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ions. We hope that nothing will be

tons. We hope that nothing will be
needed beyond a reasonable police
force. In hat case. it is the thought
of. university people that the military
establishment for such police force
will be one based in quite a measure
universities n state agricultural
colleges, which represent the most
democratic training that we have.
A the meeting of the council yes
terday afternoon. at which the COM
mittee's report was approved, these
questions were not discussed at any
length. A motion was made to vote
doubtless represented the theory that
the members Of the council had
thought over the question sufficiently
to be ready to record their views. At
the meeting at which the committee
was appointed. the question was dis
cussed fully and the committee APP
pointed was named by the council
members of the committee represented
the several views brought out in the
discussion i'll the council. The re-
port brought in, therefore represent
ed Il sort of compromise report at
which the views of the several mem
bers of the committee could be recon-
ciled; so the report was therefore. a
uIldilllllouS VI lIpIl IlC COulIllIlee.
.imenablc to Changes.
"A further thought. doubtless. of
the committee waS that if allowed
enough leeway to reconcile the differ
ent views of the members of the ia
Guilty and at the same time give mill
tary training a fair trial on it's merits,
il the training on trial proves not sat-
lSfactory. or is not wanted by a Suffi-
cient number of students the faculty,
by its action. is not committed to
maintain the training for any Speci-
fled length of time. In case it proves
to be unsatisfactory, the logic of the
to recommend to the legislature that
military training be abolished"
The following paragraph was m
bodied in the recommendations sub
mittod to the university council by
the committees especially appointed
to loo into the matter. and was a
part of the report upon which the uni
versity council based it's acceptance
of the offer of the government to es-
versity in the form of the Il. o.
T. C.
Recommendation of Committee.
The special committee on military
training recommended:
THAT military training at the uni
versity is not to be made absolutely
compulsory, but hat all able bodied
male students will be enrolled for the
minimum requirement of not exceed
ing W a military training offered
in the junior division Of the r. o. T.
c., unless Reuse by the admins
trative committee as herein provided.
The administrative committee ma
in special cases, cXcus the following
class of Students: Students whose
required work Gas in technical
courses) nay make it impossible or
extremely difficult to take military
training; students who may be Obliged
to work their way through the in
stitution in whole or in part and find
it impossible to carry their required
courses with military training and
do the work necessary to earn theil
way; students found physically o,
otherwise unfit: students needed ir
athletic teams, or those playing ir
military bands: students entering the
university with advanced standing
and classification above the sopho,
more year: students who have already
received equivalent military training
certified to. or when such training
is approved as a substitute by thu
professor of military and tactics; stu
dents who are foreigners or do no
expect to become citizens, or other!
who for good and sufficient reason!
may be entitled to be excused. Sucl
students may be GUS from mill
tary training, in special cases, upol
presenting their reasons in the forn
of a petition to the dean of the col
Ifege in which they are registered am
upon it's approval by the administra
tive committee"