The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-20

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pus crowded with men in the uniform
of the United States, and you have
concrete view of the American #. +.
university at Beaune, Cote dor
! France. A new experiment in educa-
ton in the army, step further than
the post and divisional schools which
J have been conducted ever since the
troops were in Europe, was begun
under direction of the army educa-
tional committee over month ago.
From all indications, like everything
else the American army has set out
tic do. this will prove a success. Stu
dent instructors preside over classes
with majors and colonels in the per-
sonnet. and educators from the states,
who have come specially for this
purpose direct in the work of teaching
! and teach. Buck privates and Sam
Brown belted officers rub elbows and
talk like cronies in the classrooms and
outside: majors are given pages or
/ Lessons to do Eat home" by instrue-
tors who wear only corporal stripes on
their arms; Y. NJ. c. A. huts in every
regimental area furnish the club and
Il aternity atmosphere. with the "Y''
girls giving the touch of visitors
nights at these clubs.
Take class in journalism as an
example of the typical makeup in
personnel of the classes at the uniyer-
/ sity. A corporal is the instructor
while in front of him sit captains,
/ Eeutenants, a chaplain, a top sergeant,
, several sergeants and one or two
| buck privates. The instructors in this
college include for instance regimen
Ia, sergeant majors from the marine
corps, two captains whose occupation
in civilian life is that of newspaper
writing, an educator who stands high
! in the colleges of the west, coming
| from the University of Nebraska, and
an instructor whose work in the Uni
versity of Chicago. temporarily Is
suspended that he may talk adyertis-.
ing to a class of ad copy writers or
those who would be in this category.
In other classes and colleges YOU find
similar "fifty-seven varieties" There
aIe instructors in the college of educa-
ton who have made names for them
selves in the states who are here to
lecture and guide the men whose
thoughts turn towards the school room
when Uncle Sam is through with
them.
Another unique feature Of the school
is this: Colleges in the states offer
plenty of chances to the ambitious
man to work his way through school.
but where can you find any examples
of men being paid for going to schools
Army system prevails in the Amer1-
can T. F. university just as it does In
the A. E. F., and the student draws his
monthly pay, and clothing and food
just the same as if he were back In
his outfit, grooming horses, cursing
trucks, wondering why on earth g. H.
c. persisted in having maneuvers now
that the war is over, or indulging IN
the present popular pastime-that OF
batting the boys who wear the red
band around their hats, and whose ap-
pearance is hailed always with the
chorus. "Who won the war; and the
answer like the raven OF Poe, The
NJ. P's."
Colonel Ira L. Reeves, an eastern
educator, is the director of the college,
and there is class for the embryo
Pershings and Woods, who expect TO
natriculate in the U. S. military AGA
DENY when they return TO Gods coun-
try. This is not the only class where
the military prevails. The students
are divided according TO colleges into
companies and regiments. Each COM
pany has its own barracks, and Is
responsible for the conditions there.
There are daily formations for reveille
and a short period of drill precedes
the morning classes. For the slothfui
and careless there is the "top-klck's
familiar extra duty list, and fatigue de-
tails are filled from this. There are
inspections Saturday mornings, but In
general the student is given plenty OF
liberty. There are passes to the city
OF Beaune daily from 4:10 to 500
.. m, and on Fridays the time is ex-
tended TO midnight. while all Saturday
Afternoon and evening belong to the
student Tx, ewise all day Sunday up
until 500 p. M, when the study hour
for blue Monday" commences Tne
student body in the university Is sup
posed to be a picked outfit of men,
men who can be trusted; and until
they betray that trust they are given
wide liberty. OF course there are
such regulations that appear on the
bulletin boards as books shall be
carried in the left hand and over
sseas caps shall be worn tilted slightly
to right" that try mems souls, but
these are mere trifles,
The university students already
have been turned out for two inspec-
lions, the first one by Gen. John j..
Pershing. who with his customary
snap and thoroughness gave every
student in the university the once
over" His talk to the students fol
flowing the inspection was brief but OF
| interest to every one of them. As is
his custom, Gen. Pershing stopped to
talk to the men on whose right sleeve
Is a gold chevron, denoting wounds.
Several men who have received the
I'D s. C. also were complimented by
the c. in c. An interesting little Incl
dent connected with his trip TO the
university is that in which he met the
daughter of an old school teacher or
his Miss Blanche True is in the "Y''
work here. and she was presented to
the general.
Perhaps some people wonder what
the students do for text books. draw
ing Instruments and the like These