European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                _ Sta i a i / " k�5 k a m by Garven Hudgins a staff writer America s service academies once cloistered strongholds of lock Ste learning today Are experiencing an academic revolution which has profoundly changed the Content of military education in this  intention is to achieve the Ideal balance Between the spartan and the athenian to produce Good soldiers solidly rounded in the Liberal  West Point Annapolis and the air Force Academy today s cadets an midshipmen Are being offered the Broad est and most comprehensive education that is available anywhere. The armed services recognized in the aftermath of world warn and More urgently in the Wake of sputnik that the old systems of military education could not adequately prepare officers to Cope with the new Runge of enormously sophisticated and Complex global de mands. He result has been a drastic overhaul of curricula at All three academies to broaden and extend the Fields of study and instruction. For years the Basic idea was that people came in Here Ane we put them All in the Hopper and turned the Crank says maj. Gen. Samuel w. Koster superintendent of the . Military acad Emy at West Point. That simply will not do  =  Point s rugged academic Dean Brig Gen. John Jannarone 54, Summit up in modern military operations defense activities find a need for specialists in practically every  cadets study chinese spoken rus Sian the English Hovel greek and roman classics contemporary drama far Eastern literature International relations systematic cultural geography comparative government constitutional Law economics religions of the world ethics Art and music appreciation to name  Are balanced with the essentials of the profession mathematics through probability arid statistics physics engineering sea Power employment Ofair Power and ordnance. The fact that the . Naval acad Emy in less than 20 years has in creased the number of academic course sit offers midshipmen from 50 to 350 underscores the revolution which has taken place in military education. Explaining the current philosophy atthe military service academies Brig. Gen. William Woodyard air forc Academy Dean of faculty comments the trend in military education has been to include More humanities. We want our cadets to know the reasoning behind what they Are studying the Why of it instead of just learning How cooperate some machine or instrument. We want to educate in the classical manner rather than for a specific  the system now produces men Suchias naval Academy scholar Timothy Oli ver 21, of Indianapolis ind commander daily Magazine array West Point Cadet ponders molecule mock up during course in advanced chemistry. Of the midshipman brigade at Annapolis Oliver is majoring in International affairs. His minor is  i came to the Academy he says i Felt i could Best serve my own interests and those of the Navy by taking courses in the humanities which Are offered in addition to the essential engineering  believe that people in the military who have a Good background in the social sciences including foreign affairs and politics Are much More Valu Able to the United states and to the  new methods particularly those involving closer contacts Between instructors and students in smaller classes at the Cost of the old lecture system have stirred some resistance from old  nobody seriously argues that the academies had a Choice. Rear adm. James Culvert 48, superintendent of the l a. Naval Academy Points out that Young men coining into the academies Are increasingly sophisticated themselves. There is no question that the Nava Academy had to go into a More sophisticated curriculum he says. We could t just rest on technology. The leadership task for Young men today i vastly More Complex than it was 30 or 30 years ago. It would be a cultural mismatch to put today s Young men under the leadership of the 1930s." c. For years the Basic idea Ivas that. Ire put them All in a Hopper and turned the Crank. That simply till not do today. A tomorrow  from weit Point Lef Annapolis and the air Force Academy. Eople at the air Force Academy like to Point out that it was the air Force which blazed the Trail in broadening military education. Founded in 1955, the air Force acad Emy in Colorado Springs. Colo started off with the idea that old methods of training officers were outdated. From the outset the feeling Here has been that there should be an equal division of time Between the social science Sand toe Basic engineering science courses Woodyard  hive s8 Are is in which a Cadet monday january 13, 1969 th1 stars and stripes can major or specialize at the air forc Academy. The Only requirement is that there should be some area in which his major can be applied in the air  West Point and the air forc Academy differ sharply from Annapolis on the makeup of their faculties. Faculties at West Point and the air Force Academy Are composed entirely of officers with the exception of two civilian experts appointed by the state department to instruct in political science. The faculty at the naval Academy is half civilian half military. Authorities at the air Force acad Myand at West Point where two thirds of the instructors Are Vietnam veterans feel that their system has the Benefit of teaching cadets studying to be career officers to emulate their carefully selected officer instructors. At Annapolis it is argued that civilian faculty members most of whom devote entire careers to teaching at the acad Emy provide the scholarly depth and resources required at this time of greatly expanded elective study  they re in uniform or a Mufti Ici a tithe d Puyt i Pas u