Show STUDENT TRADITION FADES AWAY AS WAR TRAINING STARTS Bv liv Uarda McCarty I The University of ot Utah which has long IonS held swa sway in tho the land lantI as an Institution in institution In- In of ot learning a and d peace where nothing more strenuous than the perplexities per per- of Involved Latin sentences tho the working of ot tho the binomial theorem or the actions of ot a a. struggling has arisen to bother the student mind has been changed from things dust dusty scholastic and ideal to things thing alert practical and real Dreamy Dream droning over text books is to bo be replaced by active drilling with bayonets Theoretical Theo Thee cobwebs with their accumulated student lore traditions are arc to be swept with one stroke oC off tho the university campus and antI substituted b by something entirely new In tho the life of our state university A new broom sweeps clean drones tho the old proverb embedded In popular wisdom like tho the ancient toad In the stone and so it must be for tor the new military broom employed b by Uncle Undo Sam In his coast to coast con house cleaning cleanIng clean cle-an- ing sweeps clean In all aU our established institutions Even the colleges and universities which w was ws though were following tho the only course courso compatible with their mission in life have changed under the tho broom stimulus from places where Greek alphabets chemistry laboratory odors and tortoiseshell tortoiseshell tortoise tortoiseshell shell rimmed eyeglasses were the Im Important important important im- im as well as the fashionable auxiliaries aux aux- of ot life lite Into places where trench lingoes gunpowder odors and gas masks are the most favored accompaniments of or a college existence WAR ACTIVITIES All AU of which Is apropos of or the new military camp and training school which will vill be the most Important t thing hing fostered at our state university t this his season How the Wasatch mountains mountains mountains moun moun- must smile under their snow enow snowcaps snowcaps caps if mount mountains ins behave In such fashion when they see the young oung of of- of to be maneuvering around on t the he old oltI Cummings field fieM where formerly former former- l ly y the only battles fought were the ones for the football championship If It the spirits of or past t victories can lend an any aid to coming struggles It Is quite fitting that these soldiers first try out their tastes of or war on a a. field where although there thero have havo been defeats the victories have been in the majority T The Tho o winning atmosphere permeates the field Another thing the tho grim old mountains s ma may chuckle over is finding tho accustomed red and white uniforms uniforms uniforms uni uni- forms by the tho popular khaki color They will quite likely be glad gladI I to see seo that tho the local school colors I I have given place to tho the universal col color or Patriotism pervaded the u university It during the winter term but not to such sucha a pronounced degree as It will this summer For during durins the summer I term one of the tho governments government's training schools for tor the officers reserve corps Is stationed at the tho U of ot U. U Tho The normal building where formerly former former- ormer- ormer I ly little kiddies were taught their an an has been changed Into a vast sleeping apartment where some of the student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent soldiers will wilt court the blessed god of or dreams at the end endot of ot their strenuous hour eight-hour day COTS INSTALLED The janitorial force has been busy the last week moving awn away the school benches and chairs and sub substituting in their places the hard iron cots of or arm army life liCe The normal building was wasI not large enough to hold holtI them all so I tho the gymnasium has also been made mado into a sleeping porch and antI still there was sas not room enough Tho The museum building has been cleared of ot some of or orIts its scientific paraphernalia and sol sot soldier dier diet berths Installed d there too It Is even rumored that tho the medical laboratory laboratory laboratory labor labor- atory has been Invaded and will be the boudoir of or some of or Uncle Sams Sam's fearless fearless fear fear- less boys Not only will they be bo housed on the campus but the they will be fed etI there there- too The Emery house will be the cafeteria for Cor the summer It will be the thc on one place In Salt Lake City where military colors will predominate at each lunch lunch- eon f j I a Summer school opens open today but the thereal thereal thereal real work of ot the training camp will viII i not begin beE until next Saturday it will offer the most vigorous kind of or trainIng trainIng train train- Ing for tor two months It Is this new baptism of oC patriotic fire which is to change chanso tha the scholastic atmosphere of OC the institution Into an atmosphere of ot the on alertness alert alert- ness Books and formulas will bo be crowded away for tor a a. duller day lay and guns and bayonets will tal take their places The Thc University of Utah will be he one of or tho the busiest places In tho the land this summer when hen it commences making soldiers for the tho army Its specialty will be training the men In the mechanical mechanical me me- arts carpen carpen- tr try tr chauffeuring automobile repairIng repairing repair repair- Ing Inh etc Half the da day will be scheduled scheduled sched sched- for lessons In that line of work and the other half halt will be bo devoted to drill work and practise In trench war war- tare fare |