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Grade report for SATC history courses, dated Oct. 1918
This is a typed page with a watermark 'Requisition Bond'. At the top of the page is 'SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY' and below that is 'Monthly Report Students' Army Training Corps' and then 'Reported by' with 'Walter Prichard' written in and then 'Term: Fall...Month of: October'. The page is divided into three columns, the first is 'Last name...Other names,' the next is 'Course and Number,' and the third is 'Numerical Grade'. The course is History 22d and there are 20 names in alphabetical order. The grades range from 70 to 85. Below this list are two student names for the course History 77, with grades of 75 and 85. On the back of the grade report, 'Instructions' for the report are typed at the top.
Georgetown, TX -
Grade report for SATC math courses
This is a typed page of three columns. The first is students names, the second is section, and the third is grade. The courses are Math 1, Math 10 (or 11), Math 51, and Math 55. The grades range from 75 to 90. Typed in a paragraph below this is, 'The above grades are very rough estimates but are the best that could be obtained under the circumstances, class work having been interfered with by: confusion during registration due to renewed instructions from the government, the influenza epidemic, difficulty in procuring texts, and a great number of absences from class by order of the military authorities.'
Georgetown, TX -
Grade report for SATC math courses, dated Oct. 1918
This is a typed page with a watermark 'Requisition Bond'. At the top of the page is 'SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY' and below that is 'Monthly Report Students' Army Training Corps' and then 'Reported by' with 'Chas. N. Wunder' written in and then 'Term: Fall...Month of: October'. The page is divided into three columns, the first is 'Last name...Other names', the next is 'Course and Number', and the third is 'Numerical Grade'. There are about fifty names in alphabetical order for 'Math. 9'. The last four names are for 'Math. 1'. Every grade is a 75. On the top of the back of the page, 'Instructions' for the grade report are typed.
Georgetown, TX -
Instructions regarding SATC uniforms and equipment
This is a typed page titled, 'IS. Uniforms and Equipment' and has section labels on the left-hand side of the page. The first section is 'Uniforms' and lists the required uniform for members of SATC units. The next section is 'Arms and Equipment' and reads, 'b. The number and kinds of arms and equipment to be issued will in general conform to those prescribed in Orders and Equipment Manual for the Regular Army.' The next section is 'Use of government property' and states that Government-issued uniforms may only be used by SATC unit members at the institution to which the uniforms were issued. The last section is 'Issue of Government Property'.
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Letter announcing plan for SATC, dated Aug. 20, 1918
This is a two-page typed letter on paper with a Howard Bond watermark. On the first page, 'American Council on Education Students' War Service Campaign' is typed in the upper center. It is dated 'August 20, 1918' and is from 'Robt. L. Kelly Campaign Director'. The body of this letter announces the inclusion of the War Department's official statement approving the revised plan for the Students' Army Training Corps. On the second page, the letter is dated 'Washington, D. C. August 20, 1918' and is signed 'Ralph Barton Perry, Executive Secretary, Committee on Education and Special Training.' The body of this letter announces that 'General Peyton C. March, Chief of Staff, today approved, by order of the Secretary of War, a plan for the organization of a Student Army Training Corps in the educational institutions for the country to train men as officers and technical experts in the army. The plan for the Student Army Training Corps, as altered to conform to the plans of the War Department for lowering the draft age, will utilize the plant, equipment, and organization of the colleges to maintain a reservoir of officer material for training, from which it will be possible to meet the enlarged needs of the various branches of service'. It also discusses the differences between the tracks for the SATC. On the back of the second page, 'SATC' is written in pencil and underlined.
Washington, D. C. -
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 recommending textbooks for War Issues Course, dated Nov. 2, 1918
This is a two-page typed letter on white paper. The first page has a typed letterhead 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training 10th District-Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana' and is dated 'University Station, Austin, Texas, November 2, 1918.' It is from R. P. Brooks, District Director, War Issues Course' and to 'The War Issues Instructors, Tenth District, Students Army Training Corps'. In the body of the letter, Brooks recommends a list of European history textbooks for use in the War Issues course. The second page of the typed letter continues to recommend reading materials for the War Issues course. The final section states that 'as most of the men in the SATC units are without experience in college work, the Committee hopes that each instructor will leave no stone unturned to present the subject matter of this course in the simplest possible terms'. It is signed 'R. P. Brooks' then 'District Director, War Issues Course.'
Austin, TX -
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 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 -
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