Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-21
AGRICULTURAL
WORK IN FRANCE
Dean Harry Hayward Of Delaware
College Gives an Idea OF
What is TO be Done.
Special Correspondence or EVERY Evening

Special Corrcsponocnce or Every Evening
Newark, Dec. 21.-Dean Harry nay
ward outlined in an able address TO the
students and faculty of Delaware College
his plans for agricultural work IN Franco,
which he has been asked 10 undertake.
Dean HAYWARD expects to sail very short
lv. His address was in part, as follows;
The Young Mems Christian AsSocia-
ton, with the approval and cooperation
of General Pershing and with the support
of the University Union, which has its
beadouarters in New York City, is plan
ming something quite new on very eN-
tensive scale on educational lines. Al
though the armistice has been signed and
in all probability peace terms will be
agreed upon in few months, undoubtcd-
ly there will be over n million American
soldiers. as an army of occupation, in
France and on the German frontier for a
wear or longer The incentive for main
tanning the highest morale was taken
away with the signing of the armlstice
and the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton has recognized that unless something
was supplied that would take its place,
the idle mind would be the devils work
shop and the American soldier, rs we'll AS
the American nation, would lose much
of the esteem in which il is held by the
world at this time
In consequence plans have been
formulated and are now being carried out
TO provide every man IN KHAKI over seas
with an opportunity To study the sub
iects in which he is particularly interested
or to which he feels drawn. This scheme OF
education is taking the form Of n very
large extension university rs there arc
something like 200000 men already IN
organized classes over seas. The courses
of study in this great university are nu-
merous and cover almost every field of
science as well as law and literature.
Delaware Is ~ nc represented IN this
work ny Dean Hayward Of Delaware
College, who has been asked To become one
81 the seven regional directors in agricul-
tural education The headquarters for
thus work will bc in Rcnncs, Bordeaux,
Tours. Harvc. PARIS, Toulc and Dijon
and Dean Hayward will be located IN one
of these citics His work will consist NJ
making a survey Of all the camps in his
particular region, finding the names and
number OF men who wish 10 study afTicul-
ture selecting instructors from the army
itself assisting In training them. and help
ing them organize the classes for study.
He Will also assist the subject matter
specialists who accompany him 10 find
equipment suitable for the work under
taken
About 1000 men arc going over IL
assist in the work A number of these
men are high class specialists in their re-
Spective subjects Such non rs Or
fletcher Of Pennsylvania ~tatc College
viii have charge of all the work III hcrtIcul-
;ure and kindred subjects DIR Mccall of
he Maryland Agricultural College viii
direct in subjects pertaining 70 soils and
rops Professor C. $. Plumb of the
niVcrSity Of Ohio and who perhaps Is the
tst known instructor IN animal husband
n will give his time 10 directing the work
IN that particular branch Of agriculture.
and Others Of equal rank will assist in
making the work 8 success
IL is not known as Vet whether this
work will count for credit in our agricul-
tural colleges. or not, bun il Is hoped that
where the instruction is Of college grade
and where the men are taken from cur
colleges and universities. il will he counted
toward their degree when they return
lCmc
The american soldier has dore 50 much
not only IN winning The war but by his
conduct IN a foreign land 70 command tho
respect snd admiration Of the peoples OF
the world. that they have set for the work
PLANNED IN education unusually high
standards snd every patriotic American
oitIzen will wish Il God speed