The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-10-04
TECHNICAL EDUCATION TESTED.

Thosr who think the availability or
necessity If technical education fully
proven have certainty Jumped at then
cone usirns.' The real questO at issue
has scarcely been touched. Prejudice
alone has opposed it hitherto. AID IN
Anne RIGA preiuljC has GO yield to pro
gress. Men OF wide experience and
keen ineiieCls have been getting ready
to express them cive-; have been study
ing the problem aud IT'S cnndI IONS, and
" hen they speak tle b,t,le will be on
Harvard, Yair, CJiumbs, Princeton,
have been tuIyil & the tendency within
their own halls aud II would b. decided
~ Interesting rea.iug could we give the
public some con luyi us alrea ~ arrived
It concerning he commercial value set
upon some university professors in
science, and some recent aud prospective
changes III certain :, ienilliC chars have
, significance thti does not appear upon
the suifaCe. The men from whom the
world WISHES / hear too rarely speak
for the public, but 50 much l. at stake
in this matter that we believe the fu ure
of tue clinical education movement
will b. largely modified ny their conclu-
lions when they speak.
The 81 ualion in England is not greatly
mike that which threatens America.
BRUSH wurkmpu are ackauu lodged to.
be superior IN technical ,bi.l, but British
work is inferior TO foreign in those de-
parlmenis whose processes require a
scientific know ledge of ChemistrV Of the
highest kind aud IN those in which sue
Co.'S depends essentially upon tase and
upon the faculty Of d, sign. 6 rmanv
loli5 supremacy not through her Itch
niCgl skill, but brcHuse in every e,at-
il-hment IT is suhoT Innate to scientific
principle. II IS not uncommon to find
German works with full CORPS Of ex-
pert chemists. Tire cua-'ar dive woi ks
It Basic empty professional chem.st.
Of comprehensive experience. Il re d"
pirimcn'al chemists, and CORPS Of
assistant Chemets. Similar works a.
Frankfort employ lif'y-ore scientific
Chemlsfs: 1t is science End art, not tie
technique aud the artisan that give CIR
many her superiority. II is the SCENT
lic school and not the re .bnic that is
giving her industrial leadership L. is
her men Of brains not her handy men
that are in demand al over The world
England and America have more handy
men; they have rot men equally we i
trained in sCi-nce and art.
We referred to certain prophpsied uni
yersty changes. They will be the re-
suit Of determined purpose to change
= certain tendency Of recent years tUl
despise a knowledge OF principles, to
di count the importance Of pure kpnwi-I
edge. Our universities have been threat |
enet with the seductive phil nsophy that
to know tie application Of scientific |
principles T. a particular work was be. |
ter than broad knowledge Of IN Sc /
principles; that practice counts for in |
hnitely moe than knowledge for It's !
own sake, than knowledge Of principles. |
" How 10 do il, has threatened To su-
persede the why we do it, We are
assured that the beginning Of the end in |
this regard is at hand, that our uniyer- |
sites are 10 have meu who will not
place a commercial value upon their
skill in applying knowledge merely TO
the making Of "baking powders" and |
will not encourage their students TO &C.
iect some one paying department" Of
chemistry as a specially while in the
We believe there is place for tech
niCsl educatiOnlin the public school sys-
TEN, but 1t is incidental; in should come
in gradually and take Us place humbly;
it is " be relief to the program; il is