South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-07
INDIANA SCHOOLS
ALL GIVE TRAINING
Several Thousand Men and
Boys Being Drilled Over
the State.


colleges and universities now resem-
bic military training camps OF var
ious sizes in many respects as prac-
tically al Of the schools are giving
the students physician or military
work in some form, which will help
make better soldiers Of them. should
they enlist in the army. At some Of
the institutions the work is voun-
tary. at others compulsory. Several
thousand young men and boys are
in training For young women. as
well as some Of the young men, Red
Cross work has also opened up a
field for activity.
The largest body OF trained stu
dents is at Purdue university which
has a cadet body Of 1000. NOtre
Dame is second with 600. Purdue is
a government land grant university
and military training their is com
pulsOry. The institution is providing
agricultural experts in one depart
ment, and in others is training hun
dreds Of engineers. Students are not
alone in showing a military spirit at
Purdue as mem bers of the faculty
drill with them. The work given the
cadets consists of mimic battles and
field mOneuvers twice a week
NOtre Dame voluntarily has made
military instruction compulsory.
Eighty-flve percent Of the students
at the university have Joined the
corps and receive regular instruc-
tions in the work.
$50 Drill at /. L.
Indiana university, which only
recently adopted voluntary military
training already has about $50 stu
dents drilling under a regular army
officer. More than 400 co-eds have
enrolled in classes in Red Cross
work. A part of the campus will be
placed under cultivation by the stu
dents
At Franklin college, where the in
struction is elective. so percent Of
the students are enrolled in the
military training classes. The work
is given for two hours each day TO
one company at a time.
The majority of the $50 students
I'm Wabash college. are being in
structed by a Culver military acad-
envy officer. Military instruction re-
Gently was added 10 the Wabash
curriculum.
The three schools at Terre Haute
are engaged in war preparation.
Students at Rose Polytechnic must
take military instruction and at the
Indiana State Normal patriotism is
much i'm evidence. The men are or
sanizing companies for training and
the women have formed about so
units Of the Red Cross. At st. Marys-
of-the-woods. the sisters of Prov
idence college, the girls are being
taught first aid
German Lutherans Drilled
At Fort Wayne, ConcOrdia college,
a school of the German Lutheran
church. extensive gymnastic work
Is required of the boys. A United
States army officer gives them in
structions.
Culver military academy is wide
" known as a military and naval
school. and while it's enrolment il
not as large as some of the other
educational institutions in the state
it probably is doing the most inten-
sive work in training young men to
be soldiers and sailors and officers
Of any school in Indiana. The cadet
corps is composed of 500 young
men. In addition 70 them special
short courses are being given for re-
serve officers and others.
A number of the smaller colleges,
while not requiring or giving mill
tary instruction are supporting the
enlistment movement. Students Of
Earlham. at Richmond. the Quaker
school. are getting ready for a call
to arms. il is said. Many of the men
students are drilling and the co-eds
also are evincing their interest in
various ways.
Nincennes university is directing
much Of its efforts toward food pro-
duction. Hanover college has taken
up war service and daily drills are
given about 20 percent of the stu
dents North Manchester college and
81. Meinrads, although they have
not vet started active military in
struction. are showing much interest
Valparaiso already has requested an
officer TO give instructions there.
The normal colleges at Muncie and
Marion have lost a number of stu