Show I in n fi u p iii s Br limn mil us J L Lill ill tin LII u sumo sices Echo of of The Arches Arches Camp r Company Company 7 Company I Harry G Letts Commander jar aP i i eli nui B ii iiii is mi W n in inn ID c t 1 maun in a n rBy ir r irBy By By Neil W Owen O Camp Educational Educational Educational Ads Ad This week eek Captain C Letts has asked me to tell you vou ab about ut the offered to the enrollee for furthering his education dur during during during ing his stay in hi camp The best say sayto ay to do this will wall be to start when hen the enrollee arrives In camp Sometime during the first three days called the orientation period when the boys bos are Introduced to the overhead tour the camp Ind the work ork projects and are Issued eqUipment they the are all given ghen arith metre and English examinations When these examinations are corn com completed and graded the boys are ale called into my office f for far r a personal interview at 1 tin tine e I gather information as to their length of schooling past pat work lork experience home l life e vocational and academic choice etc ete will know that it itIS itis itis IS a corn com rote record when hen I n keep a 8 form called enrollee e record with Ith over oer SIXty entry s for each Individual At t the interview I assist the enrollee to Sign foi for classes in which he is m in interested interested and for such ouch training m in he Is deficient Those en enrollees enrollees enrollees who ho cannot read or writ must attend a 8 beginners s class where they are taught the three Rs In addition all new members must enroll in m first aid TI uck drivers and enrollees who ho are aie al e rated as leaders and assistant leaders must ha have e first aid cards before they are ale appointed t to these posy positions The Fort Douglas district has et up minimum essentials lof of the camp educational program I for all camps in m the They are as follows follos s Induction and andI ion standard fIrt aid I general first aid guidance leader leadership leadership ship training traming overhead o job lob train tram I mg- mg mg safety safet cooking a and d baking I vocational employment clerk tram train training traming I mg ing citizenship and conservatIOn The above classes are sUPPlemented by academic vocational oca a administrative and oil off and andon andon andon on the job courses A great deal of the vocational training afforded Is done on the work project This training en cn the job is supplemented by an off of off the job class held one hour each week seek at which time the national park servi e a personnel gives theoretical training con elated with the work ork project in the field The instructors cf the camp classes are the army overhead technical servi service serVI- a per personnel personnel personnel and qualified enrollees The Arches custodian n H G Schmidt visiting geologists and naturalists state game representatives etc supplement the classroom schedule Ith lectures pertaining to the and history of this region legIOn Safety meetings are held tWIce to any violations i I I I I of safety procedure and and to demonstrate strate approved cd pra tices The educational program in rn the camps is on a voluntary basis The enrollees are not net compelled to attend at attend attend tend but bui bu ti e a advantages are so ap apparent apparent apparent parent that a large laige percentage tend classes while they are m in mcamp camp If an enrollee wishes to study a certain subject which is 1 not offer offered ed in camp he may take it by cor correspondence correspondence correspondence from the W P A administration of either Utah Idaho or California There are 0 oser er forty different subjects offered at absolutely no cost cast to the student These subjects consist usually of twelve lessons At the successful completIon of the course the en enrollee enrollee enrollee rollee Is granted a certificate Other courses offered by the W WP WP WP P A at a nominal cost will Ill en entitle entitle entitle title the student to credits which will be applied to yard vard graduation from flom his home to tong tow school This nominal no-ninal cost is borne by the t ie en enrollee enrollee enrollee rollee At certain in the district advanced schools are held for those enrollees enroll es qualified b bs by their thell preliminary training Some of these schools are clerk training auto and baking tent repair first aid and life sa say saying V mg ing When the enrollee leaves one of these schools he ISI is I well ell quail qualified fled fied to hold wId a eon corresponding Job jobin jobin m in civilian life In addition to a vocational and academic work the enrollee has the use of a large reading roam loom peed with ith chromium and steel spring chairs v writing desks and the latest ne nera ra ers and magazines Six daily dally newspapers ne and approximately forty fOI ty magazines d afford affo d a variety of reading leading material All Is not work and study ho v vevel evel So t ball baseball horse horseshoes horseshoes horseshoes shoes p ng checkers volley volleyball ball and music are ara organized 01 and comp keen We have ha a well ell equipped dark darkroom darkroom darkroom room she he e a tre enrollees may de clop and punt his 0 ova pictures EqUIpment consists of an enlarger printer tanks trays chemicals rollers etc ete Only those who have or cr are taking a photography CO course ma may use us-e the dark room The TIle equip equipment ent ment is expensive and a kno sledge ledge I of its use and care is d The shop is rapidly being ex expanded expanded expanded and equipped with new too tool and poser powel At the I Ip p c so e have a jig saw sass joiner oin I la lathe the band saw and a 8 dull pi press pressA es A outfit will sill be purchased m in toe time near future to cut and pOlish the v arious various semi semi precious stones r fragments ind petrified I wco co l 1 found in abundance near hasI i camp campI I hope this short s synopsis has hasI I conveyed to you a general idea of the tle camp educational pi ri gram ranI Mr Letts and my myself elf invite incite any anyone anyone anyone one who is interested to ct our educational program and bUild building ling lag Dr A Ashton D McKenney camp surgeon will ill tell you vou ou about the amp infirmary and mcd cal eal care of the Nees in next Hek weeks s article |