Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-01-29
Remarkable Success Crowns
New Educational System
lnaugurated by Secretary
Of the Navy Daniels=--Ev-
cry Batdeship an Inter-
esting School

~ What really wonderful words
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
all, content and happiness.
Stop moment. young man. if your
eyes happen to fall on this. 1t may be
Of vital importance to you. 1t nay re-
suk in opportunity for you. in prepara-
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 a very
remarkable and interesting thing, that
has taken place in the great United
States navy-a thing which Spells ep-
portunity, preparation, success.
A Plan With Purpose.
To begin at the beginning, an achieve
ment is usually the result Of a pre-
conceived plan, the fruit Of an idea.
advanced with persevering effort. Sec
rotary Daniels idea Of the navy is for
one large enough and powerful enough
to make war with the United States TOO
unpleasant in its consequences to be
seriously considered by any foreign
power and at the same time i navy
that will receive young boys with un-
trained habits and little technical skill
and transform them into young men
trained to discipline, physically fit and
possessed Of 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. He believes
the man Is greater than the ma
chine" 1t is self evident that moth
Ing, not even the most perfectly de-
VelOped apparatus. can operate with
out the aid OF the human element
Men must be on hand to start and stop
the machinery at the proper time. to
divert it this way or that, to keep it's
bearings we'll 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 il the skill and
ambition of the enlisted personnel are
enhanced the efficiency Of the service
will be increased to that extent
Recruiting had been desultory dur
ing the winter and spring of l912-l3
and at 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 it was found
to be nearly 5000 short Was the call
Of the navy losing its charm2 Could
it be that the navy did not attract
American youths in numbers sufficient
to man its ships? If so, that attrac-
ton must be provided. 1t was at this
time that Secretary Daniels perfected
his plans for making the navy even
more attractive to young men by
opening doors to promotion and for
co-ordinating and expanding the ex-
tsting educational facilities of the
service ON the automatic principle that
knowledge is power.
We know that a bargain, to be fair.
must be mutually beneficial. Both
parties must be profited by it. The
navy speaks and says: II need men.
The best men only are desired know
intelligent and ambitious men will
give me better service than the ind0-