New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-21
COMMERCIAL EDUCATION.
DIscI.SSIONS BEFORE THE CONGRESS AT
PHILADELPHIA
SETH LOW AND PRESIDENT ELIOT AM"N''
THE sPEAKERS-S SUGGESTIONS FOR
IRAINING SCHOOLS.


la to-days session OF the international Comm't'''
compress nj n,e National Export Exposition.
.Co,nn.refal Education" was The general F"'-
iect ,.
Seth Low. president ~ columo" "'e'
presided lu his opening remarks M' '"" ''' "
par..
n.,, of you ar, perhaps aware lo, an y,H ',s
was connected with the CONNIE rlN .'i nave
of the country. and for the Last o." l'ris, 'Vofi
.een d,nliira VII" WIN Row drectiy the theme Of
T. Object Of this congress t4ke IT, -
i,rrelv To- promote the dcvoiopmenl Oh lne f.
f,en when suggestion 10 consider CONNER ' ~
lnratinu R. a topic OF sufficient hnpo' liu''
engage the attention a. men oil Coi''' ',',,,l,,od
tradc would not seriously have been connsiin,1d
~, in fh.e, DAYS we have come 10 hl''' 49,,
that "A school properly ort1nl1' ,, n'S a.. truo ~
FOR any profession i'm ne ana ms Is rranch Of
he dcid of commerce as of any oiher "'""."
Industry or enterprise.
VALUE OF EARLY TRAINING
The late war between the United states ana Ss"%
rsrti.uaflv marks the wonderful aruleVtm' ioob,
H., American Navy Yet the battles that "e'. Io"-
md fna victories Won were hpl >" "u ..t,,r,,bs
' 10 ~. ~, ,'nine. of The Naval Academy 1T AnHpI-
oils the War college ior n"fH' ia quite true that
o nheol or college can nt man for pro- esStS's
n.e independent OF , ,,..aratn theory and mpart
rn, i,efructior that cannot be acquired rE ZEN j"
practice THIS The schooi han G3 b nnlied sciences
but I'm law modicin" ana aW '.t .Pl'i,,ig ~ In
'rt,r, IS no doubt therefore. that scn"99'T o., lac
must be- equally serviceable ana Naiu""'' ~ ''
commercial hte
Among those who took part in the dlsouSS'o"
y.or. President Eliot OF Harvard Jni'cIsly' D. -
Schurman o.. Cornell University anu 80
,.1.,rl.s t. Harrison OF the University OF rom
eviv.ri4 Professor J.. : Rowe. OF the lniFtrsly o.
Ienn-yyania was me h's' speaker ,o l' in IT'S H.
lifiou 10 International Trade.
PRESIDENT EIIOTs SPEECH.
....i.i..t ,Itigher Commercial
Education" Ic said in part
! ask your attention for few moments 100 me
chief features of cOmmerclal edu'''io" M ,to'
preparing men and women for i"n u IIua. ,."u
clerical service and much more inan narrow i ,
trading. An Indispensable tIeH,n. IN don. NM
have I'm view is sound secondary e'iI'a, on, o ar
u.s. an education in ii irst rate S'l"D'' ,f,o' -
years 0f age This scc0n larry educauon sh"u,u ~
good preparation for the higher Walks O.. 1.aok
IT, II NAV or may not include Latin ana bIeeN
ol .li', tris ~ GOOD knowledge 81 three LANGUAGES
besides ENGLISH is uesiifllr- IlI'is ~ f.r.
riiarcs viii! ordinarily suffice for principals nut ioe
Travelling agents. OF agents resident, anIo.1i. "
,,'a se desirabc This knowledge should be ac-
qti red at the secondary school
WIDE RANGE or SUBJECTS NEEDED.
Let MS imagine boy equipped at eighteen WIN
tnese e[o onrsccs whs additional subjects should
i fr,ateJ In an upper commercial school Inc iol-
iow'rs serve TO- dive fair dca OF the diversity
and difficulty of the subjects appIopl.i1' ~ ~
H. nnntlng currency. exchange. arhifage' m,,
slrance government tarGs. transportation uy l.rnI
nn- "c"n,,,,,.claI proaucts ay region and by ma
tionalty OF race. consumluon sy Tx" e",roiS
ri,bis commercial law. Industrial combinations OF
r5nifal labor unions. unI-if / may use "A ne" out
convenient word financing new under ''Nli77'
ELECTIVE SYSTEM NECESSARY.
President Eliot said that owing to the large num-
,nr oe subjects "a system Of choice among these
st iias would lvo 10 prevail iu amy we'll conducted
commercial school
An upper commercial school shoui! t05a a.r' '
means of kceplHs KS ~ eaif-d provisions
on canned goods would be useful IN is aII.i. Us
and breath, every day "a wholesome conIneIclal AZ
rln.ulere Boards of trade woui ne h't''t SItrt
,io9 Nen aotiTey engaged in foreign commerce
ought ,'3op commercial school should serve ysung
mon Of fair parts hy the hundred ana the INV t
Nevertheless shan 90 Wei - rscoLr,1e , '1 frade
siso ~ perons Keoner the percentage Of profits
..noser he transactious larger and the decisions
o., M rnercbani has 10 know more to-day than he
~, ,'5 heFore and he has TO be more alert ana
moro inventive. Hence his preliminary tIainink
should DE both more ample ana more "pP'0
than il has been I'm the pa-i.
~ CONTRAST WITH EUROPE
william e. Barker. of New-York spoke On
N'''"'" ,,.,.,. l,.r,rorea With Euro
AM. ,,,,,,lo,, e,la he took England
pun al ~, making Il compari-
anu '' ,,,,.,o,, n,isiu.ss methods
s'' '-' .tf. Thor conditions and or
"7'.''i's 49, ,,.. t..s ~ education he said
t"hl@"'lo"'' "' ~ ..,.,., s,hools where
'"'l "' i-.'''P ,, ,.,., i,,.,l law com
I'it ""1' a,I ,h. tari,fs ~ different coun-
| ..,,h. v.hua here more attention was
Given 10 athletes. The business ana factory meth
ODDS here. he argued We're superior. '' '''' ''"
/ dltons he said
il, Eurou- The. laborrr ia taught that his Govern
ment viii provide for him ln ola age 80 me- 4as no
care FOR The iuluIs, ~ @ii's' ~, f,t,'r ond dos
IT, ' Isi.rott raoi,ai rules labor iu the United
States labor rules capital Ia Europe the govern
rtlIuIei4 employers TO deduct ~ ''I liiii