The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09
EDUCATORS OPEN
BIG CONVENTION
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSocIA
TioN CROWDS THE GREAT
DENVER AUDITORIUM.
SEVEN THOUSAND MEET
PRESIDENT HARvEYS ADDRESS
URGES NECESSITY OF IN.
oUSTRiAL EDUCATION.

Denver.-Seycn thousand educators
representing every state In the Union,
crowded the main floor OF the auditorI-
um Monday night at the opening
meeting of the general session of the
National Education Association.
Educators OF national and interna-
tonal repnte sat upon the platform
and with them the governor of Colo
RADIO. In the audience were hundreds
Of men and thousands OF women.
many OF no less distinction than
those On the platform.
The love for their work and the
vision OF It's relation TO the welfare
Of the nation was evident. as the en-
tire assembly gave way to its enthu.
siasm in the singing OF the national
air. America"
The address of welcome. by Gov.
ernor Shafroih rang with sincere cor.
Ginlity. ns he greeted the y l.. a. to
Colorado. Superintendent Edgar II.
Mark OF Louisville. Ky. responded for
the visiting educators. He was fol.
lowed by the annual address of Pres.
idcnt Lorenzo D. Harvey upon The
Need, Scope and Character of Indus.
trial Education In the Public School
System"
President Hayey's address was
forccful presentation of the defects OF
present methods Of training boys and
girls for life. lie declared that the
ideal pr, sent methods seemed rather
to prepare the children for higher In
sttntloas Of learning to which the
majority Of them could never go. and
which would no, fit them for their fl.
turc work II they did attend.
Within recent years there has
sprung up n widespread demand for
industrial cIucltiun.' said the speak.
or. II COMES from all parts OF the
United States and from all classes OF
people.
TO the farmer Industrial education
means education that will fit the boy
TO become more effective farmer
and that will present inducements to
him to remain upon the farm; to the
manufacturer 1t means training that
will give him skilled workmen and
more efficient foremen and superin-
''iiH'h'E anu W vi lH'Hl II
means the kind OF scientific training
which fits Cne for the research work
for the discovery of new or improved
industrial processes. To the profcs-
slonal man II means a rather indefi-
mite broadening of educational oppor.
tunities: to the student OF education
ii may mean any one or all of these.
and very much more.
Except very limited opportunities
for instruction leading to skill in in
dustrial processes. practically nothing
has been done in this country for the
development of industrial education
outside the college or university.
In the larger cities trade schools
and continuation schools of various
types must be organized. In rural
communities secondary schools in
which the study of agriculture and re-
lated lines of work is the dominant
purpose must be organized.
For the great mass of those need
ing industrial education the existing
public schools. elementary and sec
ondary. must furnish the facilities.
They must recognize that the great
lluJolltS VI lHeiI pupllS llluSt earn
their living by their hands, and they
must undertake to give definite in
struction and training for at least the
beginning of industrial efficiency.
This broadening of purpose may
fad Its realization through an extern
sion and modification of the manual
training work in the public schools.
industrial education is important
for girls as well as for boys; not only
for the girls who are engaged in in
dustrial pursuits outside the home,
but for the girls who find their work
in the home. The woman is the side
partner with the man in the home as
business organization. He furnishes
the funds for carrying on that organi-
zation; she disburses them and must
be trained for efficiency in their pro-
per use.
mo development of industrial edu
cation will be adequate that does not
make as large provisions for special
training for girls as it does for boys.
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