The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-01
UNCLE SAM BECOMES
BIG SCH00LMASTER
Every ruu ~ over 500 Mru Has a
Ius't school In some Kind
OF "A Hours
UNDER PERSHING'S ORDER
Everything 1nnght I'rum \ II. C'r
Ip to COLLEGE Advanced
Degrees.

PARIS. hpuI 90 uv Mul
rnclo sam n uow nug ,,rlrrl
schoolmumcr Wln nuout .oUo0u
khNk.clad puup Tha /. lnn %.
ruIt of tho establishment OF rn. rlu
oationhl Corpa ~ h, rnf,l STATEN
army Z" proNid" training fur ,u,.t
tons ana nrtirmI. inairu.lur fDr
young mon Iu tho aIm}
Tho educational ,urpH iH under tho
direction of ErE Gu Euh.t /
N"rs, VITO mllurIs,l rhr American
c"llsg"H last ia| l.ul,. lm H 1000
executive commission of tuiro ,du
Gators, nr tpnh T. smuIIuy 300.
rorinlculcut ~ SCHOOLS lu Glove.
land. Df John Eraaiur. professor m
English at Dolumhmr ari Br kru.
}on J.. lUNrtnril. president ~ me
hash chusotrH NErI,ulurd college I'm
all about 1000 luslru.tUrt Iu,RIirr
number Of men of hFh standing lu
American education. uic teaching
TIA" American Hu'dI,ra .Ihc wty 80
progress Ey"rlhur fm a. II. =
10 uniNcruty uuhl'.'a uI '.um
t'rnoEEphl In ,uHIu'rrInr ie iu.
oludrl within tho ,.rr|.um ~ 'hH
great aud unique college
lh' army MOODS were 30 fuil ur
Grafton hy January. ,IuIupri with
llb00 worth ~ books specially ur.
dcrcd from America ana provided iu
part 10y The American Library nfFu
citation But thrro has hrru a snult.
age of hooks nnd offou one book has
had TO serve fur whole class
SChool fur iNor, 500.
Many hundreds or army schools
have been oulabliHhrd throughout
France wherever there ara puuuph
American @ldicrq 10 warrant Gcu.
cthl porshinEH orders required u
post school In every place where 500
or more men wrro stationed. ana AZ
the Rchools had tu hc opened ~ once.
all sorts uf queer places. from cafes
Ia m monaEterios, were uurd aH school
rooms unti regular quarters cOult
bc provided The Huldiora are study
Ing IN barns stable lofts. acre.
dromca, army barracks ana In one
case In u convent Meantime the
army In cndeayurinF to provide nde
puRte quarters hud sufficient book q
for Its 100000 studcntS In cities
likc Coblenz the city school buildings
are used without interfering with tho
regular school life of tho children.
These post schools may bc termed
Ihf primary HtnoOlA OF fhc army eau
catinnal system, though this r. In
esnct. hs In many of these schools
more advanced education IL being
glven to officers ana men who arc
able 10 leave their posts and attend
tho divisional Echnols or the unlycr-
sity. The men attend these post
schools after thor regular day y
work
Then every division has high
school centrally located with better
accommo odatlous Some 10000 men
are attending such high schools
Then comes the big army university
Mt Beaune, which win Accommodate
many thousands ot students he
Sides there are about 4 1000. officers
and men attending French uniycr-
sities who have Hospitality thrown
open their doors to their American
friends and 1000 are IN English unit
versitlea These university students
are all men who have had nt least
the equivalent Of two years In col
iege
Curriculum IL Wide.
obviously few men Cnu be dc
tachcd from their own units TO at
tend these universities. hut the post
school does not interfere with mill
tary work, but is available to every
soldier, and thus has an important
place In the educational system