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In my close nnd intimate contact with Army officors in recent years, I
have never heard one of them malic a single romark which could bo
With n crown of red hair ns the
construed ne militaristic. The men who fight do not want warsit is only
The Kentucky Kernel is the official newspaper of the students and nlumni those who. ho))e to make n profit out of them. Army officers nro strongly only prerequisite for membership nnd
throughout the for peace to the very limit that ponce can bo maintained with honor.
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Hunter Moody
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Diitnoiy up mo souin entrance 01 uiu
E. T. IligRins agnlnst war.
Coupled with tie duty t dofend the nation, goes the will Chemistry building.
On the second
Loida Kcycs
step from the top Down she goes
pence with honor."
Maria Middclton for
f in a sometimes graceful
tumble nnd
R. C. Claxon
ns conditions scrambles to her feet but minus the
The propagandist must know how to change his
Helen Shclton change.
Joseph Palmer
He must know when to servo foar, flattery, ridicule nnd inflnnintory silken knees of her rolled hose. "Gas
Llewellyn Jones speech, though it is afo to serve' flattery at any season of the year.
Virginia Boyd
Ilouso" sheiks cluster nbout. nrranco
a tlate and wait for the next
Catherine Carey
Rebecca Edwards
And so the collogo boys are fluttered. Thoy nro tnternntionnlists.
Day after day the
stumble nnd
Charlsey Smith
Virginia Conroy
Maud Van Buskirk
Perhaps thd dnngor is somewhat exaggerated. Question n boy who the men retrieve. Now the girls says
Jewell Ilnys
Catherine Redmond Betty Regcnstcin is obliged to take military training irt connection with his other work at "We arc ready to declare war. Tho
Addison icaman school nnd you nrc pretty likely to find that he regards it as a bore and an stcn is ilamrcrous because of its denth.
Louise Jefferson
We admit it is n clever wny to get
Byron Pumphrcy
Dave Alexander
imposition.
The spirit of militarism doos not seem to bo fostered in him by (jntcs. but it is hard on us " And
Harold Brush
this compulsory course but rather the reverse. The main value of military more pointedly they cite the fact that
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training, as it affects the public school student, is that it is of more or less
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discipline thrown in. Probably the mental discipline and the physicnl
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believed that military training in schools nnd colleges makes militarism.
MANAGER OF ACCOUNTS
Dean Everett W. Lord, of Boston University, in discussing the merits of
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compulsory militnry training nt his collogo, said:
"It is true that the
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belief that respect for our
no subscribe to the sentiment, 'Our country, right or wrong,' but we believe
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that our young people trained in military lines will do much to keep our
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country in the right. Wc are not seeking to create warlike feelings, but wo
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shutting our eyes to the fact that war is still possible. We do not
Leroy Keffer are not
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by our unpreparcdncss for wars
Hunter Moody forget the great loss of human life caused
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did not seek but could not avaid; nnd we hope that the
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thousands of young men who, through the R.O.T.C. arc learning something
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of military science will be able, if the heed arises, to lead their less
comrades with sufficient skill to avoid such needless slaughter."
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Still, in spite of all this, we are listening to thfc pacifists, many of whom
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are' supported by foreign governments. We are listening to the preachers
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of economy, who tell us that wc now spend ns much f or defense as wc
ASSISTANTS
spent before the war. This is a sad joke. For until 1920, Congress never
A. L. Pigman made any attempt to fulfill its constitutional duty of
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A new organization lias found its
way to the Coo College campus. The
"hashers" have formed
a society.
They have named it Pi Jamba Pi.
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defense.
Is it gratitude to those who fought and suffered, fought and died, to
heed those who preach pacifism? And so in the presence of the sacred
memories of those who gave their lives, in gratitude to the men who have
Those who are best qualified to speak on the matter tell us that there fought the wars that arq past, it is asked that you honor, encourage and
are more crimes committed in the United States and more lawlessness among support the men who stilly stand ready to defend your homes and altars.
Let us not smother our patriotism at the behest of a disloyal pacifism
our people than in any other Christian civilized country in the world, and
that of late years lawlessness in this country has increased. If you doubt or at the sobbing entreaty of a tearful sentimentalism. No real altempt has
yet been made to organize the world for peace.
Human nature has not
this, read the daily papers and note the space given to crime.
Individuals are swayed by selfish instincts, greed, envy, hatred, intoler changed. The fact that Germany and France signcd'an agreement not to
aght means very little.
ance, jealousy.
God forbid that we should ever forget the services of our soldiers and
majority, for the 'guidance o:
Laws are enacted for thcwelfare of the
jailors on land and sea. Through these memories may we be kept wise,
inclined.
all, and for the restraint of the thoughtless and the criminally
jane, steady and faithful in our patriotism.
The thoughtful man, having the welfare of his fellow beings at hear.
The lowly Nazerinc, "the Prince of Peace," said: "When a strong man
The thoughtless man and the man criminally incline;
need no restraint,
rmed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace. ' If the. good man of the
man with cirminal inclin
must be restrained. The thoughtless man and the
nouse had known what hour the thief would come, he would, have watched,
tions are restrained, not by law, but by fear of punishment at the hand .nd not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore
of the forces maintained to uphold the law.
ready."
We know that airmen are not virtuous. If they were, we should no
maintain a police force.
We must look at human nature as it is, and as it has always been.
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Nations.as individuals, are swayed by the same instincts of self intere.
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by them. They fail when they are violated just as local laws fail to be
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effective when not enforced.
To secure adherence to the rules of International Law, the nations o
the earth must maintain military and naval forces, and .be prepare t.
just as we maintain the police to restrair
restrain the would-b- e
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The maintenance of a standing army, in time of peace, of a strengt
meet a great emergency, endangering our safety against outsicV
aggresion, is out of the guestion by reason of the great expense entailed.
',It is also contrary to our American ideals.
Our Congress, expressing the will of the thoughtful people, in 1A2G
passed a National Defense Act, providing for forces necessary to upholc
the dignity and honor of our nation among the nations of the earth, and
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the' securing to our people the safety of our institutions andMdeals.
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This National Defense Policy provides for a small but highly trained
regular army to garrison our foreign possessions; to preserve internal
' tranquility in cases that may get beyond the control of the police and the
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fall the duty of protecting our interests and defending? our safety in time cf

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great national emergency.
Military training in the United States has for its purpose first, last,
and all" the time the teaching of obedience to law, respect for authority, ara
loyalty to the United States. The use of arms, 'the organization aid
handling of men and the tatical employment of troops in battle are taught
so that our citizens may successfully perform their duty when a nations.
emergency calls them for the common defense.
The Army and the Navy do not create war. They are but the tools to
be used when war is declared by the citizens through their President and
Congress.
militarism under such a system as v. c
Can there be any fear of
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the "Common Defense and Domestic Tranquility." Congress, in the Nationa.
Defense Act of 1920, has given us i law absolutely in. harmony with our
, American ideals
and institutions. Our people should read and understa:
that law, and see that it is effectually carried out.
Unfortunately, there are many conscientious but misguided peopK
throughout our land who do not understand the purpose of military training
and who through public utterance are doing all in their power to overthro.
that training of our youth which stands for the enforcement of law, respect
for authority, and loyalty to the United States.
Col. II. P. Hobbs, U. S. Army.

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is just a part of (he untiring conspiracy to strip this country of hor
national consciousness iind sow thoie soods which ultimately shall make
her a mere outlying possession of that Kuropo from which our people Hod.
Internationalists are unwilling for our boys to huve ovun two liour
of nilit;iry training every vuok, lost they become more national, lout thuy
thrill when they see our flag, leat they love the Star Spangled Bannor mow
than this, international Charleston, idst tlioy osteon) Washington, Juffuiwm,
Jackson and Lincoln more highly thnn those dintinguiihed Doctor of Ditoori!
now practicing in Geneva.
Dwight F. Dayis, socrotary of war, la his article on "The Dangers of
f Militarism," in, the December issue of the IufMUry Journal, said;
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js no danger of militarism in this country, certainly not among military men,

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