Show ample provision for education of sailors dr frank crane writer after on an inspection of one of the dread fit if tile lie united states navy said 1 I recently had sk a very illuminating ting visit aboard the battleship tennessee it uns illuminating because I 1 found it not only a fighting machine but a schoolhouse in this age of modern efficient methods it Is only natural a wise goern government ment pr provide means to insure the highest type of personnel why not A battleship Is per haps the most perfect la laboratory bo in the world all its machinery must be the best of its kind and to maintain the high standard the united states navy lias has set it Is necessary that I 1 the he personnel be highly trained education proved to be a deciding factor and to further their policy the navy department has provided enlisted men with a correspondence course system that Is perhaps the alie most completely organized project of its kind in use it is comprised of courses prepared by the leading universities of america A program of personal supervision by naval academy graduates and competent instructors insures a thorough knon knowledge ledge of tile subject undertaken |