Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-17

training Iii colleges ard universities
which akaraed their academic rear y
the fail 81 1918, and second gronp
provided Tor confInuatio and en-
Iarg esnent 81 the vocational training
which started Id small way Ia the
snring 81 1915: schools and stnits hav-5
Ing been addesl il increasing units
darlng the summer
Mr., Hail's report tells the story of
the settlement 81 the CSC contracts.
On March /. Us institutions had filed
their statements or claims and Il Hass
after June j before Tho last of these
claims we're presented. Field forces
were organized % work h connection
with the Department III Washington
The country was divided into twelve
districts 30 rapid vas the progress
thai 679 settlements were made by
Mas 81. ANA the mai settlement Was
negotiated on June 25
There were many dark days for the
colleges when they we're not only
faced with the suspension of pay
ments under the Government con-
tracts, b,lt when Ii also looked as
though they might lose their students,
But the proxerb tiaat all Is well that
ends wella is again verified. since the.
Government has nade IFS adjustments
i'll i prompt manneg. and the records
ST the Department show that the aver
age return of students as civilians IL
90 pei cent
The report SAYS
.Forty.four institutions had already
received through the routine payments
under their original contracts full
eeinbur ssmeni Tor their costs, and.
accordingly signed cancellation agree
rnents and releases for the nominal
consideration of one dollar
Eight institutions had received
payment under their original contracts
id excess of their actual costs. and
returned I'd Inc Government their re-
ispectiye SURPRISES, amounting ~ ne.
aggregate ID SS4 ,729. 93.
THE amounts paid II settlement Of
the balance of tile contracts varied
iron less than $1,000 III some cases
It'd more than 100000 in others, de-
pending IL course In each case largely
ON the size al the unit and the amount
lof extra construction and other ex=
traordlnary expenses:
The summary 81 81 settlements y
given AS follOus
4 Number ef original contracts. 6S6s
gross amount paid In settlement. 81
1 SOS, I24.17: average settlement per con-
4 tract. $I4s424 38SS average settlement
per contract man $43. 20
This vast undertaking of the Gov
ernment Was closed. as the result q
ctficient administration. al d cost for
checking ind verifying the claims and
negotiating the settlements 81 an
] preximately $3.50 per contract. Con
sidering tile vast amount involved and
4 the computing of the training ct the
men. the sum appears To be very
small The average show that tbs
men received So days of training
There WIS paid out under the origl.
81 nal contracts. before the period 81
&p1lEE4AkAlIgkA q 3 Es1A1A NAAA5e - 1s4aV0y
474,22
The response of the institutions 81
higher education throughout the coIln
Try to the Government ! call ii 1918
was al magnificent as II was inspir
ling reads the report, which com
4 gnents on the foregoing statement q.
follows
without reservation they place.
their facilities and their services ii
4 the hands of the Government without
hesitation and without thought Of pro.
lit or reward They accepted the con.
4 tracts which the Committee on Edu.
cation and Special Training placed
before them and relied upon the as
i surance that they would be iustls
treated and that sooner on later Az
i inequities would iii some way be I'D,
lustetl They seemed fo be actuates
solely BY. i desire to serve and 60.
operate With the plans of the War De:
partment This same spirit has con
linued through the period of adjust
tnent and settlement In only i fep
rare instances has there been any ap.
parent desire TO profiteer or ri re
leeiye from tile Government anything
more than actual costs. They havs
readily accepted the Departments III
depreciation of how such costs shoalt