The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
Educate Soldiers on War in
Central Dept CantOnments.
Course Will Be Comprised of
Series of Six Lectures.
SPEAKERS TO Be BIG men
Holder, University of Kansas.
Directs Funston Campaign.
Men Who Know What War Is
About Are Best Fighters.

An intensive educational campaign
among the 275, 900 enlisted soldiers
and sailors of the central military de-
partment environments is now in prog
ress under the auspices of the Army
Y. NJ c. A. according to announce
ment issued by The National War Work
Council of the y. NJ. c. A. today. The
course is being presented during the
month of February and the first Two
weeks in March and consists of a series
of six lectures planned by the National
Board for Hist orical service to be de-
livered ten times during each OF SIX
successive weeks in the training camps
Beginning on Feb. 4. the second
lecture takes place simultaneously
thruout the six big environments in TINS
department on Feb. II. At intervals
of a week the talks are made before
thousands of enlisted men.
Many of the speakers chosen for the
big educational campaign are profess
sors from colleges in close proximity
to the camps Following shortly be-
hind former President Taft, they are
presenting the historic and diplomatic
backgrounds of the great war uni
formly and in detail. All of the lee
lures are illustraede with stereopticon
slides. In some respects they are max
ing a more detailed study of the war
than even more prominent speakers
The six subjects of the lectures an
nounced a~e as follows:
Feb. 4-The Warning Powers and Their
Geography.
Feb. 1.-THE Growth of Germany and
FEB. 1s-The French Republic and What
Feb. 25-The British Empire and What
Mar How tie Wa: Came About and
How 1t Developed.
Mar. 1.-THE American Democracy ana
the War.
Educators Direct Lectures.
A list of the college professors I'M
der whose direction the lectures are
being given in the six environments was
made public today:
Camp Grant-Professor Laurence NJ. Lar
son. University of Illinois. assisted by Pro
fessors Garner and Thompson
Camp Dodge-Prof H e. Plum, Uni
versity of Iowa.
Camp Funston-Professor +. II. Holder,
head OF the Department OF E1Story ana 70
litical Science, University Of Kansas, Law
renee.
Tyne. I University of Michigan
Camp Sherman-Professor Isaac j. Cox,
University of Cincinnati.
Camp Decentralization Samuel L. Hard
ing. Indiana University, Bloomington.
The universities have offered the
time of their professors for the educa-
tiOnal program in the camps. The lee
rures' are being give1- in both the Y.
NJ. c. A. and the Knights of Column
bus nuts.
A recent survey made by Y. NJ c.
a. secreta ries in France proved that
a broad educational program for sol
diers before they went across to
France would not be amiss in the
United States and the present plan
is an outgrowth of that idea. Much
is being done on French soil in the
way of giving the enlisted man the
proper knowledge and perspective of
the war and the principles involved,
but it is felt that his education should
take place beforehand at home.
Many soldiers, it is declared, have
been in haze as the the real causes
of the war and Americas part in it
The Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries and col