Evening star., 1947-07-27
Nations Colleges Ready to Hang Out S. r. o. Sign

forums and gymnasiums into hous-
ing dormitories. Others have es-
tablished elaborate trailer towns"
that are operated by students on
self f-rule plans.
A large number of schools have
"farmed out" their freshman and
sophomore veterans to emergency
junior colleges" operated by school
faculties but set up away from the
parent college in areas where more
housing is available. Under another
movement that is gaining impetus,
colleges have contracted with high
schools to house freshmen, who
study their preliminary work
through extension courses.
Another Problem
Another of the major headaches
this fall will be the lack of medical
and nursery care for the increasing
number of veterans children living
on or near university campuses.
This month, conferences will be held
throughout the country to rally COM
munity service facilities to the res
cue. Social agencies, veterans or
ganizations and the American Red
Cross will be among groups which
will participate in the discussions.
One of the most significant de-
yelopments OF the last year, brought
sharply to the forefront by the
presence of student veterans, is the
trend towards highly organized
guidance and placement systems in
colleges.
Nearly every campus has set up q
guidance center to test the aptitudes
Of students and schedule their
courses to assure a minimum of
wasted effort. Through tutoring and
special classes, the colleges are max
ing direct attacks on deficiencies in
the educational backgrounds of its
new students.
The educators also are beginning
to realize that the fun effects of
their instruction can best be meas
ured by the employment their grad
yates find. Spurred by the prospect
of the large numbers OF veteran
graduates during the next few years,
some schools are developing test
programs for placement through the
U. 8. Employment Service. Others
have contacted business establish
ments directly, in some instances
placing students in part-time work
at jobs they hope to hold after
graduation. In turn, the businesses
have advised schools OF curricula
changes to eliminate wasted effort
whenever possible.
Peak Next Year
Despite the immediate enrolment
problems, educators feel the COL
leges will be pressed hardest in the
fall OF 1948. They reason that most
veterans who registered last year
were freshmen. AS sophomores, they
still can be handled through large
classes and mass types Of instruc-
tion this year. But next year, as
they begin specialized courses, they
will demand more individual in.
struction and a vastly increased
amount of school space.
Meanwhile, the colleges this fall
are facing period of conversion
to find new means of carrying out
mass instruction. .
The educational committee of the
George Washington Universitys
Veterans Club recently urged the
school to adopt auditory and visual
aids, such as speaker systems, mo-
ton pictures. slides and large charts,
for use in large classes. Developed
to high degree in armed forces
training programs during the war,
such aids already are in use at some
universities. But here again, edu-
Gators point out, colleges are limited
financially.
Among the non-veteran popula-
tion, current trends indicate that by
l960-when the veterans will have
graduated, colleges and universities
will have to cope with enrollments
as high as 5000. 900 a term.
In the immediate future, the Vet
Grams Administration believes the
peak of veterans enrolment will
come some time in the latter part OF
next year or early in 1949. Educators
put the date two years later.
At any rate, more than 5000, 900
veterans have applied to the veter-
ans agency for eligibility for train
ing and have taken no advantage Of
it as yet. Within the next few years,
Veterans Administrator Bradley es-
Inmates. about 10 per cent OF them
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