European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Stripes Hunter map and Compass course prepares men to move Cross country. Mob   .i.---. I i students arrive at seventh  Academy to begin intensive 55-hour work week. Is Hunters Hunter  a � the. No Choo. ,Olu,.n for by o. A. Pr.b.. We wan of  a s,ud, �  and kelp a. Saturday april 27, 1968 the stars and stripes by James Gunter is Munich Bureau chief s teen agers Are wont to do the seventh army no acad Myat bad Stoelz Germany which recently turned 18 years old is bursting at the seams. Academy officials have packed 19 More hours of instruction into the four wee training schedule expanding the course  every single area particularly i map Reading. The Academy also has gone  for new teaching technique such As the use of 35-millimeter slides. As a result of the expansion which has been going  since september the rate of failure among the students Hassu Dently dropped from 15 per cent to less than 1 per cent said capt. Michael Sierra the academic director. Four or five years ago we taught map Reading instructor training and leadership courses based  the requirements of unit commanders he said.  a four week time Frame reinserted a course  Materiel Ream Ness another  physical training Ana within the last year a tactics course. We thought of extending to five week sin order to get this All  he said. But the students still get up at the same time still go to bed at the same time and still attend the Academy for four weeks. We have filled All open time with classes and  the Day be fore a student graduates he is still having  until september the schedule continued  pct of 13 a