New-York tribune., 1918-01-28

universities Of the United States show
that they have expended out Of their
own resources millions of dollars in aid
OF the war activities Of the government.
This is in addition to the furnishing
OF thousands Of men from the student,
alumni and PROFESSIONAL bodies Not
only have they contributed to the fight
ing forces Of the nation, but to the
auxiliary service as we'll Some idea
of the magnitude Of this work has been
gathered from the university heads in
response to requests from The Tribune.
The schools represented are widely
scattered, and show that all sections Of
the country are working at high speed
to help the country out
The cost of the war is summed up by
the secretary of Columbia University.
who says:
with registration figures topping,
and shortage Of 5000 students at
Columbia, and the cost Of physical up
keep rising by leaps and bounds to an
addition, as at Columbia. Of $4,000,
the educational institutions Of the
country are facing real problems and
serious ones. Their losses in tuition
ices arc cnormous-$20 at Co.
lumbla--a and when combined with the
increased cost Of everything these
losses will produce many deficits Of
S2bO,OO0 or 100000 for the present
year, with no reason to expect better
thlngs next year or the year after that
Columbia's Great Activity
Some Of the activities at Columbia
may be taken as typical of the kind OF
thing that has been going on at Amer
'can institutions as whole since last
April On forty-eight hours notice a
corps OF fifty translators was organ
!zed and at work in Washington, trans
ating great accumulated mass of
German-bound mail written in all Ian
guages.
Academic halls were turned into
barracks, and there were organized
emergency classes in radio work,
courses for interpreters, courses in
nursing. course for surgeons assist
ants, which in three months turned out
900 men; courses in navigation and sig
mailing for the navy and for the mer
camille marine, the formation of the
united States Navy Gas Engine School,
which has already turned out 700 en-
CINE men for submarine chascrs; the
formation Of the United States School
OF Cinematography, the undertaking Of
experimental work in the several sci
cntiflc laboratories, under the direction
of men like Pupin. Lucke, Campbell,
Lowell, Jackson and others; reporting
camp sanitation, etc. There has also
been organized selling Of Liberty
bonds and war savings stamps"
Big Yale Expenditures
Yale. which was one Of the first cdu-
cational institutions to take up the
work of war preparation, is at the same
time one Of the leaders in expenditures
A careful compilation Of the cost Of
their assistance in this respect shows
that the treasury of the school thus
far has been called upon to pay out
! S246,207. In addition, it has given to
the government for the duration of the
war the use Of the Adee Memorial boat
house for naval training station; has
turned over the athletic grounds as n
summer cncam 3ment, and has placed
its great laboratories at the disposal
of the government
In military training for students
they have :. reserve officers training
corps in field artillery and the Yale
Naval Training Unit. The enrolment
in those two organizations is approx
mately 1000.
Work at Pennsylvania
While the University of Pcnnsylva-
MIA has not entirely computed its ex-
penditures or the war, it is known
that they aggregate more than S150,O00
up to the present It's curriculum is SO
arranged that not single department
has not been subject to changes that
would be Of assistance TO the govern
mcAt In the Dental School, for in
stance, a special war course has been
arranged at the request of Surgeon Gen
craI Gorgas. The chief object is to
make possible the remaking of shell =
! shattered faces. Washington Cnivcr-
sity. in st. Louis, is the only other
school that is conducting a similar
work.
Clinical surgery. anatomy, physiol-
ogy, pathology and operative surgery
are also parts of tho course.
What the university is doing in the
way of student military instruction is
shown by the fact that more than 1900
recruits-said to be the largest num-
Der in any student battalion re-
ceived training. Many of them arc
now serving as officers
Not less than 100000 has been dis
bursed by Purdue University in Tndi-
ana, according to the president of the
institution, who adds that many of the
activities are in direct cooperation
with the War Department.
From the Far West
The Far West has shown equal en-
ergy in its work, as is evidenced by
the University Of California. President
Benjamin Ide Wheeler has informed
the regents that beyond having sent
nearly 5000 students, former students
and faculty members into the military
service Of the country, the university
has expended or administered S161 ,0OC
for war purposes. This has been ap-
piled to such activities as the School
of Military Aeronautlcs. to which sixty
young men arc admitted every week for
an eight weeks course: the School of
Navigation, which Is preparing young
men for the new national merchant
marine; the Food Survey Of California
and the training of relief workers. In
addition scientific Investigations have
been undertaken, at the request of the
California State Council Of Defence. in
agriculture, botany, astronomy, en-
gineerng, economies, geology. chemis-
try and medicine.
There has been paid out up to tins
time by the University Of Texas, under
authority of the Board Of Regents. III
aid Of the war, approximately $160,00o
Of this sum Sl55,O00 was devoted tc
providing accommodation for the stu
dents of the School of Military Aero
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