Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 34 | Stay in School

STAY IN SCHOOL. In the early days "oT the war England En-gland and France made the mistake of drafting 'into the service their young men from the higher schools and the colleges, without regard for the future needs of the country. The result watt that at the end of two years both countries found that they were suffering suf-fering in efficiency from the dearth of trained specialists. Doctors, encginecrs. ' geologists, chemists, etc.. were- far too few. President Wilson and our war department, depart-ment, taught by . that blunder, are trying try-ing to keep the young men in the schools, even those of draft age or soon to become of draft age. The Students' Army Training Corps has been created for this purpose. Those of draft age are urged to enlist and thereby become be-come bona fide soldiers of the United States. Those under the draft age are urged to enroll in the corps. Those who enlist thus become a part of the army, but are held to be on inactive service. They have the government's j assurance that 1iiey will not be called ' until it is absolutely required. Mean-I Mean-I time thev can continue their education in a way beneficial both to themselves j and their country. Moreover, the young men of the ' corps have an excellent chance of be-' be-' coming officers. It will be '"'the plainest plain-est read leadiog iu that direction." : savs the official -statement. It does not assure one a commission, but spe-! spe-! eial consideration will be jdinwn the j enlisted members of the corp1. lu fact, many inducements are held lout to keep the young men in the ' -ii'ujN, an-i ti.,"." v uul-J be very t'"ul:s'i if t'n-v failei to e'.ail themselves of the go-, er'nn.jiit 's gi'ti.'rijus offer. Tiiey t are tin i,-r no 'i.inip-.ii-inn becau.-e c;-'i'-tij:eDt :s -jl jutary. The i-vern-, in '-lit belii-'-es they v ill be int e! 1 i l'-ui t enough to r.'.'ngu :.e that djty ami ben-i ben-i ef; t go hand i n hand.