Evening journal., 1919-06-14
5000 Yanks Are Studying :
in Army University Abroad

1 lneld OF agricultural education. 40 fai
as know The whole field. IL covered
in the School OF Agriculture
'In addition ia the university some
three thousand OF our men are matricu-
lated IN colleges in England and France
They are actually In Cambridge, OK.
for the University OF London. Uniyer-
/ lsity OF Manchester. Trinity College, OF
/ the University OF Dublin, and In the
Sorbonnc and other French universi-
| Ties, so that three thousand OF our men
{ are h. foreign universities and are TAX
I ing courses there,
"ln addition 10 this, they have at
( Beaume. as part OF the university
what they call The normal college
and 10 this school selected men are sent
from thc various divisions IN France,
These men take a course IN pedogsgy.
They 80 back TO their divisions after
three or four weeks of this. and set
up schools TO teach the men in The
elementary branches.
"Of course, all the men IN the uni
versity agree 10 stay until the compile
tion OF the course for which they have
mstrlculaled, which Is three OF four
months. / think
"The idea OF all this is that no sol
dier will return 20 the United States
illiterate. In addition to providing op-
portunities FOR higher education. and
education In the professions, they get
down 90 the A C's OF the matter by
giving men an opportunity TO take up
/ elementary subjects, thus making 20
practically impossible for anybody 90
get back 20 the United states without
having acquired a knowledge OF English
sufficient TO enable him TO read and
write.
THE enthusiasm OF the men for edu-
cation work is the most amazing thing
Everybody at the university Is there
voluntarily and the professors are. many
Of them. men Of great eminence; The
head OF the Department OF Philosophy.
for instance, Is a professor OF philosO-
ply in one OF the great American uni
versities. ] was told with one accord.
every place ! went. that a man in
Beaume would get the same amount OF
work done in a month that the average.
or better than average. college student
would DO In three months. The boys
are more mature. For some time their
minds have been fallow-at rest on
intellectual subjects. This educational
activity is taking the place Of the old
interest in war and the central idea is
sliding over from one thing 10 the other
so that their concentration OF attention
is marvellous.
"The university at Beaume is strik-
ing in two respects: In the first place
the cheering and stirring thing about
20. TO me, is the readiness which the
American soldier lays down his arms
and takes mp his books; and. in the
The second place, 10 shows what. I
think. in the future viii be the normal
occupation OF a permanent army. In
stead OF the men Of the permanent army
living in idlencss. we Will have them
doing military things half the time and
education things the rest Of the time
50 that they Will come out with an
education and the army Will become
the West Point OF the enlisted men.
That is really a great idea.
AT The University at Beaume. they
have in addition 10 The courses already
enumerated, a school OF art and a
school Of music. some OF the work
done by the students In architecture
drawing and I'm painting is quite strik-
Ing. I went into a class. FOR instance
where ! should say a dozen men were
painting from life. There was a French
poilu as the model and these fellows
were painting him. In another place
we went into a room where a big