Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

Creator of Naval Posters.
James H. Daugherty. creator of
number of the most widely circulated
naval recruiting posters, is wash
ingtonian. well known in local art
circles. He is the son of the late
Charles NJ. Daugherty. statistical SCI
enlist of the Department of Agrlcui-
ture. His mother and brother, VIII
liam T. Daugherty, reside at 1879
Rhode Island avenue. The Eagle
Answer which had the largest CIR
culation of any war poster. was the
work of Mr.. Daugherty. The original
of that poster was bought by Charles
Schwab head of the shipping board,
for his private collection. Mr. Daugh
erty is graduate of the Central
High School. He studied in the Cor
coran Gallery of Art and afterward
in London. Paris and Rome. His
recent work includes mural decora-
tibns in public buildings in eastern
cities Among his current recruit
ing posters are Join the Navy, see
the World" and The Elephant and
the Llama.
Modern school for Marines.
Creation of great educational in
stitution within the Marine corps
that will take rank with the foremost
schools of the country is the ultimate
aim of the sponsors of the present
tico Va. That school opened Janu-
airy 5 with an enrolment of nearly
all the. six hundred marines stationed
there. All drilling apd other military
training is conducted in the forenoon.
so that the entire afternoon is avail
able for school. All men who en-
rolled are exempt from guard duty.
which is performed by men listed for
early discharge. While enrolment is
entirely voluntary. each applicant
must undertake fifteen hours OF STUDY
CT practical application each week.
arranged in three hours a day for
five days.
The plan being worked out prac-
tically step by step is to create an
organization which will comprise a
grammar school, manual framing
school and eventually collegiate
course corresponding to that in some
of the better small colleges. The
ideal sought is the formation of a
school modelled after the Military and
Naval Academies. and of such merit
that it will be recognized by the
public and educational authorities as
ranking among the best.
With the present plan in force prac-
tically all the time of the men al
Quantico will be occupied to advan-
tage. In the morning they will get the
training that makes the marine
model soldier and acquire habits of
promptness. cleanliness and respect
for proper authority. The afternoon
will be devoted to scholastic subjects
and vocational trade work. In the
evening. the welfare officer gets his
innings and the men are provided
wholesome and satisfying recreation.
In making plans for this educa-
tional organization not only has the
means of education for the enlisted
men of the Marine Corps been pro-
vided for. but a step further has been
provided. 1t is proposed to make it
also an agency through which men
who have completed their prescribed
course of training can be placed in
positions for which their training best
fits Them. The plans provide that en-
listed men who have completed their
school course may obtain their mill
tary discharge with certificate OF
three or four years. and be placed in
positions found for them in the ma
tons industries.
A long step in the creative cam
paign for such an educational insti-
tuition has already been taken. and
at Quantico. The faculty is formed
from among the officers and enlisted
men. At first it was considered
doubtful if faculty for such a
school as was planned could be form
ed without engaging civilian in
and men at Quantico showed men
with teaching experience in nearly
all brancheS-eXperts who had been
in the employment Of large industrial
concerns as we'll as men who have
been employed as railroad executives
and graduates of many Of the lead
ing colleges ... "
The faculty as formed comprises
more than thirty. Eighteen courses
of study have been mapped out.
Work in the academic branches.
such as languages mathematics. etc,
is arranged 50 that the entire three
hours each day is devoted to class
room work. Work in the trade
schools. such as automobile mechan-
les. electrical engineering. etc. is so
divided that half the time is spent
in class work and half in the shop.
While the courses are being pur-
sued they are entirely supplementary
to the work of making good marines
out of all those who attend the
school. II is considered an axiom
that the more a man knows the bet
ter marine he is. and. therefore in
making good marine it is neces-
sary. to stimulate not only his body
by drill and exercise, but his mind
in all useful arts and sciences.