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...Plattsburg camps, the organization of the Naval training Cruise, and the sporadic efforts of the many preparedness societies. The events of last summer on the Mexican border disclosed the weakness of the system of State Militia, and focused the attention of all patriotic citizens on the great national question of military preparedness for this country...
...country. For this reason the Chamberlain Bill has been drawn up and will be placed before Congress in the near future. At present the Senate Committee on Military Affairs is giving hearings to representative men in order to obtain the sentiment of all classes as regards this question. Already a number of college men, expressing their personal opinions, have given testimonies before the Committee, unfavorable to universal military training. The possibility of the Committee interpreting their opinions as representative of the colleges as a whole must be guarded against. Therefore a vote of the University is being held tomorrow...
This vote is being taken because of the interest aroused in the Chamberlain Bill which provides for universal military training. The Senate Committee on Military Affairs has been hearing opinions on this question from representatives of all social and industrial classes in the country. In order to determine the attitude of the various educational institutions the committee desires some formal expression of opinion from the colleges and universities. Yale has already voted heavily in favor of universal military training...
Robert Matteson Johnston, A.M., assistant professor of Modern History in the University, will address the International Polity Club in Emerson A tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The subject of his talk will be, "The Military Problem of the United States," and he will deal especially with the question of the necessary size of a standing army and the means of obtaining...
...College of Columbia University to create a school for the education of young children according to Dr. Flexner's principles. The New York Times regards this as a most dangerous attack against the present accepted system of education. Whether this experiment will imperil our entire educational structure is a question, but it is a progressive step and one that should be watched with great interest...