The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-12

partment Of Citizenship, for Work in
clvIcs, General information and For.
eicn Relations.
Doughboy college, a university for
soldiers only; already n 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 Diion, France. This
Is the American Expeditionary Force
university and 1t Is certainly one of
the most interesting educational insti-
buttons In the world.
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. Il. f.
university thriving on alien, If friend
ly soil. The university is composed Of
these colleges: agriculture, arts, BUSH
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. A
student at Beaune can carry on al
most the same work as he could at a
representative American university.
Under economics and social sciences,
for instance, are the following courses:
fundom ontaJ aonporto tbaorv ooo.
nomic history, trusts, labor problems.
elementary sociology. social psychol-
ogy. social problems, modern phil
anthropy, 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 civics, general infor-
nation and foreign relations. The
teaching faculty includes over 500 men
drawn from the army and from the
experts-several hundred in number
sent over by the Y. NJ. @. A. for de-
veloplng 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
director, Professor Erskine of Column
bia university, chairman Of the army
educational commission ; the directors
of the various schools, the faculty, etc.
Each term is for three months, the
first term being March, April and May;
the second, June. July and August.
Each student carries as a minimum
three lectures or recitation hours daily
during 1--WE days of the week and four
and a half hours daily in study periods.
Saturday afternoons and Sundays are
free.
Many In Allied Schools.
In addition to the university at
Beaune, the army educational com
mission has arranged for students to
attend British and French UNIVERSE
ties. A recent cable from London re-
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, Sheffield 20, Bristol
81. Birmingham IS, Manchester IS.
In France there are 1000 students
at the Sorbonne In Paris alone. OF
these 400 are In law, $50 in letters, 79S
in science and $50 In medicine. The
number at the .Sorbonne is so great
that 1t has been necessary to appoint
q special Americans reference librarian.
namely. Capt. A. Law Vogue Of the
Engineering cnrps.j former reference IL
brarian Of the Mechanics institute In
San Francisco.
About 1000 American students are
at the other French universities, In
Guiding q large number at Bordeaux.
Toulouse and Grenoble. At each Of
these universities there isan American
army officer In charge and a represen-
tative Of the army educational com
mission as a sort of dean sof students.
Noistudent is detailed to aiFrench uni
versity unless he has had at least two
years work at an American college
and agrees to remain to complete the
three months term.
The officers and professors Of the
French universities have done every
thing In their power to facilitate the
studSessof American, students. For I'm
stance, Nine. Curie at the Sorbonne.
who with her husband discovered the
element radtum, has set apart GER
tain hours for the reception OF Amer
lean students In tho Radium institute.
Special emphasis Is being placed on
agricultm4l. education. an army farm
school having been opened at Allery
April l. It n under fhe supervision
Of President Butteraeld Of the Massa-
chnsetts agricultural college, a member
Of the 4rmy educational commission.
Il takes. care Of students who are not
au1nciently advanced to pursue agri-
'culturuI courses It the university in
Beaun4 More than loo are In at
tendsnee and about $50 acres Of land
are avAIlable for farm demonstration
work IA addition to these facilities,
oGricuftnral n s9~nafstnfnnw covcrin0