Citizens Military Training Camp - Sentinel Yearbook (Fort Sheridan, IL)

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EIGHT YEARS OF THE CMTC f e I , illmff A Furman University, Georgia Military Academy, George 1 Washington University, Gordon C4J, Gulf Coast Military ' ' Academy C3J, Hampden-Sidney College, Hillsdale College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Kalamazoo College, Kemper Military School, Lake Forest College, Lawrence College, Lockyear Business College, Lombard College, Loomis Radio College C4j, Marquette University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Missouri Military Academy, Mount Union College, New Mexico Military Institute, Northwestern University, Oakridge Institute Qzj, Pace Institute Czj, Palo Alto Military Academy, Pillsbury Academy Czl, Ripon College, Riverside Academy f6j, Rose Polytechnic Institute, San Diego Army and Navy Academy, Shattuck School, Temple University, Tennessee Military Institute Q6j, Tiffin Business University, Tufts College, The Universities of Alabama, Chattanooga, Chicago, Dayton, Georgia, Ken- tucky, Pittsburgh, Southern California and Wyoming, YVashington and Lee University, WVayland Academy, Vlfentworth Military Academy, XVestern Kentucky Normal School, WVestern Teachers' College, Wheaton College fzj, Wofford College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Yale University Czj. These scholar- ships with others offered in preceding years and still held by the winners represent a total annual value of 5G5o,ooo. Business men are foremost in their endorsement of the CMTC. Large employers sent some of their best young men to camp at first as an experiment. After that, they noted the result in the succeeding year. Greater fidelity, more exact- ness, more ambition and a deeper sense of responsibility proved qualities of definite economic value. These young men showed that they were worth to their employers far more than camp training cost even though it involved an extra two weeks' vacation at full pay. In our large industrial centers it would be possible by a little special 6fIOI't to fill the entire quota for each camp from the numbers who are employed. This is neither desirable nor fair since each training center should welcome young men of different home surroundings, different occupations. from the farm, the shop, the bank, the store, the school, but it is significant that organized capital approves the camps. Equally striking is the sanction given them BASKETBALL HIS WINNING WAYS It -- a f-A 1 ,L ON THE GRIDIRON Pagr Twfnly-two by organized labor. These two great forces in our American life do not always see eye to eye but bankers, manufacturers and merchants have been no more enthusiastic about the CMTC than the American Feder- ation of Labor itself and its President, VVilliam Green, who is at the same time Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War for the Military Training Camps Association in the District of Columbia. Two principles are notable in the ad- ministration of the Citizens' Camps. First,

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EIGHT YEARS OF 'THE CMTC ff gr J toward high school graduation and usually, therefore, toward college ad- mission. The practice in different commonwealths varies in this matter. Some State Boards of Education pre- scribe the requirements for the coin- pletion of the secondary course and of these the following have allowed credit for satisfactory work in a Citizens' Military Training Camp: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Okla- homa, Oregon, South Carolina, Vir- ginia and West Virginia. In some commonwealths the specification of acceptable subjects in the high school course of study is a function of local authority but the State Board of Education may 1'eco1nme1Ld allowance for summer training and this has been done in California, Colorado, Michigan and New York. This credit has been given in recognition of the educational value of thirty days in camp under expert olhcers and with a varied program of drill, citizenship instruction and supervised athletics. Ordinarily the credit is reckoned under the head of physical training and varies from one- fourth to one-half unit for each month of training, dependent on whether high school graduation is based upon sixteen or thirty-two units. School, college and university authorities have given recognition to the Citizens' Military Training Camps by offering scholarships for competition and award at the various training centers. These scholarships are of the same value as others given by the respective institutions and ordinarily carry free tuition for one year and are renewable on the basis of good academic record for succeeding years. For IQ28 CMTC scholarships were an- nounced at the following: Alma College, Baylor School, Boston College, Bradley Poly- technic Institute Czl, Bucknell University, Canisius College, Capital City Commercial College, Capital University, Carleton College, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carroll College, Coe College Czj, College of St. Thomas, College of 'William and Mary, Columbia University, Creighton College, De Paul University, Detroit Institute of Technology, THE SPOILS OF VICTORY ARMY EFFICIENCY is proved no less in the kitchens and the mess halls than on the drill fields or the range. Pug: Twenty-0 ue . NJ. . 4 . . . .v.v.v- . . .v.v. . . . -V' .v.v.v.v- .1v.v.vN.vNN.7.v.mv-v.v.v.v.vN.v.v.v.v.n I O

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EIGHT YEARS OF THE CMTC If I Af there runs throughout the principle of i selection. Of the original applicants those only are accepted who are of the requisite age, of average intelligence and schooling, of sound character and in good hodily condition. At the end of the lirst year a certain percentage fails of recom- mendation for the next higher course. Only those who are competent and of good record are permitted, or indeed desire, to go on after the Basic through the Red and Wfhite Courses. It is a select group which applies for training in the fourth year, the Blue Course, and these men must have completed at least a secondary school, or its equivalent, and Hmust possess the personality, ap- pearance, tact, bearing and general adaptability which will lit them, after further training in the Blue Course, to take the necessary mental and physical examination to be oliicers of the Oflicers' Reserve Corps . This selective prin- ciple, unconsciously working in the individual and consciously functioning l through the regulations. is of great significance to the CMTC. .sn-.-ffm-if uw'-1 The second principle is competition. 'A Tom lt. Wx'm'::-i ss THE BEST TENT in each company street of many camps is marked for honor by daily award The young men in that tent which wins most often in the thirty days draw lots to see which one shall carry the coveted pennant to his home! Pngr 1'tcw1Ly-lllrrf' . I .v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.1.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.' I 1 ,.,,,.,.,.,M,.'mv'vNN.' 'mv 'Mmm' 'mv v ' V - - . . . . 1