Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-09-18
s. A. 7. c COURSE
LUTHER COLLEGE
Army Officers Here This Week Get
ting Things in Shape for Open
ing Unit of Students Army
Training Corps
MANY HAVE ENROLLED
IN THE.CORPs uLREADY
Officers Here Tell Us Thu luther
College is An Ideal PlaG nd
Facilities Are Excellent e.
an Army Station 20

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sas City and H. M. Bates, of Ne
York, have been in Decorah this
week looking over the ground at
Luther College. preparatory to OPEN
ing up the war department course
mapped out by the war department
giving college work for boys who re-
gistered on Sept. IL. They report the
facilities excellent for an army
station at Luther.
The college opens on Sept. "a, but
the special training feature included
now, the war department takes over
the school Oct 1. There is large
enrolment already, but many more
can get in yet. Boys of all creeds
will be admitted at Luther college.
Briefly expressed the training OF
the colleges into camps for the train
ing of students, while at the same
time they are pursuing their regular
college courses, is merely to supple
ment the work of the national army
training camps and have that many
more in training in addition to CIV
ing them the advantages of higher
education and thus further equipping
many of them for more important
army Offices.
There is a mistaken notion that
certain advantages in the draft are
to fall to those who are in the stu
dents army training camps. This IS
entirely wrong, as the boys In col
leges are to be put into service in
the order in which their order num-
bers under the registration are
reached.
The student will enroll in his col
lege in the usual manner.
On Oct. /, arrangements will be
made at his college, thru the college
or military authorities of his school,
for his induction into the training
corps. From the time of his induc-
tion the student will have the status
of private soldier in active service,
will be housed, fed, uniformed
equipped, have his tuition paid, will
receive medical care, and will be un-
der military regulation twenty-foui
hours d day. He will receive a
private's pay of $50 month.
A studentsoldier must spend
forty-two hours a week in college
subjects, which will allow him te
carry fourteen credits per term. A
student may select his subjects from
the following list: English, French
German, mathematics, physics, chem
istry, biology, geology, geography
topography, map making, metorology
descriptive geometry, mechanical
and free hand drawing, surveying
economies, accounting, history, In
ternational law, military law ant
government
In addition a student may selec
one elective of not more than three
hours credit. All soldiers must take
the war aims course, of three hours
credit
Boys not yet eighteen who hav'
graduated from high school may en-
ter college in the usual way and TAX
the military training along with th'
student-soldiers but they will hav
TO provide their own uniforms and 0
course, will not be accepted for th'
s. A. T. G. until they reach militar!
age. They will have to bear all thei
own expenses. The government vii
furnish rifle for drill. They will no
live in barracks nor be under tn
strict military training and disci
pline.
There are two courses open, to tn
bow of IS who comes under the draf
and who has not completed his higl
school. He may either continue Il
high school until called into service
or he may apply for voluntary indu
ction into the other branch of the 5
A. T., G., the vocational section.
This section will give mechanica
training and If a young man in thi
section shows that he has the righ
qualifications, he may be transfers.
to the collegiate section.