Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-18
Colleges and War


/ trimming technical men at American I'M
iversities, those institutions have been
changed more in one year past than in
any other quarter century Of their ex-
istence. Military barracks and even tent
| camps have been erected on campuses.
| athletic fields have been turned into drill
| grounds; freshmen in ga,Idy caps and soph
omores exploiting the latest thing n
| college styles have been replaced hy large
| bodies Of busy men in khaki
Above all the traditional college nj
| mosphere' Of carefrec pranklshness and
n somewhat eisurcly pursuit Of Irrcle-
| want learning in the nane oi culture. have
gone down before the grim spirit and
! severly practical requirements Il war
time IIazing class rlishes booze parties
and All the other stunts that used to
occupy the abundant leisure Of the IN
dcrgraduntes have gone tho way ot the
more purely cultural studies whIrh be
neglected. for them
The wnr first bit the colleges ia The form
Of greatly reduced ATTENDANCE Secretary
of War Baker made plea for "coiege as
| usual but Il wns not needed by tho
college man Young free ri the irammels
Of marriage and business, and full Of the
spirit of adventure, thc undergraduates
rcspondcd 10 the war call m larger inca
sure than any other class They did not
wait TO be drafted. they enlisted m bunch
cs.
TwENTY- FIVE PER CENT SERVING.
Twenty-Five pnr cent Of thcm are IN
| the service, and some institutions have
lost "a high as forty per cont 81 their
normal Attendance his was a ecrlnus
| blow 10 many of the colleges for they
| depended upon tuition and other student
| fees for about one-thlrd ~ their incomes
Accordingly q large committee ~ e'i1.
cntors came 10 Washington and suggested
| Boxer that the colleges re used ~ the
| War Department as training schools fer
| the numerous technical men which we're
| needed The plan. elaborated ~ the
| Federal Board for Vocational Eduoation
vas adopted. and the mIfarization
Of the American universities took place
| m q SURPRISINGLY short tune Already
many of them are teaching largc bodie-
| nf uon. under military discipline - -
mechanics. engineers. photographers and
| teehniclans If a variety of other KINDS
| Columbia niver<tv tho oldest and on"
/ 81 the greatest 81 American college.
/ j. an armed camp under one hundred end
twenty-five officers
Four thousand ofFrcrs n The reserve.
N sounds of one hundred are here honR
/ trained under military discipline ~
university j. also the government uiiti-
/ fary school of photography and flne-
matopraphy Scbool- "a navigation and
/ aviation are - be added ~ the
athletic fields marines blIc lAckct and
! other recruits are tn liz -cen drilling
] morning and evening and even 81 mgr
undar the CLAIR % grs.t ~carrhllghts
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Tie Transformation of American col
leges INTO var srhooI- L being watched
! 81 educator. and alnrnni wIrh he greatest
,.t,ro.t f..- t|,ny,. I. rea4on Ia t,r4pvc hat