The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-22

grades prepare Tor high school,
ira Nigh school for college and the col
lace for the professions. At no stage
~ the process is a boy as susceptible
% moulding influences as between Is
and 20 years of age-the secondary
s.bool age. There are factors in the
S-ocess over which the school has no
direct lnfluence--the home, the blood in
boys veins and the power Of environ
ment. The influence Of the school be-
rlns where these leave of 1t takes
,bs product Of all these and remoulds
e. disc.plincs 1t and whips II into
,hape The machinery with which we
do It is threefold-the academic scheme.
,he school tradition and a trained stan.
with these the boy is prepared for the
higher schools and is brought in con-
tact with ideals.
! The military school believes not less
IN moral mental and intellectual train
ing but more in the training OF the
h,dy. II differentiates from the nom
military school in the question OF ira
dipu and the tradition in our school
4, that in addition TO the ordinary cur
riculum we give boy a training for
national service and equip him with a
ren,lemanly and graceful body. We
ere non-mlitary nation. We do not
oyerburden ourselves with a standing
army. We have a national tradition Of
a citizen soldiery, but as nation we
: Rave no adequate means for the train
ing Of even that. The military school
Is supplemental to all other types of
IN addition to his academic equipment
facility TO handle arms. to move en-
masse More than this, 1t gives him a
discipline that he will get in no other
way The home often lacks 1t. We
ere not considered overcourteous by
other nations In military school the
question If graceful carriage. courtesy.
car. Of the person and cleanliness are
factors as vital and essential as the
solving OF problem in arithmetic or
the parsing Of phrase.
The average boy accepts under a
regime an eXactness, promptness and
obedience from which he would rebel
under any other circumstance. There
IS subtle psychology in even mini
mum OF glitter and display. The boy
responds to it. He may not always
cheerfully obey. but he obeys. He ac-
cepts the orders to retire at a certain
hour and arise in response to call to
drill al an early hour next morning.
There is sense OF democracy in the
common mess and the common uniform.
Wealth too often smacks of snobbcry
and poverty as often stands in the way
Of both respect and merit. In a military
school merit alone advances and the
son Of blacksmith has an equal chance
with the son OF millionaire. We are
not a culture bed for the army. We
may be that, but that is neither the de-
sign nor the ideal. The ideal is that OF
seryice-national service. What the
boy accomp.ishes in his academic
studies as fitting him for the making
Of living is personal-service to him
self What he gets IN military training
Is lmpersonal-it fits him for the servic,
Of others. In the average school the
strong, the swift, the powerful make
the team" In a military school ever,
boy makes the team. The team is al
inclusive It Is the whole school. He car
= strive here for the team too, for thu
games are as varied as in other schools
but for the team of the ranks he need,
but to be n boy who will obey order
and play his part. We are not conten
TO coach boy to the point OF mer,
bervolonce-he is taught that he him
self is what Is demanded.
In military school we have doubl,
appeal We have the incentive to max,
The team in the ordinary athletics AM
we have the incentive to promotion. Tn
cadet chcvron is not merely a badge o
honor, It is a sense of responsibility. I
Is the responsibility of enforcing tn
process by which he himself arrived a
Ms promotion. To the cadet officer l
entrusted in a large measure the tradi
ton OF the school. Great care of cours
must be exercised in the selection O
such men, otherwise the promotion
more Of harmful than OF a helpful ma
ture' There is a danger OF promote
cadet using his authority to pay som
ola scores or get even" At this poin
the efficiency OF a trained stan is TESTED
Here vigilance must be increased an
tAe personal touch between scholar an
'eacher become more intimate.
= The more serious breaches OF disc
pine are settled by court-martial. TIL
court consists Of officers OF the facult
aho representative officer Of cadet
4he accused Is given his choice of cour
ee' from the faculty and a full and I'm
partial hearing accorded, after which
verdict is rendered.
In tho history Of our own school "
mad one crisis--a crisis such as fe
schools have escaped in the course
We'r existence. Two cadets had bee
dismissed for infraction OF the rule
one OF them was ono of the most pop
"F men in the school. The dismiss
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