1918-1919 Fall Catalog of the Nebraska State Normal School - Peru

1918-19 THE NEBRASKA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL BULLETIN PERU , NEBRASKA

FALL BULLETIN ANNOUNCING

Military Training, Industrial Arts, and Other War Emergency Courses Young men 18 to 21 years of age may now enlist, be a member of the Army of the United States, and continue in school

ESTABLISHED 1867

FALL TERM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 9, 1918

Entered as Second Class Matter July I, 19 l3, at the Postoffice at Peru, Nebraska , under act of August 24, 1912.

CALENDAR 1918-19 Fall Semester begins September 9, 1918.

Second Semester begins January 27, 1919.

Forty-ninth Annual Commencement Exercises, May 27, 1919.

Enlist and attend college and become a member of the United States Army while doing so.

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FOREWORD Among the many le sons taught by the world wide war, none is of greater significance than the country 's need of more gener al education and a higher grade of intelligence among th e varied classes of p eople in all sections of th e United States.

Thi h as led our government officials to appreciate a ¡ never befor e t he tremendous importance of k eeping our educat ional institutions r unning un der full pressure even as munition factories, ship yards, and t hou ands of industrial plants ar e working to full capacity.

As an illustra tion of th e government 's desire to k eep the young men in sc hool, app eal after appeal h as gone forth from Washington urging them to contin ue in school at least until milit a ry n ecessity sh all demand th eir entrance into actual war .service.

A fur ther and more definite case which indicates the serious earnestn es. of th e Washington authoribes is th e extension of military training, under the direction of army officers, to a large numb er of school s of college rank, throughout the Union. This is to enable young men b etween eighteen and br ent~'- one y ears of age to enlist, b ecome a memb er of the -United States army, r eceive military training, and attend school , all at tli c same time.

STUDENTS ' ARMY TRAINING CORPS UNIT ESTABLISHED AT PERU 'rhe P eru State Normal, measuring up to the requirements laid do"¡n by th e War Departm ent, ha been designated as one of t he X ebraska schools in which a military unit for. training of a stud ents' a rm.v corps will b e establif>hed in Septemb er .

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TWO -FOLD PURPOSE

" 'l'his new policy aims to accomplish a two-fold ob j ect: First, to develop as a military asset a lar ge body of young men t rained in th e colleges; second, to prevent unnecessary and wa steful depletion of th e coll eges t hrough indiscriminate volunteer ing, by offering to th e students a definite and immediate status. " ELIGIBILITY

All men st nclen ts cigl1teen years of age ar e eligible to enrollm ent in t h e stud ents army traiping corps unit.

ENLISTMENT VOLUNTARY

While enrollment will be wholly voluntary, all able bodied students beyond eighteen will b e enco ura ged to enlist . Stucl en ts rn1cler eighteen may not enfo;t, altho ngh they may enroll in the t raining school unit.

TIME TO ENLIST

Young men r eading this bull etin " ¡ill find an enlistment card -which should b e promptly ¡signed and forwarded to the P eru State Normal School. '!'his is important as the school must know .in advance how many will enroll in order that prop el' provisions for equipment and trainin g may be provided.

OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW PATRIOTISM

Hundreds of parents will r ejoice that such an opportunity is provided th ei r sons to show the patriotism th ey feel by actnall~r becoming memb er: of th e United States Army; and , at

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the same time, b e able to pursue an education which will be as much needed during th e period of reconstruction as soldiers ar e n eed ed durmg the war.

OFFICERS ' TRAINING CAMPS 'l'he new plan¡ contemplates, as well as the old, that opportunity ¡will b e offered for recommending selected men who are in th e stu dents training corps units for admission to Officers' Schools.

ADVANTAGES OF PERU FOR STUDENTS ' ARMY TRAINING CORPS UNIT Peru possesses many natural advantages for the location of a students army training corps unit. Among them, the splendid athletic field conceded to be one of the finest natural athletic parks in the United States. There are also many places admirably suited fot rifle practice. The student at Peru will find courses in manual training, forging, radio buzzer, commercial lines, and mai1y war emergency courses in addition to the standard academic courses found in the b est normal chool of the Union.

PLAN INCLUDES SIX WEEKS ' SUMMER TRAINING CAMP " Tb c summer camp will be an important feature of the system. Summer camps for a period of six weeks each year will be provided for members of the training unlts. At these camps there will be an intensive and rigid course of instruction under expe rienced officers. Transportation to and from the camps

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and rations while at the camp ·w ill be furnished by the War D epartm ent. ''

PERU REPRESENTATIVES NOW IN FORT SHERIDAN TRAINING CAMP Peru's Athletic Coach, E_arl Johnson, r epresenting the P eru faculty, and four P eru students are at Fort Sheridan Student 'l'raining Camp taking sixty days ' military training, preparing t hem to a·ssist th e U. S. army officer who is to be stationed at Peru to direct th e Student Army Training Camp this year , beginning in September.

GOVERNMENT CORRESPONDENCE EXPLAINING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STUDENT ARMY TRAINING CAMP UNITS (F rom Newton D. Bak ~ r, Secretary of War, July 1, 1918.)

S nbj ect : Military Training in Colleges. ' · Suppl cme11ting the announce ment of th e War D epartment dated Ma y , 1918, t hat military instruction will be provided beginnin g " ·ith th e fall t erm, 191 , in all institutions of collrgiate grad e enrolling JOO or more able-bodied stud ents· an d /that opportuni ty ·will be offered to all students over eighteen t o enlist in th e Army as members of th e Students' Army '!'raining Corps, th e following statement is made to explain mor e definitely the chara ct er of th e plan.

" l. General Object. .Th e purpose of this plan i to develop as a great military asset the large body of young men in the colleges. Thi s will be accomplish ed by providing effi cient military instruction under th e <;np ervision of the War D epart-

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ment for ¡tudents in all colleges enrolling the required minimum of students. In order to receive this instruction, all students over eighteen years of age must volunteer and enlist in the Army of the United States. '' 2. Definition of institutions to which this system will apply. The system will apply to all institutions of collegiate grade 'rhich cmoll for the cournes 100 or more able-bodied male students over eighteen. Th e intention .is to extend the system of instruction for college student ¡ to the largest practicable extent in view of th e available supply of officers and equipment.

A. To be classified as one of the institntions of college grade to which t he privilege of maintaining a Students' Army Training Corps unit is extended, an institution must require for admission to its r egular curricula graduation from a standard secondary sc hool or an equi valent, must provide general collegiate ¡or professional curricula covering at least two years of not less than 33 weeks each; and must be carried in the lists of high er institutions prepared by th e United State. Commissioner of Edu cation.

"C. Stud ents enroll ed in preparatory d e partn~e nts of universities, coll eges, normal schools, or junior colleges, cannot at present be considered eligibles for enlistment or enro ll ment in the military training units, and enrollments in preparatory departments may not be counted by college auth orities in r eckoning the 100 able-bodied male stud ents enrolled for a military training un it .

3. " (a ) Students ' Army Training Corps; ( b ) Enlistment and enrollment; (c) Call to active duty; policy of the Government; (cl ) Discharges .

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"( a ) Students ' Army Training Corps. Ther e will be cr eated in th e Army a Students' Army Training Corps. Th e training units to b e organized under this plan wj.11 be designated, The Students' Arm y Training Corps units. '' 1'raining units will be organized in th e colleges in the various branch es of the service in accordance with the n eeds of the Army as determined by th e W ar D epartment, taking into account the character of the institution. The gr eat majority of the training units ¡w ill be for instru ction ju the line branch es of the service. Such units will b e or ganized in all n on-technical institutions. lVIost of the units will be infantry units; other will b e_field arti llery, h eavy artillery, and possibly one or more cavalry units. A limited n umber of units for training in the staff d epartments of th e service will be organized in technical schools, e. g., medical training units will be organized in selected medical sch ools, engineer ing units in engineering schools, an d a few units for oth er p ecial branches of the service. '' (b ) Enlistment and Enrollment. All able-bo died students in the colleges in which training units are organized will be en couraged to enlist if over the legal en listment age of eighteen. Students under eigh teen will be en couraged to enroll in th e train in g units. Students neither enlisted nor enrolled will not be entitl ed to enter the training units or to receive the instru ction. The enlistment contract of all students over eighteen will constitute them members of the Army of the United States, and they will become thereby subject to active service at the call of the President . . The enli sted students ¡will be on furlo ugh status until ca lled to th e colors and will r eceive no pay or all owances except 11"11en attending summer training camp, in 1Yhi ch ca e th ey will b e entitled to transp ortation and rations

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· as provided in Section 78, Bulletin,. 16, 1917, for members of the R. 0 . T . C. All enlistm ents will be .in the grade of private. " ( c) Ca11 to active duty; policy of the1Governm~nt . It will be t he poli cy of t he Governm ent not to call memb ers of t he Stu€l ents' Army 'f rain ing Corps units to active duty u ntil t hey r each draft age, unl ess urgent mi litary reasons compel an earli er ca ll. A system wi ll be d evised wher eby the m.ilitary instructors at t he colleges will certify to t he Adjutant General of th e Army the names of t hose students who are member s of The St udents' Army 'l'raining Corps who have reached draft age. Order s will then be issu ed calli ng such students t o duty on t he thirtieth of the following June. T his will p ermit them to complet e the college year in which th ey are then engaged .

It is emphasiz ed that the student body is not to b e made a deferr ed or favored class under th e selective Service Act. " (cl ) Discharges. Provisions will be made for d.i ·charge in appropriate cases, unfitn ess, misb ehavior, dependent relatives, and the necessity to leave college for cau ses beyond the stuclent 's con trol . No sm:11 d iselrnrgcs will re mov e the student's liability to draft.

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Natur e a nd a.mount of training.

" (a ) 'J'h e character of th e training will uep eud upon th e kind of training nnit whi ch is organized in the particular institu tion. wh eth er infantr.'', cava lr>·, field artillery, enginee rs, signal corps, air ser vice, h eavy artiller >', tank corps, ordnance, quar termast er , or medical. Courses of instruction ''"ill be prepared appropriate to th e various units. "'!.'he standard time to be allotted to military work will b e in the case of all units, ten hours p er week during the college year, suppl emented by si:s: weeks of in ten sive trainin g in a summer camp. Th e ten hours a w eek standard . however,

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will not involve ten hours of outdoor work in drill. A feature of th e syst em will be the giving of lib er al credits for academic work in line wi t h th e military instruction , so as to hold the outdoor work t o fe asi ble limits. In this connection clue r egard will be had to the character of th e academic conrscs and the nature of the training unit. " In the case of t rainin g· units in th e line bran ch es of the service, the co urses will usu ally provid e fo r six h ours per week of pract ical instruction, including drill an d rifle prac tice and four hours of credits from ac ademi c studies of military value. "(b ) 'l'h e summ er camp will be an imp ortant fea ture of the sys tem. Summer camps for a p er iod of six " ·eek s each year will be provid ed fo r member s of th e train ing un its. A t t hese camps th er e will be an intensive and rigid course of instruction under exp erien ced officers. T ranspo rtation to and from t he camps and r ations while at t h e camp will be fu rnish ed by the W ar D epartm ent. "( c) Th e ab ove plan " ;ill provi d e (on th e basis of 33 week;;, fo r the academic year , and a si x w eek s · ca mp ) approxima tely 650 hours of military work per annum . It is expec ted t hat this will qu alify a considerabl e per centa ge of th e stu dents to enter officers ' train in g camps on b ing call ed to the colors, and a large percenta ge of the r emainder t o serv e as non-commissioned officers. Th e numb er t o be certified for training as offi cers from any institution will not be based on an arbitrary percentage. It will depend on th e qu ality of th e men developed at that institution an d th e n ecessities of th e service a t the tim e.

5. '' The corps of instructors. Offi cer instructors and noncommissioned officer instructors will be provided by th e War Department wh en available. Offi ce rs r eturning from ov erseas

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and unfit fo r fu r t her fi eld service will be utilized wh en ava ilable.

"In order to supplement th e instru ctors assign ed by th e W ar Depar tment, and to enable the colleges to develop a for ce of assistant instru ctors, t here will b e held, ):> eginning ab out July 15, 1918, camps for instructors, to continu e sixty days . Th e colleges will be invited to send a limited n umber of piok ed students and member of their faculti es to these camps. Th ese camps will be conducted with a view to teaching th e att endants to give militar y inst r uction to students , and it is b elieved that satisfactory results can be ob tained from an inten sive sixty-day course. D etails concerni n g t h ese camps,-location, cost, method of applications, etc., wi ll be sent at an early da t e.

6. ' ' Uniforms and equipment. 'l'he Government wi ll supply the n ecessary uniforms, rifles and other equipment. so fa r as supplies are available. '' Administration and inspection. "(a) The Stucle11 ts ' A nny '!'raining Corps, including the R. 0. T. C. units, will be supervised and controlled by the Training and Instruction Branch, W ar P lans Division of tb e Gen er al Staff, in accordan ce " ¡ith instructions of the Chief of Staff .

An advisory board to th is committee representing educat ion al interest s has already been appointed by the Secretary of W ar.

This will insure th e closest co-op era ti on betw een t h e W ar Department and th e colleges in th e administration of the system..

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"( b) The illlportan ce of effectiv e insp ection is r ec ognized, ancl a staff of travell ing officer-in. p ectors w lll b e detailed to visit the institutions at frequent intervals.

8. " Relation of R . 0 . T . C. to the St udents ' Army Training Corps. Tn all coll eges haYing an R . 0. 'l'. C. unit, the already-

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earned status and privileges of th e students now enrolled therein will not be disturb ed. Institutions no;v having recognized R. 0. T . C. units may, if they so desire, establ ish in addition, Students' Arm y Training Corps units. '' The courses of raining will be uniform in all colleges, incl uding those now having R. 0. T. C. units, and uniform standards will govern the selection of students to attend officers ' training camps. Th e gen eral purpose is to provide a uniform system in all colleges, while not prejudicing in any way students who are alread y enrolled in th e R. 0. T. C. 9. " D etail ed r egulations in pursuan ce of the above are in course of prep aration , and will be sent to the colleges as soon as practicable. " By order of the Secr etary of War. " For further information concerning any phase of work offered by the Nebraska State Norma l at Peru, address, President D. W. HAYES, Peru, Nebraska.

ENLIST 11.ND GO TO COLLEGE S. A. T. C.

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S. A. T. C . AT PERU On or about Octo ber fi r st, all phy sically fit men from 18 to 2 1 wh o are enrolled in No r mal Schools or Coll eges authorized to esta b li ~ h S. A . T. C. Un its will automatically becom f:' mem ber s of these un its . Th ereafter the Governm ent pays them $30 per month and furnishes bo ar d . q ua rters, uniforms, rifles , and fu ll equi p ment. The P eru State Norm a l School is pl anning for a S. A. T . C. Unit of three hun dred men.

Contracts have been signed and re turned to the War Departm ent at Wa shington.

WHO MAY ENTER. F our year high schoo l graduates may enter t he regular co ll eg iate sec ti on. E ig hth , ninth , t enth and ~lev e nth g rad e 2'raduates may enter the voca tional rntYf'"f?./tsect ion . The me> n in this group will be promoted to I"~ ~l P.giate s<>ction wh enever th ey sh ow t he qualifi· cations for th e same .

Many a graduate of the smaller hi g h schools wil l soon find himself in the collegiate sect ion.

HOW TO ENTER .

Enroll in th e N or ma l School Se ptember ninth and tenth, or a s won th ereafte r as poss ible .

SEPTEMBER 12 , REGISTER FOR ARMY SERVICE AT PERU. Your card will be n~turn ed at once to you r county board .

THE WORK YOU CAN CARRY. Members of the S. A. T. C. · Uni t may carry in additi on to their m ili tary ins truc tions their choice of th e foll owing courses : Manu a l Trai ning, Carpentry, Gas Engin es, Radio, Buzzer, Ch emist ry , Shorthand and Typewritin g, French, Am er ican Histor y, Politica l Science, English , Mathema t ics, etc. Th e Army and school authoriti es will give adv ice as t o the best line of W•)rk for each man .

WHERES . A. T . C. LEADS. Members of t he voca t ion al section will be promot ed to the collegiate section, transferred to non-com missioned officers' schools, or g iven specia l tra in in g in the li nes fo r which they show a marked ability .

Member s of th e col leg iate section will be given spll cia l tra ining in th e lin e of service for which thlly a re best fitted, transferred to coll~ge fo r further training-, or prom oted to officers' trai ning camps.

THE lJ. S. ARMY NEED S 90 ,000 OFFICE RS BY JUNE FIRST, 1919 .

HO W LONG YO U MAY STAY iN SCHOO L. Nine teen and twenty year old boys will remain until t he a uth ori ties di scover ' th ei r spec ial capab ili t ies. Ei g hteen year old boys wil l r emain in schoo l probabiy unt il near the close of the schoo l year.

The government wants you to get al l the training yo u can before you go to camp. Remember you are a member of the U . S. Army , and ar e in school because you are more valu ~ bl e to the g-oTernment here than any wh ere else.

PERU CAN WELL CARE FOR TH ESE BOYS. Th e old Training Sch oo l bui lding is be ing equip ped for ba rracks. Heated and lighted quarters are thus avail;ible at ont:e. The War Department furn ishes the cots, bed sa cks a nd b la nkets . The In dus tri a l building is being con verted into a Mess Hall with seating capacity for three hundred at one ti me.

We are wel l pr epared to care for yo u. Be on hand September 9.

For further information write E . L . ROUSE, Presid ent, Peru, Nebraska .

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