STUDENTS TO BE SHIP-BUILDERS

College students will be employed by the United State Government to facilitate the construction of the wooden ships which are to be used in keeping the Allies supplied. The Shipping Board and Department of Labor have worked out a plan for the utilization of college men trained in various schools.

The men so chosen will begin as apprentices and will gradually be promoted to foremanships on a basis of efficiency and organizing ability. Men who obtain a rating of journeymen will be eligible to take charge of gangs.

Spencer Miller, of Columbia, has been appointed by C. T. Clayton, special representative of the Department of Labor, to canvass the technical schools for apprentices. Professor Luke, of the engineering school of Columbia, regards the work as a valuable experience for civil, mining, and mechanical engineers.