The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-15
TRADE SCHOOL TALK.
Industrial Education From Wage
Farmers Viewpoint.
ATTITUDE ONE or CAUTION.

Withholds Approval Or DIsapprovaI
Until Sure 81 His Why
Usual Product Of Trade Schools IL
Regarded With Contempt.
AT the meeting or the National Socl-
ETY. For the Promotion Of Industrial
Education, held at Chicago the latter
part Of January. Samuel B. Donnelly,
former president Of the international
Typographical union and at present
secretary OF the general arbitration
board OF the New York building trades
and OF the National Civic federation
delivered an address Speaking from
the theme, THE True Ideal OF the Pub
lie School System That Aims to Bene-
tit All" Mr.. Dopnelly said In part.
THE leisure class, III the common In
depreciation Of the word, has no legiti.
mate place In our social, industrial or
political life.
1.-THE common impression Of the cuI-
tured Or nice people Of today pictures
them al those Of engaging manners
who are congenial and who tank intel
ligently on many subjects and never
express an opinion with sufficient em-
phasis as to suggest d conviction. The
cultured dean described by Kingsley
pointed with pride to his life work, a
pamphlet On rare reptile called the
Trifurcifer. Would his culture have
been lessened had be applied his
knowledge Of science to the improve
ment Of colfeepots or plowsg II 'eui-
ture' some ideal state Of perfection not
to be found In those who earn their
daily bread III the occupations ciassed
as agriculture, manufactures and trade
and transportation
There has been too much ideallzing
of the professional occupations and Of
the merchant prince The village
blacksmith described by Longfellow
was certainly a type Of cultured man
whose example all should emulate-a
useful ana Industrious citizen whe
lowed not any man There has been
too much one aided presentation Of our
great men to the children Of the pub
lie schools, washington as the agri-
culturist and Jefferson al tile archl.
tect aud builder have been neglected
IT Is the duty OF our schools to teach
that al labor necessary for mans ex-
istencc aud physical and mental we'll
being Is respectable and dignifed. We
must have less of the literature Of III.
diyidualism in our schools and more
thought of the interdependenee OF So
ciety. We ask for i system that not
only reveals the genius Of music. the
genius on aFt tire genius of literature,
the genius Of craftsmanship, but one
that reveals the genius be mechanics
and the genius 81 Industry"
Luke Grant editor of the labor de-
partment OF the Chicago Record Her
ala. took for hls subject sThe Attitude
of the Wage Garner Toward Indus
trial Education The speaker was Of
the opinion that this attitude IL not To
be clearly defined at present The
wage Garner III not Indifferent To the
Importance 81 industrial education.
Neither III be antagonistic. HE ia sim
ply cautious re wants to know what
direction this movement takes ana how
III may concern his material interests
before Tie comes out It'll unqualified ap-
prevail " disappFoval of Ii. The wage
sarner's former antipathy 10 the intro
duction bit machinery was discovered
10 be founded Oh false premises, but
some caution on his part ID NOT wholly
unwarranted. re hiss had some expe
rience with trade schools, ID called,
that has NOT tended tn increase hls ad-
mirati0n for them Ha has learned LID
some insfances I'd treat the product of
the trade school with contempt, such
d school, for instance, liz advertises
that Ii viii teach Il boy the plumbers
trade iii d period of six months and |
guarantee that lie will at the end of
that time be i competent workman
IKE objects to the use &c such schools
as recruiting stations FOR strike break
ers, but has no aversion whatever to /
trade schools that are properly con.
Quoted, HE understands that inferior
workmanship means low wages. The
best way To abolish the bad trade
schools, which VIE know now exist for
private profit, il the opinion of AIr.
Grant il to establish good trade /
schools, conducted under the super
vision DC educational boards, for the
benefit Of the youth Of our country.