The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-27
OHIO COLLEGES AND
Students ARMY
TRAINING CORPS

oeTVIce VI the AHIeTlcan COUNCIL ON
Education is conducting vigorous
IT'S Patriotic to 20 to College" Cam
paign to bring to the notice OF young
men and their parents the wishes of
the Administration In this connection.
Professor William E. Emyser, Dean
Of the College and head Of the Eng.
lish Department OF Ohio Wesleyan
University, is state director for Ohio.
4 National Problem
Forty thousand students, II is esti.
mated, have left American colleges to
enter active service in the Army.
Many thousands more have gone into
commercial and Industrial activities
to earn the high wages that are
offered.
These facts have given grave con.
cern to President Wilson, and Secrs.
taries Baker and Daniels, who by let.
ter and public statement, are urging
young men of college age and high
school training that they can best
serve their country by continuing
their studies and preparing for the
higher needs of the country until they
are called to the colors. Our Allies.
who, owing to war exigencies, de-
pleted their schools and colleges with
the result that their number Of men
trained for leadership is seriously d.
minished. are also warning America
not to permit the same condition to
develop among us.
The s. A. T. c.
To keep the boys in college and at
the same time to give them q definite
military status while preparing for
military service, the Government. n
now organizing in about twenty Ohio
colleges (as in other states) Students
Army Training Corps. which will be
under the direction Of officers of the
U. 8. Army detailed by the Secretary
Of War. 1t is expected that other col
leges will be added to the list.
The bill now before Congress pro-
vides that students over IS are
eligible to voluntary induction III the
s. A. T. C. Though they must reg.
lister under the draft law, they be.
come responsible after induction
(probably early in October) to the
commandant and the president Of the
institution in which they are enrolled,
and will not be called out by the local
board as long as they remain under
that authority. But in case of Ma.
tional emergency they may be called
into immediate active service by the
President. Regular uniform will be
issued by the Government, including
hats. shoes and overcoats. It is ex.
pected also that they will receive pay
as private soldiers. They thus be-
come members of the Army in col.
lege training while pursuing regular
! work for which college credit is given
The work in military training will
include four hours Of drill each week,
and two hours Of military theory in
class room recitation and lecture. In
addition, the Government requires
each s. A. T. C. man to take at least
four hours in other allied subjects
listed by the War Department and
taught with special reference to mill.
tary needs and the winning of the
war These are English, French, Ger.
man, Spanish, etc, Physics, Chemis.
try, Biology, Geology. Mathematics,
Engineering. History, Economics, Po.
litical Science, Psychology. Hygiene.
What Uncle Sam Wants
Sixty thousand new officers will be
required for the great army that Ia
still to be organized. many thousands
of whom Uncle Sam expects to find
in these units of the S. A. T. c.
trained in the colleges for service.
Thousands Of engineering experts
will be required to solve the increas.
ing problems OF transportation of
troops, munitions, and supplies across
continents and seas - problems In.
fnite!y greater than those Of any Of
the other nations have had to deal
with. And these engineers must like.
wise come from the colleges.
Doctors, Dentists, Chemists, Physi-
clans, Mathematicians, Statisticians,
Psychologists, Economists, all play as
great part in modern warfare as the
man in the trenches and they too
must be trained by the colleges.
What the Colleges Are Doing
To meet these needs the colleges
of Ohio are adjusting their courses,
developing those scientific and prac.
tical branches Of study that ara essen
tial to the winning OF the war, to the
development of our industries and
commerce, and the upbuilding of the
ravished countries when the war is
won.
The highest service is open to the
man who is trained for 1t. The 8. A..
T. c. is almost as quick road to &C.
tual service as enlistment In the regu.
lar army, for in neither case can the
young man OF IS or 20 expect to be
sent to France until after q period of
military training.
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