Meade County news., 1918-08-08
SIX INSTRUCTORS UNDER SUP.
ERvISION OF WAR DEPART
MENT TO HAVE CHARGE.
PARAMOUNT COLLEGE CAMPUS
Plan Is to Enable Students to Pro-
ceede With College Work and at
Same Time Fit Themselves For the
Army

Wichita, Kan.-The campus and
;.thletic field at Fairmount College
will be turned into a drill ground in
September and six instructors will
give training in military science under
the supervision of the War Depart
nent.
Opportunity to drill will be given all
nen Of the college and also other per-
sons who wish to enter the military
classes. The instructors will all be
authorized by the War Department.
Drill will be voluntary. The govern
nent will not insist that the studenta
take up military science unless they
wish to do so. 1t is probable, how
over, that every able bodied male stu
lent at the college will enroll in the
military classes this coming school
year. Credit will be given for gradu-
alton from the college.
The War Department is establishing
the training at Fairmount because it
is one of the Kansas Colleges which
is so favorably situated that it can
attract a large enrolment of men. It
Is anticipated that all the men who
enroll will be under 81 years old or
just Fl years old, as those of greater
age are already in the service or will
soon be called. +,
The plan is to enable students to
proceed with their college work and
at the same time fit themselves for the
army. If the country needs these
men and inducts them into service
they will be in position for immediate
appointment as non commissioned Of
ficers. Those who show marked abil-
ity will be sent to officers training
camps where they will take instruc-
tion for commissions.
Not only will the student soldiers
drill, but those who wish may take up
the study of military science, which
will be given by professor under sup
ervision of regular army officer.
Four students who attended the coll
lege last year will be assistant instrucz
tors. They are spending their sum7A
mer at Camp Sheridan, ILL.,, where they
are regularly enlisted in the U. S.
Army. In September they will be
given certificates as instructors and
will be detailed to teach at Fairmount
College. One of the professors also
is at Camp Sheridan where he is en-
listed as soldier. He will be de-
tailed to the college in September.
The war department has found that
many of the officers in the National
Army are college men. 1t is essential
that an officer have special training,
along mathematical and scientific
lines. Languages which he may be
called upon to use such as French,
Italian and German, also are being
taught. 1t also is Of value to an Of
ficer to have good working knowl-
edge Of European and American his
tory and a command of the English
language. Gradutes from Fairmount
who have gone to officers training
camps have almost always made good.
This Is due in a large extent to the
fact they have had thorough training.
Others are in the engineers and chem
istry divisions. The men in the chem
istry division are working with the
problem Of poisonous gases.
College training camps are beingN
formed by the War Department in
various colleges Of the country, where
it is found the enrolment and standing
makes it possible.