Army Has a University of Its Own in Beaune
Secretary of War Mr. Baker describes the American Expeditionary Force University at Beaune France as a groundbreaking educational system for soldiers. He notes about nine thousand students in eleven departments including agriculture law and medicine, with professors many of whom are former soldiers or college staff. He envisions a future army where education and military training run parallel, possibly the West Point for enlisted men.
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Baker
France
Laker
American Expeditionary Force University
Beaune
Noo
University
Department of Agriculture
School of Agriculture
England
Cambridge
Oxford
University of London
University of Manchester
Trinity College
University of Dublin
Sorbonne
Normal College
United States
Department of
Philosophy
University At
University of Beaune
Foilu Ag
College of Architecture
Chautauqua
Rhine
Hanses
Fritzes
Grechens
Jazz Filled Armory Dance by 127th Infantry Band
The Bachelor club hosted a dance at the Armory floor crowded Thursday with the 127th infantry band from Marshfield providing jazz music. Bandmaster Theodore Steinmetz led a 27 member program of varied pieces honoring the division, including The Thirty second March and a Lucia medley, plus popular numbers and two sold songs. The event, praised for finish and shading, drew praise as the best in the 4. E. F. Oshkosh Northwestern noted.
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Armory
Bachelor Club
127Th Infantry
Marshfield
Thompson
Madison
127Th
Theodore Steinmetz
Way
France
Steinmery
Lucia
Dvorak
Mendelssohn
Steinmetz
Oshkosh Northwestern
Ancient Jewels Compare Ancient to Modern Craft
Archaeologists report that women in ancient times wore jewelry comparable in artistry to twentieth century masterpieces. The finding concerns pieces from about a thousand years before Christ.
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Christ
Race of Boat Builders in Irish Maritime Heritage
The Irish ram time immemorial have been boat builders with Belfast illustrating the peak of shipbuilding. West coast mackerel fishermen, southern hake fisheries, and southeast haddock industries also reveal Irish nautical ingenuity and regional skill.
Big Club Week Planned for Military Life
T L Bewick state leader of junior club work announces state meeting of boys and girls clubs at College of Agriculture Madison June 23 28 with soldiers barracks on Camp Randall for cot rentals at 50 cents a week. Activities include drills poultry canning sewing potato demonstrations and campus excursions ending with a picnic at Vilas Park. A state wide leaders conference will accompany the event with C H Benson in charge of national club work attending.
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T. L. Bewick
College of Agriculture
Madison
Camp Randall
Bewick
A. 2
Mann
M. G
W. R. Dunwiddie
Dane County
Pplenig
Vilas Park
C. H. Benson
A New Calendar Proposed With 13 Months of 28 Days
A historical note discusses a proposed calendar reform featuring 13 months of 28 days, each starting on Monday and ending Sunday. One extra New Year day would not belong to any month. The perpetual calendar would simplify date tracking, potentially ending calendar production as a job source. A bill before Congress signals possible adoption.
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Congress
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