Show ANOTHER ANOTHER NOTHER proof that military drill is isa is t 3 a failure in universities comes from Stanford U University ni versi ty Under provisions of the Revised Statutes of the United a States an officer of the army was detailed I there to teach military science The department began under somewhat favorable favorable favorable favor favor- able auspices but the interest has entirely died out and the department will be f discontinued The small number who j S registered for drill does not warrant the theS I University in retaining the services of a master drill-master so the officer who is detailed f f j there will probably hand in in his resignation F r tion drill this Unit University Uni- Uni Uni- Uni University at once Military at t i would suffer surfer the same fate tate were J it not for the fact that it is supported t. t by artificial props The Daily Palo Alto of StanfOld in commenting upon this j matter says The reduction of credit for military drill from two Z hours to one and the appearance of but five applicants for the course this semester tells the tale of the military f department More liberal concessions were made to this department in in the way of oi encouragements offered for the work than in any other department in the Uni- Uni r k The fact that a registration of over a hundred should have so materially d decreased creased can be explained in in no other way than that the average Stanford student does not care for military drill and will take the course only to secure credit with less than the usual expenditure of L eff effort rt It |