Evening journal., 1918-08-14
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IA, 1918.
CoLLEGE INNING PLAN N FULL SWING.

TST ITH President r. G. McLaurin Of the Massachu-
w sets Institute Of Technology serving educa-
tiona head Of the Students Army Training Corps and
stan Of well known civilians TO help in the task. the
War Departments plan to have every important college
In the country including Delaware College. military
post for the training Of for the Army and Navy is
making rapid headway. On July 49, three large training
camps at Plattsburg ~ " San Francisco Cal: Fort
Sheridan, ILL.,, with attendance Of 1000 members of col
ege faculties and selected students began sixy-dsy
course designed to prepare to assist the work Of
military instruction in the colleges this year Delaware
College has its quota at Pattsburg
'The plan is an attempt to mobilize and develop the
brain Of the young Of the country for these
services which demand special training" says the War
Department Its object is to prevent the premature
enlistment for active service Of these men who could
by extending the period OF their college training multi
ply manifold their value to the country"
In its announcement the Department points out The
needs for highly trained officers, engineers doc
tors chemists and administrators Of every kind
The importance Of this need be too strongly
emphasized" the War Departments circular This
is war in which soldiers not only marksmen but
also engineers chemists physicists geologlsts doctors
and specialists in many other lines. Scientific training
is Indispensable Engineering skill IS needed by the
officers who direct every important military operation
and who control lines of transport and communca
ton In the way chemical and physical knowledge
are in constant demand at the front we'll as behind
the lines while the task Of saving the lives and resor-
ing the health Of hundreds Of thousands Of wounded
calls for the services Of regiments OF military physicians
The scientific training which prepares man to fulhn
one OF these highly specialized duties and the more
liberal training which helps to develop the qualities OF
leadership needed by the officer administrator are
essential elements Of military efficiency.
'The boy who enlists in the Students Army Training
Corps will be member OF the Army Of the United
States. He will be provided by the War Department
with uniform and equipment but will he on furlough
status and viii not receive pay He will undergo regular
military training part Of his course during the col
ege year, will attend six weeks camp for rigid and
Intensive military instructions with private's pay and
will be subject TO the call Of the President for active
service at any time should the exgences Of the military
situation demand it. The policy of the Government
however will be to keep members of this corps in col
lege until their draft is reached and the War De-
continue in college after their draft age is reached
6, for doctors engineers, chemist and the like are
such as to make that advisable"
The Students Army Training Corps is administered
by the Committee on Educational and Special Training
Of the War Department which section Of the Train
ing and Instruction Branch Of the War Plans Division Of
the General STAFF. Competent officers and non-eonlms-
stoned officers will be assigned to the various institutions
to carry on the work Of military instruction.
In view OF the educational significance OF the new
San, Dr. p p. Claxton Commissioner Of Education has
sent copy Of the War Departments statement to school
and college executives throughout country and Della
should send their boys to Delaware College this
Fall to obtain the benefit of such training.