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Show WAR REVEALS U. S. ILLITERACY EXTENT N F;"V JORK, Nov. 2.?. With almost 8 ppr cent of the men called to the colors found unable to read or write, the war liiis revealed to tho public the wide px-tnt px-tnt of illiteracy in the country, Dr. Charles W. Fliot. president emeritus of Harvard university, told tho "League for Political Education hf-re today. Jn addition addi-tion to illitera (es, the former ed ui-atnr said, many soldiers understood English so littl1 tbnt they wpre unable to comprehend compre-hend military orders. Dr. Eliot declared that ppjninput educators edu-cators luve drnfted a plan w-r pn'sei.la-lion pn'sei.la-lion to congress which would stamp out Illiteracy in the Fnited States. He stated that a vigorous effort would be made to bring about federal state and municipal action to teach not only unedueated natives, na-tives, but the "fluid foreign population" the language of the country and American methods of government. Dr. Eliot advo'-Hie-d obligatory physical training under federal control in. ail schools. |