Tennessee Military Institute - Radiogram Yearbook (Sweetwater, TN)

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regular hours have both become obsolete, the boy is likely to grovv up to the size of a man without ever learning that he must be at a certain place at a certain time, that there are any details for which he is personally responsible daily, or that there is any authority which he should respect. In his first year in a good military school, he not only learns all this, but learns that it is to his own best interest that he do so. As a second-year cadet, he begins to exercise a limited amount of leader- ship. It may be only as corporal of his squad, but it is a beginning both in exercising leadership and bearing responsibility. Several times daily, it be- comes his duty to be accountable for the presence of every boy in his squad at formations. This develops a strict sense of honor in making reports. Later comes his opportunity to serve as an officer of his company or possibly as battalion commander, meaning still greater responsibility. In non-military schools, many men graduate from college and graduate schools Without developing the poise, confidence, and mature personality frequently found in a cadet oflicer who has come up, grade by grade, through deserved promotions. A VIEW IN SPECIAL WEAPONS ROOM OE TI-IE ARMORY Page Fifty-Nine

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MILITARY INSTRUCTION VALUABLE There was a time when military training in the military schools con- sisted chiefiy of close-order drills, dress parades, and other ceremonies for show purposes, such as is still the case in semimilitary schools. That period is long past in the schools giving the courses of instruction prescribed for units of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. In such schools, there is still sufiicient close-order drill to develop close attention to minor details, to acquire precision in simple and complex movements, and the perfect marching tech- nique so much admired by the crowd. This can be acquired by a group of alert boys in a surprisingly short time. After that, the time allotted to the military-one hour each day-is divided between extended-order drills and field problems in military strategy in which use is made of a large part of our 144-acre campus and golf course rather than the two-acre close-order drill and parade ground. A carefully written textbook on Military Science and Tactics is furnished to each cadet. Several more advanced texts are in the military section of the school library for use as reference texts by cadet officers. The textbook used by cadets embraces chapters treating, among others, the following subjects: Military Discipline and Courtesy, Military Sanitation and First Aid, Leader- ship and Command, The National Defense Act, Map Sketching, Map Read- ing, Field Engineering, Rifle Marksmanship, Mess Management, Care and Operation of Motor Vehicles, Military Law, Military History, Aerial Pho- tography, etc. We have heard T. M. I. graduates make the remark that they had derived more useful general information from the instruction in Military Science than from any other course taught in the school. MILITARY TRAINING VALUABLE The average American boy today is in much greater need of the training derived from his life in a military school than was the case a generation or two ago. At that period, there was still some regular routine to be observed and some regular hours to be kept in most homes. In addition, to most boys in those earlier days certain daily duties and tasks were assigned. In this day when the modern conveniences of the well-appointed home or apartment leave little that teen-age boys can do, and when family government and Page Fifly-Eight

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