The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-15
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Educational Program Interesting and
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Educational Program Interesting ant
!, Varied l
H. l.. Eells, member of the facult,
of the State Teachers college at &c
dar Falls is about the busiest man a
the big camp these days. He is pro
viding the men with all kinds of in
struction. Members of the extension
department at Ames have been con
Quoting regular short course in eacf
of the Y. M. G.. A. buildings for the
benefit Of the farmers in the service
Those wanting a commercial course
are given training in short hand ant
Itypewriting. All other phases of edu
cational work are featured and hun
|dreds Of men are applying themselves
to study and recitation and attending
lectures on scientific and professional
subjects.
Reading, writing and arithmetic are
going to be studied by the officers who
have made application for permanent
commissions in the army. A school fol
these officers, to prepare them for the
examinations they will have to pass
Ito get the appointments, will be start
led next week. 1t is to be conducted
under the auspices of the educational
department Of the army Y. M. C. A.,
H. L. Eells,, camp educational secre.
|tary, director.
Seventy-five officers of the camp are
enrolled for the course. The subjects
to be taken up are mathematics, Eng
lish, French and physical geography.
| Tho 60 Nv, 0f 10
selected from among the best men
available for teaching these various
Subjects. Professors Joseph Thierry,
of Y. M. G. A. No. SO, and F.. R. Le-
Roux of the Y educational staff, both
native Frenchmen, will teach the Of
ficers to read and write French.
J. M. HOWE. of Y. M. C. A. No. "a.
and Lieutenant Woodruff will teach
mathematics, starting with algebra
and including plane and solid geom-
etry.
DR.. j. B. Lees, assistant state geol-
ogist, will have charge of the classes
in physical geography. This study
will also include the study of topo-
graphical maps and the preparation of
military maps.
A. Starbuck, of Y. M. c. A. SO, will
conduct the course in English, which
will be concentrated on the usual
forms of correspondence and reports.
Red Cross Makes Appeal
The people of this and adjoining
states have been very generous in
sending all manner of good things to
eat and wear to the hundreds Of
wounded and sick soldiers at govern
ment hospital No rs at Fort Des
Moines, but nobody seems to be aware
lof the fact that there are as many
/ wounded men In; the base hospital at
Camp Dodge. J. A. Henry, In charge
of the Red Cross work at Fort Des
Moines has promptly acknowledged
receipt of cookies, cakes, jellies, can
dy and other delicacies, but thus far
IL. A. Stewart, field, director at Camp
Dodge for the Red Cross, has not had
the privilege of so doing because but
few such delicacies have been con-
tributed. .a,s i.
At both the camp and fort hospitals
wounded men are constantly arriving
from overseas and the Red Cross
workers stand ready to see that any
contribution intended to add to the
comfort and good cheer of the men
are promptly distributed. The people
of Des Moipes and of the state are,
however, urged to remember when
sending in their donations that Camp
Dodge as well as Fort Des Moines is
caring for large number of men.
The war camp community service
has given very valuable aid, promptly
responding to every call for service
made upon it by the Red Cross.
At the base hospital and at Fort
Des Moines are several hundred Red
Cross nurses and attendants always
on duty administering to the wants of
the soldiers who are sidk Or wounded.
The Red Cross is the only agency rec
of it's activities are directed toward
the relief of the men. The following
rules govern the activities of the Red
Cross: ~
To furnish emergency and supple
mental supplies and equipments upon
the request of commanding officers of
hospitals.
TO conduct home service for pa
tients.
To communicate with families of
patients, keeping them advised of the
condition and progress of the patients.
TO write letters for the sick and
convalescent patients and to provide
writing material and other minor
comforts for them.
To erect, furnish and equip build
ings for the use of convalescent pa
tients and to conduct suitable activ-
tiles therein.
To operate when requested by COM
officers, an information office
for the reception of visitors to the hos
pitals and for the furnishing Of infor.
nation to such visitors
To conduct such other services for
the benefit of the sick, wounded and
patients, as may prove
desirable in accordance with bulletin
No. so.
The Red Gross considers itself d.
rectly responsible for the above
branches of service. >,..e-..,
Your correspondent would urge
upon the good people of this and ad-
joining states the importance of send
Ing to the Red Cross at Camp Dodge
delicacies for the hundreds of crippled
and sick men who endured so much |