South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-26
STEINER DRILL
FOR COLLEGE MEN
Harvard Starts Movement to
Develop Officers in SyS-
tematiC Manner.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. 'pru Co.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. 'prn Co.
In certain American coli 5. called
ian5 grant colleges. tch afe
supported IN part b.. inc United
States government. caricature ~
military training has been compul-
sOry for many years
The students drill Hstlessly once "A
week, sleep through dreary military
lectures. on which they d. not have
to take notes or pass examinations.
and forget all tho stray bits Of mar
tisl knowledge that happen to catch
lu their brains as soon 2s posi- BILE.
Tie system has not turned out
officers. IL has not even produced
colder Army officers and college
educators alike have come 20 see
tiiat il is wrong
Presidents o. universities through
ont he CO untry today are almost
as a unit in decrylng the old type
of compulsory drill and demanding
Preparedness measures Of a higher
sort.
VIII Need Officers.
II ever the United states has TO
raise AN army of millions, il viii be
hard pressed for officers. An army
officer. in addition 10 drill. has to
know a lot OF theory and book
learning" IL is TO be expected. and
the experience or the past has shown
that these officers viii be drawn
from the better educated class, the
men who have had the advantages
Of intellectual training which en-
ables them TO grasp distractions
quicker than the ordinary common
schooi product.
Many American colleges will
therefore offer regular courses or
military study. counting as part Of
the work for a degree. 10 undergrad
yates next fall
As 20 drill and actual field exper-
icnce. the record Of the summer
training camps shows that the young
men can get more Of this in a week
Of intensive training. devoting ms
time To nothing else. tnan I'm ten
fed the time spread over months
in homeopathic doses OK an hour
each.
Educators have thought and writ
ten a great deal on TINS subject in
the last two years. Pres't Arthur
+. Hadley Of Yale. made a long
ard careful report 70 the university
on the subject Educational maya
zines have discussed il. The general
conclusion is: intellectual side II
soldering in regular college courses.
field work IN summer camps.
But for the students who are
really taking deep interest In mil
itary things and do not regard il as
a bore. military drill in college is en-
courascd.
Regiment Organized
The new Harvard regiment. which
Archie Roosevelt son OF the ex-
president did much to organize is
far from the lackadaisical compuI-
sorry military organization which
graduates Of land colleges look back
upon nlth contempt and disgust.
Each Of the 1850 men In the ree1-
r1ent inns signed an agreement which
reads. in part:
1t 10 understood that II I absent
myself from any Of the drills o7
other instruction without an excuse
acceptable to the disciplinary com
Inittee, my name for the first Of
Tense WI be posted on the buIIe.
tin board Of the regiment. and fol
the second oftensc I VIII be dropped
from the rolls of the regiment AND
my name shall ne published i'm n,
Crimson 6the college paper)."
Discipline is strictly enforce,
without regard TO the social standin.
of the college soldier. an6 penal
ties are severe. Capt Constan
Cordier, L. :. A, has beer directe,
by Con. Leonard Wood 10 drill IN,
regiment The course OF instruction
Is tie same as that given to mel
who enter tho regIIar army.
Drills Inside Cage.
The regiment drills inside TN,
baseball cage I'm cold OF wet weather
otherwise In the college grounds. nj
through the parkway. But beside.
the drills Capt. Cordier and his as
sstants give series OF lectures on
discipline. drill administrative or
sanitation, supply service mrit2r,
hNgian2 and minor tactics. incIud
'ng orders and map problems. tao
ueal talks on the INTERPOLATION an,
functions o. cavalry. artillery. ia
tantrN, signalling. sanitary troons
trains and camp marches Late
orS on field fortircat-ons and de-
Holiucn viii Toe added
Tn contrast TO national omar,
practice. officers viii not he elected
They Viu he appointed bv Capr
'"rdier. not according 90 popularity
but for their efficiency Wells Rla1
ehard. naHaEc- OF last Years foor
ball team. is one OF tie most ACTIN.
men :n oresuizins the resfmert =
the present time r. $. Lund Is ~
reader az the student, i'm The req,
rent r. G. Yin. "A japanese SIN
dent has Joined the o~ranizatio,
ana - arHtn- iudustriously.
Mo-e than a hundred st,i5o,,
have Joined a hying corps 20 ne or
ganized 10. the regiment hv Frazis
Curtis. Who rscentlv -etu.ns5 -
the 'attledelds of France Seva,-,
aeroplanes vii be available for ~.
detrimental purposes
Have Pour d3a;talions
AT Yale university the students IN
teTested IN army work have tato
Lp the more technical arm, ~ an