Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-06
DOughboys Going to School
Stars and Stripes. France.

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Twenty thousand men Of the Third army
and 10000 of the First army have enrolled as
students in army post schools to be conducted
under the auspices of the army educational conf
mission, 1t was announced this week at general
headquarters.
The school bell is ringing in many parts of
the A. f. F. In the Ninth army corps, now
stationed in the vicinity of ST. Mihiel, 1t was
stated, ii 900 men are already attending classes.
In regions further south, including Bordeaux,
where the famous University of Bordeaux is
preparing to receive 1900 American students,
post schools and colleges are being got ready.
The exploitation of the DIXON area is POSSIBLE
ity of the near future.
Under the terms of general orders g general
headquarters division schools, where men may
take work corresponding to high school courses
and also vocational work, are to be opened i'll
all divisions Hundreds of former college and
academy professors are being withdrawn from
various branches of the A. +. F. and sent to
direct an dteach these schools, and thousands
of text books are being shipped to them The
plan is to make these divisional schools con-
tinuous in operation, having them move with the
divisions when they are ordered Hobokenward,
breaking up only when the outfits are mustered
out at home.
For the higher branches Of education, courses
in IA French universities and in several of the
larger English and Scottish universities will be
offered, as previously announced, to duly quail
fed applicants-the same rules applying to OH
GERS and men-who wish to continue interrupted
undergraduate studies or take up postgraduate
work. But, in addition, the A. Z. F. is going to
have college of its own, entirely complete in
equipment barracks class rooms, teaching staff
and text books at Nevers.
Taking a course in one of the foreign univer-
sites or in the A. E. F.'s own college will not,
however, mean that man will be stuck here
if his unit is ordered back. The privilege will
be extended, so it is planned, to all officers and
men in attendance to choose whether they want
to go home with their units or stay and finish
their courses In addition all officers and men,
while taking university work, will be considered
as on detached service and will draw their full
pay
The subjects being taught in such post
schools as those operated in the Ninth army
corps area include elementary and advanced
French, French history, governmental institu-
tions Of the allied countries, craftsmanship, draw
ing, architecture civics, English reading, COM
position and literature, causes of the present
war, use of gas engines, arithmetic, algebra and
trigonometry, shorthand, and for elementary
students, reading, writing and spelling
The effort is to make all the courses as prae-
teal as possible In the course of architecture,
for example, which is under the charge of a
former lecturer at the University of California,
the class visits and inspects various types of
buildings throughout the corps area, including
old Roman edihces.
For the divisional schools divisional school
officer has been appointed in each of those units
now in France Under him are regimental and
company school officers, reporting to him and
extending the program laid down. In each di-
vision, also, there will be appointed from the
army personnel man with library experience to
act as divisional librarian, working in co-opera-
ton with the divisional school officer to secure
the needed text and reference books.
The American Library association will APP
point from its own personnel for each army an
army librarian to have general supervision of
the divisional book distribution, and will also
have its representatives at the more important
centers in the S. o. S. A central library and
distributing center will be established for the
Third army at Coblenz.
The language difficulty in connection with
work in the French universities is expected to
be overcome by the offering of intensive courses
in French to prospective students for several
weeks before the opening of the regular uniyer
sity courses. Much of the instruction. though
will be in English, either through the medium
of French professors who know the language or
Americans assigned to lecture and translate.
AT the University of Bordeaux, however, all
the courses will be given in French. AS sam
pie of the accommodations to be provided by
the French universities, the Bordeaux faculty
has decided to admit about 500 Americans to its
law school and about 200 to its medical school,
To the latter only those men will be admitted
who have had at least two years study in Amer
lean medical schools.
The scientific school will accommodate about
200 Americans, and of this number four specially
qualified men will be allowed to take the course
in astronomy at a nearby observatory. The re-
mander of the university's quota will be eligible
for the regular general course in French litera-
ture, history and arts.
AS to the agricultural program embodied in
the armys educational scheme the farmers in-
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deaux proved highly successful They were
given at IL different camps in Base Section No
2 and the attendance ranged from 800 to 300
or more. IT
So great was the enthusiasm manifested that
it is now. proposed to have permanent agrcul-
tural training stats at each Of the larger camps
in the section under the general charge of Mai
George ]. Bowling.
At the embarkation camp Of the Bordeaux
region, where the men stay only few days be-
fore being shipped home, lectures on agricul-
ture, accompanied by motion pictures, are to be