orce of trained men in a way that
would entirely revolutionize our educational as well as our
defensive system.

As our athletics are conducted to-day, a few picked men have
trainers, coaches, rubbers, and waiters for the purpose of
preparing them for a conflict with a correspondingly small group
of similarly trained men from other institutions. The remainder
of the student body, which makes this training possible, is
meanwhile physically utterly neglected.

Yet the average young man entering college is quite as much in
need of physical development and training as of mental. The
country, too, is in need of disciplined, trained men; and this
double need can be met--can be met for less money than is
expended on a single season's football team. A system of
military drill, under the supervision of experts in military
discipline and hygiene, with the cooeperation of the athletic
associations of the colleges, and under the auspices of the
United States Government, would prove of inestimable value to
every student in the college, and would furnish to the nation a
groundwork upon which a magnificent national service could be
established. A spirit of true patriotism and of unselfish public
service would be instilled in the students. The nucleus of a
trained military corps would be established from which officers
and men could be recruited with but little additional training
in time of war.--_Puck_.[11]

[11] Reprinted by permission of _Puck_.

VI. Comments and Exercises

1. What is the point of this editorial?

2. Note the point of each paragraph: (Par. 1) Our colleges might
furnish the means of remedying our national lack of preparation
for war; (Par. 2) at present our athletics benefit only a few
individuals; (Par. 3) if military training were introduced into
our colleges, it would benefit both individuals and the nation.

3. A more logical arrangement would be: (Par. 1) The United States
is not prepared for war; (Par. 2) as now organized, our college
athletics benefit only a few individuals; (Par. 3) if military
training were introduced into our colleges, individual students
and the nation alike would be benefited.

4. In which arrangement is paragraph unity better observed?

5. Is the arrangement in the model better in any respect than the
one suggested?

6. The following w