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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 -
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. -
Catalog of maps for War Issues Course, dated Nov. 8, 1918
This is an eight-page printed pamphlet. The first page has a letterhead of 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training' and is dated 'November 8, 1918'. It is from 'Committee on Education and Special Training' and is to 'Institutions where Units of the Students Army Training Corps are located and Chairmen of the War Issues Course groups'. The subject given is 'Maps for the War Issues Course and for other courses in which the Geographical Problems of the War and the Peace which is to follow have a part.' The body begins with an explanation that the American Geographical Society of New York has prepared base maps for the U.S. government. The first section is '1. General Description of the Maps; Their Usefulness'. On the second and third pages of the pamphlet, the following sections are included: 'The Price of Maps; Opportunity for Examination'; '3. Use of Funds'; '4. Wide Distribution of Maps Desired'; '5. Descriptive Matter'; and '6. Correspondence Regarding Maps'. It is signed 'Frank Aydelotte, Director of War Issues Course'. After this is a listing under 'Detailed Description' for the maps available. The scale and size are included and some of them include study ideas. On this page are Europe, Alsace, Lorraine, and Adriatic. On the fourth and fifth pages of the printed pamphlet, the map listings continue, including size and scale. Some have additional ideas on how to use them or details of interest. The maps are: Tyrol, Austria-Hungary, Balkans, Rumania, Russia, Russian Empire, Baltic Basin, Baltic Provinces, Poland and Lithuania, Poland, Caucasus, Block Diagrams of European Problem Areas, and Asia. On the sixth page of the printed pamphlet, the map listings continue with: Danube to India, Western Asia, Anatolia and Armenia, Syria, Palestine, Siberia, Africa, and Central Africa. The seventh page is blank. The eighth and back page of the pamphlet is also blank.
Washington, D.C. -
Bulletin announcing YMCA request for lecturers
This is a two-page typed letter. The first page has a printed letterhead of 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training' and is dated 'December 10, 1918'. It is from 'Committee on Education and Special Training' and is signed 'Frank Aydelotte, Director of War Issues Course'. It is addressed to 'Professors in charge of the War Issues Course'. The body of the letter announces that the YMCA is hiring full-time lecturers on Political Economy, United States History, American Ideals, and other social sciences topics to work in the National Army Cantonments for a period of two months. The reads, 'The YMCA wishes to add to its staff a number of lecturers on Political Economy, United States History, American Ideals, and other topics connected with the social sciences who will work in National Army Cantonments during the next two months.' The 'bulletin is issued at the request of Dr. A. O. Lovejoy, Director of Lectures, YMCA Educational Division. The work in question is not connected in any way with the Committee on Education and Special Training of the War Department, but is entirely under the control of the YMCA.' The second page of the letter has the same printed letterhead as on the first page but no additional text.
Washington, D. C. -
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.'
District of ColumbiaTags 1918, academics, American Association for International Conciliation, American Historical Association, Aydelotte, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Committee on Education and Special Training, Committee on Public Information, National Board for Historical Services, Southwestern University, Student Army Training Corps (SATC), War Department, War Issues Course, World Peace Foundation, World War I -
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. -
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 -
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 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 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.