Miami Military Institute - Bayonet Yearbook (Germantown, OH)

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? XT9l .xy MESS CALL N

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' COMMENCEMENT. 'Commencement season is looked upon by most students, I presume, as ,thetime when they leave the shelter of academic halls and go forth to fightlin the great battlefield of life. least if we can judge of'most of the commencement essays, that is 'the view. h Arid they go forth, these 'brave young warriors, with colors gay and with av nourish of trumpets and hearts nndaunted to win success. Some of these,l1ave acquired in school days the- eqiripment that will un- doubtedlyattain their desire. In the ofeothers, there is many a weak that veryplikelyi will fail to stand strain. The Children's Crusade ost pathetic thing in history. from academic halls of students is also a pa- and' the fact that it is ' student's own fault does 'less pathetic. The awakening-L is. but the ,Ill lWmIRHYYJ5ik- Y . ' 'THE riavoifmr is nv CAPTAIN F. J. oLDs harder when it comes. Commencement should also be a time of retrospection and introspec tion. A look backward to see if there are not mistakes in the past that ei:- perience should teach us to avoid in the future in a good thing. No ques- tion about the value of the education received in the school of experience. It is even said that a certain quite numerous class of people can learn in no other institution. A look within is also an excellent preparation for life. It is a good thing to know if the ideals are right, if the purpose is true, if the aim is fixed If selishness and egotism have usurped the throne of the soul and cast out therefrom justice and philan- thropy CI ,mean this last word in its 'true-Attic sensej it may not yet be too late to restore the exiles. Such are a few thoughts suggested by they commencement season. The academic editor wishes you all a very pleasant summer vacation.

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.n V ..j THE BAYONET 17 aiQlllmr.lQx2a'fl'f y-, f 1 , NM? 1 ' ZW' , - - w H' ' , 4 In reviewing the military depart- ment for IQI 1-'12, the most striking thing is the successful use of the merit system. This system has been in use in many of the large military schools of the East andhas been very successful wherever used. In M M. I. it has certainly been an unquali- fied success and ,Major Street deserves great credit for its successful applica- tion in 'this school. A - Another branch of work heretofore unpursued here is the Field Problemg These problems put into practical ap- plication in the theoretical studies of the school and lecture room. We have had several of these problems assigned to the various officers, and the fact that the inspector was satis- Eed with our Field Problem, proved the excellent manner in which they have been performed. Colonel Brown purchased a fine stereoptican, which haslbeen widely used in the military lectures. These lectures have been -on various sub- jects and have shown us in a forcible way the more important principles of LH? Held work and target practice. Altogether the year for the military department has been a most successful one and we hope that next year will be even more successful. Camp Weybrecht. The cadetcorps, under command of Major Crane, left the barracks on Fri- day morning, May 31 at 8:40. 'The day was perfect and the trip from Germantown to Camp Perry was made in record time. On the arrival at Camp Perry much to our surprise, we found all the wall tents pitched and the conical tents were left to the cadets. In alittle more than half an hour the camp was ship-shape. The eots, blankets, etc., were given out by Captain Derick, acting quartermaster, and the beds were made up for the night. A number of good scores were made on the two hundred yard range and the general average was far above .that of last year. Quite a number of the cadets have qualified in the prone