Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-15
SOLDIERS HAVING
TUBERCULOSIS TO
ATTEND COLLEGE
University of Arizona, Through
Federal Board of Vocational.
Training, 10 Educate Afflict-
ed Fighters,
SPECIAL eorRsssosorses 70 1oas,no lobanAl,

! stspEciAL coHREsponnENeE 70 SoasiSo JobaNAL,
New York, sept. 14.-There is in
the United States university which
has for its chief entrance require
ments the provision that all students
must be arrested. Arrested in this
case, however, does not imply that
deep voiced miuion of the law has
paced his weighty hand upon the
shoulder of the student and said
Come with me. Yes, / know, but tell
that to the judge in the morning" 1t
does indicate that the student con-
tracted tuberculosis while fighting I'm
Gle Sans fight "oyer there and has
| taken up the battle on the disease so
successfully that its progress has been
arrested.
The institution in question is the
University of Arizona at Tucson. When
| the fall term begins between 200 and
400 soldiers who have developed the
| disease while in the serviceeof their
| country and who have respondent to
| treatment to the point where the
progress of the disease has been halt
| ed, will begin their studies there. The
movement is supported by the FEDERAL
t'board for vocational training When
| the plans were in process of formation
experts from the National Tuberculo-
! sis association were called in and act
ed as members of the advisory COM
mittee.
| The work of these experts is but
| another manifestation of the far
| reaching influence of the National
| Tuberculosis association and its thou
| sand or more affiliated organizations
which are scattered throughout the
| Rnt n nv %
is sometimes referred to, has conduct
ed relentless warfare upon tuberculo-I
sis. Financed chiefly by the proceeds
| of the annual Red Cross Christmas,
seal sale, the association has been able
to carry. the fight into. practically ev-.
cry corner of the country and to-
awaken civic interest in the tubercu-
losis problem,
Old Order Is Changed.
Until the period of the great war it
! had always been the practice of the
government to send disabled soldier
whether his disability was caused
by wound orr disease nome. He was
| left to work out his own economic sal
-vation largely unaided, save for his
pension. The result was not profitable
to the country and the individual suf-
| fered accordingly. With the new and
| enlightened order of things that pol
icy has passed beyond. In its place
is one which recognizes a continued.
responsibility for the disabled soldier.
| The federal board for vocational
education recognizes tuberculosis as a
major disability and provides accord
| ingly for soldiers who have fallen vic.
tins of the pleague. Fhe University
of Arizona Is the first educational in.
stitution with which arrangements for
the training of these men have been
| made. -
The arrangement is an ideal onesfor
the tuberculous soldier and the sue
cess of this practical demonstration
| will probably result in an extension
/ of the program The soldier student
pays his way-4but the fees are nomi-
+, nal and leave balance from his al
i lotment sufficient5to keep things NOV
/ ing smoothly at home. The govern
ment allows soldiers with major dis
abilities $50 a month If single and up
to $3.50 each month if they are mar
ried mon with families.
4 From this he is required to nay 81
per month for his lodging and $3.50
! per month for his board. Two build
ings have been provided for the hous-
| ing of the men. The food will be pre-
pared by expert cooks and will be the
kind most needed by the students.
Experience has shown that per-
/ centage of all arrested cases suffer
tbreakdowns. To meet this emergency
sanatorium will be provided with a
resident physician and an expert
nurse, Text books and special in
structdrs will be provided The mat
ter of tuition fees has not been de-
rita nj Il f<,
cent available reports, but If any fee
is charged this will be carried by the
government.
In many instances an arrested case
cannot return to his former occupa-
ton. At the University of Arizona he
i will be trained to follow some other
vocation more suited to his physical
/ condition. In selecting the various
\ courses many things will be taken into
consideration. OF first importance Is
/ the ability of the student to stand up
under the training course and to con-
i tinue the work in after years.
Not to Aim Too High.
fThen. too. his mental capacity will
be given careful consideration. None
of the men will be permitted to aim
i too high. On the other hand there is
mo limit placed upon his ambitionsI
If qualified for the regular college
course he will be encouraged to take
1t. The courses will embrace all lines
/ of university training as well as vo-
cational work. Those qualified to
take un the university course and
those whose university training has
been broken off by the war may con-
time their studies. In the cases of
men whose early education does not
quite qualify them for the regular
university work they will be accepted
as specials and given especial in
structions so they may work off their
conditions while going along in their
other work. &
1t is expected the majority of the
soldiers student will take up the voca-
rjonal instructions. Auto repairing,
electrical engineering, telegraphy all
lines of commercial wotk and power
plant operation are few of the
courses open to them.
/ Those qualified to mount higher on
the ladder of Instruction have open
to them courses In civil engineering,
mechanical engineering, chemistry,
mining engineering ana irrigation en-
| gineering. The courses are from three
to nine months in duration and are
arranged for by the men on that
basis. No official announcement has
4 been made as to the duration of this
plan of instruction as yet and any
attempt to predict what the policy
will be next year is pure conjecture.
However, the United States 'recog-
nizes tuberculosis as major disabili-
" and has entered upon widespread
plan to rehabilitate the disabled SOL