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Under Ihe auspices and with the eou-pent eou-pent and assistance of the United States government, a unique college of education educa-tion has' been established within tlie barbed wive confines of the local war prison camp by the international committee com-mittee of Youiiff -Men's t hn-tiau Associations Asso-ciations of North America. ' It is a remarkable institution, the students and instructors of which, alike, ! prisoners of war, and it. is housed in j a unique Y. M. (.'. A. building constructed construct-ed by the prisoners themselves. The : prison Y. M. i '. A. is in itself an unusual un-usual institution, in that it is re:ly three institutions in one it is a school, si theater and a church, fitted to meet the decidedly different requirements of each, and used with equal facility and comfort for each at the proper time. i Learn Various Trades. As a school it affords not only almost nny branch of learning that the student may desire, but it is a vocational school where the student is taught and does the artual vvo' k of various trades. As a theater and amusement hall it is provi ded wilh stae, orchestra pit, fcenery, auditorium and all the accessories acces-sories accessary for any sort; of theatrical theatri-cal or musical performance, of which the liermans afe fond and ia which they take deep interest. In the theater as in th" school, the plays and musiealcs arc produced by German sailor prisoners, prison-ers, and Ihe spectators and auditors are ticrman priMiners ot war. The same auditorium that serves a; a theater also serves as a house, of worship. wor-ship. Thr audience has but to perform an ahort-tace from the stau'e to the pulpit pul-pit and ihuiicel at the other end of the building: the actor exits from the stae and the priest enters to pulpit, and the l,eater is transmuted into a church, 'yj, three lines of work, educational. onal and religious, are conducted POliu rrpneral direction and auspices He . r. A. war prison or:ani.a-no or:ani.a-no spv in'iversif ied activities of the to reason iVa,r l1ris," Y- M- - A- " . . late direction o! a most to give the e.,v ,ie.,( in t!lc r;eJ upon the color n, secretary of the Which is a lot or'' tec of the Young or moral covarriil''ia,io"s pf North you will, for a baeho' " "i,f,v0 ot' it three vcari posses. To turn the oXporienV-o in an employe of the hotel on caini of t uation he had long before -obviously unwUe. The spectacle of a c: ,r ' ison i . American officer waitirn; in a , , rotissene v-hilc the largest a. well .amen ted chanticleer of the, bring" in the market was re brovn on the turning foi k befnr 'ar. hot fire 'Hs the final outcome his official inti'ospection to boK1' private purpose already readied 1 lie aKso carried a suspicious-J bundle from the enlisted men s but nt the provost marsiial's headr et' ,n l - , , . 1,1. rauiied which if examined would b1 .( jt found to contain two ln;i'-e "hive ot bread, th cieate.st edible ;nil France at this moment. evening. A taxicab scaling of the " to the heights of Montnf JUainer as hauating foot climb uj) a are r.'gu-way r.'gu-way to the sixth floor-it 0 oVI.n-k u i uintr nnt '1 4 gloomy stone huildimr, uon the door at tlio X. - , ., - in the afternoon every day save Saturdays Satur-days and Sundays. There is an instructor for each branch of study, chosen from among the educated edu-cated officers and petty officers of the camp for their especial fitness, for instructing in-structing others in the particular branch to which they are assigned. The courses iauj?ht in the school include English, Spanish and French in the modern languages lan-guages course: mathematics, both elementary ele-mentary and advanced; mechanical drawing; draw-ing; art, including both oil and water-color water-color painting; literature, history and sciences. Have Business Course. A business course is also afforded, in which are taught shorthand, typewriting and business methods. One room in a corner of the building is devoted entirely to the typewriting' worK. Here have been installed a dozen or more typewriters of standard makes, and any day the students may be seen busy at these machines, learning the touch system 6T operating them. Many of the sailors, especially the officers, have purchased typewriters of their own and now a large percentage of the correspondence which reaches the censor's office from the prison compound is neatly and well typewritten in English. En-glish. The vocational courses are varied. Tn this depart nient the students are instructed in-structed in and do actual work in car-l car-l pen termer, cabinet making", watch and clock repairing and making, tailoring and wood carving". Practically all of the furniture for the assembly hall and for use in the theater and church is the work of men in the carpenter car-penter shop. Some of the furniture is even upholstered and would do credit to a most exclusive drawing room. Every line of the vocational work is turned to practical account in the camp. The carpenter shop makes all the necessary neces-sary accessories and conveniences for the place in the line of furniture, tables and ihe like. Practically all of the tailoring for the prisoners is done -in the Y. M. C A. tailor shop and all the clock and watch repairing is done in the prison a nip jewelry shop. All of the scenery for the theater and it Is elaborate h nd extensive is made and painted by students stu-dents of the school. The costumes are all products of Lhe tailor shop. Well Stocked Library. The hnilding is provided with a comfortable com-fortable and well-slocked library, where may be found books on technical subjects, history and fiction to suit most any taste. These books are mostly in the German language, hut there are also a number of books in English which are quite in demand, de-mand, as a large percentage of the sailors are able to road and write English fairly ell. The stud en is of English all make much use of the English books. Of about 5fHl sailor prisoners confined within the camp there are about 400 enrolled en-rolled in the various branches of the T. M. C. A. - school of education, in one branch or another. A class of twenty to fifty mvu may be found in the auditorium diligently- engaged in study and recitation recita-tion at almost any hour of the day. Both Instructors and men appear to take a deep interest in their work and the result is that remarka Me progress is reported. The sailor prisoners never like to be idle and when not in school their favorite occupation is making miniature ships, which are marvels of construction and which they build within the glass walls of bottles and even within the limi t.cd inside space of incandescent light globes. Full -rigged miniature ships, anchored at a wharf before a city of skyscraper buildings, with putty pair, ted green to represent the land, are favorite examples of the Germans" artcraft. The tiny boats, with masts and rigging, are whittled out of wood in tiny sec t ions, inserted into i he bouio or light globe a piece at a time, i hen by means of long forceps assembled, as-sembled, glued together and painted con-long-handled brushes. The buildings consist con-sist of cardboard or wood, painted to represent rep-resent buildings. Lovers of Amusement. The German sailors are great lovers ot amusement and their concerts and t heat he-at i ic;Us, which are given once or twice a week, are highly interesting. The sailors have a uiliy-Ciuipped bn nd, which gives frequent . on certs within t he Compound, a nd lb'.-re is a t wen t y-piece su-i ng orchestra, or-chestra, which furnishes the music for the tiiea i rical performances and the dam.es which are held by the men now :uid tiien. The dances are unique, for some of the i saiiors dress t hemselves in women's cos-v cos-v umes tor thesp occasions, in order to provide the "hi-iies" for the dance. And pome of the young, smooth-shaven Germans Ger-mans make attractive "women." with their t-aii h of flaxen hair and filrnv, flimsy gowns, some of which are "creations"' "crea-tions"' that might wU make a French ! i no. lisle wjvious. The hair is mad- of ; i rope combed nut into switches and dcftlv jriltcd ahmit 4'm head. For their dresses I the sailors have bought gayly colored goods and the designs are wonderful to' behold. Needless to say. jollity reigns supreme in their dances, especially their ! costume balls. i The plays produced in the theater are ; usually selected from among the German classics, though occasionally a farce comedy com-edy is interpolated to give everyone a good laugh. As for the religious work, the Catholics Catho-lics and Eutherans and those of other creeds are permitted to worship in their own way. The prison camp has now taken on its winter dress and everything" is in shipshape ship-shape for the cold season. With Work largely done by the sailors themselves, all the barracks have been tightly lined inside, in-side, fitted with storm doors and painted a warm and attractive deep brown color. New Heating System. A new and highly effective system of heating and' ventilation, which was designed de-signed by Captain A. J. McDonald, quartermaster quar-termaster of the prison camp, has been installed, and it. has proved very successful suc-cessful in Its operation. Two stoves of ordinary size are installed in-stalled in each of the long barracks. Under Un-der each Is a-hle cut in the floor, through which the heat action of the stove draws a constant supply of fresh air from the Outside. This cold air passes between a metallic envelope and the heated stove, which warms the air to the proper temperature tem-perature and then sends it out in every direction to fill the house. Back of the stove is a large ventilator pipe, leading outside the roof, which also is operated by he-at action and which serves to draw off the vitiated air of the room, thus maintaining a 'constant circulation of pure, properly heated air through the building. It has been found that this system worUs with a minimum consumption of coal and with a maximum of results lit the way of even temperature and fresh air supply. |