White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-02
MILITARY TRAINING SCHOOLS

the question, it is very probable that
when the Ely schools resume sessions
next fall, military instruction will be
afforded the pupils of the higher
grades. The present school officials
look favorably upon the idea, M as
military instruction is being adopted
and proving popular in the schools
throughout the country, Ely, in ad-
opting the custom. will only be keep
ing pace with the times.
The press of the country is having
much to say on the subject, and as
a case in point, the following is OF
interest. republished from the Ogden
Examiner:
1.-The movement to introduce mill
tary training in schools and colleges
is gaining momentum. A committee
has been appointed in the Massachu-
sets legislature to consider the sub
ject OF military instruction in all the
secondary public schools Of the state.
Military training in the high schools
of Indiana is being vigorously press
ed. Cadet corps have already been
organized in the indianapolis high
schools. The board of education of
Springfield, Ohio, has adopted mill
tary training as part of the high
school course. The school board at
Seattle is considering it, and the New
Jersey commission, appointed to in
vestigate the subject, has been hold
ing hearings during the past week.
The so-called wyoming plan" which
was worked out by Lieutenant E. y.
Steever. and has been applied in the
public schools in Wyoming. is attract
ing considerable attention. A number
of women of Thomasville, Georgia.
have gone on record as petitioning
the local board Of education to adopt
a department of military training for
the boys in their high school. The
Chicago school board voted unani-
mously to ascept a report of their
committee recommending that mill
tary training be made a part Of the
high school curriculum, beginning
next fall. The most frequent COM
ment in connection with military
training in the high schools consists
Of the recognition that American
school children lack discipline, not
to say manners, and that they will
acquire greater respect for their ell
ders and for the institutions and laws
of the nation-in short. mental as
well as physical discipline, through
this so-called military training.
Judge Franklin c. White of the
Children's court in New York City,
hopes that military training will re-
strain criminal tendencies in boys.
"a citizens committee in Phila-
delphia has urged the board Of edu-
cation to provide for physical train
ing In the schools, and public hear
ings have been held on the matter.
The subcommittee of the board OF
education, however, turned down the
recommendations for military train
ing and substituted an expansion OF
the present physical training course.
1.-THE colleges have followed the
schools example The regiment at
Harvard continues to increase; Yale
has organized a battalion of artillery,
a. the University of Colorado, a Sec
ond company of engineers has been
mustered into the National Guard; at
Iowa University, the 1000 cadets take
daily military drill; the students OF
Indiana University have voted in IA
yor of the introduction of military
training; a movement is on foot to
introduce military training as a part
of the curriculum of the University
of South Dakota; and a course in
military training has been introduced
at Johns Hopkins University. Very
practical aid to national prepared
ness is given by the new course pro-
vided for in the Dartmouth College
Summer school, where a course in
military instruction for teachers oil
secondary schools who may desire to
establish some form of drill in their
schools next year has been establish
ed. The University of Washington
has announced that all freshmen and
sophomores at the State University
who attend any of the civilian sum
mer training camps will be excused
from one semester Of military train
ing. This decision will affect SOt
men. At Throop College of Technol
ogy an optional course in militar!
training, combined with scientific
physical exercises is be given, begin
ming next autumn. The students O.
this institution petitioned the Boart
of trusees to go a step farther and
make this combined course a part o.
the required curriculum. Eighty pei