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Pamphlet suggesting organization of War Issues Course, dated Sept. 18, 1918
This is a printed pamphlet. The first page has a letterhead of 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training' and is dated 'Washington, Sept. 18, 1918' and is from 'The Committee on Education and Special Training'. It is signed 'Committee on Education and Special Training By Frank Aydelotte, Director of War Aims Course' and is to 'Professors in charge of course on the Issues of the War, SATC, Collegiate Section.' It begins with 'Note:-This Memorandum supplements, but does not supersede Memorandum of September 10th'. The body of the text makes suggestions, rather than requirements, for the War Issues course. The sections are: '1. Distribution of Time'; '2. Modification for Engineering Schools'; and '3. Syllabi'. On the second and third pages of the printed pamphlet, the 'Syllabi' section is continued. It is then followed by: '4. Text Books and Other Materials'; 'Class Discussion'; and '6. Combination with English Composition'. This section is continued on the last and back page of the printed pamphlet. It is followed by '7. Examinations' ; '8. Relations to War Aims Course in Training Detachments'; and '9. Army Paper Work'. The page is signed, 'Committee on Education and Special Training By Frank Aydelotte, Director of War Aims Course.'
Washington, D. C. -
Pamphlet outlining War Issues Course, dated Sept. 10, 1918
This is a three-page printed pamphlet. On the first page, the letterhead reads, 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training' and is dated 'Washington, September 10, 1918.' It is from the 'Committee on Education and Special Training' and signed 'By order of the Committee, Grenville Clark, Lt.-Col. A. G. O., Secretary.' It is addressed to 'Institutions where Units of the Student Army Training Corps are located' and is about the 'Course on the Issues of the War'. This is an updated version of a memorandum dated August 27, 1918 and distributed at Fort Sheridan and Plattsburg. The body of the text includes three sections on instructions concerning the War Issues course. The first section is '1. Purpose', which clearly states the content and goals of this course; it is "a course on the remote and immediate causes of the war and on the underlying conflict of points of view as expressed in the governments, philosophies and literatures of the various States on both sides of the struggle. The purpose of this course is to enhance the morale of the members of the Corps by giving them an understanding of what the war is about and of the supreme importance to civilization of the cause for which we are fighting." The next sections are on '2. Modification of Existing Courses' and '3. Time'. On the second and third pages of the printed pamphlet, the instructions for the War Issues course are continued. The next sections are: '4. Organization'; '5. Combination with English Composition'; '6. Content'; '7. Opportunity for Questions'; and '8. Materials'. Instructions are continued again onto the back and last pages of the printed pamphlet. The sections are '9. Attitude' and '10. Nomination of Instructors'. It is signed 'By order of the Committee, Grenville Clark, Lt.-Col. A. G. O., Secretary.'
Washington, D.C. -
Memorandum regarding application to SATC, dated Nov. 2, 1918
This is a typed letter on paper with watermark of Cascade Bond U.S.A. It has a typed letterhead of 'Headquarters District Military Inspector, Students' Army Training Corps, University of Texas, Austin, Texas' and is dated 'November 2, 1918.' The body of the text addresses how applicants will apply to vacancies in the SATC and asks institutions to provide a list to the Headquarters of all vacancies. It is signed 'H. LaF. Applewhite, Lt. Col., U.S.A., Retired, District Military Instector EDS'.
Austin, TX -
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 requesting information from War Issues Course instructors, dated Nov. 11, 1918
Typed letter on War Department letterhead from the Committee on Education and Special Training to instructors of the War Issues Course. The letter is from R.P. Brooks, District Director of the War Issues Course, to 'Professors in charge of War Issues Course.’ The letter concerns efforts the District Director is making to visit institutions where the War Issues Course is being taught, in order to write a report for the Director of the War Issues Course. The letter includes a questionnaire that professors are asked to complete, to provide data for the report.
Austin, 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 requesting information from Foreign Language departments, dated Oct. 11, 1918
This is a letter with a printed letterhead 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training'. It has a list of Advisory Board members in the upper right hand corner and a list of committee members in the upper left. There is a watermark 'Royal Seal Bond' with 'U.S.A.' underneath between two horizontal lines. The letter is from the District Educational Director, Robert E. Vinson and is to 'The President, Southwestern University, Georgetown Texas'. The body of the text announces that the Committee has appointed a language inspector for institutions with SATC units in the tenth district and requests outlines of foreign language departments from department heads. Written in pencil across the upper left-hand corner of the page is, 'French - Vaden Spanish - Gray German - Lehmberg'. The back of the letter has the watermark 'Royal Seal Bond' with 'U.S.A.' underneath between two horizontal lines. Written across the top of the page in pencil is 'Refer to proper professors.'
The University of Texas, Austin, TX -
Letter regarding voluntary continuance of War Issues Course, dated Dec. 12, 1918
This is a typed letter with a typed letterhead of 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training, 10th District - Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma' and is dated 'University Station, Austin, Texas Dec. 12, 1918'. It is from 'R.P. Brooks, District Director War Issues Course, Tenth District' and is to 'Instructors in the War Issues Course'. The body of the letter addresses the end of governmental supervision of courses in universities that had SATC units (due to the end of the SATC as a result of World War I ending). The War Issues course is available to be continued on a voluntary basis for those institutions that are interested.
Austin, TX -
Letter regarding the future of War Issues Courses, dated Nov. 30, 1918
Typed letter on War Department letterhead from the Committee on Education and Special Training to instructors of the War Issues Course. The letter indicates that courses related to the War Issues Course, including ‘courses on problems of the War, the Peace Conference, and Reconstruction,’ will continue at several educational institutions after demobilization of the SATC. The letter bears the horizontal watermark 'Hammermill Bond.' The letter concludes with the typed signature, 'Committee on Education and Special Training, By FRANK AYDELOTTE, Director of the War Issues Course.'
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Letter regarding SATC academic records, dated Oct. 18, 1918
This is a typed page with a printed letterhead in the center reading 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training' and is dated 'October 18, 1918'. It is addressed to 'Presidents of SATC institutions, Collegiate Section' and is from 'Committee on Education and Special Training by R. C. Maclaurin[,] Educational Director, Collegiate Section'. The body of the letter primarily addresses the academic nature of the Corps and provides the guidelines for keeping academic records for Corps members.
Washington, D.C.