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The College of Education and the War
In the part whicli the Lnivcrsity has been able to take in the war, thru its contributions of men,
money, time, energy, and facilities, it is not easy to separate the services of the invididual colleges.
Whatever the institution was able to do was done by the University as a unit, or by its faculty, alumni
and students as individuals.
I have been asked, however, to indicate so far as possible what the share of the College of Education
has been.
First, eight of the instructional force of the college have for the past year been in the government
service for the whole or major part of their time. Second, its department of psychology has lent its
facilities to the division established by the War Department for mental testing of officers and men in
the camps and cantonments, a branch of the service which has achieved many good and important results.
Two of the faculty of that department have been in the government service in that field since
the early days of our share in the war. A third member has given a large portion of his time to the
same field, while two of the recent assistants have joined in the work. Third, a special and appropriate
contribution of this College has been in response to the appeal of President Wilson for the efficient
continuance and maintenance of public educational facilities during the war period. To that end the
College has co-operated with its students in helping to overcome the shortage in the number of teachers.
A larger proportion than ever before of its graduating class went directly into the teaching service.
Fewer than usual of the graduating class have drifted into mere financially profitable work, but on the
contrary have seen that their service to the country could most fittingly be rendered in the field for
which they were trained. The College is especially proud of its record in this respect.
Fourth, at the present time the College is arranging to co-operate in the training of teachers and
instructors for the great work of Americanization which is organizing for the education of the adult
foreigners in the country—a service which is eminently a public service growing out of the war conditions
and experiences.
The College of Engineering
This college has been quite popular with students who entered at the beginning of the year with
the expectation of entering the Student Army Training Corps. .\bout 1236 students entered in September,
which is an increase of three hundred over the maximum of any year in the history of the
college. Eight hundred and thirt\-four of these students have been inducted into the S.A.T.C. The
majority of them are first year men most of whom were attracted to the University by the unusual
offer of being paid by the government to obtain some University training. Many of them expected
to be sent to the Officer's Training Camp where they had hopes of winning a commission. Seven hundred
and seventy-four new students entered the college at the beginning of the year, whereas, the
largest number of first year students for any previous year was 350. Some of these boys failed to
qualify for induction into the S.A.T.C. and quite a number have withdrawn from the University.
But the war is over and the need of the S.A.T.C. is gone. The general impression among both students
and faculty is that the experiment has not been a success. Most of us will be relieved when
government disbands our S..\.T.C.
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