The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-08
When America is Grown
EDUCATION

IN this country. Alcohol Is already
teachers nl over the country. Chill
feet 'f e boay of the eonnuo.
use OF alcoholic stimuants. and 1t II
drilled into them that that effect is
The schools likewise teach that much
harm may come from over-eating. This
VIII have It's weight In counteractng
the American tendency toward gor-
nearly four times as much per capita
as the people of the rest OF tho world.
We eat eight times as much meat az
fathers did in 1860. Tho cooking
help to stop this tendency.
Children will be taught in the kim
dergarten that certain laws. OF nature
must be obeyed II disease and death
, are to be n.volded. Tile daily bath will
the law VIII force every child to 60
to school and the school viii nut i.e
an nnbathed child come in. The school.
disease are twins--the people Will he,
come educated and they will be as
clean as possible. Discusses that now
,ically harmless and the span Of life
| Will be greatly increased.
Public schools advanced along such
INES VIII lay excellent foundations for
the higher educational institutions
There VIII be many great universities
and colleges in the United States nine.
! ~ years from now, but the glory VI
! the nation viii be its technical schools.
! Every college man will take a post
/ graduate course In technics. Special
training viii not be confined to law
yers. doctors. preachers and engineers.
! qualified 10 take his fathers plow-
/ handles until after course In q. tccli-
nieal institute. No boy VIII leave school
| without special knowledge OF how to
do some one thing well enough to make
Ibis living at II. No girl will leave
| school without knowledge of The
! science and art of cooking and tho
/ craft of housekeeping.
4 The nation Will advance toward n
( paternalism in educational matters OF
i which ii does not dream these days.
| The. statesmen of the future will rec
! ognize the fact that industrial edii-
cation Is necessary. and that the more
4 widely distributed the opportunities
for acquiring it the better for, tho
snga viii be wsIs of 9o,
| civil service is becoming exacting in
it's demands. Already the technically
I trained man is outstrippins the aca
! demically cultured man. This prog
fress Will 20 on. There VIII never be
a time whom man whose mind is we'll
trained in the beauties OF the classics
| Will not have an intellectual advant-
i age. But in the competition OF the
! future he must also train his hands tn
\ do some useful task. or the world
been 20 1o ona Since est'rn ss
lieved that education was not only
/ unneeessary but positively harmful. for
/ n farmer. Now the country is begin
good farmer must be highly educated
4 man. The college farmers who were
sneered 1t b, the "bgosh" brigade
the scorners. Ninety years from now
a noncollege farmer. will be as rare as
la noncollege physician to-day.
4 Ten boys are In technical schools
I to-day where there was one twenty
years ago. Ten girls are in domestic
/, science schools to-day where there was
tion is beng increased rapidly. and the
i next generation will expect every child
! In the country to be trained from the
4 yates of generation hence will be
required TO furnish other proof Of theii.
fitness for a diploma than the mere
4 passing of a written examination. The
boys must present concrete exhibi-
4 ton of skilled handiwork. The girl
must be dressed in gown OF her own
making.
), When the United States reaches It's
estate of full grown manhood. and it
has the ass.o00,6o0 people predicted for
the end Of the century. there will b.
nifty, new. burdens on the individual.
The broadened sphere OF national ac--
J tivity will demand higher standard
/ OF citizenship. Every man will be en-
Il pccted to do his part toward exalting
the life OF the nation. It Is fortunate
! forces in the country are such as to
!, produce Just that kind OF nation
; and that kind of citizens.
3 The American educator of the. year
: 5000 will aim at the maximum devel-
. opment of the powers OF every man.
: II he has FIVE talents. or two talents,
!. or ono talent--let chem be fully devcl-
j, oped But no man will be permitted
, tic hide his talentln napkin and bury
1t from sight.
: downright. 1905, by Frederic ]. Has
KIND
Z To-morrow--When America is Grown
3 t--Appled Science.
/, lmadding crowd Of cartoonists and their
strife to portray him as an