White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-01

m. snh.erts in which students may
,.rs correspondence work are as foi-
laws. ciyics and citizenship, sales
manship and personal
yas engines, automobiles. farm mahas.
ment arithmetic. geometry, history VI
The United States. shorthand. aisepra'
,riyonometry. shop arithmetic, ao-
yanced shop mathematics, steam poif
ers. heat and steam engines.
In addition To the above emporium
,ies there is. rs already a
system If post schools in the army
which has been developed by frank
Spsulding. superintendent OF puoi'c
schools of Cleveland, who, win fro-
lessor Erskine and President Butter
field. make up the army educational
commission sent over by the \. N. L.
A.. These give instruction in common
school subjects and lead mp 10 di'is-
lopal high schools. where the instruc-
ton is midway in grade between tha'
of the post schools and of the unirer-
sity.
General orders No. 10, issued ~
General Pershing February IL, pro
yides for following subjects for divis-
Ionsl high schools:
l. Vocational and industrial Car
pentry. telephone repair; telegrsphs,
wire t%elegraphy. wireless; land
yeying. road construction. horseshoe
ing. automobile repairing, cobbiins.
tailoring, barbering, cooking. baking.
nursing. agriculture. sa~lesmanship.
2. General: Algebra, trigonometry,
mechanical drawing, economics. Amer
lean and English literature. advanced
French. Italian, Spanish, German, sd-
vsnced history, etc.
Running through the whole edUca-
tional plan abroad is he emphasis on
citizenship. Not only Is instruction In
this subject emphasized at the various
schools but institutes" are held At
various places for intensive instruc-
lion. The Arst of these began In Yer
dun March 28. The troops were
brought In by their commanding ON.
GERS in groups Of 100 to 500, speak
ers presented problems Of public
health. community ~betterment, eco
nomic relations. etc. Exhibits and mo
ton pictures were used To enforce
The lessons.
Vocational Guidance Provided.
Emphasis is also being placed on
vocational guidance. A group OF ex-
perts is stationed at lie Mans, where
most of the troops are quartered for
several weeks before sailing home.
Here everything possible is done to
supply soldiers with information re
garding the industrial situation In
America. and to give the men personal
advice as To trades and occupations.
Commenting on this movement Mr..
Stokes said
The army. with the help of the edu-
eational commission sent over by the
Y. NJ. c. A. has developed one OF the
most interesting school and college
systems ever inaugurated. II should
have a great influence in helping to
maintain morale during the trying
months OF demobilization and in fit
ting men for larger usefulness on their
return.
TOO much credit cannot be given to
General Rees. the officer directly in
charge. formerly chairman Of the com
mittee on education and special train
ing of the war department. and TO the
army educational commission. The
American Library association has also
helped enormously by providing refer
ence libraries in all large centers.
while the Y. NJ. e. A. has sent over
about 100000 textbooks. covering al
most every branch Of knowledge. In
many cases as many a. 10000 10 25.-
go textbooks Of q single type have
been ordered.
The work has now become so far
reaching and important hat | am glad
TO see that plans long under consider
alton have resulted in It's being taken
over entirely by the government"