Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-09
RIGHT DRESS Or. IEssuP.

The address OF DR.. Jessup, president
of the state university at Iowa CITY,
to the students of Drake University
was a protest against military educa-
ton in the schools. Military educa-
ton in colleges he is quoted as having
condemned as ..Prussianism.' DR..
Jessup fears the introduction ofmilitray
forms and ceremonies, such as the
military salute given instructors as
used in Germany. Military education
as practiced in Germany is. he says
at variance with our standards OF civil
thinking. He would educate for citi-
zenship, not for politics, commerce or
militarism.
Dr. Jessup's assertion that to get
rid OF the kaiser" would not bring us
TO our goal in this war is technically
correct and his statement that We are
fighting not one man or one ruler but
q people aducated to militarism by
militarists is correct as far as it goes.
But TO the American mind the kaiser
is simply typical and symbolic Of the
German system of mIitarism which in
its proper analysis is the expression OF
German philosophers and leaders OF
scholastic thought. The trouble with
Germany goes deeper than the forms
and ceremonies of army education. 1t
begins in philosophy Of force as the
decisive factor in progress, includes a
state selfshness and greed of national
power and complete subordination
of the individual citizen to the philo-
sophy and its military expression
which uses him simply as a pawn in
the advancement OF the state.
There is vast difference in a mill
tarism which trains the schools and
the philosophy Of nation and a pub
lie education which shapes our mill
tarism for preparedness against a
domination Of the world by force.
Comparison Of German tendencies and
tendencies Is the comparison Of OPP
posites as is comparison OF American
and German forms of government. 1t
can not be said. Here is Germany in
1918 and there Is America forty years
hence" The prospect ia contrawise.
1t Is not that we shall be led into the
philosophic and militaristic condition
Of Germany but that Germany will be
led out Of it. Otherwise we should fore
cast a complete reversion in time OF all
peoples to primitive thought and the
philosophy OF brute force. And we
should thus admit that the calamity OF
world at war has taught no lesson Of
peace.
Dr. Jessup should right dress and
get in step with conditions as We have
found them. If miiltarism is not
crushed in this war and subjugated as
an outcast doctrine Of the past it will
be because the United States was
not prepared. Following this war the
United States is going to be prepared
1t will have either an enormous stand
ing army or a citizen soldiery. A
citizen soldiery is in harmony with it's
ideals and yet several generations of
men may stand at attention armed and
drilled before an army is calledIt were
for better than the state schools give
education in citizenship, science. art
and letters as prizes to those who are
also trained for state defense. 1t is
going to transpire that vast military
schools will be set up for military
training with education subordinated
to the incidental or state colleges will
continue to educate our youth with
military training incidental. Given his
choice between the university of Iowa
City without military training and the
state college at Ames with military
training the youth with full knowledge
Of the draft will chooseA mes as the vol
unteer chooses the officers training
camp to the infantry branch OF the
service.