The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-29
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colleges AS result we furnish all
the craftsmen and chemists for the
city, and have done so for years. Here
the students some day will no doubt,
want the entire building"
Questions American Education.
Mr.. Shuey spoke of the reputation
of Americans as being the best educat-
ed of all nationalities and questioned
it. Ninety-five out of every 100 boys
and girls attending school, he said
leave at the age of fourteen and but
one in every thousand finishes college
The vast majority of the boys and
girls leave the schools at fourteen
years of age and go TO work in the
factory
They come out of the schools alb
solutely knowing nothing. The schools
do not teach the students how the
brain may be a help to the hands.
Aren't We well trained lot of men,
ho concluded in ridicule of the idea.
The vast majority of the people to-
day do not choose their own trade but
fall into 1t because it offers job. DO
you not know that this is responsible
for anarchy and breeds dissatisfac-
| ton" said Mr.. Shuey.
TOO much success has been found
ed in the factories of our countries
not from men but from the work of
the boys and girls. We manufacturers
nave built our marvellous success on
our boys and girls because of the lack
of preparation for business. Our fu-
ture successes will be built on the la
| Dor of skilled mechanics. Men are
now beginning to specialize and pre-.
| pare themselves
Training is Needed.
| Mr.. Shuey declared in Germany,
where the men have excellent training
! for life'S work, but do not seem to
have the energy and ability to get
out of the steps of their fathers. the
German manufacture RS were importing
American foremen to instill American
push and energy. The German manu-
| facturers realize that If American la
borers had the German training Amer
lea would control the markets of the
world. Mr.. Shuey stated that Thanks
| to the Y. NJ. G. A. association this was
about to be accomplished. Your pub
lie schools cannot do it because there
Is too much politics in them. 1t de-
ponds on the Y M. c. AS"
He advised the young men of this
city to take immediate steps toward
starting a class in some course OF
training they desire.
Endowments for Y. M. c. AS
Christian men of today are pouring
their money into colleges to teach one
out of every 1000 boys and girls
| Mr. Shuey asked if the other 999 boys
and girls were not just as defervineS
He felt that the endowments should
be given to the Y. NJ. c. A. just as
freely as to the colleges. Not thai
we care the less to the colleges fol
they are alright but that we care more
to the association" said the speaker
Said Mr.. Shuey, Bring the instruc
ton of English into the Y. M. c. A
and cut out the grammar. The asso
citation is the source by which to reach
highest development" He concluded
| by stating Men of Richmond | will
pray that the day will come when yor
will realize you did not have faitf
in your enterprise and when your mis-
take in not making a larger institution
will be brought home. The opportun
ity is always ours if we will take it
| God gives it to us"