The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-04
IDEAL ACADEMY
 ON GULF COAST

Gulfport, Miss, June 2.-tSpecial 1.-The chief problems of a school do not lie
 E the class room, as competent teachers are able to solve all purely academic problems The successful school is one in which the proper control of the leis- ure time of the student is exercised. Many problems of physical, mental and moral development are solved by keeping boy busy all the time out in the open. The Gulf Coast Military academy, Gulf port, was established in the fall of 1912 at the most beautiful spot on the entire Mississippi coast, this place being select ed because it lent itself to the open air life and therefore to easy solution of the problem of discipline in a school 1 for boys The success of the academy, l operated as it was on the twin idea of | individual attention in daily work and open-ar living, proved the wisdom of i its founders. The school has outgrown 1 it's seventh successive year. neces-
 sita ting additional buildings which were 1 promptly filled to capacity.
 ] The enrolment during the initial ses- | sion seven years ago, was S5. The enroll 1 ment during the session just passed was 1 547, from % states and foreign coun- ltries.
 
 who were too young to permit their ad- mission to the academy, a junior depart ment was esta ablished in 1916 where young CT boys might receive that combination | Of home and school which is essential to tteir, development. This department oc-
 crpies a very handsome property about ] 3o0 wards down the beach from the senior department. the main barracks being T ma gnificent ante bellum home with its beautiful Corinthian columns and it's mag nifcent grounds.
 ! In both departments of the academy in | dividua attention for every boy in all ! phases of his development is stressed. A
 faculty of carefully selected and expert l instructors is supplied, sufficiently large | to give individual attention to the cadets ! Both military discipline and training are | given under officers of the army detailed l by the United States government for that | purpose, assessed bY members of the fac I ulty who have seen service in the recent war.
 The naval department of the academy l is one of the most attractive features l Four naval cutters have been detailed by the government and an ensign of the navy has been employed for the coming sea. son.
 Instruction is given in radio by an of fcer who had large experience in this branch of the service in the recent war A full radio equipment is installed or 1 the campus.
 The Gulf Coast Military academy is no q college It is a high grade preparator, school which trains men for entrance tt any college or university in the country The cadets sleep on sleeping porche:
 which are screened, and breathe the sal
 air from the gulf, and the outdoor lift covers practically the entire day giv ing to each cadet the glow of robus health. The climate of this section can not be surpassed. There are few extreme' either in winter or summer The reports of the government military engineers pro ncunce this section ideal for healthy life. l The academy is not a reformatory fo
 bad boys, but is high-class school fol
 such cadets as have a serious purpos'
 and correct habits.