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Show DR. G0WI5 DEQUES sciDLjtraiil Does Not Believe in Putting I Guns on Shoulders of j Developing Boys Jj WILL OPPOSE PLAN! Tells Army Officer He WilljJ Use His Influence Against M Suggestion 9 I am una terabl opposed to millaryfB drill in the high schoo s ea d Or E G 1 Gorans state super! n endent of public ff I Instruction yes erda He was dls oss ing the suggest on f om the war depart A ment that cadet corps be organized In every high school ha Ing th rty or mor.H boy pup! s Tl The war department s suggestions wereiB chronicled in The Tribune este dav to gether with the statement of Lieutenanfef V B Wal ace regular arm nstructorj t inspector for tire Utah m lit a, that th p an would be urged upon al the high schoo s of Utah which had sufficient! I bo s 1 M litary training for men said Dr ll Gowans Is all right. I have nothing tol say against that. But I do not be eve " in putt ng a gun on a k ddie s shoulder j Drill Is Unnecessary A We don t need m litaxv drill in the high schools we need physical educa tlon. The t me that would be given over ' to m litary drill and the studv of military' tactics should be de oted to phys cal ed ucat on Let these bo s get their aili tary drill in col ege They will be men; then and it will not hurt- We shou d teach manliness not mil tarlsm to the kiddies, concluded tha state superintendent- Oppos tion of State Superintendent . Gowans will not preclude the organization of cadet corps in the high schoo a in 1 ne with the suggestion of the war- de partment. Optional With Boards The state board of education, said-Suner said-Suner ntendent Gowans has nothing to! say about giving mil tary drill n the schoo s That s up to the local school' boards The state board prescribes4 what studies must be taught but If the' local boards want to add extras, supple meriting- those prescribed by the board.: but not om ttlng any of them, thev can. I have merely gi en my own views on the subject of m itary drill n liigli, schools Dr Gowans s belief that phvs cal edu WL cation should be given nstead of military Jl drill voices one of the prtn pa objec 1 tions the war department makes to high I school military organ zations as a pres j ent conducted Lieutenant Wallace said J the other day that the war department " . was des rous of seeing h gh h ol cadets reorgan zed so that more a en on would "j be paid to phvsical tra ning and Ies to A dress parades. J |