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I'RENCH AND . CAMP
~ _Published weekly at the National Canton.
ents for the moldiers of the United States,
'c'ggfi'm""’f auspices of the National War Work
of the Y. M. C. A, of the United States,
with the co-operation of the leading newspapers
of the United States, named as the Advisory
Board, lsted on page 4.
CAMP MEADE EDITION
iR B T R e
geatlon of The Washington Star, Washington,
EDWIN K. GONTRUM..... .......%.. . Bditor
Business Office at ¥. M. C. A. Administration
Building, at Admiral and Poriland roads.
News and correspondence received at all Y. M.
C. A. buildings on Camp Meade reservation when
properly addressed. L
‘‘The soldjer's @wn paper, a real newspaper,
with no advertising, printed for free distribution
with the approval of the U. 8. Government.” ‘
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1914.
: EDUCATION IN CAMPS.
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National cantonments are fast
becoming urbap. Here at Camp
Meade we ‘have not only tele
phones, telegraph, graded streets,
_ fire protection, water and sewage
systems, movies, entertainment
places and lectures, but also an
educational system, soon to be re
inforced by a centwral library com
prising several thousands of vol
umes. w
Some one has said, ‘““Tell me
what a man does in his leisure
time and I will tell you what kind
~of man he is.” The idea is this:
Agtivity is the law of nature, but
- the kind of activity a man choosesl
eventually molds his character.
Contentment, power and achieve
ment come not by chance, but as
the result of right thinking and
vri%l;t habits.
. Heredity and environment are
~powerful forces, but a really suc
cessful life grows out of making
the best of one’s opportunities.
Thousands of soldiers in the dif
ferent camps are enrolled. in
classes for study. :
- A statistical report from west
~ern- camps shows the following
- distribution = for 5,500 enroll
ments: Languages, 40 per cent;
: fgath‘ematics, 7 pef cent ; engineer
_ing,- 9 per cent; business courses,
8 ?er cent; music, 2 per cent;
- military ‘subjects, 3 per cent;
" natural science, 3 per cent; voca
tional, 2 per cent; miscellaneous,
%fi&er cent. ' '
. With an educational system or
- ganized to provfide' class instruc
tion in English, French, mathe
matics, history, science, technical
‘subjects, etc., our Army camps are
actually becoming democratic in
stitutions whose major ideals are
_intelligent citizenship and per
- sonal efficiency. Lincoln, Wash
ington and Jefferson were patrons
of education, and many a man, in
- spite of circumstances, owes his
~méntal growth to the stimulating
influence. of books, associates or
- some literary debating club. '
. .The “modus operandi”? Just
Hand your name, with-the class
or club you wish to enter, to the
_ regimental educational officer, his‘
- copmpany representative or any
Y. M. C. A. man. If those who
téach learn more than the taught,
why not volunteer? Class leaders
are greatly needed for French.
The educational director and the
“French instructor for the camp
have their headquarters at the ad
ministration building, and asso
_ciated with them in the work are
~‘the chaplains and educational sec—‘
- retaries throughout the camp. -
- A number of college men in|
other camps are doing work with
leading universities through cor
respondence courses. Ask for in
formation and descriptive litera
_tuge. i
Make use of your opportuinties
join a class or club; use the
library ; grow mentally.
TRENCH AND CAMP
THE INDOOR SOLDIER. -
‘lt is a strain on the kealth of
the indoor worker when he is
taken out of comtortable rooms
in a store, office or factory an
made to do soldiering in winter
weather. The Army officers have
commonly had outddor experience
in all kinds of climate. They
don’t realize what it means to the
green rookie. '
It will require sound medical
judgment to say just how far the
boys can carry the hardening
process at the start without tak
ing serious physical risks. Of]
course, outdoor air works won
ders. The boys who were called
out two months ago are in far
better shape to stand winter ex-)
posure than they were ever before.
People who get severe colds in
’our home life are not usually the
Eoutdoor workers. It is those who
are cooped up in stuffy homes and
‘'workshops who fall victims. The
'governmentv should take every
pains to see that heating facilities
'are in working shape. The dan
ger will come from speeding up
‘the hardening process too rapid
ly. The boys need time to adjust
‘themselves to so great change in
their life.
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KNIGHTS AND KNITTERS.
A few hundred years ago the
better class of soldiers were called
knights. In general, the men at
the cantonment have just as great
opportunities for courtesy as the
warriors of “ye olden days.”
One of these opportunities is by
writing notes of thanks to the
women who knitted the sweaters,
wristlets and so on for the hun
dreds of soldiers who thus far
have been liicky enough to receive
these Red Cross contributions
and who found the cards with the
knitters’ names and addresses at
tached to the garments. .
~ ,There were many, many hours
of hard and patriotic effort com
ing out of the thotisands of balls
of yarn used by the knitters.
Another gentlemanly act is for
‘those soldiers who have been re
ceiving letters and presents from
the outside (because it was known
they were friendless, lonesome or
in need of such attention) to reply
adequately. ~ :
It is a matter of pride for Campl
Meade to keep up a reputation
higher than any of the best sol
diers of several centuries gong by.
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MEADE SCHOOLS.
Tuition—Free or nominal. :
Faculty—Experienced teachers. .
Place—Barracks, halls, club rooms.
Days—Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday.
Time—Convenient hours.
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'English for foreigners.
English for illiterates. :
| English—Advanced.
~ French for beginmers,
French for intermediates.
1 ! Now Forming.
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Sciences—Hygiene, chemistry, physics. .
Others as requested. .
r Apply to Army Ed. Officer, or Army
Y. M. C. A,
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DEDICATE Y. M. C. A. HUT.
Meade Soldiers Celebrate New Build
% ing at Camp.
~ The new Y. M. C. A. building in G
'gecfion was dedicated Sunday night. Ad
dresses were made by Brig. Gen. Wil
liam J. Nicholson, acting commander of
'the camp; Judson J. McKim, general
camp secretary of the Y. M. C. A.;
Charles P. Davis, who will be executive
secretary of the new bungalow, and
Sergt. Murray Chislom of the military
polécéqls/Gen. Nicholson, in accepting the
building on behalf of the 157th- Brigade,
said he was glad to see the new structure
in that section of the camp, because he
knew it would spread the gospel of con
tent ana cheerfulness, and thus improve
thé morale of the brigade. |
In the morning Rev. Dr. Louis O. Wash
burn, rector of Old Christ’s Church, Phil
adelphia, preached at the building. ;
Y. M. C. A. ORGANIZATION
€amp general secretary, Judsom J.
MeKim.
Camp religious secretary, Charles S.
Goodell.
Assistant religious secretary, L. O.
Benedict.
Camp educational secretary, J. N. K.
Hickman,
Camp physical seeretary, H. W. Sweet.
Camp wsocial secretary, F. F. Leonard.
Camp business secretary, F. H. Moss.
Camp construction wsecretary, 8. T.
Tucker.
Camp quartermaster, R. C. Groner,
Stenographer, H. C. Ridgely.
Camp accountant, John L. Holland.
Desk secretary, R. H. Hull. _
General Building Staffs.
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* Building secretary, Edward P. Pike.
Business secretary, F. R. Riter.
Religious seeretary, A. H. Witwer.
Educational secretary, J. L. Hopkins.
Physical secretary, F. P. Selton.
' . Social secretary, C. H. Burke.
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Building secretary, C. P. Davis.
Business secretary, D. B. Murphy.
Religious secretary, H. B. Hughs.
Educational secretary, Mr. Stillwell.
Physical secretary, H. H. Hughs.
Social secretary, H. S. Davies.
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Building secretary, A. E. Lindley.
Business secretary, J. R. Sutton, jr.
Religlous secretary, George C. Carey.
Educational secretary, W. F. Cochran.
Physical secretary, M. E. Montgom
ery. %
Social secretary, V. O. Ward.
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Building secretary, H. G. Grauel. :
Business secretary, Edwin Stott. .
hi Religious secretary, James J. Bing
am. i :
Educational secretary, Howard Clair.
Physical secretary, Samuel Kane.
Social secretary, Lafayette Horner.
Building secretarv, R. A. Dudley.
Business secretary, F. W. Sutton.
Religious secretary, J. W. Laird. |
Educational secretary, C. 1. Sprout.
Physical secretary, A. S. Bauer,
Social secretary, R. A. Hudson.
B-B Block. .
~ Building secretary, T. E. Stacy.
Y Business secretary, Stephen Treule
en.
Physical secretary, R. G. Smith.
Colored Branch, B-39.
Building secretary, Dr. G. W. Ca
biness.
Religious secretary, M. B. McAden.
Educational secretary, E. A. Wallace.
Physical secretary, W. H. Craighead:~
Social secretary, J. E. Mehlinger.
Colored Branch, D-39.
Building secretary, 8.-B. Church.
Business secretary, R. P. Scott.
Religious secretary, A. S. Helm.
\ Ekducational secretary, ‘M. W. Bul
ock.
Physical secretary, W.C. Anderson, jr.
Social secretary, C. H. Flagg.
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Y. W. C. A. hostess house, Miss Mary
‘Truman.
Knights of Columbus, W. J. Walsh.
Red Cross division headquarters, C. V.
Ferrin. et
Jewish welfare, Maurice Speare.
American Library Association, A. L.
Bailey. g
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WORK OF THE Y. M. C. A.
Activities of Association Have
~ Tripled in Volume Since Sep
" tember, Says a Report.
gt e PSRRI S o s
‘That the work of the Y. M. C. A. is
increasing at Camp Meade is evidenced
by'a comparative report for September,
October and November. Since Septem
ber the activities of the assocjation
have developed along proportions that
have tripled in volume.
For September the total attendance
at all the Y. M. C. A. buildings was
21,971; October, 191,025, and November,
238,015,
During September no lectures were
given. . During October there were
eight educational lectures, with an at
tendance of 2,068; November, sixteen,
with ‘an attendance of 6,095.
Educational classes for September,
sixteen, attehdance, 1,433; _October,
thirty-one, attendance, 1,150; November,
311, attend&t_lce. 5,416.
Numbqr of books circulated for the
three months, respectively, 91, 836, 2,618.
For September the number partici
pating in recreative sports was 100.-For
tober this number was increased to
1,703, and spectators at the various
games totaled about 44,250; November,
2,088; spectators, 91,452.
Religious Meetings Grow.
Religious meetings September, 14;
)attendance. 2,267. October, 67; attend;
ance, 2,125. November, 103; attendance,
28,047. Bible classes—October, 86; at
tendance, 840; November, 156; attend
dnce, 2,697. Scriptures distributed for
the three months, respectively, 2, 354,
887. < Personal Christian interviews, 44,
507, 644; Christian decisfons, October,
51; November, 271. Number signing war
roll, October, 46; November, 821. |
Entertainments—October, 27; attend
ance, 22,233. November, 57; attendance,
40,940. Motion pictures, November, 32;
attendance, 23,925.
Letters written for the three months:
respectively, 19,437, 238,900, 356,725.
Money orders sold, 55, 168, 308.
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| SOLDIERS AT © %P MEADE -
]
INSTRUC __ {*! FRENCH
Will Be Able to Understand the
Language, for Practical Pur
poses, “Over There.”
When the soldiers now at Camp
Meade go to France they will be well
enough acquainted with the language
of that country to answer 211 prac
tical purposes, a® far as their military
duties are concerned.
' Under the direction of Dr. Theophite
Ernest Comba, a specialist in French,
and formerly head of the department
of modern languages at Amherst Col
lege, classes in conversational French
are now being organized at camp. The
first classes were started last week
for the officers of the 314th Regiment.
The work will gradually broaden as
soon-as teachers can be secured, until ;
every soldier in camp will be given
an opportunity to learn the language.
Dr. Comba’s work just now will be
principally among the officers, not only
to instruct them, but to locate teach
ers who will volunteer to take classes.
Dr. Comba teaches what is known as
the “natural method,” which is said to
produce excellent results yvithin a short
period. Request is made by the French
department, which has its headquar
ters at the Y. M. C. A. administration
building, that soldiers who have French
grammars or books shall send or bring
them to the department, as they can
be used with benefit during the coming
months.
The head of the educational system
is Joseph Hickman, former superin
tendent of schools of Lancaster, Pa. _
Mr. Hickman was one of the leaders in
the country in advocating the voca
tional plan of study and in urging
that the schools be used for community
meetings, smokers and entertainments—
that they be used day and night .
throughout the whole year, instead of
only a few hours a week.
Mr. Hickman plans to extend the
system. Almost any branch can be
studied here, provided the right num
ber of men are obtained for a class.
If ten men want to study chemistry
a professor in chemistry will be ob
tained for them; if ten want to take
up mathemaflgs. history, geology or
surveying, classes will be orgsanized
for them also. The Y. M. C. A. sec
retaries are making up .lists of those
who want to attend these schools, and
they will submit these lists to Mr.
Hickman.
Another useful thing will be done
in these schools. The interest in cer
tain studies which some of the seclects
had been pursuing prior to coming
here will be kept up through the me
dium of lectures.. Fear is felt, for in
stance, that a young man who -has been
studying medicine or law will become
discouraged and think that all his
chances of completing Hls course are
over. To combat such discouragement
doctors from the Johns Hopkins Medi
cal School or lawyers from the Uni
-versity of Maryland will be called upon
to give lectures from time to time.
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Representatives of Welfare Associa
tions at .Gugn Meade Discuss Ef
ficiency Measures at Dinner.
-
In order to promote a closer feeling
of fellowship between the welfare or
ganizations at camp, preventing, if
possible, any overlapping of work here,
the executives of these agencies were
entertained at a dinner last Friday
night as the guests of Judson J. Mec-
Kim, acting camp secretary of the Y.
. C. A,
The affair was held at the hostess
house of the Y. W. C. A. With the room
lighted by candles and with a fire
burning in the large open fireplace, °
the event had a most agreeable set
ting. " ;
Those present weére Judson McKim,
head of Y. M .C. A. work; Miss Mary
Tr\u_nan of the Y. W.C. A, A. L. Bailey,
agent of the American Library Asso
ciation; Joseph Cunningham of the
Knightl of Columbus, Maurice R.
Spear of the Jewish welfare board,
and Robert Farren of the American
Red Cross Society.
The first question was Christmas. It
was agreed to leave to the American
Red Cross Society the problem of dis
tribution, and other "agencies will not
undertake to bestow gifts. The He
‘brew crganization already has received
500 Hannukah presents from Baltimore
Jewish women. These and others on
the way will be handled by that so
ciety. 4 %
The agents of the societies gave de
tails of their work and none is over
lapping. The desire of all concerned
is for efficiency in recreation ‘as well
as in- the distinctly vreligious phases
of the work. The conference resulted
in a fine feeling, and it was decided
to get together in this way at least
once every two weeks. The Y. W. C. A.
hostess house was agreed upon as the
most suitable place for the meetings.