The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-04-05
YOUNG men SIGN
FOR TRAINING CAMP
Sank Centre High School Stu
dents Would Spend Month
at Fort Smelling
GOVT. PAYS EXPENSES
Harold Bishop and DR.. A. F.
Moynihan Are Assisting
Army Officials

Captain John p. Koran, U. S.
Army, on duty with headquarters
Seventh Corps Area, Omaha, Neb.,
was in the city today and talked
to the High School students in
the interests of the Citizens Mil
itary Training Camps.
According to Capt. Koran the
camps have a four-fold purpose:
instruction in citizenship, drills,
physical training and development
of the qualities Of leadership. The
days activities are divided into two
divisions. During the mornings
the attention is devoted to the mil
itary feature. The afternoons are
devoted to athletics, including base
ball, football, basketball, track,
tennis, la crosse, curling, handball,
volleyball, indoorbaseball, push
ball, and swimming. All of these
sports are directed by qualified and
competent coaches. They serve to
put and keep the body in sound
physical shape. In addition, minor
defects of the body are often de-
tected and remedied by this sort
of training. Many High School
boys secure their preliminary foot
ball training for the fall season in
this manner. They are also put In
excellent trim to resume their stu
dies in September. The entire pro-
gram constitutes an ideal months
vacation for him.
While the camps give a boy a
general idea of military training,
/ they do far more for him in other
respects. They teach lessons in
democracy, coordination. discipline,
self restraint and mutual UNI
derstanding. Team work and team
play are developed. Equality, pa
triotism and the necessity of clear
thinking and clean living are
brought home in an unmistakable
manner. The spiritual welfare OF
the boys is not overlooked as var
ious chaplains and other officers
are given the duty of acting as
counselors and confidants of the
youths in their care.
/ Provisions are made at all
camps for the wholesome and in
teresting employment of all leis-
ure time. There will be lectures,
moving pictures, musical concerts,
amateur boxing and wrestling
bouts, Grammatical entertainment
and the full use of the post ex-
change facilities mail service,
club rooms, hostess houses, recep-
tons and dances.
1t is a strenuous vacation, but
| full of diversions and many new
experiences. New friendships of
fer satisfaction and humor. For
the month the. camp is the great
est leveler, uniting all in their de-
votion to the Stars and Stripes.
When taps has sounded for the
last time and civilian clothes are.
donned again, it is with a new
spirit of fellowship, anew pride of
service, a new reserve of health,
and the boys return to their work
and school little straighter,
little broader, more self-reliant
land more self-confident.
/ The camp for this district is to
be held from August LIST to 30th
at Fort Smelling, MINI. ANY boy
between the ages of II and "a may
attend provided he can pass an
| leverage physical examination, is of
| good moral character and has his
parents consent. The government
pays all the necessary expenses in
Guiding railroad fare to and from
camp, board, lodging, clothing,
medical and dental attendance and
laundry.
| Harold Bishop, who has charge
of securing applications in this
city, said after the address, "If
more of the parents knew of the
benefits derived from a camp of
this kind they would not only
permit their boys to attend but
would insist upon it. 1t is a SPLEEN
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