S. A. T. C. DEMOBILIZED

Orders from the War Department will bring the operation of the S. A. T. C. at Dartmouth and at other colleges to an abrupt close. Students will be discharged from the service between December 1 and 21, and the College has been notified that with the discharge of the student soldiers the contract with the Government comes to an end.

There will, of course, be necessitated some kind of financial adjustment, a fact apparently recognized by some of those in authority at Washington. The contracts made called for continued operation to the end of June, 1919. Numerous institutions had made heavy expenditures for equipment and housing in anticipation of a long term utilization. Others are under virtual contract with extensive instruction corps to whom they owe a moral obligation that no college will be willing to ignore.

Finding a basis for making fair settlement promises considerable delay. The earliest date suggested is May. Up to the actual date of discharge of student soldiers, somewhere between December 1 and 12, however, the Government will continue to make recompense for housing, subsistence, and tuition on the basis of the preliminary contract.