. Industrial Education Magazine . litary subjects will count for a year of and must be continued through the It is in line with the policy of the War(curse. In addition, there are more than Department to use civilians for instruc- OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING IN THE ARMY 219 tion, thus leaving officers and non-com-missioned officers free to perform theirtechnical military duties. A summerschool for instructors at Camp Grant,111., recently held a commencementday with a class of 1,200 instructors, whohad been learning what the Army needsand how these requirements can be demands on
. Industrial Education Magazine . litary subjects will count for a year of and must be continued through the It is in line with the policy of the War(curse. In addition, there are more than Department to use civilians for instruc- OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING IN THE ARMY 219 tion, thus leaving officers and non-com-missioned officers free to perform theirtechnical military duties. A summerschool for instructors at Camp Grant,111., recently held a commencementday with a class of 1,200 instructors, whohad been learning what the Army needsand how these requirements can be demands on the educational sys-tem increase in proportion to the size of the Army, and it is rapidly growing. Morethan 15,000 recruits were obtained inJuly and nearly 20,000 more duringAugust. The number of soldiers en-rolled in classes has by this time exceededall past figures, so that plenty of vacan-cies exist for educators who care for theprospect of traveling across the UnitedStates or to the Army stations in Ger-many or the far View in an Army Tractor School LETTERING BY CHARLES H. SAMPSON Huntington School, Boston WHEN I see a good job of lettering ona good looking drawing I immedi-ately have pleasant thoughts and drawpleasant conclusions—pleasant conclu-sions particularly about the man whodid the job, even though I have neverseen him. I certainly do enjoy looking atlettering which indicates thought andcare on the part of the one who made am sure that the producer enjoyed thework when he did it, too. A good lettererjust cant help enjoying doing masterwork. I refer entirely to freehand let-tering and not to a result manufacturedby using tee-square and triangle. All of which leads me to believe thatindustrial teachers can afford to devotemore attention to good lettering. Thisrefers particularly to those engaged inthe teaching of mechanical drawing. Why is this matter well worth while?I believe there are several reasons whyit pays to insist upon neat and carefulwork in
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