The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-12

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ard add new power and vitality u our
educational institutions.
While it may not be eXpcdient or
| wise to have compulsory education still
| in every way possible, let us encourage
| all to attend school and when boys
and girls come let us provide teachers
capable, not only to teach what is in
| books but to iInpart to eXpectant youth
| higher views of right. nObler con-
cepticn of duty and loftier ideal of
| citizenship, thus fitting them TO be
! more useful men and women.
Owing to the fact that in certain
mill districts parents will not send
their children to school, it might prove
q wise measure to amend the law Xix
| ing the age limit of children, WORKING
| in factories so that while children who
can read and write can be admitted at
~ years of age, those not able
to do so cannot commence work until
they are of the age of IA. thus giving
ali incentive to both parent and child,
Tor the child's education.
surfing longer terms and better facili-
ties should be encouraged, unless il
works a hardship on a particular To-
cality or deprives children of attend
ing school and. as much friction and
fl will are often caused in commune
ties by arbitrary consolidation. it
would be best to let such questions be
settled by the Vote of the majority of
those interested. SO likewise many
,rnntioc 1ac;pa tb1t EOa ri pT t'IIJ-
cation be elected by the people instead
Of appointed, and this being a prin-
ciple of Democracy, is commended to
the Legislature.
Industrial Training.
Next to a common school education
for the masses that which our State
most needs is Industrial education, the
training of the hands as well as the
brains of our youth. To encourage
such movement our lawmakers have
heretofore established agricultural and
mechanical and normal and industrial
schools, where our boys and girls are
taught how to work. and are given
pla ctical training in all useful and
honorable occupations, such as farm
ing, cattle raising, shop work, shoe
making, mechanics and engineering.
These inst. tutiOnS were never in
tended to be the competitors of our
private UNCONVENTIONAL schools and
colleges, places, where practical and
Industrial head and hand education
are taught and every effort should
be made by the law-mahins power to
so equip direct and control these
schools as tc. carry out more effective
~ the ends for which they were rn-
rariIy intended.
Answering the argument that indus
trial education is too expensive, we
simply state that all large enterprises
spring from small beginning. and,
having commenced this work IN the
State we must not look backward. but
go forward as rapidly as our means
viii allow. One phase of this r,ind of
education can without cost, be taught
in our common schools, our colleges,
frCm the pulpit and on the hustings
and that is that all work. honorable in
| its nature, whether it be in the shop
Oh the far:a or as an apprentice TO
trade. is Just as much to be respected
and supported by the law as the
higher occupations and professions
filed by those to whom fortune has
given more extended advantages, and
tclt the boys ami girls Wit engage IN
such CaIlingS, are In the forefront of
those VINO are to add to our material
and moral wealth and are the destined
| leaders OF the State.
Let us not judge people bS the
| clothes they wear or the OCCUPATION
| they follow but let rs take the higher
| ideal and respect men and women for
! their character. industry and acquire
ments: the interior instead of the cX~
| terror; for, mark it, oVeral!S and home
| spun often cover as noble and brave
| hearts as broadcloth and silks. and a
| b0otblack. who carefully and honestly
| shines shoes is more worthy oil our
admiration than the spendthr'ifC. who
| lives on others and does nothing for
| his own or the worlds good.
| Let Industrial education be. even
more than at present. encouraged III
our institutions for the deaf. dumb,
| blind and insane: thus afordlng these
unfortunate ones an opportunity OF
DONG something that viii help the
State, and aid them in becoming self
sustaining.
| Even in our State University many
| features of mechanical training can
be successfully taught. and ] earnestly
hope that the legislative branch of
government. to whom the constitution
has entrusted this power, Will, iii mak~
| ing appropriations to our institutions,
| require Industrial work to be taught
| III reality and rot merely in name.
| In saying this. | mean no reflection on
| the present able management OF these
| institutions but simply want their
work encouraged. wIdened and made
more practical We have the raw ma
terial the natural resources here at
cur very doors. we have no freight to
| pay. all We need is skilled labor to
convert this material into higher or
der of product. thus, instead Of send
| ing our materials elsewhere to be
worked, OF sending to other States for
skilled help, we should educate oar