Show educational WORK IN I 1 CAMPS P ea educational classes in th the tiny army a camps torm form an important part ot of the work ot of the committee on training camp activities tills this work Is maintained with the help ot of local one of 0 the way in these local committees are cooperating most effectively with the camp forces corces is in the securing ol of teachers of oe french and other subjects the men are eager to prepare themselves lor for the time when somewhere in france they will meet the men with whom they are to fight side by side the war recreation creation Ke boards in many cities are making this possible by providing teachers not only at the camps but a the communities atlanta ga for instance is furnishing french teachers Jor tor the Y al C A educational director at camp burlington vt charleston S C chicago ill where a five hour trip Is involved orthe teachers going to highland park indianapolis ind pensacola fla san francisco cal spartanburg S C minneapolis and st paul minn inn and many other cities are performing similar services in alexandria la a grammar school nas been opened in the evening for clasbey in french and history story lil in chattanooga the board of 0 education is attempting to supply the ed material necessary tor for the JOB men enrolled in classes in camp many or of whom can neither read nor write three honderd fifty sent to the war recreation hoard board by the american book company ot of cincinnati are being put into excellent use at camp the university ot of south carolina at columbia is giving courses in french history mathematics and topography a at t a nominal rate saturday night lectures are being given at the base hospital at camp cody by teachers from deming high school this school will be open evenings evening ii tor for classes in french spanish mathematics science and history the education work for or the men at fort Bliss has been taken ov v er by the president of the university 0 of texas who has assigned ive university instructors and three volunteers to the work the ar army my providing transportation to the camp tor for the instructors two thousand men were enrolled in the classes cJ asses at macon alacon ga an aduca lional course has been arranged giving high school and college credits the men at the navy yard through the courtesy of organizations in philadelphia are having instruction st in an automobile mechanics electricity typewriting and surveying urve ying as well as in academic subjects the universities of wis konsin and california are sending closely allied to the educational work at the camps and in the com ra unities Is the movement which has spread pread rapidly through all the camp cities to collect books and magazines lor the men in camp for use at the Y al C A recreation birts huts the base hospitals the barnaks and in many instances in the khaki clubs in ii the communities in all ot of this work the city libraries have been most helpful la in acting as clearing houses and in sorting and grading the books before they are sent to camp the libraries of a number 0 of cities are throwing open their facilities to the soldiers on sunday after afternoon noron and in the evenings when the men are in town many lany of them have established branch libraries at the tl e camps many interesting plans have been devised tor for collecting the books arid and arousing the interest of the communities in the project in el paso the boy scouts helped in collecting Ilc ting the books which were catalogued cataloguer catalo gued by the public library ia hi alt units of one hundred at nogales ar ariz boxes were placed in various parts ts of 0 the city where right be made regularly atlanta and one or two other cities made use of laundry wagons which gathered up the books as they made their collections the hotels were asked to gather up the magazines left by their guests through the school children of augusta circulars telling of the movement and providing reading matter for the soldiers reached the homes of tho the city the girl gari scouts were active in helping to gather the material the local committee of dayton secured a large collection ot of technical and mechanical ch magazines through adver tiling agencies the public library of washington undertook the tas task k of at supplying with books and magazines all nearby camps soldiers clubs rest rooms and detached guard stations moving picture films were used asa medium of appeal tor for reading matter |