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HINDQUARTERS,. ALASKAN DEPARTMENT OCT. 33
"Uilliravr TcchM, the nov: Amy education
schoo 1 conducted during regular duty
hours at Shenya, Alaska; already' counts
an enrollment of over 1,000 Gf's. Most
of them have returned to the school book
to sharpen their knowledge rrhile awaiting
transportation for the final trip homel
and the school isn’t letting then dora.
Far from it.
Offered in the curriculum of ^illiuau arc
subjects ranging from Business Lar: to
Slide Rules and Logarithms, rith the
courses set up in blocs of 20 hours. Thca
bloc units enable those non mho are sent
hone in r.ddcoursc to have accomplished n
definite unit of study. All study courser
are offered for one'hour each day on a
five-day week basis, and special night
coursos arc available to t'oso mho cannot
attend regular day classes. Sixteen sub
jects arc offered for tro hoors in the eve*
ning, four evenings a reek. The night
courses have a current attendance of 340
non,
Uhile in class, rank and its privileges
arc ignored. In one class may be seen a
lieutenant colonel (in charge of all
quartermaster operations on the island)
flanked by e. pfc. and a navy seaman. Rank
of instructors runs from major domn to
pfc. All take their chances on questions
along vith everyone else, and no one lias
been embarrassed yet.
TTillirau's building brings under one roof
20 classrooms vith space enough for 500
persons to attend classes at or.co. The
building is furnace heated, glass trindouc d
and by conparison, is a luxurious stricture
boasting r.con lights, built-in desks and
blackboards. Textbooks arc furnished by'
the United Stiltcs Arnod Forces Institute,
Ala si: a Branch, and are reprints of tho
latest civilian texts.
Morion arc scarce'in thci Aleutians, but
"illiraa: has tro, Miss' *'ilna Farther, of '
tho American Red Cross, fron Sitka,Alaska,
is a student and also serves'ns teacher of
shorthand. Miss Betty Bates, American Rod
Cross worker fror.: Detroit, Mich., is in-'
strQctross in the Art Appreciation class.
"Most non coning to school out here feally
■Sqnt to 1 earn. They arc serious about their
studying, and tho civilian education ir^si
stutions that get then mill notice this
determination to get a thorough'education,"*
say Cpl. Stanton and Lt. Barnes. As an
example they point to five colored soldiorr
oho shor up at odd hours all frock to prac
tice typing on their ora tire,
"They-knot" it is’going to be tough out the:.
in civilian life, end they don't rant to be
on anybody's breadline," the Millirravr
Tech mentors conclude.