The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-11-29
RIFLE PRACTICE FOR
The SCHOOL BOYS
An Admirable Plan to Make
Riflemen of the Youths of
the United States.

Gratifying progress is reported
for the movement to interest
school boys in rifle practice. At
a recent meeting of the National
Rifle Association directors the
bylaws were amended so as to
include among the affiliated or
CARNATIONS rifle clubs organized
In institutions of learning, divided
into two classes, colleges and
schools. The former clubs are to
be composed of students in col
leges and universities comforting
degrees; the latter in public,
preparatory, high and private
schools and academies not con-
ferring degrees. In either case
not less than twenty members
must belong to the club before
it can be affiliated. These clubs
have the privilege. enjoyed by
other clubs affiliated with the
National Rifle Association, of
purchasing arms and ordnance
stores from the government at
government prices. The National
Rifle Association will give prize
to each club annually for COM
petition among the members and
later a code will probably be
adopted with suitable decora-
ton for students qualifying under
it. Among the clubs recently
organized and affiliated with the
N. r. A. are the Bordentown
| "a. j. Military Academy; Mont
clair On. j. Military Academy;
Stamford Comm High School;
Culver und.) Military Academy;
Kemper Military School. Bonn
vile, Mo-; River7iew Academy,
Poughkeepsie, n. Y; University
of California, Berkeley, Cal;
University of Maine, Orono, Me-;
University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Neb.; College of st. Thomas, st.
Paul, MIMI; Hamilton Institute.
New York City; and ST. Matthews
Military Academy, Burlingame.
Cal.
In connection with the work of
interesting school boys in rifle
practice 1t may be assumed that
sixty or seventy per cent of any
large body of volunteers would be
under the age of twenty-five years.
When young men get started on
their business careers at eighteen
and twenty years of age it is hard
for them to find time to practice
with small arms and it is there
fore regarded as highly desirable
that the ground work should be
laid before they start out in the
world, trusting that their IN
terest would then be maintained
through later years. Much has
been accomplished in this direc-
ton by the Public Schools Ath-
letic League, of New York City.
which has installed a number of
sub-target guns and which has pro-
vided prizes for outdoor matches.
| In connection with this work the
| first indoor tournament for school
hoys will be held in New York
City from Dec. % to Jan. 4. The
National Rifle Association will
build rifle range at the Forest.
Fish, Game and Sportsman's
Exhibition at the Grand Central
Palace, especially for school boys
matches. 1t is expected that at
least fourteen out of the nineteen
high schools in New York will be
represented by teams. as well as
Jersey City, Paterson. Elizabeth.
Stamford, Conn, and perhaps
Baltimore and Washington. The
military academies will have team
matches amoug themselves.
Most Of the matches will be shot
on a fifty foot range with the
New Springfield Gu. S. A. mil
itary riie) '.22 gallery model,
both standing and prone positions
being used. Reduced rates will
be given to enable boys from
N.~ Vx~E -. affauI anil