X ¿dp ** “ P S W áo^o nor ¡¡repare j « boy (or service to btt commualty t& timé of peace. The mu» against foqplng boya * M il j 5 x 3 aitf c o lh « to taka te military training againat their are showing & qéw Leather Hand Bag. — Military tr»W n| schools and colleges. especially when comftulaory, 1? under heavy ‘ fire from leading educators in the United Statee and frdfo otfr churches. , s ' Boetop University has just abolished the compulsory feature. The University e»t Wisconsin, a land grant college, did so two yean ago, Nebraska proposes to take a state refiereudnm on the subject s the November elections following the refusal at the State Regents to heed a protest from students In the State. University. | Majorities of students in Cor- ' apll. in Ohio State University, and In the College of the City of New York have petitioned the authori­ ties to remove the compulsion. Among tho college presidents that condemn military, training for school boys are President Emeri­ ti» Charles W, Eliot of Harvard University, President Harry A. Garfield of Williams College, Präsident Wm. H. Faunce o f Brown University, President Wm., T. Foster of Reed College, and President Arthur B. Morgan of Antioch College. Tho Cleveland Board of Edu­ cation heard pleas for retention from nationalist organisations from Hon. Newton D. Baker and ex-Senator Pomprene, and, voted « to 1 to & > li£ it. The hldh school principéis of Massachusetts in April voted 100 to 9, according to presa PSICE the ita purpose, not directly the sav­ ing of life, in war,—fpr the cqqre- “ ,a7 ^ / eme?u n r V 0 ,th v ’ — but military propaganda look­ ing towards the progressive mili­ tari fct Ion of the thinking |cj» could' only end in war and world disaster, in now. CHICAGO. (UP)— Three of the moat prominent men of the ath­ letic world have passed on during the last frear. Last Winter Waiter Camp, the father- of Amerioan ool login te football Sras found dead In his hotel room in New York, where he had gone to attend the annual meeting of the football rules committee. Camp’s contributiona to the athletic wor|d) were Invaluable. Under hie direction— Camp at all times was consulted on everything regarding tho game — football' The nett of.,the gre^t triumvir­ ate to pass was Marfin A. De­ w m e n e r sand against compulsory military laney, one of the most capably physical directors and. track coaches In this country. He drop­ ped dead Jieto wWTe rushing to catch a street rer ft» carry him to wJhdt^ 7 ‘ It will he observed that the at­ For over twenty-five,years De- tacks focus on two phases of the laney was actively connected with question, the compulsory feature the development of traek and In colleges and all military train- field athletics while* be waa physi­ lag Ih hlgh sehqols cal director of thd Chicago Ath­ Tho case against mlltiary traln- letic Association. As a developer fAg in tflgfc iefionls can be aura, of athletes, he robahly never had a peer. Many of his athletes med up aa follows: It militarise« tfio thfhirjTg of shattered world’s records and won Immature, toys, leading thorn to all-around championships. His j5. A. A .. teams, 'many times, brought home the championships , ■ opposed personally or nationally. or tho A. A. U. Tom Eck, for eleven years It gives boys the impression that wars are natural and Inevitable coach of the long distance runners qt a tlm e.dbto thp world is seel­ ¡pi the University pi Chicago, Is . ing a rational mthod Of settling the other one of the trio. , Tom Eck was a conspicuous International disputes, it has eon- fesimfQy no military value in a figure in the sports world for ‘ » highly technical profession. It is over fifty years. Eck was oh« of the greatest bi­ no substitute tor physical train­ ing such as one gets from gymnas­ cycle riders this country has ever tics and group games. Ths.obed- seen. A native Canadian, he gave ience it teaches not no' obedience to that country Its first thrills lii In general frat obedience to a Sam the riding game. Browne belt. Its discipline to not i Perhaps Eek’s greatest work self-discipline but external re- was n ascertaining a man’s can- 3* / Oías. A. White JtN DE ttó JÖLÖC^L. dispatches, against continuance of military training In Massachusetts schools or its development in any way, shape or form. « t o Northern j_ 3 i the .i General - • tio’ Xreembly of the Presbyterian J^hureh In the Unlt- ed States and „th^. great Federal Qonpctl qf Churches through. Iti Administrative Committee, have afly rocotniaed na úñ-Ámerfein, A Rqtopwta tract ick condemn e l ’ by our founders and Jnaily hat- 1 ed by the American people, ft t i an infringement on fÜO_ inalien­ able right of private conscience nñ)n«ttfiéd by any present plea of national neceeeity. ymjwtii « The whole present em^HMaik nt ’ “ •? ,^ Rose Tom Sharkey of M » tn l U niversity la called “Ohio's fastest (nuhanJ* Ov a period of fo u r week» he was credited w ith doing the lCQ-yayd in I world record tim e of *A seconds; w l. new m arks ta r the century enjJ ft ¡□ng g ven tain th e p ig Six Conference ang ra n second to the grant ifefcfc tatcke a t the national colleglat«h. He wp.l compete in the A . A. V. m t » . a t Philadelphia next month. ditlon. It has been said of Tbm Eck that j io athlete »of his ever went into .competition, over­ trained. Bek’s athletes were al­ ways trained to the minute, right on the edge that borders over­ training, and takas plenty of care to keep from slipping over the like. The passing of the three leaves open three places that unques­ tionably will be hard to fill—-es­ pecially In the ease of Camj>. bne of Camp’s yearly duties was the selection of an All-American foot­ ball team that was recognised es jofftcisl. $5100 WdriH of Bùéschèr Instruments Lpet ypar, practically every writer In the country made' a stab'at emulating Camp and no official team came out of the lit. * Agents for Bueschëf Instruments- Shetman Clay Pianos . Orthophonie Vietrolas ¿^ , 145 East Main Board for every room in your house— > from parlor to attic. This plaster wall board is m e a n t for ur.apth, permanent in­ teriors. 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