The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-04-21
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.


The Wa,auga Club of Raleigh.
shich is composed OF citizens Of
North Carolins) realizing the grea,
importance and necessity of having
the youth OF the State taught 1.-The
best mode Of doing work tha. the
world requires to be done, and which
the world is willing to p>y literally
for, provided 1t is done in the bes,
manner possible, the Club has Ar
ranged 20 prepare and to have pub
llshed a series Of short articles. o.
the present importance OF Textile in
struction, and the necessity for edu.
eating our young men 10 fill positions
Of responsibility, as Superintend-
ents, Managers, and owners OF Tex
tile mills.
1t is an historical fact that the
foundatio of f lgland's Supremacy
in manufacturing WAS laid when the
British Parliament ordered that
Every French Huguenot who &C.
cepts refuge. and who erects q loom
or other industry IN the Kingdom,
shall give employment aud training
to at least one English youth this
wise action has aided in making the
English people the manufacturers of
the world.
About q quarter of q century ago,
Gladstone warned England that I'M
less more attention was given to
technical education And training.
other nations might take away their
supremacy. He has lived to see
partial fulfilment of the pre- diction,
especially in regard to Germany.
The apprentice system is thing
Of the past, and will never be re-
vived. The great revolution wrought
by steam and electric machinery in
all branches Of mill operations has
made high grade technical training
an absolute necessity; and in order
to develop { iicient managers of men
and machinery, the ground work for
this training and education must
hereafter be obtained in industrial
or technical schools, in the same way
that men are prepared by special
training to eventually occupy high
positions in law and medicine. The
employment of boy or man on q
special machine will seldom develop
q leader or manager, without some
previous instruction on general sub
jects.
It is q we'll known fact, that the
boys and girls of country are lts
most valuable possessions, and that
time and money employed in theil
proper training and development
will give the largest aud most salts
factory returns to the State.
/ 1t is estimated by careful mer
that three-fourths of the new cottoI
mills of the future will be located il
the Southern States; and North Car
DINA must be prepared to erect ant
to manage her full share of them
North Carolina produces the cottor
contains an abundance of coal an,
other fuel; valuable and accessible
, water powers; an unsurpassed eli
mate; and a larger number of brign
active American boys, who are cage
for industrial education. Shall tn
State give them such advantages
Q We are amply able to give Textil
0 education to all who desire it, an
Q no time should be lost in organizin
y Textile Department at the Ayr
O cultural and Mechanical COLLEGE
4 Such an addition would soon Undue
Q one hundred new students to atten
s the College.
IS Many of the graduates of this CO
70 lege are working their way to poi
% tons of profit and influence; al
% graduates Of the Textile Departme
10 who have some natural ability al
IS character would soon be able to VOL
- their way to good positions, and al
70 be q benefit to mill owners of Il
90 State.