Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1915 — WABASH COLLEGE TO TEACH SOLDIERING [ARTICLE]

WABASH COLLEGE TO TEACH SOLDIERING

Vice President Marshall, William B. Austin and Otto Gresham Decide On PoMcy. Vice President Thos. R. Marshall, William B. Austin and Otto Gresham, constituting a committee of the board of trustees of Wabash college, have recommended compulsory military training for that school. If the report is ratified by the board at its meeting in December and indications are that this will be the case, Wabash will be put upon a new basis, and pains taken up for the erection of a large armory and gymnasium at Crawfordsville. The action comes in response to the appeal of President Wilson for a trained citizen soldiery. Colleges in many states are considering a similar action. The report will call attention to the fact that a trained citizen soldiery does not constitute militarism and that the Presbyterian love for peace may be augmented if the sons of Presbyterians will aid in the proper preparedness.