The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-10

partnoent OF Citizenship, for Work In
cIvles, General Information and For
eisn Relations.
Doughboy college, university for
soldiers only; already one Of the larg.
est schools In the world, Is booming
along with 5000 students pursuing its
200 different courses at 'Beaune, 20
miles south of Dillon, France This
is the American Expeditionary Force
university and it is certainly one of
the most Interesting educational "insti-
tntions- in the world. ~'~-~ e;et
a. Secretary Stokes Of Yale, chairman
Of the committee which has represent
ed in this country the army education.
al commission. has received detailed
reports Of the work of the "A. e. r.
university thriving on alien, If friend
" soil. The university Is composed Of
these colleges: agriculture, arts. busi-
ness, education, engineering, industry.
trades, Journalism, law, letters, medi.
cal sciences, music and science.
. The preliminary catalogue shows
more than 200 different courses, the
largest number being in agriculture,
engineering, letters and science. 4
student at Beaune can carry on al;
most the same work as he could at O.
representative American , university
Under economics and social sciences,
for instance, are the following courses =
fundamental economic theory, eco:
nolnic history, trusts, labor problems,
elementary sociology, social psychol.
ogy, social problems, modern phil
stnthropy, transportation, delinquency,
<modern social theories, money and:
banking, corporation finance and mod;
ern social betterment movements.
An interesting feature is that the.
Saturday mornings work Is given over
entirely to the department of citizen
ship, for WORK. in 2civics, general infor.3
nation and foreign relations. Tho.
teaching faculty includes over 500 men.
drawn from the army and from the
experts--seyeral hundred in number
sent over by the Y. M. G. A. for de-
veloping the plans OF the army edu.
cational commission
The organization Of the university
= includes superintendent, Colonel
Reeves, formerly president Of Norwich
university, Vermont; an educational
dirActor. Professor Erskine OF ,Colum.
:bia university, chairman of the army
educational commission; tho directors
sof the various schools, the faculty, etc.
Each term is for three months. tbs
nrst term being March, April and May;
the second, lime, 'Ju1y and August.
Each student carries as 4 minimum
three lectures or recitation hours daily
during; i've days Of the week and four
and half hours daily in study periods.
Saturday afternsons and Sundays are
free.
-ssaMany In Allied schools.
In addition to the university At
tBeaune, the army educational com.
mission has arranged for students to
attend British and French universe
ties. A recent cable from London ~.
ports the enrolment Of American SOL
diers on detached service in British
universities as follows: Oxford 200,
Cambridge 205,, London 725, Edinburgh
$215. Glasgow 265. Shefhsld 20, Bristol
a. Birmingham IS, Manchester rs.
In France there are 1900 students
lat the ~Sorbenne in Paris alone. OF
these 400 are 10 law, ESQ in letters. s79S
9fn science and 150 in medicine. The
number at the Sorbonne is 50 great
that 1t has been necessary to appoint
"a special American reference librarian.
namely, Capt. A. Law Vogue Of the
Engineering corps, former reference H.
brarian Of the Mechanics institute III
San Francisco.
About 1000 American students are
at the other French universities, in
~cluding a large number at Bordeaux.
Toulouse and "Grenoble. At each Of
these universities there Ia an American
army officer in charge and a represen-
tative Of the army educational com.
mission as sort OF dean of students.
No student is detailed to French uni
versity unless he has had at least two
years work at an American ,collegs
and agrees to remain to complete the
three mOnthS'~term.
The officers and professors OF tho
French universities have done every
thing in their power to facilitate the
studies Of American students. For in
stance. Nine. Curie at the Sorbonne,
who with her husband discovered tho
I element radium, has set apart GER
tain hours for the reception Of Amer
lean students in the sRadium institute.
Special emphasis is being placed on
agricultural education, an army farm
school having been opened at Allery