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Show m 9 IibfyTrainjp SumpterllSchools Tho system has been given n thorough thor-ough tost and at tho end of tho fifteen fif-teen years tho superintendent of tho schools and tho pcoplo of Sumter nnd tho students thcmsolves bollovo tho Idea a good ono nnd that tho practical practi-cal results liavo proved tho military featuro bonoflclal In sovcral ways: First, tho boys thoniBolvcs nro moro enthusiastic now thnn tho first llttlo band of nineteen wcro llfteen years ngo when thoy camo to him and asked him to orgnr.lzo a military company for drill. Tho boys wish tho system to remain in tho schools and thoy prove this by tholr Interest. Inter-est. Second, tho Sumter schools havo tho United States record for holding n. largo porcontago of boys In tho high school. This is attilbuted In n largo mcasuro to tho military feature. fea-ture. Third, tho lessons In nttondanco nnd concentration and tho Inculcation Inculca-tion of tho ability both to obey and command nro splendid results of the military feature. Thoro aro other considerations too. Tho adolescent boy, as overyono tlint comes In contact with youth knows, requires somo outlet of a physlcnl nnturo nnd tho military training gives this In satisfying measure. Tho training train-ing Is admirable It ennnot bo emphasized em-phasized too strongly that tho boy lnlhot taught to fight. 1'rcparcdncss of n military naturo Is not In the back of his head. Ho is instructed neither for not ngalnBt war. Hut if tho occasion ever nrlcs, tho boys trnlned In tho Sumter schools will bo propnred to shoulder muskets. Tho fifteen years oxporlenco In tho Sumter schools shows that boys can bo trained for tho military without' tho sinister motlvo of war. American Ameri-can Itovlow of Ilovlows. |
