Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-08
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IN VETERANS WORK.
26 Students Remain of Hun
dredS Who Received Train
ing After War.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

University of Maryland has played
quite a part in assisting the Vet
Grams Bureau in the cooperative
work of rehabilitating persons whose
normal effectiveness was marred by the
World War.
OF the large number who were at
one time receiving instruction at the
university only &c remain. and when
these have completed their prescribed
courses of instruction the institution
probably will have ened its work along
this line.
The close of 1924 marked the
termination OF the special pro]ec'
type of instruction rendered by the
university to the Veterans Bureau
men whose previous education die
mot permit their entering the regular
college courses and for whom spe-
cial vocational courses in poultry
horticulture. dairying. bee keeping,
etc, had been developed.
Many Have Taken Courses.
Two students were sent to Mary
land in the Spring of 1919. after the
university had agreed to aid the Vet
Grams Bureau in the work OF re
facilitating disabled eX-service men.
Later. as facilities were provided for
handling more students, and spe-
cial Intercollegiate vocational course
developed, the number swelled until
at one time, during the first term OF
1929, 13S men and women We're
receiving instruction at College Park.
Fourteen have received the bachelors
degree during the past two years.
while IL are candidates for degrees
in 1925 and in 1925.
Special non-collegiate courses We're
provided for those whose health per-
mitted them but short period of
indoor classroom work. as well as
for those whose education was linn
tied. Many were given elementary
instruction in arithmetic, English
and agriculture before the special
vocational courses were provided.
Project work was begun in the
Summer of 1921, when five students
went on farms they had rented or
purchased. During the Spring and
Summer of 1922, % men were receiv
ing instruction at their farms, the
instructor making monthly visits. in
1928, with four instructors making
bimonthly visits. the number in
creased to -, and in 1924, to So.
DurinS the last six months of the
work. the students received three
visits per month, and six instructors
were required 10 accomplish the
work.
See 90 Successful.
VI the men cSTeu Tor unuer TINS
project work during the past four years,
totaling AS. ~ were transferred to
lines to which they were more ada pit
ed. OF the remaining 81, IS still are
in agricultural work. 1t is estimated
that 60 of this number will make a
success in the work for which they
were trained.
Maryland will send its full quota
of Is representative to the annual
k,,,
conference that will be held at the
University of Delaware next week.
Some of Americas leading speakers
are on the program. Students from
all institutions in Maryland. Virginia
and the District of Columbia are
invited.
L. c. Corbett of the Bureau of Plant
Industry of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture will address
the monthly meeting of the Horti
culture Society Monday night.
OratoricaI Contest April "a.
The Maryland Oratorical Society,
numbering in its membership Wash
ington College, Western Maryland,
st. Johns College and the University
of Maryland, will hold its annual
contest at College Park on Friday,
April "a
Mrs. Eleanor o. Robey of Oakland
Md, a senior in the College of Arts
and Sciences at Maryland at the
time, won the gold medal last year,
when the debat lie was held at St
Johns College, in Annapolis.
Prof. Charles S. Richa rdson. head
of the department of public speaking
at Maryland. is president of the as
ISOLATION.
Try-outs for the debating team at
the university will be held February
25, the subject being, Should Capital
Punishment Be Abolishedo"
Prof. T. II. Barrett. who plays all
sorts of selections on an ordinary
hand saw and on divers and sundry
other instruments, will present his
unusual program before the student
assembly next Wednesday. DR.. p G..
Wilkens well known speaker, also
will give a short address.
Praises Horticulture Work.
Although DIR. V. r. Gardner, head
of the horticulture department of the
University of Michigan, Visited many
departments of horticulture in many
colleges on Il recent trip East. none
pleased or impressed him more than
that at the university. according to a
letter received by DR.. f. c. Auchter
head Of the ike department at Mary
land
DR.. Albert F. Woods. president of
the university. will address the an
nual conference on vocational edu-
cation to be held in the Hotel Rem
merit in Baltimore next Friday and
Saturday. Dr. De Voc Meade DR..
+. B. Bomberger. DR.. S. II. De Vault
Prof. J. a. Gamble, r. H. Waite and
i. w. Carpenter will lead discussions
on vocational education as related to
the various branches of agricultural
work.
Prof. II. F. Cotterman of the de-
partment of agricultural education
will broadcast a talk on vocational
education Monday night from station
WCAP in Washington
Prof Charles $. Richardson adj
dressed the Associated Parent-Teach-
er Clubs OF Hartford County, Md.
Wednesday evening. His topic was
Education for citizenship"
The junior-senior prom will be
held some time during the month of
April, it has been decided by the COM
mittee of which T. Van Doren is
chairman. Minnie Hill and Fred
Bull are the other members The
exact date will be named shortly.
Fl. NJ. Bonnet and J. W. Magruder
have been selected to do practice
teaching at Hyattsville High School
as par; of their work in agricultural
education. Ten IN all will be chosen
DR.. r. A. Baker of the department
OF chemistry gave paper before
the 1thica, Schenectady, Buffalo.
Rochester and Syracuse sections of
the American Chemical Society at
meetings held at Schenectady yester-
day and today. His subject was
"Co-operation of local Sections With
Chemistry Teachers"
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