


The school for vocational instruc-
ton for army service opened at State
College on Monday, but the late ar
rival of some few of the men from
western counties made it impossible
to get down to the full schedule of
work until yesterday. Every day will
be a full day for the boys and they
will not have very much time for play
or outside amusements. Six hours Of
shop and class room work will cover
the vocational program for each day
and to that will be added three hours
Of drill in military tactics. Monday
was spent in receiving the men and
Tuesday was taken up with the sort
ing them into the classes in which
they will study and take instruction.
In addition to the nine hours daily
given to the instruction a certain por-
ton of the time will be allowed for
study period, so that the days work
may be reviewed and the student get
the full benefit of the knowledge
learned.
Capt. K. w. Hotchkiss is the COM
mandant and will be assisted in the
military instruction by Lieuts. j. w.
Shepard and A. r. Warner. Capt. r.
NJ. Nichols is the medical officer as
signed to the school and will give
close and constant attention to the
health of the men. 1t is expected that
an officer of the Quartermasters De-
partment will be here soon to look af-
ter the supplies for the school and see
to the uniforming Of the men. Capt.
JOY, who represents the committee on
education of the war department. was
here on Tuesday and consulted with
Capt. Hotchkiss regarding the work
to be given. 1t is the policy of the
ficer make visits to these schools SC
that the work may be co-ordinated
and the instruction be uniform. 1t
is expected that the time of the men
will be wholly taken up with their
studies and drill, but if n recrea-
ton time can be found, athletic activ-
tiles will be INDUCED in under the di-
rectiOn of one of the officers. The
ladies' dormatories have been trans
farral into harronl-c onI tho n % 70
comfortably housed, though the alb
sence of blankets, shipped by the
quartermaster at Chicago, but not re-
ceived, made the first two nights a
little of a hardship.
The public is not expected to flock
up to the college and manifest too
much interest in the work of these
men. 1t must be understood hat this
is a military camp and the campus
will be used for drill purposes. Autos
are warned not to use the college
drives during drill time and the drills
and aneuv may be watched as
well from the street as at a closer dis
lance. The Register believes that
Brookings people will remember that
we have a military camp in our midst
and that the officer in charge is the
one to make the rules and regulations
for its government. We have surren-
dered the college and grounds to the
national government to help win the
war and the usual liberties that
Brookings people have enjoyed around
the buildings and grounds will have
to be curtailed for military reasons.
Capt. Hotchkiss is a very affable gen
tleman and will grant the public all
the privileges that are consistent with
the maintenance of discipline and the
doing of the work that the school was
inaugurated for. With the splendid
plant and the fine corps of teachers
the boys who take training at State
College are bound to stand well when
it comes to the examinations in the
ranks. There is talk of another
course of instruction following this
one, and that the government may use
this means of instruction for the vo-
cations all during the winter. We
who know the faculty feel confident
that the teaching here will be of the
highest order.