New Britain herald., 1918-06-24
OUR BOYS STUDYING
 THE FRENCH TONGUE
Education of Soldiers is Given
 Attention in Camps

Washington, June 24-Educational
 classes in the army camps form ar
 important part of the work of, the
 Committee on Training Camp Activi-
 ueS. Fms work is maintained with
 the help of local committees. One o1
 the ways in which these local conl-
 mltteeS are cooperating most effec-
 lively with the camp forces is in the
 securing of teachers of French and
 other subects. The men are eager to
 prepare themselves for the time when
 somewhere in France" they will
 meet the men with whom they are to
 fight side by side. The War Recrea-
 ton boards in many cities are making
 this possible by providing teachers,
 not only at the camps, but in the com
 munities, Atlanta. Ga. for instance,
 Is furnishing French teachers for the
 I. M. C. A. educational director at
 camp; Burlington, Vt; Charleston,
 $. C.: Chicago, III. (where a five-hour
 trip is involved for the teachers going
 to Highland Park; Indianapolis, Ind;
 Pensacola Fla; san Francisco. Cal; Spartanburg, $. C.; Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minn.. and many other cities arc performing similar services. In Alexandria, La, q grammar school has been opened in the evening for classes in French and history. In Chattanoo- ga, the board of education is attempt ing to supply the educational material necessary for the 300 men enrolled In classes in camp, many of whom can neither read nor write. Three hun dred and fifty arithmetics sent to the War Recreation board by the Ameri- can Book company of Cincinnati are being put to excellent use at camp
 The University of South Carolina at Columbia is giving courses in French, history, mathematics and topography at q nominal rate Saturday night lectures are being given at the base hospital at Camp Cody by teachers from Deming High school This school will be open evenings for classes in French, Spanish, mathe- matics, science and history. The edu- cational work for the men at Fort Bliss has been taken over by the pres ident of the University of Texas who 1 has assigned five university instruc- l tors and three volunteers to the work ] the army providing transportation to ! the camp for the instructors Two ] thousand men were enrolled in the 1 classes. At Macon, Ga. an educa- ] tional course has been arranged giving l high school and college credits.
 The men at the navy yard. through the courtesy of organizations in Phil adelphia, are having instruction in l automobile mechanics. electricity, typewriting and surveying, as well as in academic subjects. The Universi- ties of Wisconsin and California are sending instructors to the nearby camps.
 Closely allied to the educational work at the camps and in the com muaitieS is the movement which has ] spread rapidly through all the camp cities to collect books and magazines l Tor the men i'll camp for use at the T M. C. A. recreation huts the base | hospitals the barracks and in many in the khaki clubs in the In all of this work the city libraries have been most help ,ul in acting ats clearing educational 1 work in the training camps. '. houses and in sorting and grading l he books before they are sent to 1 camp. The libraries of a number of 1 sities are throwing open their facili-