Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-02-25
Remarkable Success Crowns
New Educational System
Inaugurated by Secretary
Of the Navy Daniels -'EV-
cry BattIeShip an inter.
eSting School

0PPoRTUNITY! Preparation!
ID SV %sst ;..,,v vons.,f., word,
they are! They dominate to-
day the lives Of every patriotic young
American with good red blood In his
arteries.
They mean achievement. They mean
more self respect. They mean hon.
Orable recognition. They mean, above
oil, content and happiness.
Stop a moment, young man, II your
eyes happen to fall on this. 1t may be
Of vital Importance to you. 1t may re
suit in opportunity for you, In prepare
ton for you, In success for you, and
then achievement, more self respect.
honorable recognition and content and
happiness.
1t Is very simple thing, yet very
remarkable and interesting thing, that
has taken place in the great United
States navy-a thing which spells OPP
portunity, preparation, success.
A Plan With Purpose.
To begin at the beginning, an achieve.
ment is usually the result Of q pre-
conceived plan, the fruit of an idea.
advanced with persevering effort. Sec
RETRY Daniels idea of the navy is for
one large enough and powerful enough
to make war with the United States too
unpleasant tn its consequences to be
seriously considered by any foreign
power and at the same time a navy
that will receive young boys with I'M.
trained habits and little technical skill
and transform them into young men
trained to discipline, physically fit and
possessed Of q practical knowledge of
technical mechanics that would enable
them to bear more than their share Of
the work Of making our nation the
greatest In the world. lie believes
''the man Is greater than the ma
chine" It Is self evident that moth
ing, not even the most perfectly de-
velOped apparatus, can operate with
out the did of the human element.
Men must be on hand to start and stop
the machinery ut the proper time, to
divert 1t this way or that, to keep its
bearings well oiled and to get from It |
its maximum efficiency. 1t follows
reasonably that the more skilled the
men the more the machine can be |
made to do and that II the skill and |
ambition Of the enlisted personnel are
enhanced the efficiency Of the service
win be increased to that extent
Recruiting had been desultory dur
ing the winter and spring Of 1928.
and ut a time when the enlisted force
OF the navy was expected to be and
at that time Of the year usually was
at its greatest strength 1t was found
to be nearly 5000 short Was the call
Of the navy losing its charm7 Could
II be that the navy did not attract
American youths In numbers sufficient
to man its shipsf II so. that attrac-
ton must be provided. II was at this
time that Secretary Daniels perfected
bis plans for making the navy even
more attractive to young men by
opening doors 10 promotion and for
co-Ordlnating and expanding the ex-
Isting educational facilities Of the
service on the automatic principle that
Is power.
We know that a bargain, to be fair,
must be mutually beneficial. Both
parties must be proHted by It The
navy speaks and says: II need men.
The best men only are desired / know
intelligent and ambitious men win
Owe me better service than the tldo-