Evening journal., 1918-05-17
CORNELL Glass IN
Federal Service
Engineers Complete Course
at Harlan Plant Before
Graduation
MANY WILL FIND WAY
TO BATTLE FRONT

The patriotic environment cnd spirit
OF The men at the Harlan plant Of The
Bethlehem shipbulding Corporation
has had much TO do with the decision
OF the members OF the senior class
in engineering OF Cornell University.
who have been taking their final
studies in practical work at Harlans,
resolving 10 enter the servlte OF the
Government in some capacity. Every
one OF The nearly two score OF men
either has entered the service or is
arranging TO do so after his graduation
at Ithaca next week.
The men came 10 this city 10 take
more practical course in shipbullding
than would have been afforded them
in the shops al Ithaca, and the ar
rangement has proved thoroughly salts
factory. While the men have not been
able 10 take as much theory in the
last three and a half months as they
would have II they had remained at the
university. they have obtained more
practical work, which is considered by
their instructors as even better than n
the time had been devoted to theory.
All Of the men will leave this city
| this afternoon, most Of them returning
/ TO Ithaca. The others who have al
ready begun their war work Will re-
turn 70 the university 10 receive their
degrees and then return 10 their work
In aiding Uncle sam
These men came TO Wilmington Feb
ruary 4 and since tiat time have been
employed in the shops with a view to
learning the business and preparing
themselves for taking an active part
in this branch OF the service that IS
most important to the government now.
As a result OF this training. ten men
viii remain here with the Harlan plant
two will leave for Other plants doing
government work. and tie others with
no exception, either have enlisted OF
, VIII later enter the army or navy.
Three have gone 20 the Engineers En-
listed Reserve at Camp Lee, Petersburg
, Va; four intend to enlist In 20 Nava
| Reserve Flying Corps four will enter tn
. school for engineering enslgns at ste
! vens Institute, HobOken, n. j.. two vii
I enter army aviation work at Ithaca; on
r. man Is ready in the merchant marin
a service; another ia experimental gas en-
z CINE work for aviation at IndianapOli
o and another has been trying for an er
L signs commission IN the Naval ReserN
Il at Norfolk. Va.
3, One student has already seen servi'
'e with the French Ambulance Corr
Is abroad, and will return to Cornell
ss complete his course in mechanical e.
gineering. Another whose home is
Argentina, expects 20 return there ter
porarlly.
Such encouraging results prove IN
the work IN the shlpyard was conduci
II to a thorough patriotic feeling, and q
men all believe that no man can {
better than 20 perform such work
,s this time when the Government nee
n the service Of all.
n Professor Robertson Matthews,
r, Cornell, who was stationed here wi
ID the students, was mucn pleased wi
in what has been accomplished. Profe
re- sor Matthews says he considers the e
IN pertinent has been emlnenr1y successfl
e, The students, the instructor says, ha
had plenty Of opportunity 10 aoqui
he The practical end OF the work Viii
re- the time was short, they proiliedAl
ar what they have seen IN actual oper
r.. tion although some OF the book stuC
that they would have had opportuni
d to take was not possible under the CT
& cumstances. During the time that U
)r students were In Wilmington they we
paid for their services at the shipyar