The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-13

6SCaDLSUIUeuL.
WASHINGTON, d. C., Sept l3-Put-
ting boys of Is under the draft law has
changed the plans of about 400 colleges
and universities throughout the coun-
try, and will materially change the sys
TEN of secondary schools as well. The
plans for recognizing the work of col
leses is well under way, but that pertain
ing to secondary schools has not yet
been formulated by the war department,
although some sort of military training
Will be provided.
-The.werk of colleges and universities
viii no longer be purely academic in
scope, but they will become military
training schools. The entire work will
be- reorganized and men will be required
TO specialize in such studies as will best
fiji them for military service. The chief
aim during the period of the war will be
to develop the students for war work.
All men-or boys. as you choose to
call them-in the Is years old class will
be advised to go to college if they are
| fitted to enter They will become a
! part of the military service of the United
| States. They will wear the uniform and
! receive the pay of a private. They viii
/ bp subject to military training and mill
| tary discipline and will be subject to call
To the colors.
+ Their college tuition and their main
tCaancp will lie paid for by the govern
m mt by previous arrangement with the
| q lleee. Their studies will be selected for
them They will not take the usual col
lcge course but viii be put To specific
tasks which will hest fit them for what
el er branch of the service in which they
| VII be called TO serve.
| Latin and Greek will not be required
Of them. but French and German will b.
made a speciality, on account of the great
number of valuable scientific works writ
ten only in these languages The ehemi
cGl warfare division of military servic,
VII make chemistry a required study
AEtilierp service dpm9Htts-a-hiei kuuwl
&, ge of mathematics; engineering is nov
o eeof the essentials of certain. hranche
Sf army grrvice Geography will agln
{, me into its own, and be put in the from
r; nix OF College work. 49,
The mailing az maps, and charts. an,
a tronomy, will be all important for Ger
stain work. as now the navy and arm,
" II both come under the draft system
Chemical warfare makes the knuwleI g
o. chemistry important. and the govern
hnt service now has a branch devote
Ia the use of poisonous gasses. gas bomb.
AID other eath-dealing chemical produc
tons
Whether the lS-year-old class will h
j p rmitted to finish a college year with
ont interruption is not known, bat il
1 understood that as soon as a man ha
! mpleted a specialized course he will b
4 withdrawn from the college and max
4 way for another man to enter The 60
lcge terms for the lS-yxar-ods will begi
1 October first i'll many of the large inst
\ t, tions taken over by the governm n
fer military instruction.
Men from 10 to 80 viii be put in a sci
arate class and trained along anotht
Inc. 50 it is expected. hut the detai
4 a.e not yet made known officially Thei
is strong reason to believe that the shcr
agc of officers will result i'm lowering Il
age at which a commission may be oil
tanned from q to 20, the latter being Il
age in the marine corps.
The length of time which the men
1 ] will be trained depends on the needs
the service. but il is the intention of Il
I war department to keep the colleges fl