FOREWORD.

For the purpose of insuring a continuous program of education for wounded and sick soldiers during the time they are in general hospitals and after their discharge, the Surgeon General's Office and the Federal Board for Vocational Education cooperated in the preparation of a series of courses of study. These courses are tentative and suggestive. They may, however, be accepted as models so far as their form and principle which govern their organization are concerned, for all courses whether academic or vocational, where the adjustment of materials is intended to be made to suit individual capacities and attainments of students.

The courses of study were prepared under the immediate supervision of a committee consisting of:

Prof. David Snedden, president of the National Society for Vocational education.

Maj. M. W. Murray, sanitary corps, Surgeon General's office.

Prof. George A. Works, Federal Board for Vocational Education.

M. W. Haynes, secretary to the committee.

The committee was assisted by a large number of specially qualified experts. Special mention should be made of the service of Maj. A. G. Crane, sanitary corps, who is responsible for the formulation of the specifications for the courses.

LOTUS D. COFFMAN,

Surgeon General's Office. CHARLES H. WINSLOW,

Federal Board for Vocational Education.

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