Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-07
An EDUCATION
FOR EVERYONE
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What Governor Cummins
Thinks Of the Correspond
ence Method
EXTRACT FROM HIS SPEECH
The Scranton Schools the Pioneer in
This Method of Self Education -
Practical and savins-The lmpor-
tance of Technical Training for a
Successful Career.

Inc correspondence system VI Sou-
cation, inaugurated and brought to its
highest state of perfection by the In
Scranton, Pa. has taken great hold
upon the people The reason is found
in its great practicability and the saw
ing effected thereby, enabling the
working and poorer classes TO obtain
technical education, one that will
permit them to fit themselves to earn
the experts salary, while Still earning
a livelihood Governor Cumrnins, in
his speech before the Marshall County
Farmers Institute, held in this city
January "a, 20 and 26, pointed out the
value and Importance of technical
training and discussed the large part
which the correspondence school is
coming to fill in our system of educa-
ton. He said in part:
Il said the other day before meet
ing at Des Moines that l believe that
there ought to be attached to the school
at Ames correspondence department.
have been criticised some for that.
put 1t in my message and have
been assailed by some of the splendid
educators of the state because / have
done something that might lower the
standard of education. do not think
so; l am in earnest. You know and I
know how necessary it is that there
shall be a general knowledge of the
fundamental principles of agricul-
ture. That has become so firmly
planted in the minds of the people
that l need not say anything to ems
phasiZe it. There are a great many
of our boys, who cannot go to Ames,
and there are a great many of our
men of greater years who ought to
know these things who cannot go to
Ames. There seems to be an idea
that when a fellow passes 20 or % he
ought not to go to school. Now there
are certain things that you have dis
covered in your institute that can be,
taught very well thru the medium
of correspondence and think that
you ought TO insist that there shall
be attached to the agricultural de-
partment at Ames a school of cores
pondence. or if our friends, the edu-
Gators, object to that, perhaps l will
call it a bureau of information, that
would outline, course of study that
would enroll old and young all over
the state OF course, you will never
reach the climax of education III
that way. or course the education
you will receive will be superficial
and inadequate, but you will discover
that it will be wonderful help to
you.
DO you know what the schools of
are doing in this state?
There is one school down at Scranton.
1t has at this time enrolled in the state
of Iowa nearly 10000 boys and girls
and women, and while they will not be-
come educated to any high degree in
the course of study so outlined. they
will, every one of them, be just a little
better off because they have started in
that way than they would be If they
had not taken the course. And agri-
culture is the same. 1t will cost very
little to do this. You who cannot go
away, you who can sit down by your
fireside with your family about you,
and you can study and your Wife can
study. and your children can study. and
out of all this will come as I believe
a wonderful illumination in this state.
The International Correspondence
School of Scranton has had fifteen
years of successful correspondence
teaching. It's students number over
100000, from the laborea to the me-
chanic, superintendent and manager
which demonstrates the value of &
technical education. Anyone who is
in touch with the times knows that
the demand of'techncally trained men
greatly exceeds the supply.
Branch offices in nearly every city
in the United States.
Local branch office room 6, Kirby
bldg, Marshalltown, Iowa. Box 236.