Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...large part of military training, including C. M. T. C., is sold to the public or to the college student by much talk about its being training for citizenship. It is better psychology to call it that than to say that it is training for war. General Pershing remarked that it must be popularized by all available methods...
...this country today a military force is retained which is barely enough to keep internal peace and protect the country against external aggression. The militant spirit is not taught but the qualities of best citizenship are instilled...
...requirements for eligibility are American citizenship, a working knowledge of German, ability to carry on work at a German university, which Implies at least two years in an American college or university, ability to pursue independent study and research, a health certificate, and good moral character and adaptability...
...newspapers constantly carry exhortations by military men urging greatly increased military expenditures. The American Legion has offended particularly in this respect, although it is possible that had they taken a course in military science they would have been less belligerent. The psychology of calling military science "training for citizenship" is becoming all too successful...
...makes for better citizens. Furthermore, the whole tendency of military training is to discourage independent thinking. And if ever a university wishes to live up to its name, it ought to foster instead of discourage independent thought. Mr. Lane seems to have the sounder view of what constitutes good citizenship...