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

miles south Of Dion, France. This
is the American Expeditionary Force
university and il is certainly n OF
the most interesting educational insti-
tations in the world.
Secretary Stokes of Yale. chairman
of the committee which has represent
ed in this country the army education
n commission. has received detailed
reports of the work of the A. r. +.
university thriving on alien. If friend
ly soil. The university is composed OF
these colleges: agriculture. arts. busi-
ness. education, engineering, industry,
trades. journalism. law. letters. medi-
col sciences. music and science.
The preliminary catalogue shows
more than zoo different courses. the
largest number being in agriculture
engineering. letters and science. A
student at Beaune can carry ON al
most the am work as he could st q
representative American university,
Under economics and social sciences,
for instance. are the following courses
fundamental economic theory. eco.
nomie history. trusts, labor problems
elementary sociology. social psschol.
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. genera infor-
nation and foreign relations. The
teaching faculty includes over 900 men
drawn from the army and from the
experts-seyeral hundred In number
sent over by the Y. NJ. c. A. for de-
veloping the plans ~ the army edu-
cational commission.
The organization Of the university
includes a superintendent. Colonel
university. Vermont an educational
director. Professor ErSkine Of colum-
bia university. chairman Of the army
educational commission the directors
Of the various schools. the faculty. etc.
Zach 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 five 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 70 the university at
Beaune. the army educational COM
mission has arranged for students 10
attend British and French uniyersi-
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 -. Edinburgh
215. Glasgow 265. Sheffield 20, Bristol
n. Birmingham II. Manchester u.
In France there are 1000 students
at the Sorbonne in Paris alone. OF
these 400 are 10 law. 6JO In letters. 1913
in science and 10 in medicine. The
number al the SorbOnne Is so great
that II has been necessary TO appoint
a special American reference librarian,
namely. Capt. A. Law Vogue Of the
Engineering corps. former reference H.
brsrian Of the Mechanics Institute In
San Francisco.
About 1000 American students are
AZ the other French universities. In
GLIDING a large number az Bordeaux.
Toulouse and Grenoble. At each u
these universities there is an American
army officer in charge and a represen-
tatiye of the army educational com
mission as a sort OF dean of students.
No student is detailed 10 a French uni.
versity unless he has had az least two
years' work Al an American college
and agrees to remain 10 complete the
three months term.
The officers and professors 81 the
French universities have done every
thing in their power 20 facilitate the
studies of American students. For in.
stance. Nine. Curie a. the Sorbonne
who with her husband discovered the
element radium has sci apart Ger
tain hours for the reception Of Amer
lean students In the Radium institute
Special emphasis Is being placed on
agricultural education. an army farm
school having been opened at Allery
April /. II is under the supervision
OF President Butterfeld of the Massa.
chusetts agricultural college, a member
OF the army educational commission.
IL takes care Of students who are not
sufficiently advanced to pursue agri-
cultural courses at the university In
Beaune. More than 1000 are in at
tendance and about $50 acres OF land
are available for farm demonstration
work. In addition to these facilities.
agricultural institutes" covering
three days = being held at various