The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-05-27

fsll, o.ftinea eamAsisf ~iis
sbuas 80 khaAi.eiaa paplls Ths
q ihs frsaii of ihs rsiAell. arnsni ~
~ educational eofpa - me tniisa
states army % provide lIalnlae tcf
socailons ana academic lnstrucl lon.
fof ,aaas men IN ths army
The educational eorps h anfei tae
dlsrsiiea - Iifissaier General RohoF,
! Nee. ~ho ni.lliafised lhe Amegis sn
colleges last tall Undvf hlm l. -
ssecatise cousmlsslon - thfcc Ella
caters. pr Frank D Spsuldlns. saper
lnsendea, y srhecis In Cleveland ~
John Lrsaine professor sf Fnsilsh ~,
Colombia. .nd a. ksu,on I. Halter
Held. president of the Massachusetts,
agricultural college In al about
See Instructors. Including . uumhel
~ men of hitch siandins In Anerirs>
niueu,lcu. are teaching TOE Americas
tcliicru the way TO proerss Every
thing from a. b. &. to university sub
jccts and from stencstapay 60 eng'-
necrlnr ia included wlthin the eWficu.
lum Of this srca, unique college
The army schools we're IN faii oper
alton ~ January. caulpps-i with sises
worih of books specially ordered iron.
America and provided IN part by the
American IAhrsr, association nu,
there has hccn shortage OF hooas
and offer the book has had "a serve
for whole class
Many hundreds of army ssaocls
have hcon established throag hou,
France wherever thcfo are cnoug
nrrican soldiers to warrant, General
rershing's order required poe, schoo'
n every place whefc 500 or moro men
were stationed and AS the schools haA
O be opened at once all sorts OF queer
places. from cafes 10 monaierica. wor.
used as school rooms. until fcmlas
4nartcrs could b. provided The soli
crr are studying IN harms, stable lifis.
1erdomcs. army barracks aud in one
Ease in -onvnnt Meantime thc
army II endeayoring 10 provide ade-
luaie quarters and surricicn, book,
'or iis 200 600 students In cities Ike
robienT. the city school buildings are
used without iniarfsTing with the ,
'cgnlar school life OF The children
These post schools may be termen
he primary schools OF the army edn
'ailaonal system. though this y in
, asrt as IN many OF (hcsc schoo'-
moro advanced education rs ha,nr
oven 10 officers and men who are ur
bile TO leave their posts and attenc n
he divisional schools OF tho uniyers
~. The men attend these por, :,
choois after their regular days work y
Then every division has high
choop centrally located with bette, n
ccommodatlons Some $4,000 me- |,
re attending Huch schools Their a
ONES uhc big army university Il
Ieaune watch viii accommodate many
houaandH OF students Besides there 4
RI s.aoa officers snd men atiandinr |,
rencll universities who have hosplt II
hIely thrown their doore open to- tbels Y
american friends and 2.ooo more are
4 EnsIiFh uplversiiea. These uni
nfsisies students arc ali men VINO h
ave had at least the equivalent OF tvs. G.
ears in college. 4
Obviously few men can be deiacgs b
/. rom their own units 10 attend these d
niss-ss;ies but the post school hoes
ot interfere with military work, aIus
available TO every soldier and thus Z
as an important place In the edu y
Itlonai system. =
The breadth OF the work IN the post q
.hoois being done is astounding Men =
ho cannot read or writ. are to he
und studying in the same room with "
'llogn graduates who are working =
r advanced degrees There Is D
ance for everybody. The list Of sub I"
cts taught would fili boos but "s
iro are few to illustrate; Algebra
lcuIus, geometry. trigenometry. eco
mics. literature. French. German. "
Iiian. Spanish. agriculture. automo- .,
q repairing. baking. barbecuing.
arifh metie. business Eng !.
b. business form~. carpentry. COM
rrcial Law. cooking. horscsboeing.
ryeyinr. mechanical drawing. roac -,
nsirucfion. saiesmanshi2. stenog- ,r.
ply. typcwriting. tailoring. teie- nj
,phy and telephone repairs. mr.,
For niitcrates schooling Is compui- an,
~. for the great bulk OF the army ~ pa,
elective. :