Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-09-12
STUDENTS ARMY TRAIN
ING CORPS AT w. v. U.

conflfmatlon was given mere To-Day
to the report that when West Vir-
/ ginia University opens her doors for
her Sind session Sept. 23rd, a unit of
the Students Army Training Corps
! will be established all students will
be furnished with tuition, books,
clothing, rooms and board and will be
paid at the rate of privates in the
1 Army, or $4,000 per month; that the
entire subject of discipline will be
handled by the Commanding Officer
of the S. a. T. c.; and that many of
the ordinary courses and subjects Of
fered in the University curriculum
will be changed to suit the needs of
the War Department.
This, in a nutshell, was the an
nouncment given out by President
f. B. Trotter and Dean G. r. Jones
of the College of Engineering, an
their return from Plattsburg, New
York, today. At Plattsburg Presi-
dent Trotter and Dean Jones with
$50 other College and University
representatives from this division at
| tended what announced to an "inter-
/ probation Meeting on matters related
to the S. A. T. c. and their announce
ment is official.
/ The Government does not plan to
offer this great aid to the University,
nor to its Students, for their benefit,
but is arranging to carry out this
colossal plan in order that the vast
resources of the Colleges that make
up the University may be utilized to
the best advantage in training Off
Ger material for the Army When
Il student enters here Sept. 23rd he
1 will be Voluntarily inducted into the
! S. A. t. G. by the local draft board
Of Monongalia County. Thereafter
he will be absolutely out of the juris-
diction Of his own local board and SUBJ
ject to the orders of the Command
ing officer Of the S. A. T. G. here.
In effect he will be in the service ex-
actly the same as if he were at Camp
Lee or any of the other environments.
For housing and feeding the mes
it is planned for the time being to
utilize the fraternity houses and per-
haps to take advantage of'local board
ing houses but gradually it is thought
the fraternity houses will be taken
over entirely and will lose their ident-
ity, and that common Mess Hall will
be provided for all members of the
S. A. T. G.
Students in arts AMI Sciences, Agri-
culture, Law an similar courses will
receive thirteen hours of military
drill per week, two hours each of five
consecutive days, one hour of inspection
on Saturday an two Of Theory of mill
tary Science similar to that formerly
Offered here in the R. o. T. C. This
drill will be Close Order; Musketry;
Bayonet anil Physical.
Students in Engineering, Medicine
and Chemistery will receive only six
hours per week of military drill, their
work being of such a nature that they
will not have the time for more,
Students in Liberal Arts, unless de-
tailed here for special study along
! special lines will not be deferred in
! the draft but men in Medicine, En-
gineering and Chemistry, the subject
to discharge at any time for lax
4 work, will be permitted to remain
] here till JAN 1st, 1919 at which time
all will go thru process Of examina-
ton and selection to determine their
1 progress and fitness to remain here
and prepare themselves for Officers
Schools and Camps. The courses as
at present outlined will prevail in En-
gineering, but in Medicine only the
subjects prescribed by the American
Medical Association and the Surgeon
General of the Army will be required.
This refers particularly to pre-medi-
cal students.
The S. A. &c. for students will be
! established here Oct. 1st, one week
after the opening of the University.
1t is likely that anoher radical change
will be that all University Courses
will not run the year round thereby
enabling a student o finish the present
four-year courses in three years.
Many other emphatic departures from
former practices will also likely take
place. Students will bear their own
expenses from registration day till
Oct 1st, or approximately meal
only.