Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1918 — DePauw U Adopts Military Rule [ARTICLE]

DePauw U Adopts Military Rule

Compulsory physical and military training for men has been adopted by the faculty of DePauw University. The rule wag announced from the chapel platform by President Grose yesterday and the actual training will begin in Bowman gymnasium next Monday morning. It was already a compulsory measure < for freshmen and sophomores, but the recent decision includes all the men in college. A mass meeting of jhnior and senior men was held yesterday afternoon in order to assign men to the groups best fitting their schedule of studies. The men will take training twice weekly and the work will be under the direction of Physical Director Fisher, recently of Culver Military Academy, and E. C. Buss, athletic director. - A Thorough course in the manual of arms and drill work and everything possible leading toward muscular co-ordination will be practiced in the various classes. A number z of the men now in school are there solely because they have failed to pass the physical examination for army service. For these ineligibles there will be corrective classes in which an attempt will be made to improve the condition of the men for military duty. There will be no college credit given for this work. It is considered a patriotic and necessary measure by the faculty and the student body is co-operating in an enthusiastic manner.