| Show universities should equip students in all wa ways y s for service of the state by GEORGE CEORGE W PEPPER trustee of university of pennsylvania tile ideal citizen is the man mail who ho lias has all liis his faculties at instant command and is ready to use them jn in the service of his countrymen 1 not ilia least of liis his responsibilities is his hig sharo share in the natio national lial defenso defense for common omm on wealth needs common ward if a university is untrue to this ideal its graduates will lack symmetrical development unless thoy they gain their nurture at othey breasts than those of their alma mater matek the training of university men to 6 serve in defense of tho the state should not be limited to a course in military science history transportation engineering chemistry finance all the sciences should bj so taught that each shall make its rightful contribution to the common end in the distinctively ively military course the training of each mau man to command himself i hould be regarded as only a step in ilis his preparation to exercise ex erciso command over others and because the aim of education is tp to promote a sym bym ino wal growth the organization of mental and physical forces must bo be balanced by the development within the university of a sane and healthy religious life it is not enough that physical force should be mado made available and that it should be used intelligently unless the triumph of righteousness is as the only end for which physical force may be 10 brought to bear upon our fellow men tho the menace of militarism will surely dispo dispel I 1 t tho lie of god e |
