Evening journal., 1919-09-17
COLLEGES SHIFT BACK TO PEACE BasIs.

nxr ITH Delaware College 10 open tomorrow and with
w next Monday set for the general opening OF Amer-
colleges and universities the eyes OF the country are
turned to Of the most snnincani phases in the his
tory OF The counys higher education-the transition Of
colleges and college men from war to peace
For two years the halls OF learning in Delaware and
he other States have opened to the khaki the blue.
Nth the return OF cap and gown farseeng educators see
lot only reyersion TO the past but the development OF
new university, the birth Of a spirit in the thous
ands Of colleges which to take up training Of the
national youth within these next few days
The war has made changes in both the student and
the institution With thousands OF young men returning
to their books after long months national service and
with hundreds Of instructors professors coming back
70 their desks with the grim realities OF war fresh in their
minds It is natural psychological development that there
IS TO be note in the coistered classroom while
with the colleges themselves just through the new OK
perience Of housing the student Officers Training Corps
and all the other military organizations fosered for the
student by the government there bound 10 be- in the
opinion Of prominent educators a definite legacy OF
thought and ideals to stay with the colleges as fruit OF
the great war
Teaching the young idea to shoot and teaching the
young idea to think dsslmlar only in their objects
says one prominent professor for henceorh the trend
OF thought will be the same The country needs IFS best
youth before the great problems OF the inn
mediate future demand that young men must think
as straight they have learned to shoot The answering
loyalty to an ideal and the universal seriousness OF pur
marked feature Of the students efforts during
the war, must continue if the economic political and
social needs OF the nation be met with the same
success as that with which young met the Ger
man"
It is predicted generally that the statistics which win
follow next weeks registrations will show for one thing
that the average student viii be older than the average
OF the Fa Of 1916 for the that thousands are ex
pecied to return to complete The courses which the war
cut short while on all hands are indications that the
wars lessons physical training are to be met with an
unparalleled increase in athletics for the whole student
BODY, opposed to the old system Of concentrating on
chosen squad OF the few
Harards recent decision to give physical training 10
the entire freshman class is an instance showing the
trend along this direction, while It is expected that col
ege authorities in general including those of Delaware
College, henceforh viii closer supervision Of
the health and physical condition of all students
One Of the most noteworthy features of tile new at
ude Of the universities, it has been pointed out the
way in which the long sacred curriculum has been opened
wide for revision TO meet the public needs new free
dom from precedent for the most part 10 The changes
all colleges made in their courses TO adapt their aduca
onal machinery to the wants OF the War Department
Statements and reports from presidents and faculties
everywhere reveal the fact that the college is preparing
10 train its newest for all the big work which has
developed o. result Of the war particularly in inter-
national trade and finance in The neyvyopened field
OF industrial chemistry where the war with Germany
must continue long after peace an accomplished fact
20 many college professors having as advisers