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Show An Officer's Officers ' Viewpoint Vlewpomt of the theEducational theEducational EducatIonal Program Progrd.m Progrdm ProgramBy . By let 1st U Lt Leonard B R Ltman LtmanInt LtmanIn LtmanInf Int In Re ResThe Res ResThe The officers assigned to each CCC CCCcamp CCCcamp CCCcamp camp responsibilityin have a definite responsIbility in carrying out part of the organ organ- - ized organized educational activities of the thecamp thecamp thecamp camp Each officer is required byregulations by byregulations byregulations regulations to teach at least one onechs onecliss oneclisi chs cliss > and In addition to that the thecommanding thecommanding thecommanding commanding supervi officer must super super- supervise supervise - vi vise e all educational work Most of- of officers officers of officers - ficers are professional men in CIV civil civilIan civillan Ian life fairly well "ell ell sell " educated and andcap3lole andcapable andcapable cap3lole capable of instructing the enrolleep enrollee- enrollee enrolleepwhose enrolleewhose enrollee'whose enrolleewhose ' - ' whose Hieshave he3have paiticular paltlcular problems the he3 ) have throughtheir come to understand through their administrative work in the thecamp thecamp thcamp ( camp Officers are well aware of ofthe ofthe othe ) the Individuality individual1ty of the groW1ng growing ' growmtboy groW1ngboy boy his Intelest inteiests Intel ests . his problems and andhIS andhis anchis hIS personal habits The enrollee enrollees enrolleesscholastic s sscholastic ischolastic scholastic and vocational vocatiol'al vocatiolal vocatloral ' record IS ISaailable isas i ; as available a\ailable a ailable \ ailable for study Suggestion en- en encouragement encouragement en encouragement - couragement and follow up of the theenrollee theenrollee thienrollee bithe bythe enrollee s educational progress by par'in parin partin the officer plays an Intrinsic intrmsic part ' in the boy boys 5 S pro progi progiess ess essMost essMost Most enrollees have because beeause of ofeconomic ofeconomic o ; economic or other conditions conditon ! been beenforced beenforced beciforced forced to leave school at an early earlyage earlyage earl ; age The educatlonalork educational educatlonal \ work \\ork ork siork whici which ' ( ( Continued on last pace pa"e pae page ! : " ) ( Editor Editors s Note-AdditIonal Note AdditIonal Note - - Additional In Interestmg interesting teresting terestmg articles on the CCC CCCand CCCand and particularly regarding regardmg l\loa l loa Moabcamp \ Moab b bcamp camp cannot be publlJ published > hed 111 in 111tbls inthis this tbls edition of The Times Inde mdc Independent mdcpendent pendent owing owmg " ' to lack of opace space opacebut spacebut ; spacebut but " niIl "Ill Ill sill appear next " neeh "eek eek week ) I A AN ANEDUCATIONAL THe OFFICER EDUCATIONAL S VIeWPOINT PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAMContinued OF OFTHe ( Continued from first page ) they receive in camp will be their theirlast theirlast If Ifeducational Ifeducational last chance for school learning educational actiVlty activity and the thirst thirstfor thirstfor for knowledge is made part of the theday thedays day days s work for the enrollee he will vtill willunconscIOusly vtillunconsciously theI I unconscIOusly carry on this hablt habit habltI habltwhen habitwhen I life lifeThe lifeThe when he returns to o ciVll1an civilian The educational adviser IS so sobusy sobusy busy with classes projects programs programsand programsand and correspondence courses that he heI hewelcomes hewelcomes I welcomes the tha . aid each offIcer can cang1Ve cangive g1Ve give through the classes he teaches I f IThe fThe The enrollees have the benefIt of ofbeing ofbeing being instructed by at least t tw " ofI 0 e 0other eother I other teachers and can the more morereadily readlly readily re5 respond ond to o new types of ofreachmg ofteaching ! reachmg teaching of addItional subject mat matter matter ter I terThe The educational adVlser adviser IS essen essenI essentially essentially tially a . teacher He IS concerned concernedI concernedwIth concernedwith I I wIth practical teachmg teaching book boob learn learning learning ing and direct educatIOnal material materialThe I The professional background of the thepermits theofficer theI officer permits h11n hum to approach s \ 0 o ocatronal I catlOnal catronal gwdance guidance or vocatlOnal vocational vocatlOnaltraIning vocationaltraining traIning from the vIewpoInt of the theprofessional ! professional H1s His method of teach teachlag ing lag differs matenall materrall yfrom the ef of offorts I Iforts forts of the teacher or educational educationaladviser educationaladviser adviser adviserSmce adviserSince Smce Since the offIcer s background backgroundhas has been so different hIS presenta presents presentation presentstfon tion tfon must necessarily dHfer differ and andtherefore andtherefore therefore offer entirely new type or orI ormethod I , method of mstruuction instruuctfon to o the en enI enrollee enroIIee I rollee roIIee ThIs is readily recognized recognizedwhen recognizedwhen when It is seen that two recognizedI clacses classes : of offered offered I fered by CCC officers to o our enrol enrollees enrollees lees have been civil service tram train traming training ing and dramatics dramaticsThIS dramaticsThis ThIS contact between offlcer officer and andenrollee andenrollee enrollee 111 in the class room lends for forgreater forgreater greater cooperahon cooperation in camp hfe life A Anew Anew new bond is created new interests interestsformed interestsformed formed spirit and a . more cooperative spir- spir - it effected The offIcer officers s acth actise e par parhc1pation participation hc1pation ticipation in the organized educa- educa educational educational - tional program of the ceo CCC camp is isof isof of infmite infinite value and is of material materialaId materialaid aId to o the educational advIser and andto ando to o the enrollee |