European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse For Soldier rom Taugh irme Jnive Vised Tiliti the states armed forces institutes Mobile Tours the offering soldiers the Golden Opportunity to a few weeks a elderly iranian woman called on Walker superintendent of Frankfurt military posts adult education explained she was a licensed teacher with 25 years experience and would like to give courses in her native Scott had to decline the pointing out there was As yet no demand but he has the woman in know when there might be a demand for a certain he were or e p a r e d to teach anything soldiers want to Chi they can show it will be and were considered in Light of current thinking in the armed forces of the need for educated Scotts experience is not in at Frankfurt and 119 other army education centers throughout the soldiers daily ask for and special instruction in count less but 10 years if anyone at the top Levels of the armed forces had suggested anything like the current education he would not have been taken very what is today the largest education program in the world is the result of a Complete revolution in thinking on what makes a Good military leaders believe that the most easily led Soldier is the educated Gen Omar chairman of the joint chiefs of says the Soldier who knew what he was fighting for the Best Job in world War now military leaders de Mand an educated this demand has been called the most inspiring task Ever to face americas in the the problem of armed forces education is being met in one Way through education centers where a Soldier learns the three is or takes mfg school and Colleg level in University Barracks and special services space is armed forces go to school Day and correspondents of the stars and stripes recently visited a number of these with a cynicism characteristic of Many news some of these reporters were frankly sceptical of just How much these were they had read the publicity releases and reports of Progress in armed forces but it took a trip to a couple of centers to bring Home the real importance of the one reported from Heidelberg thus the Heidelberg education Center is housed in the University of probably the most historic housing accommodations occupied by any dec in the Center dates Back j a stars and stripes report when it Waslo Iown As the 7th army command with final reorganization of the dec the Heidelberg Center became one of the five largest centers in the Heidelberg conducts an extensive off duty program of a Musafi registration Center arid testing and the recently opened Heidel Berg Branch of the University of Mary land Heidelberg currently is conducting 47 classes tailored to meet requirements of All military personnel and american and Allied civilians working with the army and the state department As Well Are their there Are Many typical among College courses Are psychology and English languages include French and Gen Thomas Haydys for is studying German at the and maj Gen George Horkans a High percentage of the approximately students enrolled Are officers from Neucom i the Heidelberg Story was repeated again and again As reporters visited education centers scattered through out the zone and saw All a Roundup on the activities of Many of these 120 centers in the dec Frankfurt military Post has expanded its education Center facilities in recent four new of duty centers at Ober Ursel and Friedberg have been there Are now 24 of duty centers on the plus four on duty it has boosted enrolment to some students of duty and not including 500 enrolled in University of Maryland the elizabethan school in Frankfurt is one of three dec centers to which sol Wiersu Pableto Basic education requirements Are sent to berlins bustling army education Center counts among its blessings an experienced hand at the Helm and extensive modern facilities built up Over a Long Irving chief education has been teaching and administering the teaching of troops Here since october he has been head of the education Center since july the Center is located in modern quarters at Mcnair Bay Racks and boasts a courses the Center Are divided into seven depart math Art and current enrolment figures include 230 students in regular education Center plus 252 in berlins University of they say at Breme Hayeri if the serv or woman cant come to the twill go to Bremerhaven port of embarkation army education Center has an enrolment of including 100 dependents and 25 Navy Twenty courses Are located in Marine Barracks the Center sends instructors to classes at the Dock the Hospital and staging the 12 full and Par time instructors include nine Ger mans who teach everything except Basic american history and Litera chief education adviser is Rady a graduate of the University of e some 120 Hico employees and army agents go to school in the Brick Bremen Barracks the Center has a faculty of six instructors in residence and one instructor at the outstanding of Bremen dec is up Yoshio of the 7802d j who serves As the secs educational i assistant besides taking courses at the since january Katsumoto has completed Endo course examinations English arid he breezed through High Colleg level ged tests ai4 is now studying algebra ii and English a career has his sights set on officers candidate education adviser at Munich military Post is Verne a former army Captain who is one of the oldest members of the staff still working in he was in charge of the University of Paris program an later came to Glazener and 1st it John watch Over education centers at Mcgraw Peterson Henry Kaseane and the 98th map also supports centers at Landshut Degern Dorf and bad of duty evening classes Are offered at All these schools and an onj3uty Basic education program with a Elerk typist school also is operated at Peterson the Munich Post also is set up to teach any of the Musafi in the evening of duty january attendance averaged 435 students out of a enrolment of 684in the 10week course that ended Glazener considers this is a Good rec Ord in View of the fact Tihe attendance is purely voluntary and no fee is about 50 per cent of the map of duty students Are dependents and other eligible there Are about 10 persons in every five of these must be Mil when the course there Are now about Stude Munich Post registered for All o with hours of instruction classroom space is no problem throw out the Nurnberg military Post ares the evening of duty about persons Are taking an average of courses each and 1st it Edward Post says Ava classroom space could handle even education centers in the Nurnberg i include those at Post it the 122d to in the 16th inf it Roth Grafe Wohr Weiden vile Erlanger 1st div Coburg bomb and Bamberg j from Estin drive 1here Are 19 civilian de advisers supervising the s headed by Alvin adviser of Nurnberg Post and intendant of the education Center a i there Are also eight military in tors in the Basic education in taught at the Furth a German and do instructors handle of the evening n the Grafe Wohr off to a now has been completely Eli and will be Able to offer i troops a Chance to continue their Evi studies begun at their Home Stal Kuhlman As a further step in aiding the i Euver or soldiers sent Vonjj try amp offers Moi enrolment in All evening if a Man misses a he enrol at the stage where he listing problems encountered id program of evening Kuhlmann difficulties in during bad he i the greatest problem was in Over a natural desire of the Soldier to with the gang when they go 01 evening there Are few social pressures Here which bring school attendance in the commune Kuhlman Points out Goi school is never really fun in graduate study i some the student must be convinced eventual value of increased learn maintain his interest in voluntary i which take up his of duty both Cummings and Kuhlman sail Gen David Post has ii extraordinary cooperation and Al to the education of the leads All the 12 Othef air Force commands throw world in percentage of pers rolled in one or another of its according to Arthur Safe educational coordinate command has 40 per cent of All i sity of Maryland in the with Only about 18 per cent of the of dec we try to run our educational just like any school Back once a City school super int from my which is thing like a principals or superintend Post i just imagine a Congo even though some of the rooms happen to be at Erding or Berg or Safe started the education from nothing two and a half years Robertson chuckled As he recalled some of the courses he Breed that at one the Cor a was attending a be Given by of his i after the lecture was Robe phone rang can you set up a speech course colonel Robertson therit get one set up right because every darned it my officers is going to they Robertson wit colonel in the that safes first speech Furstenfeld Bruck a base can be As one of the outstanding example Safe educational i
