Fork Union Military Academy - Skirmisher Yearbook (Fork Union, VA)

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WILLIAM E. HATCHER, LL. D. Founder of Fork Union Military Academy A Lover of Boys And A Great Leader of Men

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DR. FRANK CRANE Says: The three Aims of education, are first, 'DISCIPLINEY second, 'HEALTHY and third, 'WORK.' I am a good deal of a pacifist of the Worst kind, but I think THE ARMY HAS GOT THE ONE THING THE WORLD NEEDS. It is that thing called DISCIPLINE, and if we can get it into our whole population we are going to do good. These Mili- tary Schools are good. The boys that come out of them are the center of power all through the world. Whoever knows how to stand straight on his feet, and how to take care of himself, is a center of power among his fellows. MILITARISM Vs. MILITARY DISCIPLINE CID Militarism is intensive training in preparation for war. It is animated by an imperialistic spirit with the pur- pose at heart to use military force for national gain or ag- grandizement. It has no particular desire for peace and often is indifferent to the horrible slaughter and after-consequences of war. The embodiment of militarism has revealed itself in such men as the Caesars. Q23 Military training in a Christian school is using the magnificent discipline of military life without inculcat- ing any of the evils or spirit of militarism. On the other hand in a Christian school like Fork Union Military Acad- emy we not only get all the good there is in military train- ing but teach our boys to hate war and we repudiate in their discipline and training every military feature that character- izes the spirit of militarism. Militarism is brutal while mili- tary training makes a bigger and better man, and those who have taken military training in school testify to this fact. No military Christian school has ever advocated war. In- deed the military student in the Christian school would be one of the first to plead for a peaceful settlement of an inter- national or national difficulty. J. J. W.

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JOHN J. WICKER, D. D PRESIDENT