Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-09-20
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
rhs Benefits to ne Derived by Their 10
tabIlshmeut In America

tabIishment In America
In Europe. at Lyons, Crefeld and
Como, Zurich, Muhlheim. Paris, Ber-
lin, Manchester. Bradford and other
cities, there are schools in which the
principles OF the texAie industry are
taught. The Silk association of New
York has long advocated the school
and expended much money to secure
IL One Of its members said:
The benefit which textile interests
would derive from a trade school Of
their own in this country could hardly
be estimated The effect of its success
could not, Of course. be Immediately (
felt, but the final result could hardly \
be doubted and can be forctold in one
sentence: Absolute independence OF
all outside influences for these indus
tries in their creative. industrial and
commercial departments.
"While the United States is second
to no other country as far as the com.
mon school and classical courses OF
study are concerned. in the matter OF
technical education we are sadly de-
ficient even beside the smallest and
most insignificant of European coun-
tries A special school catering 10 the
needs of the district in which II Is
situated is indeed an establishment
which any town in Europe Is proud TO
possess In textile industries, particu-
larly. the number OF technical schools
, has been largely increased in Europe,
with the result that the Improvement
, in the process OF manufacture has
been steady, and there is now hardly
any xind Of textile manufacturing IN
, Europe that does not possess an edu
cational establishment in which the
principles of the industries of the dis
( trict are taught To the young men who
have not yet entered practical life, as
! we'll as 10 their older brothers. who
4 have already had the experience OF the
4 factory, but who wish To perfect them.
n selves and are anxious 60 learn the
: scientific reasons why certain kinds of
= work should be done in n certain way.
q ''In considering the foundation oi
o technical schools in America the ex,
a perience OF other nations can be used
4 10 advantage. and much experiment
n ing will thus be dispensed with. In
!, order TO profit by such experience. ant
to save the first steps in the dark. il il
necessary that the various systems o
Nj
a ferent European countries be made tn,
"A subject Of careful study and compare
N tive observation, the best points being
= J taken from each and adapted TO thu
/ condition required by the industries o
n the country.
i, at would be useless at this stage u
4 attempt TO foreshadow the details re
a garding the actual establishment o
~ A Il
4. II il were intended To establish Who'll
Il national system Of technical education
. the general plan might be TO have
i, uumber Of lower schools in all cite
= of any importance. in which the prir
a. ciples OF all the sciences could b
. taught. these schools to act as feeder
va or nuseries for central technical un
"A versity. Private effort could hardl
\, accomplish this. The establishment
i of such complete educational syster
., would tend 10 elevate the moral an
,o and material standing of the country
~ and especially Of the various induI
tries; but the scope is SO vast as to
m hardly attainable without the aid c
~ the national government
10 IF we consider textile industries b
themselves, we find that in regard
ild tuition that can be given which woul
he be of value 10 the students in the
70, future calling. there are three Chi
ha departments TO be considered IN
nm chanical, the chemical and the artisti
,as Although these departments diifs
I'm widely from each other, they ar
ID. nevertheless, so closely connected 1
II 10 be indispensable 10 each other.
MS student who makes a speciality OF on
~, must, at the same time, know som
~ thing OF the other two, and il is ther
n fore necessary that all three direction
On should be under the same roof II an
IN completeness is 10 be the result.
Nv ''Thus a single school may be mae
,ri to'do for textiles all that circumstanc'
nd now SO urgently demand. We Of q
er textile industries may not hope TO bui
me to completeness the grand fabric
,ho technical education, but by cooper
nes ton we can rear and occupy one tow
II of this great stronghold of industri
we freedom and progress. Yol
4 Star.