The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-24

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he does not expect to continue running
1T; the hand does not want to quit a
machine on which he is getting good
wages to learn another, when he will
at first earn very little; the result is
thatin any large establishment you
have hundreds of bright, competent
men who know their departments
thoroughly, and not one man who has
general knG~ledge Of the business in
all its details. This, in my judgment,
has caused the demand for technical
education, and to be successful these
schools which have sprung up all over
Europe and this country must meet
the requirements.
is not skilled hands that they arc
to supply, for man can learn far
more thoroughly and practically the
absolute work in any of the large
establishments in this country than
in the best technical college; but it
is skilled heads that the mechanical
and agricultural work is demanding.
Your student must learn the general
scope, the plan, the reason of the
work. He can learn on the farm how
to plough, to hoe, to ditch-teach him
when to plough and hoe, where to
ditch, what certain soils need, what
crops pay best, how to handle his pro-
duct, how to save and build up his
land, and how to utilize everything on
the farm. On his practical knowledge
Of the work itself graft the scientific
and theoretical, teach him in three
years what it has taken the agricultu-
raj world hundreds Of years. by ex-
perience and experiment, to learn. So
with manufacturing, your student can
learn to card, spin and weave in a
mill, SO far as the labor Of doing it is
concerned better than in technical
school and get pay for his work be-
sides; what you must teach is how to
manipulate the machinery so as to get
the best results, the incest goods, at
the least cost.
He must be taught the construction
and peculiarities Of the raw material,
how it may be combined and treated,
how handled that all the valuable
parts are utilized, and all foreign and
useless substances eradicated. He
must be taught what machine should
accomplish, and be able to get the
best reeults from every machine in
the mill.
Production has increased much
faster than consumption, and in these
times Of fierce competition unless we
keep fully abreast in the improve
ments Of our methods, utilization of
every advantage which nature has
given us, we will soon be out of the
contest.
Clemson College has organized and
has in successful operation two
branches of technical education, and
is just embarking on the third. Her
agricultural department is a credit to
the farming population of the State,
and should be encouraged and upheld
by every man who has spark of pride
or patriotism in his soul. Under the
guidance and. control. of Col. Newman
CHE best example Of practical and
theoretical farming combined in the
South) we shall reap great harvest,
aud our children will rise up to call
them blessed who organized and main
tanned such an institution.
The mechanical department has not
met with such conspicuous success
until recently, but it is doing good
work. and with the field open and
continued effort it will give US results
that all will be proud Of. The last
few months has centred public gaze
upon its operations, and the number
OF students Of this department. who
have passed successful examinations
and obtained employment in the
United States Government service de-
monstrates not only the usefulness,
but the thoroughness of the training.
A third department of technical
training has been organized. to wit,
textile, and I shall discuss that more
particularly.
Textiles is applied to all fabrics
which are woven in loom, and its
treatment must, of course, include
every process from the raw materal to
the finished products prepared for the
market. Clothes Of some kind or
other have been used by the human
family since fis leaves e.d the hides
Of beasts we're dispensed with as
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