The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNETT
This is the second of three articles on
Education and National Defensel

This is the second of three articles on
Education and National Defense)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-From college beam
cry to postgraduate seminar, higher education
is giving attention to national defense.
At Wellesley, one of the best known colleges
for women, the defense education theme runs
like this: Whatever the present wars out
come, food will be a major problem the world
over.' Working from this thesis, a committee
from six college departments planned a con-
ference that would acquaint undergraduates
with all phases of the problems concerned
with food. Emphasis was upon giving stu
dents an intensive survey of food problems,
such as production, conservation, nutrition,
transportation and marketing.
New York University is offering. research
classes in defense aid" A series of night
lectures is being given by industrial execu-
tives, faculty and National Research Council
members in research laboratory manage
ment'' with emphasis on national defense
problems.
STUDY BOMB SHELTERS
At Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, they are
studying bomb shelters. There's a class ir
camouflage and em~placements. There are 9TH
err courses in military construction for botf
architectural and outside students.
The University of Chicago has set up {
defense council and is offering courses OF
Documents of American Democracy; me-
teorology; assignments in the army, navy,
weather bureau and air corps Gall backed by
81, 900 fellowships); and the study of Por-
tuguese.
Brown university has added about a dozen
defense courses, including naval science and
tactics, and a history of Hispanic America.
University of Pennsylvania has named a
group of school officials to coordinate tn e
schools activities for "any emergency" and
act as a liaison with government agencies.
Are you about convinced? Take another
deep breath, for this revolution in higher edu-
cation goes on and on. To continue the Z. S.
Office of Education survey:
Yale is directing its research toward ma
tional defense; it's study of medicine toward
public health; its philosophy toward a tangible
theology to which students and public might
attach themselves.
Russell Sage college now has IAN institute
for the defense of Democratic principles
among women; an increased enrolment IN
courses for nurses, food experts, laboratory
technicians, interpreters; health and recrea-
ton leaders; classes for education of women
capable of effective volunteer services in
time of war;"
COURSES U TO FIT
Out in Oregon, every college man is fore
warned that the state institutions Of higher ed
ucation Ohere are six) offer courses which
meet the consideration that 'the range of
special abilities required by the army and
navy is almost as wide as that found in civil
life" and lit is almost true that any student
may 60 ahead with his college program as
originally planned and still acquire qualifica-
tons which will lead to recognition in some
special field when and as he may be called to
service"
In Kansas university every dean has rede-
signed his school with courses built around
various political, social, psychological and mil
itary aspects of national defense"
Nobody is far behind Kansas either in pro-
posals for new curricula or in changes al
ready made. What higher education will pro-
duce in national defense men and women re-
mains to be seen, but this can be said now:
In the winter of 1940-41 the colleges were on
the march.
Next: The forces behind education's ma
ti0nal defense drive.) /