The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 25, 1923 Page: 3 of 4
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College Opinion
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ened. The student's time Is broken Into
and after leaving his academic classes and
drilling for an hour ho leaves tho drill field
more tired both mentally and physically.
This condition Is a direct breach of health
regulations and of course these circum-
stances ore very wholesome under which
tho secondary school student must work
are they not?
Interferes With Work.
Too tho secondary school is the placo
where college candidates are prepared.
Many educational authorities have made
very extensive studies as to the reasons for
the applications of so many deficient col-
lege candidates and a large percentage of
them agree that the secondary school In
attempting to give a large broad well
roundrd education succeeds In giving a
smattering knowledge of many things that
are not only comparatively non-beneficial
to an education but that sometimes even
serve as an adequate check upon the fu-
ture possibilities of the student.
Military training then breaks into the
time at the student' and if tho student can-
not get sufficient preparation in the high
and secondary schools that serve as the
connective link between the elementary
school and the college whence does it
come? The educational problem comes
to a proposition of this nature either the
secondary schools must raise their stand-
ards to meet college requirements or the
American College must lower its standards
to account for the deficient preparation of
its candidates. Could not some of this
time devoted to military training bo rather
ndvantageously used in preparing these
students to measure arms with a similar
grade of student in foreign countries and
to come up to the standard college require-
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has po value even In the high school for
it certainly is an easy way of handling u
large number of students but I am only
asking the question Is the time devoted
to military training in the high and sec-
ondary schools used in the best possible
way?
Preparation for War.
Hut if all of these things are true is not
military training in secondary schools the
best way of Insuring the safety of the na-
tion? No; unquestionably no. Quite
the reverse. Train a child along mechani-
cal lines and he becomes a mechanic;
train a child in the art of warfare and ha
unconsciously becomes a militarist. Ger-
many is a good example. Under the influ-
ence of Prussia's compulsory military sys-
tem oerybody was prepared. The guns
wero loaded so to speak and the question
was what petty affair would arise to give
the men an opportunity 10 shoot? "But
Americans are not Prussians you may say.
No but they are human beings and we
have no right to believe that their will pow-
er is so strong and so well controlled that
they will be able to go to the brink and
not slip over.
Still there is another phase of the ques-
tion that has a larger Influence. What will
the world think? Already Japan has warn-
ed America of its tendency towards mili-
tarism. "Why" says Japan "does Ameri-
ca continuously increase its standing army
when it preaches the diminishing of mili-
tary forces in other countries? Is not there
room for suspicion? Why so much mili-
tary training and waste of time if America
is planning for peace?
Can Be Learned in a Few Days.
Moreover says Miss Edith Hildebrandt
"So far as military instruction Is concern-
ed military authorities agree that if the
schools will send them young men who are
sound in body and mind strong in self-
control and true in purpose they can teach
them in a few weeks days possibly all of
the tactics that could he learned In months
of high school training." Says Pope "A
little learning Is a dangerous thing" and
if students are going to get a smattering
knowledge of a military life that is con-
stantly changing it will be harder to get
these students in case of an emergency to
unlearn and relearo than it would be to
instill into themallogether new ideas.
Physical Education as Substitute.
All of us agree that the school lias a tre-
mendous responsibility in directing the
lives of those who have entrusted their all
to it and certainly good health is a very
strong force in determining the future of
the student. How can this most worthy
asset be obtained if we do not have the
military training that will give to these
students good posture and systematized ex
erclse? The answer is very simple. Tho
same method can be used in the school thftt
Is used in West Point namely a strong
well arranged physical education course.
This course was introduced into West Point
for the specific purpose o( correcting some
of the many evils that came as a direct re-
sultof the strict military system. Too
physical education emphasizes some of
those necessary fundamentals that were
stressed in the beginning of tho paper with-
out the accompanying evils connected with
military training. Physical training can
be based upon classes or upon the individ-
uals; whereas iri military training every
thing is universal; each student takes what
the other takes and llttlo attention is given
to the fact that "one student's meat may
he another student's poison."
Whole Thing Inconsistent.
Then there is the inconsistency of tho
school system. Schools in their policies
emphasize the necessity of trying to settlo
misunderstandings upon a higher basis
than fighting; and while preaching this
doctrine on the one hand one can easily
see that schools with military training aro
preparing their students to settle their
misunderstandings by force; d policy that
has been denounced ever since the time
of Edmund Burke. Force can at tho most
only remedy things temporarily and as
soon as the pressure Is removed tho same
old conditions exist. The school is not the
place to sow seeds of hate jealousy mis-
trust suspicion; and military training
merely by its existence In the school's cur-
riculum tends to make students think along
lines that cannot work for the greatest
good in securing the safety of tho nation
or of tho world.
America being the leader of the world
must try to make America's education
stand for world patriotism and this is im-
possible when military training with its
demoralizing effects breaks in upon the
life of the student in his most formative
period. America's educational system must
stand for the abolition of wars but when
a strong citizen population is trained in
military tactics the chances are that war
will bo Inevitable. Says a socialist speak-
ing in the Relclistag. "Tho whole world
will side with him who stretches out his
hands to peace and woe be -to those who
refuse it." From the New Student.
KINDER & SON
"The Clean Place"
WE SERVE SANDWICHES AND HOT DRINKS
KINDER & SON
"The Clean Place"
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4th and Pine Streets : : Phono 7
ABILENE'S BIG BWLDING MATERIAL STORE
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Phone 1670
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PAINTS OILS. GLASS WALL PAPER PICTURE FRAMING
AND ART MATERIAL
PHONE NO. 779
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TO THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF A. C. C.
An invitation to visit this store where you will always be welcome.
Make this store your headquarters.
LESTER ELLIS DRUG COMPANY
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VIege vsA.JC'C.at Clarendon.
7:00 P. M. Orchestra Practice.
Saturday.
4:00 P. M. Thorp Springs Christian
College vs. McMurry College at
T. P. Park.
7:30 P. M. Literary Society meet-
ings. 3:30 P. M. Choral Club Practice.
Sunday.
9:43 A. M.-Dible Classes.
11:00 A. M. Lord's Day Worship.
4:00 P. M. Social Hour at dormi-
tories. 7:30 P. M. Gospel Meeting.
Monday.
7:30 P. M. Young Men's Topic Meet-
ings. (Auditorium and Room 7.)
Tuesday.
4:00 P Mr-Dand rehearsal.
7:00 P Mv Glee Club Practice.
Wednesday.
7:30 P. M. Mld-week Prayer Meeting
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LITERARY SOCIETY NOTES
The Harding Literary Society presented
the following program on Saturday eve-
ning October 20th at 7:30:
Practical Lessons from Life of Ben
Franklin. Hoy Cogdil.
Piano Solo Altha Leggett.
"My First Date" Odls Medlln.
Politeness Chester Callan.
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PHONE 63 4
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DEAR STUDENTS
The possibilities for success aro greatly increased
in the ense of one -.vho enjoys an education and we are
proud that you are fitting yourself to measure up to the
very high standard we have set.
We realize that the big business affairs of the na-
tion will soon be in the hands of the college men and
women of today and we want you to know that here in
Abilene at least every service and courtesy will be
yours in the handling of a bank account if you make
this institution your banking headquarters.
' Sincerely your friends
Citizens National Bank
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 25, 1923, newspaper, October 25, 1923; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91269/m1/3/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.