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Show BOYS OF RICH SCHOOL FOR COMPULSORY MILITARY DRILL At the Economic Study club last evening, Roy F Southwick presented "Industrial Evolution in America" in an aspect new to manv He said' "In the days of handcraft, farmer and manufacturer were synonymous terms The tillers of the soli spun, wove and did all manufacturing lu and around the home, all hands assisting "Division of labor, the basis of the modern factory system, had its beginning begin-ning along the coast where specialization speciali-zation alone could fill the demand for boats, cooperage smith's work and fish from the sea. "In America, the change from chattel chat-tel slavery to wage labor was absolute abso-lute and was a striking contrast to similar transitions in Europe where feudalism llncers or exists side by Bide with capitalism. "It is noteworthy that the first strikes occurred in 1742 and 1796, respectively, re-spectively, those of shoe makers and bakers ' In an able presentation of their views on compulsory military drill for Ogden high school the visiting committer com-mitter nf students cited discipline, physique and patriotism as advantages to be gained, and said: "Homes without discipline are feeders feed-ers for reform schools and penitentiaries. peniten-tiaries. In compulsory military drill, each boy is tauht to obey promptly "Then there is tho phvslcal train ing secured from drill. Nearly every bov who comes to high school is round-shouldered round-shouldered and undeveloped. Through calisthenics which he obtains in drill. h- is taught to stand erect. "As for patriotism, cadet training does not make for war. but teaches a love of country. "The main argument againct drill lu that it teachea militarism If that be true, why is it that only two per eent of the boys taking drill in the United States high schools find their way into the army" Surely more would join the army, If it taught militarism. If that Is so. why do such leading edu rators and peaee advocates as Wood-row Wood-row Wilson. President lllbben of Princeton President Hadlev of Yale Lowell of Harvard. Denny of Alabama. Jordan of Leland Stanford. Firtley of University of New York. Wheeler of California Brvan of Indiana. Andrew Carnegia and a host of other notables approve military drill "nother argument against drill Is that it tends to make an additional cost to the parent for clothes. Now. the uniform costs about $15, and is worn every day and lasts at least two years The boy haa to wear something some-thing to school and the uniform Is far cheaper and better than civilian clothing cloth-ing It looks better and lasts three times afl long. Not only does mill-tary mill-tary drill coat the parent les ror olothes. but It does not coat him any more taxes. The only thing the board of education has done was to buy the guna Since that time the battalion haa been. self-supporting "-nd now has an amount of money In the treasury larger than that of all the rest of the organizations and classes In the school combined. "Another thing, a cadet acquires Increased In-creased business efficiency, learns self-control and accustoms himself to a discipline that is conceded to be a good thing for every youth just cross Ing the dividing line of boyhood and manhood." After much discussion pro and con from many angles, the meeting adjourned, ad-journed, the students closing the argument ar-gument The boys who spoke were Lochhead, Conway and Smith. |
