El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-18
SCHOOL FOR THE
SOLDIER READY
Order Is Out Giving Details
Of Instructions For
Enlisted Men.

\ system OF vocational and prevOca
tional schools has been established il
the FL Paso military district for tn
soldiers in the service in organiza
tons at this place. The system is t
be conducted at Fort Bliss and in tn
camps nearby, and. through an ar
rangement with A. H. Hughey. super
| intendent of the city schools of
Paso. the grades and subjects laugh
will be the same as those in CORE
spending grades OF the FL Paso pubIi
/ schools. Mr.. Hughey will cooperate
! with the instructors in these schools
I and the men finishing the courses
/ Will receive certificates of graduation
/ as II they had graduated from a SINH
/ lar public school in FL Paso. Exami
! nations for such certificates will b.
/ conducted under the supervision o.
/ Mr. Hughey, and the certificates is
/ sued TO the graduates will then b,
! recognized by junior colleges and uni
Versities in the same manner as Ger
| tificates are now recognized from the
FL Paso public schools.
The schools are to be of four dis.
I tinct classes. as follows:
school I-EIemenfary Courses.
/ English. Reading and spelling.
. Writing and elementary arithme-
9. Elementary history and civics.
Attendance at these courses will be
based on an examination to be given
all men in the service about october
l. 1913. Voluntary courses as now
constituted or in process of organiza-
ton VIII continue until this compul-
sorry course has been put into opera
ton The students enrolled in this
school will be required to take all
subjects as outlined unless excused
by the officer in charge.
School II.-JuniOr Courses.
/ Business English and penman-
2; Arithmetic and commercial geOg-
3. United States history and civies.
All students enrolling for this
school should take complete course as
outlined. unless courses are elected
from other schools by permission OF
the officer in charge The school is
mar course.
School III-SeniOr Courses.
1. Composition and rhetoric, select
ed English classics, American classics.
current literature and short story
writing.
?. General history Cancient and ne
dievaD, modern history, United States
history. physics, chemistry, geology.
Algebra. geometery, plane and
solid, Spanish, economics. public
speaking instrumentation and debated.
All courses of this school are Of
fered in cooperation with the FL Paso
High school. through the courtesy of
its superintendent. and are standard
preparatory courses Upon satisfac-
tory completion certificates will be
issued by this High school. As exam
nations are given under direction of
the superintendent OF this school
these certificates will be accepted for
entrance TO college, technical or voca-
tional schools all over America
one subject in each period should
be elected. R. H c. Proffitt viii be
clerk OF this school and viii advise
with students as to subjects to be
elected in order to complete any
course contemplated.
School IV-VOcatlonaI Courses.
/ (a) mechanical drawing. Oh au-
tomobile engineering, (c) electrical
engineering. (d) commercial law. (e)
bookkeeping. % shorthand
? ta) Mechanical drawing. OBJ me-
chanieal engineering (shop practicel,
Iel electrical engineering. Id com
geography. (e) commercial
% typewriting
8. tal Moving picture protection
etc; OBJ mechanical engineering
tshop practice). (c) electrical engi-
neering I'D scientific craftsmanship,
English and Spanish elective, each).
General Notes.
School will meet in the Fifth cav
airy K Of c building. Capt J. W.
White. SIND field artillery. will be in.
specor OF this school
School II viii meet in Fifth cavalry
& OF C. building Chaplain z. C.
AicFadden. Fifth cavalry. will be in
spector OF this school
School III viii meet in Fifth cav
airy Y. N. c. A building Chaplain
J. NJ Moose. Seventh cavalry. viii be
Inspector OF this school
School ". courses a /" "R" and &C.
n each group, will meet in Camp Boyd
Z. NJ. c. \ building. and the II. T. c.
school building. Lieut. f T Metzger. I
motor transport corps. will be inspee-
OF OF tnese courses
Courses 3D." ''e" and 81" IN each
group. Of this school will meet in ]
Seventh cavalry y. ". c. A These /
curses viii be credited by the Fl !
'aso High school Chaplain s Bl
: : movies. o 5. A, will be inspector |
# these courses.
Schools Will be in session from to /
p m. Monday, Tuesday. Thursday 1
nd Friday. Courses numbered 1
meet at 1 o'clock. those numbered >
I : O'Clock and those numbered at
minutes each.
Must Attend.
Records of enrolment and attend
nee VIII be accurately kept and re-
orted. Schools II. III and " are to
2 oullt up by voluntary enrolment. /
ut when a student has once enrolled Il
Tendance is compulsory. and no duty (:
xeept military emergency will be al I:
'wed to interfere. Students must {:
resent excuses for all absences to E
le inspector in charge
The administration of these schools :
i'll be under the supervision OF the :
lspectors. These officers will take :
-eps at once to put these schools in
oeration. cooperating with the vel E
IRE organizations and making re- E
orts, as directed in telegram from L
ar department on vocational train e
IL.
Reports in full will be made weekly l=
school INSPECTORS to the command E
z general. through the district mo- Il
ne officer, Chaplain ". 3. thinner Il