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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 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 -
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 -
Brief outline of War Issues Course
Typed letter with 'Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas. Office of the President' in the upper left-hand corner as blue letterhead. The letter has a vertical watermark that reads 'Oriole Linen Bond'. The body of the letter is addressed to President Robert E. Vinson, District Educational Director, SATC, and it regards the “character and organization” of a proposed 'War Issues Course at Southwestern University,' including plans for the Fall, Winter, and Spring terms. It specifies the members of the course planning committee as 'C. A. Nichols, Professor of Education, Chairman, A. S. Pegues, Dean, Professor of Economics, Walter Prichard, Acting Professor of History, J. C. Gobey, Professor of Chemistry.'
Georgetown, TX -
Third page of SATC Volunteer Signup (Southwestern)
Third page of Volunteer Signup page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (seven of each). The writing is in white on a black background. On the back of third page of Volunteer Signup page, the left ruled column is labeled 'Name' and the right is labeled 'Address' but neither has anything listed beneath. The writing is in white on a black background.
Georgetown, TX -
Second page of SATC Volunteer Signup (Southwestern)
Second page of Volunteer Signup page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (nineteen of each). The writing is in white on a black background. Written on the top of the page is 'Students Army Training Corps.' On the back of second page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (seventeen of each). The writing is in white on a black background.
Georgetown, TX -
First page of SATC Volunteer Signup Sheet (Southwestern)
First page of Volunteer Signup page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (seventeen of each). The writing is in white on a black background. Attached at the top is a paper label that reads, 'Special Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.) Southwestern Volunteer Organization'. On the back of first page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (sixteen of each). The writing is in white on a black background.
Georgetown, TX -
Seventh page of SATC scrapbook
Seventh page of SATC scrapbook. There are four black and white photos on a black paper background. The photo on the top left-hand side is of an expanse of field in front of campus buildings. Under it is written 'Mood Hall'. The photo on the top right-hand side of the page is of a man standing in a trench dug in a field. Buildings and trees are visible in the background. Under the photo is written 'Private Chadwick'. The photo on the bottom left-hand side is of a man standing and posing by the bayonet run - a row of bundles of twigs and branches hung from a wooden structure. Buildings and trees are visible in the background. The photo on the bottom right-hand side is of the same man in the previous photo, who is standing with one foot propped up on one of the fence posts set up as a barbed wire entanglement. Fence posts and barbed wire are visible on either side of the man and buildings and trees are visible in the background.
Georgetown, TX -
Sixth page of SATC scrapbook
Sixth page of SATC scrapbook. There are four black and white photos on a black paper background. 'No Mans Land S.A.T.C.' is written in the space between the photos. The top left-hand photo is of bundles of twigs and branches hung from a wooden structure set up in a field. Under it is written 'Bayonet Run'. The photo in the top right-hand corner is of a hole in the ground with a mound of dirt encircling and fence posts and barbed wire around it. Under the photo is written 'Shell Hole.' The photo on the bottom left-hand side is of more holes surrounded by dirt in a field with more fence posts and wire strung up around and between them. Buildings, trees, and a railroad track are visible in background. Under it is written 'Barbed Wire Entanglement.' The photo on the bottom right-hand side is of a cement platform with a circle missing from the middle with a post or structure in the center. The cement fixture is in front of a large pond or lake and trees and a dock or platform are visible in the background.
Georgetown, TX