South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-07
EDUCATORS HEAR
MERITS OF PLAN
Capt. SteeVer, Father of WyO-
ming Military Work, Ex-
plains System.

Capt. Edgar 4. Steever A.. $. A..
father Of the Wyoming military
training system. which is proposed
10 be introduced into the high
schools Of northern Indiana with
south Bend as the headquarters. told
an audience of local educators and
business men and school superinten-
dents. school board members and
high school principals from six other
elites OF northern Indiana. Of the
success that has attended the or
ganization Of the system in scores
OF high schools throughout the
country. at the Y. N. O. A. Tuesday
night.
Capt. Steeyer was introduced by
col. l.. y. GignilIiat Of culver mill
tar academy. the national head
quarters Of the system. Stereopticon
views and moving pictures nlustrat-
ing school military training and the
Wyoming system were presented.
school officials from EIkhart.
Mishawaka. Goshen. Laporte and
Michigan city We're present and ex-
pressed much interest in the work
question OF introducing il into the
schools viii be taken up at meetings
OF the school boards i'm the various
cities within the next week. IL will
also be presented 10 the various high
school student bodies for their Opin-
ion and will be the principal topic
Of discussion at a meeting of high
school principals Of the northern In
diana district which will be held here
Saturday Definite action will be nee
essary in the matter soon. il was rep
resented by Col Gignilliat. if the
services Of Lieut.. ord. the only army
officer available az the present time,
is to be secured.
Emphasizes Competition.
Col Gignilliat, i'm his talk. en-
phasised the Importance OF keeping
the competitive spirit i'm the training
work keyed up by inter-schooI con
tests and said that the locations of
northern Indiana cities was ideal for
such contests and that under the ca
pable direction of Lieut.. ord and
capt. Steever,-bOth of whom. from
the fact that Culver is the national
headquarters for the system, could
devote much attention to South
Bend.-the system could he worked
out 10 its highest perfection in this
section. Capt. Steever was also OF
this opinion Both the speakers en-
phasised the importance of quick
action in the matter if the service
of a competent instructor was 10 he
secured.
Capt Steever devoted his talk al
most entirely 20 explaining the sys-
tenn. He said that il is a disciplinary.
military. mental physical and char
acter training course, which appeals
20 the boys because il was "a mans
game worked out upon competi-
tive basis and because il brought in
10 play their most manly qualities.
Only Semi Military.
cit is only semi military" he said.
combining the best features OF the
military training course pure and
simple, and the athletic contests and
physical cultural courses" IL is
made more interesting than the or
binary military training course by
the introduction of competition. Al
the same time il eliminates the
worst feature Of present day athle-
tics in that is gives boys OF all sizes
and strengths an equal chance. Every
boy i'm school OF good character and
physically ht is eligible for the
course. no matter how weak or small
ne may be
Red Cross for Girls.
The training course includes drills.
shooting contests. wall scaling con-