The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-07
INDIANIAN TO MOTHERS
EDUCATION AND OCCUPATIONS DIS
CUssED By DIR. BRYAN.
Man Who Does Work He Dislilkes II
the Hero of the Tragedy of
Drudgery-Child Labor.

DETROIT. Mich, May 6.-"Education by
Occupations" was the title Of paper read
tonight by DR.. w. r. Bryan, president of
Indiana University, before the conference
of the National Congress of Mothers. in
Central NJ. E. Church. DR.. Bryan said:
I'm the outset 1 beg to remind you that
every important occupation has been made
what 1t is by a guild whose history
stretches back to the farthest antiquity.
The steel mill, the battleship, the court Of
justice, the university and like institutions
are not accidents or miracles of individual
invention or products Of the vague longings
and groupings of society in general. They
are the products of generations working to
meet one social necessity. The fact that
an occupation can teach its far-brought
wisdom to the men of each generation
makes civilization and progress possible.
But this on condition that many Of the
people and some of the best of them shall
be able to make that occupation their life
business. There are many that think art
and science can be made to serve us at a
lesser price. History will show, I think,
that this is not true"
DR.. Bryan then spoke of the great prog
ress made in the last quarter Of century
by art, science and learning, and said we
no longer needed to urge men to become
scholars and scientists. After analysing
several types of man, DR.. Bryan said: "A
mans life is not wholly fortunate unless all
that is within him rises gladly to join in
the work that he has to do" OF those who
are compelled by force of circumstances to
do work which they cannot like he said:
This is the tragedy of drudgery, and the
man who does 1t Isl hero
At this mornings session Of the con-
gress reports OF state presidents and
state organizers were presented and Mrs
Florence Kelley, of New York, read the
report of the committee child labor
The reports or the state presidents and or
congress and the work accomplished in the
past year. In her report OF the committee
on child labor Mrs. Kelley handled very
completely the question of employing child
labor at night. She said: II with every
mother realize that there Is no State in
the Union that has safe law covering
this phase of the question. The strongest
clause invariably says that no child will
be required to perform night labor, but
she continued, what employer will admit
that he compels his Juvenile employees to
perform night labor. The State of Penn
sylvania in particular. the cities of Phila-
delphia and Scranton, Is the worst in the
Union in this regard
In her report of the employment of chill
dren on the streets, such as the newsboys
and bootblacks of the large cities. Mrs.
Kelley said these little folks were prac-
tically outlaws so far any assistance
they received from the newsboys' and
bootblacks' homes. These institutions, she
said. devoted much time to looking after
the transient foreign element, and the
newsboys, bootblacks and telegraph mes
sengers only found relief I'm the Juvenile
courts and the Catholic protectorate.