The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-28
AMHERST COLLEGE
HAS OFFICER CORPS
WeI-known Eastern Institution
InStruCting Her Students
In Military Tactics

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 20
lASS"'Iaicd Ircss) -- AS typical of
what NcW England colleges have ac-
comPliShed during the past college year,
Amherst College,, although not a mill
tary institution, has prepared a bat
talon Of embryo army officers for the
service Of their country These yuonR
men, for the most part below the draft
age, have been trained as part of their
college course in the Amherst Reserve
Officers Training Corps Some of age
Will get comm. ssiOnS, many have gone
to seek additional training at Platts-
burg and the New England College
Trimming Corps, at Wiliamstown, Mas
sachusettS, others will return to com.
P!"te their college course, continue their
military training here and await the
call.
Virtually every student in college has
been i'll Khaki the entire year, the grass
On the old Amherst common has been
worn down with the tread of their
marching feet, and the traditional
Si"urh Of the college student has been
replaced by the erect, smart bearing
,'Hf tyPlflrs the American army of
fcer.
rms "IitNc Yankee College on the
h!II has been transformed by the war.
N"t that scholarship is suffering there
i"r trruItv saws the devotion of thr
'"' eye TO its former standards and
re Is is too deep rooted for that-but
wy h"r Yankee traditions Amherst
could not fail to throw herself whole
h"artrdlv into the cOuntry's service.
Many Answer Country's Call
Nor" than II third Of the 500 students
bay" gone to the cOlors long ago. ten
II rmhrrs of the faculty have entered
rim war work, other members havc
"1 S'rN ing in special ways, and mill
'HN training and preparation for war
wee has become part Of the rurri
.m'rm. Only forty seniors were LEFT
- graduate. They and the undrrgradu
n''> who remained to complete their
g." at."u now seem rather soldiers than
~'u.'"nts.
W" war spirit has prevailed and
fr.uItv members say that in Amherst
THIS spirit has greatly changed the
~om"Whrt happy 90 lucky undrrgrndu
o.. Of wore. He has become imbupd
Nrrh more real seriousness of purpose
'rI thr change is reflected in improved
st h"ln.tir standing.
With ragrr enthusiasm the three hun
.'IrI "dd students composing the OF
~ Rr.rrN" Training Corps have
I.I'r' daily under Col. Richard II. vii
~.'u, L. :. A.. retired, and Mai Frank
& Damon, Massachusetts Volunteer
" I'ItIp upl Lu,, hnan I.,l
hI'h class officer material.
Har Battery Division
Nnlr has her battery. and Amherst
has been selected for the establishment
"I = machine gun unit recognized by the
".''rrnmrnt IN the same basis as the
Officers Reserve Training Corps. The
"rgHmIZation Of a group of advanced
~ udrnts desiring instruction in this
branch Of the service, important both
in trench Warfare and in aviation, has
been formed this year by Maj. John X.
iIrrt, Officer Reserve Training Corps
"F the class Of 1915 who has completed
~" government course in machine gun
mt tn" Springfield Armory A Colt au
'..u attic and = Browning heavy machine
gan. urr Of the former presented to the
'II''" hv the class of 1884. are now
uNnhuhlr for the training of the unit.
Ia adjusting tn" curriculum to War
"..' Is, the roI'rg" has supplemented the
military trimming with special courses ir
u.'o drawing, radio work, navigation
uTrnu", motors and bacteriOlOgv for
sanitary work. The chemistry depart
II "ur Is doing special research work for
the government