The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-29
Dieests What You Eat
For sole ny G. r Renfro.

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worlds work must lie done. all the
worlds work. the highest and the
humhlest II must he done and indus
trial educG,lon Is called uron &c sh~'Y
the way
There IS much Justice IN the plea
Of TIE lay citizen reitqra'ed Cor these
many years, that the youth 10 nor
come from the schools with capacity
to deal with he problems Of lie But
It s less tr'le than it used to l.e The
college of half a century ago was pro
life Of a race of brown students If
among these appearei a Young man OF
practical bent his case was .hc DESPAIR
Of the faculty.. The ,nodern Oniverst
ties, with their kaenly loslcal meth.
ode, give o splendid training for pre-
fessional lie rut they are suffering
fro mthe slns OF the asst The trari-
tion is so strope in effect that tho
/ bachelor Il arts fresh from the uni.
yersity. erterinr the world Of practl
cal affairs. must show canse why he
should net be taken as loke
The enforcement OF intelligence and
action Ia the scaoall IS ndefensinle
The spirit IT rcfron viii In the
schools toto a t-uer digi'ty than that
faf the knowledge hox" ~te state
universities have tsan the piCnecrs II
The wor!, OF adjusting thu course OF
the individual student to mis- future
career. so far as general e.lGcaticn is
concerned They combine admiral ly
general culture and special research
Their fell of usefulness w!il continue
TO widen fer they are becoming more
and more N touch with huuan life
+ The schools os technology ia a differ
tat Geld are hlling aeed splena'dly
They are making TOR the educational
reformation.
There is 2 cause now cperatil g
which within the next quarter OF q
century VIII epfurce a re adjustment
os elementary education thrcBghou
J The world u lies IA the ines orabl'
question Of the sdDnori Of the world
population rhe first century of on
national life Was the age OF easy op
portuuites. Fe ,sha fail al in the coul
ipetitions Of the oli communities migh
still find the door CT hope aiar to th'
iHimitable vest But population Ii
here, and competition vii. wax qerc
er. The educated man Of the future
must be adjusted 10 a life in wnicl
this competition viii Play a tren endou
part For the world Is becoming dread
fully small. What IS the Gaming o
the tragic struggle Of Japan aad Eus
sia Tor the control OF Manchuria. o
! English expansion ia Africa. the coYei
Gus regard CT Germany for sout
America. or the project Of exfendin
unt0lu millions IN the irrigation Of ou
own waste lands Think not that thes
. AApt HtAtNiltArtN ARSE ttuih tuS lVh
I Of national slory They spring fror
The conviction OF governments tha
there Is soon to he a question Of elbc'
room
q That nation will most oertainl
achieve SIS temporal salvation whic
4 best eonserves it's resources. End a
! talns the scriplural excellence {
2 making Two blades Of grass gro
N where before ta,re was but one. m
prodisalities Of he past must oeas
AS never before Will the best ihouel
i 6 eyerv aud be devoted to the bu
ness Of saving the wastes Iuiensiy
/. rather than extensive deyel.pmeI
/. viii be the only policy that can say
a ihe worlc from revolution.
r. Industrial education must meet au
% solve the vast problem Of ee0nom