Show The School hol and the tile Rifle I ILIe Life LIe would be much less Interesting if It it were vere not for tho the notable differences differ differ- of or opinion In august places When it ft was suggested as an excel excel- l 1 lent ent idea Ida that public school rifle practice practice tice should be encouraged one of the speakers at the recent meeting of oC the National Educational association stormed storme against again t all al such encouragement encouragement encourage encourage- ment meat of or war and wars war's horrors horror an anan and an approving voice came from En England England Eng Eng- land not mere merely discrediting rub practice but inveighing against uniforms uniforms uni uni- forms torms and all al martial martal trappings which fire fre the fancy of ot the tile young an and en encourage encourage encourage en- en courage warlike thoughts and im im- Im- Im pulses At this tIlls crisis President nt Roosevelt took his p pert pen n in III hand to frame a letter letter letter let let- ter of or congratulation to the youth of or Brooklyn who won the prize as tho the best nib rifle shot in the Public School Athletic league When hen foreign nations realize that they are arc up a against an arm army of QC t de defenders defender defenders de- de fenders fender trained to hit a squirrel In the will hesitate at a declaration eye Cc they 1 of or war It I would be too costly This Tills further Is so plain that it I requires no comment And it tt might be further set forth that even en in times of or peace a good goodshot goodshot useful shot may moy develop into a most an and desirable citizen A young oung man graduating from the high school and seeking an honorable and exacting position po po- on the police polee force would be favorably vl viewed wed If Ie he could coul show a creditable standing in the rifle rife and I pistol practice courses What we really really real real- ly Jy need during the these e warm lays days when mad dogs an and holdup mon are epi epi- demic Is a police force compose composed oC of athletic young oung graduates who know kno how to shoot and who In moments of oC emergency can damage something more offensive than the scenery or an nn e unlucky bystander Indeed we think we mo may r say pay with wih the President that thata a policeman who knows how to shoot is a great groat assurance for the pence peace of or ortho the tho countr country For these reasons and others other equally equal equal- ly by it I is certain that tha thu tho people of oC this country will wi turn scornfully scornfully scorn scorn- fully from the mollycoddling arguments arguments arguments ments of the tile National Educational as asI association as- as I and n demand that their sons if not their daughters shall receive such Instruction in tho tIm use ue of ot the rifle i as tho the possibilities of ot the higher education education edu edu- cation allow caton alow |