Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-09
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detail.
1t was surely happy thought which
came to some one In authority in WASH
ington that the manifold resources of the
colleges of the country should be utilized
In training men for the varied activities
necessary in the prosecution of the war
Last summer the call came to this insti-
tuition to place its equipment at the sery-
ice of the government. 1t was n duty and
an honor to accept the call and in Septem-
Der 40 men were ordered to report here
for training In whatever is needed in the
work of signal corps men,
These men left after five months of drill
and study to be replaced by 200 who are
to stay another five months, and so on in
successive details. The men are housed
fed, drilled and taught on the campus and
for the time are part of us.
Later the university, after careful in
spection by an officer of the u, S. army
was selected as one of a few having suit
able equipment for carrying on n training
school in mechanics; namely. automobile
construction and driving, carpentry, iron
working, etc There have been 365 men
ordered to report here on the 18th of this
month. These 565 men of the signal corps
and mechanic school are in the regular
army and under It's discipline. All this work
Is 10 DE CdTIleu VII ny tne cOlIeSe OF cfEl-
neering as it includes only studies belong
Ing to that department, and 1t is through
the readiness and ability of the instruc-
tors in engineering that It Is possible for
the university so efficiently to come to the
aid of the government.
OF the work of the college of agriculture
in this direction much might said. The
dean has spoken In various towns in New
England under the federal food admins
grafton.
Aside from the large number of STU
dents in this and other of our depart
ments who have gone or are going into
the army and many others who have gone
into agricultural work there is much more
to tell.
The head of the department of home
economics. Professor Terrill was given
leave of absence during the first semester
to engage in food conservation WORK un-
der Mr.. Hoover and was State representa-
tive of the federal food administrator.
BY means of lectures and demonstrations
she has done much to show the people
how to live and save in household affairs.
A number of students In domestic econ
omy have aided materially in this work.
Later To same instructor has been act
ing as director of the womans land army
which has for its object sending young
women to the farms for such agricultural
work as they may be able to do and some
of our students have already gone TO en-
| gage in this work.
In the extension work Of the college of
agriculture we find that great assistance
has been given to a large number of farm
ers in many parts Of the State.
There are now nine women and II men
engaged in this work and soon there are
to be six more. These instructors have WIS.,
| tied thousands of farms advising as to
their best cultivation, they have given
addresses at more than 1000 meetings TO Il
combined audience of over 1900; they
have advised as to the conduct of diaries
and creameries; they have sent out bulle-
tins. newspaper articles and other printed
matter; they have organized agricultural
clubs among the boys and girls which
now have n membership of nearly 5000;
in short they have done all that was pos
sibe to further the agricultural interests
of the State and thus increase the food
supply. There is also a county agent per-
manently settled in every county in the
! State, so that by the combined forces
mentioned every farmer and every
| household in Vermont may call freely
upon trained experts for such assistance
as they may need.
| Many physicians from the college of
medicine have gone in the servce-among
them was the first American surgeon in
the trenches, DR.. Rapuzzi. and DR.. Agnew
was surgeon Of the first fiotilla that
reached the other side. The dean Of this
college has since its organization been ac-
tive on the State examination board.
l l-.. &c.