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Show lJwL mi Sidelights and searchlightQ I IIPI iwvWI O ON POBVC MEN ANQ CVCNTSi vJL ' AIMERICAN STUDENTS TO REBUILD FRANCE President Juiih'.i, of Unlyrnrily of Illinois, Lays l'lan Itoforo French Ambassador. Washington, May 23. Tho conspicuous con-spicuous part that American unlversi-' ties nro playing In aiding Amorlcan arms was emphasized by tho recent visit of Dr. Edmund Janes James, president of tho University of Illinois, Illi-nois, vho enmo to offer tho government govern-ment tho facilities of that great university uni-versity and particularly to bear to Ambassador Jusserand of Franco a unlquo' offer to help' when the days of reconstruction como in tho devastated devas-tated arons of France and Ilclglum. This was .nothing lesB than the proposal" of tho University of Illinois Illi-nois to send to Franco comploto clty-bulldlng clty-bulldlng units of export cng.n 'ers and to ptocpj thoBO corps at tlw disposal of tho French government. As outlined by Dr. James, each unit would' consist of an nrfhltect, a landscapo gardener, an electrical ep-glneer, ep-glneer, a highway civil engineer, a municipal and sanitary engineer, 'a, chomical engineer, and an economist. With such groups In charge of details, de-tails, Franco would bo rebuilt In model cities and villages, a moro do-llghtful do-llghtful placo In which to llvo than over It waB before war camo. In order to prepare mnn for service ser-vice In such units the University of Illinois will conduct a special training train-ing school this summer, tho courses being supplied from Its school of architecture ono of tho largest In tho country Its school of engineering, engineer-ing, and Its courses In landscapo gardening and sanitary, civil, and highway engineering. Tho object of this school will bo to train professional profes-sional men In co-operation betltoan their various spoclaltlss required by such city planning and rebuilding work" na the western alllod countries will need as rapidly as tho enemy li pushed bade. Somo of tho most eminent engineers engin-eers and architects of tho country are oxpectcd to enroll In this summr school, which will begin, Dr. James said, on July 1 at tho Bent of iho unlvorslty In Urbana-Champalgn, .,. v ! Illinois. It is believed that trained H .units can bo ,turned out In six jH months' tlmo. IH Tho organization of. ainhulnnco &fl corps In many universities, military j&fj training schools In others, tho on- w U couragoment of gardening and food Kfl ocouom'y br others, nro anions tho S"fl offorts which American Institutions ofl of learning nro making for victory. H The Unlvorslty of Illinois, Dr. Jnmos lfl told newspnper correspondents, hero, wLU all y,enr has been traljUng 2200 U freshmen and iop!otnorcu as a brl- M grado; It has. organized a. hospital II unit, a signal corps, an engineering 1 ' company, and & field battery; and K'l this summer It will conduct a Junior fjfl military training camp for1 "high fjH school boys, tho Instruction being ! given by tho cadet oflcsrs of tho H university brigade and tho military Wm 'commandantf JH |