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Pamphlet regarding science teaching in secondary schools, dated September 1918
This is a twenty-page printed pamphlet. On the center of the first page is 'Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C.' and it is titled 'Science Teaching in Secondary Schools in the War Emergency'. In the upper left-hand corner is 'Secondary School Circular No. 3' and in the upper right-hand corner is 'September, 1918'. This body of the text introduces the importance of stimulating technical and scientific training in secondary and elementary schools. The second and third pages include the 'General Recommendations' that study in science should contribute to individual and community health and that it should be encouraged among high school students. The fourth and fifth pages provide recommendations to schools on how to actively promote science and how to attract a supply of science teachers. It suggests that schools 'urge boards of education to repeal the rule, or disregard the precedent, against the employment of married women'. The sixth and seventh pages continues outlining suggestions for teacher retention. The next section is 'Suggested Outlines of Courses [-] Courses in General Science'; it begins with 'The Selection of Material and Organization', then 'Methods of Presentation', and continues with 'Samples of Topics for General Science Courses'. On the eighth and ninth pages, the list of topics for consideration is given. The next section is 'Courses in Biology' and gives a general outlines that can be used in a general biology course or separate courses of botany and zoology. The tenth and eleventh pages give more elaboration on the biology sub-topics. Many of the sub-topics emphasize the relation between the topic and the students' everyday lives. The next section is 'Courses in Physics,' and the following section is 'Suggested topics bearing on military activities'. The twelfth and thirteenth pages list these suggested topics for military activity. The next section is 'Courses in Chemistry' and emphasizes the importance of chemists' work, especially to the wartime effort. The fourteenth and fifteenth pages continue the discussion of chemistry, including the guidelines for curriculum and class organization. The sixteenth and seventeenth pages provide information about the professional opportunities in the chemical industry. The eighteenth and nineteenth pages give an outline of the 'Report on the Science Committees of the Commission on Reorganization of Secondary Education'. At the bottom right-hand side of the page is printed 'Washington: Government Printing Office: 1918'. On the twentieth and back page of the pamphlet, there is no printing.
District of Columbia -
Letter regarding academic performance of SATC students, dated Nov. 5, 1918
This is a two-page typed letter from 'Robert I. Rees, Brigadier General USA General Staff Chairman' to 'Commanding Officers, District Inspecting Officers, District Educational Directors, and Heads of SATC Institutions'. It is dated 'November 5, 1918'. Both pages have a letterhead of 'Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas' and a watermark of Requisition Bond. The body of the letter on the first page discusses the poor academic performance of the men in many SATC units, due to the conflict between military duties and academic programs, and the 'prevalence of the idea that academic grades will count relatively little in the selection of men for Officers' Training Camps'. Commanding Officers are directed to 'make every possible provision for the requirements of academic study'. The body of the letter on the second page continues to instruct Commanding Officers on how to improve the academic performance of the SATC students. A new plan for Officers' Training Camps selection will include a minimum rating of 'Intelligence as indicated by the Academic record'; therefore, the 'importance of impressing upon men the need for strict attention to their studies is […] self-evident.'
Georgetown, TX -
Letter from Naval Reserve requesting information from Southwestern, dated Oct. 14, 1918
This is a typed letter with a letterhead of 'US Naval Station New Orleans, La' and watermark 'Coupon Bond' under an insignia of an eagle spreading its wings over an 'A'. It is addressed to 'President, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas' and is from 'Commandant, Eighth Naval District', signed 'GW Rowbotham'. It is dated '14 October, 1918'. The subject given is, 'Naval Training Units; subsistence and enrollments' and the body of the letter is, '1. Please advise the Commandant, Eighth Naval District of the per diem rate as contained in the contract with your institution and the War Department. [Written next to this line in pencil is '$1.3888'] 2. This is in order that the Commandant may make the necessary allowances to Naval Reservists on active duty assigned to Naval Training Units or Naval Sections of Army Training Camps. 3. Please advise the number of Naval Reservists registered at your institution.' [Written next to the last line in pencil is '9'.]
New Orleans, LA -
Letter responding to Naval Reserve request for information, dated Oct. 18, 1918
This typed letter is addressed to 'Commandant, Eight Naval District, US Naval Station, New Orleans, La.' and is signed (typed) 'President.' It is dated 'Oct. 18, 1918'. The body of the letter reads, 'I beg to advise:- 1. Our temporary contract [both words underlined] with the War Department calls for a per diem rate of $1.3888 for Board, Quarters and Tuition. 2. There are nine (9) Naval Reservists regis-[sic] at this Institution. 3. A statement of their College work will be forwarded you as soon as we sufficiently recover from the Influenza epidemic.'
Georgetown, TX -
Letter responding to Naval request, dated Oct. 9, 1918
This is a typed letter dated 'October 9, 1918'. It is addressed to 'Ensign AK Barbee, USNRF Aide to Commandant, 8th Naval District, New Orleans, La.' and is from the 'Acting Registrar' of Southwestern. The body of the letter contains an acknowledgement of the receipt of the letter from Barbee to the registrar with the list of men placed on the inactive list. Following that, the author states that these men 'have lost more than a week from their studies' because of the lack of the communication between the University of Texas at Austin, Southwestern University, and the Naval Commandant. It closes with the promise of the requested information being sent to the Naval Commandant once the men have been registered for courses.
Georgetown, TX -
Letter regarding students released from Naval active duty, dated Sept. 20, 1918
This is a typed letter with a letterhead of 'Eighth Naval District New Orleans, LA. Office of the Commandant'. It is addressed to 'Registrar, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas' and is signed by 'AK Barbee[,] Ensign, USNRF Aid to Commandant'. It is dated 'Sept. 20, 1918.' The body of the letter provides a list of men 'relieved from active duty and placed on the inactive list, in order that they might continue their course of study at Southwestern University'. Following the list is a request that the Office of the Commandant is sent 'the name of the course pursued by each of the above named men, also the length of the course, and their present year in course.'
New Orleans, LA -
Letter regarding Naval Reservists in SATC at Southwestern, dated Sept. 14, 1918
This is a typed letter with a letterhead of 'Receiving Ship at New Orleans[:] New Orleans, La.' On the left-hand side is typed 'GPC/GEW' and on the right is typed '14 Sept. 1918.' There is a watermark of Hammermill Bond. This is from 'Commanding Officer' and is signed 'Gilbert P Chase' and is addressed to 'R. W. Timsley, Act. Reg. of Southwestern University.' The next line is, 'Subject: Enrollment of Naval Reservists in SATC.' The body of the letter stresses that 'all men who have enrolled in the Naval Reserve Force, regardless of whether they have been called into active service or not, will be required to join the Naval Section of the SATC'.
New Orleans, LA -
List of course subjects with instructors and class size
This is a handwritten chart on a drawn grid (the paper has a watermark of Requisition Bond). At the top of the page is 'Institution[:] Southwestern University' and 'P.O.Address[:] Georgetown, Texas'. The chart has four columns, 'Subject,' 'Name of Officer in Charge,' 'No. of Instructors in Subject,' and 'No. of SATC Students,' the last of which is divided again into two columns, '1st Term' and '2nd Term Estimated'. The subjects are 'Military Law + Practice,' 'Sanitation + Hygiene,' 'Surveying + Mapmaking,' 'Mathematics,' 'Physics,' 'Chemistry,' 'Biology,' then two erased row values, 'English,' 'French,' 'German,' 'Geology + Geography,' 'History,' 'Psychology' and then three more erased rows.
Georgetown, TX -
Letter requesting information from institutions with SATC units, dated Nov. 5, 1918
This is a typed page with a letterhead 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training' and 'C.a.106' typed in upper right-hand corner. The watermark is Persion Bond with insignia above of eagle spreading its wings over an 'A'. Above the date, 'November 5, 1918', is 'Washington'. It is addressed to 'Institutions maintaining units of the SATC Collegiate Section' and is from the 'Committee on Education and Special Trianing, Collegiate Section' and is signed (in type) 'R. C. Maclaurin[,] Educational Director, Collegiate Section.' The body of the text asks for institutions with SATC units to provide the Committee with information called for on the enclosed form in order to enable the proper distribution of certain course materials.
District of Columbia -
Letter regarding continued advanced technical study, dated Oct. 13, 1918
This is a letter from R. C. Maclaurin, Educational Director, and for 'President R. E. Vinson, Austin, Texas.' It directs Vinson to communicate to the heads of institutions in his district that SATC students who have completed at least one year in technical programs should continue their advanced studies 'until otherwise directed'.
District of Columbia