The sun., 1919-07-27

A GRAPHIC description OF the work
IA carried on in the A. e. #. Uni
versity with It's thirteen sepa-
rate colleges at Beauue. France,
which, was in session from March
10 June III with student body num-
boring more than $4,000 American SOL
diers and faculty comprising about
700 instructors. giving courses In prac-
tically all subjects available to students
In American universities, is given by
Prof. Ernest b. Babcock, professor of
genetics In the University of California,
who has returned from France after
teaching classes at Beaune In botany,
genetics and plant breeding.
Prof. Babcock was head of the botany
department until April /, when he was
relieved of his duties to engage lin field
extension work. giving lectures in the
various American camps throughout
france.
1.-THE university at Beaune opened in
formally and under the greatest of diffi-
culties on March 1 because of the short
time allowed to secure the necessary
equipment" said Prof. Babcock. col
Ira j.. Reeves>v was president of the uni
versity and directly responsible to Gen.
Reese of General Headquarters. DR..
was the academic head. assisted by DR..
Butterfield and DR.. Spaulding."
Nevertheless work proceeded rapidly,
and by the time the session came to a
close almost $4,000 troops had received
instruction in a variety of university
subjects.
In the latter part Of March the stu
dents and faculty were reviewed by Gen.
Pershing, who addressed the entire body
M mn ha In xuo =
an imposing ceremony" declared Prof.
Babcoclr.
DR.. Babcock met many former stu
dents Of the University Of California
whom he had personally known and also
Haw Prof. Frank Adams and Prof. Wal
ter Packard OF the university, who were
engaged In extension lectures on citi-
kenship.
Close to the university at Beaune a
vocational school was established at
Allerey with a separate faculty and a
student body of 1880 soldiers. The
courses here were devoted largely to
agriculture.
Between the city of verdun and the
outlying chain OF forts there Is low
valley or river bottom" said Prof. Bah
cock. "In this valley are long strips
OF barbed wire entanglements with fields
torn by shells. I sa.w French farmers
and their wives working with horses and
ploughs in the fields that had been just
recently policed by German prisoners,
who had been required to- I'LL up the
shell holes along this old river floor"
Prof. Babcock said that France had
not demobilized her army as yet, but
that men who had been released were
resuming their pre-war occupations.
THE French attitude toward America
is one O, marked friendliness," declared
DR.. Bar cock, wherever the French
people and the American soldiers have
hadrthe opportunity to become really &C
uuainted strong friendship has fol.
lowed. and the people are sorry to see
the boys leave"
Plans to visit England. Denmark and
Sweden for the purpose of engaging In
certain researches did not materialize. as
Prof. Babcock was unable to secure pass
ports In time for plans to be made. He
did visit the French cities of Paris, d.
Son. Nantes, Lamont and Brest.
Fifty-seven University of California
alumni from the classes Of 1905 to
1918 are now members OF the American
Army Student Detachment at the
various British institutions, advices
from the American Expeditionary Forces
IN London to President Benjamin 1de
Wheeler to-day stated.
Nineteen officers from lieutenant to
major and thirty Eight privates. cor
porals and sergeants are stationed at