Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-24
Army Only Place
Student is Paid
to Learn Trade

II there II any place except in tho
United States Army where young
man may h. paid for going 90 college.
the War Department would Ike o.
know H. Yet this IL precisely what "a
soldier In the FNfth Division may d.
The president and hoard u directors ~
the University o. South Carolina have
offered free OF tuition the courses there
20 all men % the Fifih Division who arc
qualified 20 pursue them. Soldier stu
dents are excused from military duty
60 attend the University IN The city 20
Columbia. and so back and forth daily
by trolley from camp
This n most excellent opp"riu'
nifty" says Major General John J..
Hines. commanding the mn Division.
for bright. industrious recruits who
have a high school education or rs
equivalent They get without charge
that for which others pay 500 90 more
annually. and receive army pay ~ at
least $50 a month into the bargain
According 20 announcement mad" by
Major General T. G. Harris. The Adiu
tant General q the Army. almost any
kind Of general education Is ohjaiuahl'
with this division. On duty az Camp
jackson. Columbia. : &. To buug g
20 full strength a hurryup campaign
for $500 recruits has been ordered b.
wire from Washington. Beside -"
University course - men may stud,
hlRh school subjects prepare furN'st
Point. or take business course ln
typewriiing. stcrogrlphy and book
keeping
The IVES; Point preparatory cours" .s
Designed "a teach soldiers between -
and % years who have served Ne en-.
listed mn not less than ore year. and
who an the necessary requirements MS 20
basic education. physical condition and
character. This course is conducted
hy officers Of the Army who are grad
uates Of the Military Academy.
The high school course AZ Camp Jack
con conforms 20 the requirements ~
the high schools In mos; states. AMI
gives the soldier plane and solid gcDme
try. algebra. higher arithmetic. ana
pphysics. rs wei las spanish. Latin.
English and History. An ambitious man
can thus prepare for college or fot
higher miiitar ytraining.
In the business schcols splcndidly
equipped with typewriters comp;ome.
tiers. filing apparatus. and other latter.
Day business appliances. soldiers are
taught 10 prepare for worthwhile 20.
Gtions on the outside.
II In the desire % ~ War Department
that trade analysis and manuals h. prc
pared AZ the z. and Y. Special School
with the plan In view of offering 20
sach enlisted man n progressive cduca.
uonai opportunity throughout his period
q service. In ~ far as practicable the
manuals should h. % organized that
their uae does not tend tn force the
adoption o. any particular time SEIZED.
ule or rigid sequence IN giving couspo.
nent parts % the trimming tailed for by
the occupaiional analysis
Major General -. G. Ham. Director
az the War Plans Division who was IN
charge Of the educational program for
the Army. presided NJ the sessions
Secretary % War Gaker. also attended
ONE Of the sessions. As h. said 90 the
gathering:
II don't know what the matter l.
stth education. but something IL. I
doubt n there has ever been time In
my life when education T. as under.
valued and In as grea, disrepuie as Il
IL Of the present moment During N.
war educated men were called 20 the
colcrs IN large numbers and they proved
their capabiiliy o. leadership hy ren.
oering invaluable service In positions
Of great responsibility. The demand
for educated men was then far greater
than the supply and special systems q
intensive training had 20 be established
70 furnish the additional educated men
required By the military establishment.
fe, In spite Of this very pointed lesson
Of the world war. and in spite Of the
claim Of some enthusiasts that education
won the war. neither the schools nor
the educated men are loked 10 for guild,
ance b. our people.
One striking bit % evidence 81 this
is found In the fact that educators are
less vel paid than mechanics. But 1,
Il stiii more striking fact that in TIL.
day Of the worlds creates, upheayai
when the prosoundest wisdom Of the