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Caption: Booklet - War Program at the UI (1942)
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University of Illinois lg Motion and Time Study; Safety Engineering; Personnel and Industrial Relations; Heat T r e a t m e n t of Steel; Foundry Sand Control; Engfoi ring Chemistry; Mathematics, Mechanics, and Strength of Materials; Engineering Physics; Electrical Circuits; Industrial Cost Accounting; Supervisory Training; Power Circuits and Machines; Stress Analysis; Ultra-High Frequency Techniques; Theory and Practice of Reinforced Concrete Design; P y r o m e t r y ; and Training for Radio Engineers and Technicians. F u r t h e r courses are in the process of organization and more industrial communities will probably be added to those already served. (2) At the request of the Army, courses in conversational Spanish are being given for the officers of the Air Corps at Chanute Field. (3) A number of correspondence courses are available for men in the training camps. These courses are offered with the cooperation of the A r m y Institute. (4) A correspondence course intended to aid public school officials in meeting problems arising from the war is being offered. (5) A Speakers' Bureau is operated by the Division. On request, the Bureau will recommend faculty and student speakers to civic organizations t h r o u g h o u t the State. It is active in booking engagements for those able to inform the public on issues relating to the national w a r effort. I n response to an appeal from the proper officers, faculty speakers are also available for camps in the Sixth Corps Area. (6) The Director of the Division is State Chairman of the School and College Civilian Morale Service. In this capacity he is in charge of the work being done in conjunction with the Office of Civilian Morale and the United States Office of Education to enroll the services of the schools, colleges, and libraries of the State in promoting civilian morale. (7) T h e Visual Aids Service of the Division is distributing to schools motion picture films t h a t dramatically present important events in our history. Films on the story of the Declaration of Independence, of the American Constitution, and of the Bill of Rights are examples. Instructional films depicting operations of milling machines, turret lathes, precision instruments, as well as a large number of films in the fields of heat, sound, light, elec-
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