Show J rn r rIl I Other Points of View I Tim TILE I. I We Ve have o found out In this tiis war that a n. great reat many persons persons are arc engaged aged in occupations rear regarded as tIM in lit the emergency Chiefly these so-called so nonessential nonessential nones- nones employments have to do with the tho purveying pur of or luxuries But not all of ot them a Vast number are arc not riot employments at all nIl but are arc methods of or evading employment employ employ- ment er t and some somo of or these methods such as begging loafInG loafIng loafing loaf loaf- Ing and pandering are arc really more arduous than some sonic forms of oC fruitful Industry Just recently tho tile restrictions applied to nonessential employments were dropped The Immediate effect was this All those who previously pre were addicted to tho luxurious pursuits of oC loafing begging and tho the various arlous forms of ot pande ing Instantly returned to these pursuits applications for tor Jobs In tho free treo employment offices fell Cell and tho the essential workers resume as heretofore tho the burden of or production In all probability this Is not the tho fault of or the tho In Individual inch Indi vidual we 0 are aro wont to stamp with the colloquialism of hobo Wo Yo must not bo insensible to tho the fact that he lie sprang front from somewhere and md that somewhere In his history history his his- tor tory something went awry whether an Inherent Indisposition india Indis position for tor industry a n. social fault or an acquired taste for case easo we need not Inquire Tho point Is Is can something something some some- thing be dono done to provide to-provide o a remedy If JC not a a. complete completo cure which seems remote then a par partial one We Vo be- be leve e the answer lies In universal military training Tho The average American bo boy who completes a high school course is in very small degree degree- liable to become a nonessential citizen If he takes a a. college e course COUlSo the tho danger dang d decreases in proportion as he applies himself to some somo definite objective The Tile chief chic value alue In school trainIng training train train- Ing ng lies In the associations of oC men and women that are arc areo to o be There are associations q Ideas associations of or history associations of or Ideals all these under the guidance guidance guid guM ance anco of ot the controlling controlling- spirit of oC ambition But what of ot the youths who have hac not these associations associations lons and who are aro not provided with that subconscious Impulse to forgo forge ahead It Is In this great class wo we find our nonessentials not all of or them for Cor some are tho the exceptions of or orderly community life lICe but most of oC them thorn Now o othen then does loes It It not appear that In the best obtainable means o of association for all alike there thero will be bo the effect of ot elevating ole In some somo measure those who most require It In lii all well ell ordered lives there Is the tho clement element of oC dis dis- It follows that discipline is not Irksome to tho the orderly and it mD may be urged that It is not necessary to impose lessons of oC discipline upon those who already l areS are aware of or Its advantages nd s. s But it Is tho business of ot tho the orderly majority to set an example for not similarly equipped wherefore It will immediately appear that to place oneself under military direction Is nothing more than han the tho dut duty of or tho the majority that Its action may be bo an Inspiration to those tIle tho they seek seel to Inspire Tho The training training- camp thus becomes not a military In Institution institution In in- f solely but a vast national university In which all participate and to which all alU contribute The Tho common common cornmon com corn mon fund rund of oC association cannot fall fail to enrich those who b by y reason of or the tile misfortunes we wo have ha suggested have t been denied access to the tho resources of ot sturdy ly citizen cItizen- ship Instead of oC a 1 sudden decrease in the tile number o of applications for Jobs wo we shall shan see a a. steady demand and andt It t will be a a. demand b by a a. more mora Intelligent class of oC seekers seek seek- ers era after employment These exotic mentalities that fall readily into the vanous arlous various van vari ous Bolshevik traps will disappear In association with rational and orderly minds Thc Thc-ro is nothing so discouraging dis- dis to Bolshevism as three meals a da day provided by tho the labor of or a health healthy mind and body The great national university of ot training will ivill supply that that Chicago Tribune |