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Show M1I..11M1IMBHH!1.B. I Marine Corps Institute Attains Magnitude of a University I H Quantico on College Basis With Twenty-two Vocational and Academic Courses---1- Plans for 9,000 Enlisted Students II iI.LOWING the rush of the bcel youth l-H of the country to nil Hie ranks of the nrmv and navy When the '0- centlve was actual service ID war time ihoro was bound tr be a reaction, for wlth-cut wlth-cut the stimulus of superheated reclines spd the slesm of adventure career In rommrrof or a profession tempted oung rn and promise sroafcr opportunities and richer te wards, hn'lstments. especially fo tr raw. fell nfT from trio onto of Hip slgn-Ire slgn-Ire of the armistice by the Allied Powers ami Germany Till was prpprte, nn.l In a measure forP-v forP-v niv.il officers, hut they no more than th rst of tb country realised '" v!nt a height standards of Wasics would Cn in the expansion following peace. Coupled with a scarcity of labor, the WSJEe scale rr ini no he pvppote1 to fall very sn-on madp the cntlook for enlistments poor Indppd Fnrr.Pthlng Itnl had to he done to Increase tlip attractiveness of military service when such conditions prevailed In the world. TW Man le Corp Institute This omothln- has h"-ti evolved which serves iwn purpose Init of stimulating enlistments en-listments and edUCStlnc the nation s younc men. the latter a difficult ihlng to accom-n"h accom-n"h prlvatPlv nndpr Hip prpsent high cost I Of living rendition The evolution so far as the navy le concerned takes the form of the United State Marine Corps Institute This Institute, which pmmlsps in afT.-rt vitally the duties, service and conditions of every officer and enlisted man In the Marine rorps has hen founded at Marin Barrack Quantico. Va . and the plan whlrh ur.dprlles It is the most ambitious an l extensive educational edu-cational programme ever undertaken by eny branch of the iervlce II hhs been Indorsed by Marine Corps lleadqunrters and the Set retnrv of the Nav v and '. alroady v o-klng satisfactorily Thpre Is sU-tod a service university si Quantico that now has nearly BOO students and will have 9 MO marines learning a trad' or profession and gpftlnc a' splendid c-pncr.ai education wh'le doing SO when H,r post Is fillpd to its full complemenl The Hme of the enlisted students is equally divided be-tween be-tween aradpmle instruction and military training Already, too. the Institution of thp marine school has shown that it attrarts to the ranks of thp Marine Corps, recruits of the highest type. This was he hope of Majoi-Gen. Majoi-Gen. John LeJ?une. Brig. -On Smedlpy D. Butler and numbers of their staff when the vocational school was rut an Idea la their conferrncps they asked whether uffl-rlent uffl-rlent time COUld lie allowed the SVerhjES marine to permit hl being '.Tm valuable scholastic training without detracting from his efficiency a fighting man. Thev thought It cou'd. Tlip school of Quantico now out of 'he pxperlmpntal stasre. has proved that they thoucht rlcbt On Novpmrer jo 0r year. a post order was Issued establishing three vocational schools, offering courses In automobile mechanics, me-chanics, music lypewrit,lnc and stenography and directing thai all men enrolllnc for work In tbCSS schools be released fmrn mill-tar.v mill-tar.v and routine duly In th afternoons Men pnrolied lairW for the three course opened, anri the work went ahead srlth vlrh and enth';.-ni Exnandin Rapidly 1 C That was the beginning. In January of . thp present year the n?w Quantico Marin r School had more 'han -100 students enrolled. more- than half of I1 Hip men at the post. The curilculum has kpt pace with the en- i rolnaent and tow 12 courses o: studv arc I open to the men. Tnese are In architecture. and domestic arts and sciences. There are special courses In administration forestry, shoe and leather trades, Ac. The I'nlted Slates Marine Corps Institute ha started, therefore, more than brilliantly and mav Justly be called a combined grammar gram-mar school, blub school manual training school and college. Unit. -Pol. William C Marllee I at Hie head of It and Instructors have been appointed ap-pointed to teach the various eoursca from among officers and enlisted men at QuantlCO surprising1 number Of men were found of the hlKhest qualification for the position of Instructor graduates of such Institutions ns the I'nlted Stntes Naval Academy Harvard Har-vard l-nw School. Massachusetts Tech. Stevens Ste-vens Institute Colorado School of Mlnrs and oilier Itadlns 'nstltution of learning Others were found who had received train-Inn train-Inn in the great industrial corporations, such as the General Klectrlc Company, the Standard Stand-ard Oil Company, the Baldwin Locomotive works the Camegle Steel company, .vc a French Instructor turned up who had studied lr. the University of Paris, and a corporal. a Mexican, was qualified to take the classes In Spanlh language and literature All students nr.- required to attend clSSSSf rvery afternoon except Saturday and Sunday. Sun-day. Class work begins at 1 o'clock and continues until 4:30 P. M each day Men taking courses In the school are excused from drill, police work, guard duty and all routine during this period, and nothing Is - --TC-- v- ; ; j 5 ' it Ms js i. ! - ' a ; - - ? i r . ' " jil &m oOhn LLJLUr4 ancC GEKi S D BUTLER. oP -he M AkR i N E CORPS STARTING- TO INSPECT Tf? SCHOOL 1 1 1 engineering -lertrlca! "nslnecrlns. me-hanlcal me-hanlcal engineering, mech.inlc.il drawing, ichoo: ol sheet metal and Poller making, iteani enKlneering. chemistry, commerce ng'lsh. commeri-i.il law. civil service. uavaJ mil army school ftthoo of publicity ladver-ising ladver-ising anI sa .esmaVshlp courses), plumbing, testing and ventilation, mining engineering, llustratlon and design, agriculture, poultry husbandry. achoOls of languages, navigation Permitted mil riere wlih :hSlr class work, liy a special post order the day at Quantico 's divided so that all necessary work and fill rv drill In done in the morning ami the afternoon is reserved for school work, so that enoh student has the whole of every afternoon for cluss work and study. It Is Intended lo devote the evening to NCHINERV CLASSES iffflf (7) VvV tim 'f- PTho MMiNE CORPS Wi ViP IBB ' "' :-- jMsXm l post recreation, consisting of moles dramatic dra-matic shows, athletic event.-) and the llKe. and this Is at present partly done. From the first the new schools proved exceedingly popular v. ith the enlisted personnel at the ; ost and resulted In a notable Improvement in morale, while the Idea of academical and vocational training spreading to the public took wide hold of the popular Imagination and excite. 1 much comment. The men have enrolled eagerly for all tho couisea opened and for lx months the work nns gone ahead with great enthusiasm The number In CO li cjnSS was at first limited to fifty, but h the classes whlch are mosi popular, such iShomoblllng. It was found necessary to (ncreaSQ this number Later additional In- I stmrtors and classes will be formed for such studies, and the limit of fifty will be lnsl-ited on. Automo' :le Course Most Popular. AJdlflonal shops are to Ik fitted up for i lie automobile courses, as the existing post frnrage is far too limited to admit of all who Irish to lake this course Second In popularity popu-larity to thp automobile rouix.1 comes the rotrrse in stenography conducted by Lieut v M. Hankert. The music school conducted v Kurt Serges ni Phllllpe is second in point f Interest with the men. and the Lngllsh grammar, composition and the elementary irlthmetlc courses are crowded with mpn who are ambitious to overcome a lack of rprlv education. The classes in foreign lan-. lan-. lis res have had to be divided Into several sections to accommodate the number of men tli --'ring to enroll. !l the clasres of the Qitanllro School are ' . ip I on the courses of a correspondence ichool iiy special arrang"ment with that In-litltUUon. In-litltUUon. With a view to this Col. Ilarllee went to Bcrsnton to consult the officers of the correspondence school. hen he had xplnlned that he had to conjure up over light full grown academy vocational school and college these ofiVery promised him the fullest and heartiest cooperation: thej threw open their files and records and gave him the opportunity of purchasing at rost anv or all of the lesson leaflets, iett hooka examination sheets and other matter lined In operating the school. The plans for the future of thp Marin Corns Institute Include many features 'hat LIEUT COL J j Wl LLIAvM C. I ' MAvRLLEE 111 V IN CMQGE. PA ' ' - 1 ... VC" ": f SCHOOL VA ( are striking and novel as applied to a btanch of the military service- The scheme of the completed university looks in tho day when lb Marine Corps shall have been recruited re-cruited to Its full authorized strength, whpn there wiM bp more than 1 000 men stationed Si thai posl organised into an expeditionary expedition-ary brigade to be Itept constantly In reddl-ni-.s for service In esse of trouble. According Accord-ing to the Plan, the I'nlted States Marine Institute will dpvelop Into a great service University With a Specially trained and qu ill-fied ill-fied facnlt'. capable of teaching a wide variety Of subjects, and an academic stand-big stand-big recoenlTr-d by Hie public and by the educational authorities. When this end l attained young men who ArSrc an education will enlist In the Marine Corps. jut ns they Would enroll themselves In any civilian school or college with the understanding that if their services as soldiers sol-diers are not needed for expeditionary duty thej will he sent lo Quantico after finlsh-In finlsh-In their recruit training and allowed to register for nn educatolnal course there, At Quantico It Is expected that 7r ppr cent, or morp men will be at all times students In the military university, receiving their training as soldiers In th mornings and attending at-tending ehool In the aftprnoons A Student at Quantico having finished a course of Instruction Is eh en a certificate or diploma for the studies he has Covered. In a word the whole endeavor of the authori ties Is to put the po-t at yuanuoo on n v-hoo hasl-s, treating the men as much as jnesihie ns undergraduates of a college rather thPn soldier In a cantonment That young soldiers thoroughly approve of these plans for their Intellectual betterment better-ment has been often proved; It is shown daily St Quantico and In the vocational jscboo's carried on bv the army a notablo one helnc that under direction of Col Robert Davis at Camp Vail TJttle Silver X J.. nrd In fact It has alw.avs been so. PP: go along too, and Hie re w at w as gra ni 014 Ail the students understand, of course thatj their life as such will be subject at any! 0) J - ; t me to the call of war or any other national peed In such a case unlpss It. camp undpr HaVi'' the head of guard duty, the educational worlc W WOUld Stop for the duration of the campaign on which tln v embarked A skeletonized! Mr jar faculty would be kept at Quantico until th r'-'-iaMalS men returned lo resume (heir classes KjGcMffr' A feature of future activity of the Marin t mf ' :! . ' Institute which ha.s already lieen brought tt W- : Hi" attention of the authorities by employers of labor Is the welfare employment hurra o4 k lr the past man;. emplovers of labor wh9 K ' 'yi have deslrvd to gain absolutely dependable Bx jiiiM'' men for paulculai pns'l"ons have sou, .It b 'ifelJJ'K'i pet aer-marlnos. When the news of th-? training In vocational work which Is being '. lr ITei 'i al Quantico became public seraii evr. cri-at Industrial corporations cnmmunlca tei I ''"'!'- tvlth Col. Hardee and requested that when L any of the men so trained were discharge! I : 'jj&rfi they i) recommended to them for posltlonn. I V.'ijjrjjjSli desiring to employ at once such men SS rr-v-'- 1 1 mmended ft r , There Is tnljt of shortening the term c.f mv "ft enlistment so thai nun sho have rpcelvod V usj Bufflclcnl training m ncademic or vocational ( work to assure them of good positions Irj I ' cill Ufa may he discharged when It is mu- I r;i rj,s:rjjii tually convenient ami placed by the Welfar-I I Lr , ilnymenl bureau In such positions Men w& so dischiirger) would go Into a special claa 1 Br!'! 1 W 1 1 teentl Ri .-iment trni ordered r South In the Spanish American unpleasant- ..tMi'iJjc" ' m ss they requested to have their Instruct- iV'ri!'' of t.. Mai 1 'or.'.s and would Ne snbhtct I flH to call In the i ace of national ernergpney. 1 -' I5y this arrangement men Would go iicto v8?iK' ' the Marine Corps for a course of nturlv. BSli-f '' Suppose n recently recruited "goh" decides KSii ' to study to bp a plumbiT or an automoolle KeSC'''- mpchanlc. After his recruit training hi- Is B?Ps'' sent to Quantico and Is entered for these Bfr-Ji- ' courses. If at the end of his enllstmpnt hs gPtd Is capablp he gets his discharge and H rerommendr it for a civil position as plumber wk- or expert mechanic If he desires to studv WMr further he may remain at Qnnrtirn until IBS' he haa achieved the training h" svlshes. 'Tb wf' same thine mav he said Of students In of bef mfo . ' ' courses and the same future a-jvails JwnV fil'''' earnest stn,onf In anv of the branches tauaht ar this Marine Corps academy. K , ' Thp plan now studied at Quantico. tt H k - , expected, wll! extend to all posts and dp- W fachments o' the Marine Corps recruit dp- K ''f- POtS excepted Other posts are wafrlilng the K ft-fc procres! of Mie new educational system at 1' Quantico and there can he no doubt but 'that ( thev will n.'opt it. Capf. Ceorge K. Shnler. who has charge ' of the educational schools at Quanttot, Is r -,: authoritv for the statement of tho saJlent , Ides underlying them. He cnvs this Idee ll not (o build Up a clas of men merely for KM V -T.rl- n 1,1'. !-. 'V, Mirln. K..- Kfl n " educate them ,eo that when fhi-ir E ! terms of enll-impnt hivo expired fhrr can M hack to cd1 life heneflferl bv the 1 ITOad B. . i. ion thej have received vhiie ijj The BSi ' aervlre. other officer's who hare watchrd wwk T;' results deoipre that since the school was founded, life at Quantico has undrctcie a VvSm. great oh.anie. Idleness and discontent hivo WsW clven wav to activity and Industry, r.nd of- MSbgS fences against order and discipline have-well plgh disappeared. fl |