Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-16


ltion in congress and the electoral
college but he is counted out at the
ballot box, II there is no other way
to remedy this matter the negro must
be counted out in both instances. He
should not be used to enable Missis-.
sippi, for instance, to secure five adj
ditional electors and then denied his
constitutional right of voting. Some
democratic editors in Iowa, who de-
nounce vigorously the refusal of Eng
Hand to give Ireland her rights, de-
tends Mississippi for denying civil
rights to a majority of her citizens
while the state is given large polit-
ical prestige by counting them in the
basis of representation.
MILITARY TRAINING.
For probably the first time in the
history Of the United States, the
president Of a UNCONVENTIONAL coll
lege has come out unreservedly for
preparedness and military training,
of the undergraduate body.
A. st. Clair Mackenzie, Ill. D., NJ.
A., Lift. D., the new president of
Lenox College, the Oldest Presbyter-
ian educational institution in Iowa,
voiced his sentiments recently as to
what the undergraduate bodies Of
our schools and colleges should do.
Gin all the State Universities of
America a certain amount Of military
training has been obligatory for
many years prior to the outbreak of
the present European war, and" said
President Mackenzie in a recent in
terview, 81 am, strongly in favor of
military training in the Independent
colleges of the country whether these
colleges are under the care of a rar-
%ticular church or not.
Several weeks ago the War De-
partment sent notices to Lenox Col
llege that it would welcome any I'M
dergraduates who were qualified to
take examination, with a view to
finding out their ability to act IS
lieutenants in the army or the navy.
This institution has a Civil War rec
ord which is unique. During the
troubled times fifty years ago the
President, all the male instructors
and all the male students were en-
Gagged in the services of their coun-
TRY and not until the war was owe
was the college able to reopen its
DOORS"
In the course of the interview
president Mackenzie made it clear
that he was not in favor Of var il
such an issue could be avoided With
honor to the country, but he was
strongly OF the opinion that whether
war came or not every male under
graduate of America ought to have
some opportunity of developing and
testing his manhood. = So far rs is
known he is n of the first Presi-
dents Of an independent Christian
college to favor military training
among all undergraduates and to
that end he advocates the establish
ment of rifle butts on the edge of the
present athletic grounds of the col
lege,
During. his own undergraduate
days he served as a first lieutenant
in the militia and e yet is Tecog-
nized as an excellent rifle shot as
we'll as an expert with revolver, au-
tomato pistol, and fencing foil. He
is today president of the Grand Chap
ter Of the national fraternity known
as Alpha Delta Sigma.
DR.. Mackenzie said further, "Too
much of the physical training of col
lege students today consists in moth
ing more than a few champions OH
a football field doing the specta:u-
lar work while the mass of the stu
dents are nothing more than onlook-
ers. In order to counterfeit this, I
am of the opinion that every form of
Isport ought to be encouraged among
men as well as women under proper
supervision. Our young men ousht
Ito be trained so that they can give
their best manhood at any time if
lcalled upon to serve their native
land. There is no reason why coll
lege girls should not be trained in
Red Cross and in first-aid' work, a
form Of service which will be of the
highest value in peace or in war.
Economy can w be carried to
1.-THE point of taking longer steps so