Evening journal., 1919-07-05

correspondence journalism. law music,
education and business. The total UNI
Der Of students registered with seven
thousand exclusive OF secondary
school Of agriculture located at Allery'
which was part Of the College OF Agri-
culture and which registered twenty
four students 10 Is rather Significant
that the College Of Business enrolled
the largest number Of students. about
sixteen hundred the College Of Enei-
neering about nine hundred, and the
College Of Agriculture about seven hun
drcd The faculty were composed ~
approXlmalel yseyen hundred nfty IN
structors and the registrar was pr.
Cooper, a Delaware boy from Cheswold,
a brother TO jefferson Cooper Of That
town.
"Thr university covered six hundred
acres and had in the ncighborhood o.
five hundred buildings Many Of the
buildings used for class rooms were
portable wooden barracks with the
windows made Of muslin and heated by
small stoves At the opening of the
university. while construction was still
going on, The students met within The
wooden barracks without fires The
weather was very dlsagrecabie as II
raincd nearly every dag and some oi
The floors Of the class rooms were quite
muddy The students wore their heavy
coats and caps during their recitation
periods and the instructor projected
himself the same way.
"ll was surprising io See the inter
est and enthusiasm shown by the men
for their work under these conditions
and 90 was common experience To hear
men who came 30 criticize the work NJ
the 4. =. NJ University 20 away sound
ing IFS praise The reasons why The
men did such good work are quite oh
vlous. I'm the nrsl place they were pick
cd from The flower of American youth
and So nearly perfect physically as well
as mentally. Again ihe best men from
the ranks Of The whole army were
chosen 10 be sent 10 The university
That they were physically 40 had a
very important bearing upon their
mental attitude. Furthermore. these
men were glad 90 Doe released from the
monotony Of army routine and re-
sponded as only Young America can re-
spond when given lis freedom and pow
er Of initiative. Another reason for the
unusually good work done by these
men was that like an American young
men. they were ambitious and most OF
them saw an opportunity 10 prepare
themselves for better citizenship and
more effective service upon returning
10 their homes. Many of them were
eager TO seize th opportunity offered
by the university 10 save a semestcrs
work i'm their own colleges as the work
done IA Tie university was of such
high character that 70 would be accept
cd for credits I'm the home universities
AS time went on the physical con-
ditions of the university improved very
materially and at the close, June :, the
university was running very smoothly
and attracted favorable comment by
the many French educators who came
TO inspect the work.
The sole purpose of tho university
was 10 maintain the morale Of the sol
diers during the enforced stay In
France. Considered from this point OF
view the university WAS great sue
cess and number Of student soldiers
have told me that they thoroughly ap-
preciated the opportunities offered by
the university and that IL had done
great deal in preparing them for their
return To. civilian life. During my stay
in this camp for over three months 7
] saw but four men under The influence
of liquor and the camp was made up of
nearly twelve thousand soldiers. This
in itself speaks well for the influence OF
the university. In attending frequent
meetings in y hufs ad theatres one
could not fail 10 be Impressed with the
character Of the men in attendance az
the university.
"The experiment IN education as car
ricd on at the A. +. NJ University has
been considered 50 successful both by
French and American army officers
that the French army has taken over
The university grounds and buildings
with practically an Of IFS equipment,
and it is understood that the French
army Will carry on the American plan
Of army education at the same place
and In The same manner that was 50
successful IN our own army. American
military officers were so favorably i'm
pressed that I'm an probability. II we
are 10 have a student army Of consid-
cradle size In America. the educational
idea so successfully worked out in
France will he a part of the soldiers
opportunity when he enlists I'm the
army: so that when the soldier has
finished his term Of service he will
either he ready for college. or possibly
have had the equivalent Of one years
college training or viii be a master
workman In one or number Of trades
I'm addition 10 the work at Beaune.
the army reached nearly a million men
through IFS university extension service
Nearly every camp had its post divi-
sion classes and lectures on agricul-
ture, engineering business and citizen
ship were carried into the field for the
soldiers benent.
IN conclusion IL can b safely said
that the educational program Of the A.
+. T. has been Napoleonic ion its con-
ception and has succeeded beyond the
expectations Of its most sanguine
friends