Show DOING OUR BIT ya america is calling every mn and aman to do 10 his or her bit to help the natili in time of wr w ir the first thought is that every eiery man of available age should shoulder bh a gun cun and that even students jents a and n d t teachers e ackers in high S hool and colleges col le g es c can a n do no thing more patriotic pat tha than n to offer to go at on once cc to a training camp but alber counsel is now being offered the tile heads of our government overn ment are men and ornen to e enlist cillin c illin in schoola and colleges lol lolle leges for the united stites commissioner nit ons on s good mibs ioner of edul tion claxton urges thit our colleges and uni universities er steles continue their flork ork and even their student body he fie shows that the number of students tb in ou higher institutions of learning leir ning forms a very cry small percentage of our total lation of productive age and that if ill our students served sered in the army the increase 0 oid ld be small in pro portion but b bv twining them for positions of beadet hip they will be far moie useful thin th an in th the trenches tren chAs he ile us that ne plants ship yards and our a ma m abroad are calling for higher t men and unless our colleges and technical at remain open and increase their attendance and useful ness these positions will not be filled it S secretary of war N newton ewton D baker says the nation will be needing educated men eves even more than ever as a result of this war and the lol leges must supply them adjutant i general W T johnson has declared that those undergoing intensive training at col colleges leves and schools should continue that training until their services are required in the army and general leonard wood has gin given en similar advice this TM counsel of leaders in america should la be heeded by our young people and our schools and colleges la in stead of a diminished attendance it we should have haie an in increased attendance this fall at our institution is of learning westminster college and arid the silt lake collegiate institute kristi tute at salt lake city are planning to do their bit b continuing their work on even a larger scale the coming ear e r the new bos dormitory las been begun and nd a I 1 part of it will be bo read for use ue in september Septem bei this will labaer for boung nun and it is expected that the college work ork will N ill go goon on with ith the usual growth ind that the high gride done lone in hl i will be continued for the nati nations ors good |