The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-05

social efficiency according to his intel
lectual gifts and the strength OF MS
will"
Speaking FOR the economists. Prof.
Ely, of Wisconsin, declares that indus
trial training, not for the few. but for
all people, Tor every boy and girl born
In the United States. without one eXcep-
ton, is the chief economic demand Of
our time Comparatively little il at
tained,' he continues. by picking cut a
few here and there and elevating them
above the masses by technical schools
We want TO extend the benefits of in
dustr al schools to all alike" Organ
lied labor, for years the opponent of
tfade training in schools, he's at last
seen the great light, and an able COM
mission OF leaders in the ira les union
movement have been carefully studying
lOr the past two years the problems in
VOWED in relating 20 industry the educs-
tional training, both fundamental and
technical, needed to meet the present
situation. one large item in the pro-
gram or President GOmpers, Of the
AmerlcS Federation of Labor. In his
present tour Of investigation on the
continent Of Europe Is 10 examine the
practical workings OF the industrial
continuation schools OF Great Britain.
France and Germany. A conference of
the committee OF which .Jobn Mitchell
rs chairman, has been announced for
Washington October 10, 1909.
Private Initiative.
In Massachusetts, Connecticut, New
Jersey, and Ohio. largely as the result
OF insistent private initiative in pointing
out the defects Of education by actually
and definitely meeting the demands for
trade and commercial training, commits
sions on industrial education have been
at work for the past few years; ma
ucnal movements FOR the promotion Of
Industrial education nave been organ
lzed; president Roosevelt, through his
= sACNH r~nnrz
cultural College, gave decided impulse
10 the new ideal for industry, while the
establishment Of undertaking schools
uhoeI private auspices. representing
combination Of apprentice education in
conjunction with established technical
SCHOOLS and straight apprentice schools
under manufacturers own direction, in
ulcateS further the wide spread move
ment, individual. State, and national.
toward adapting education 10 the new
demand. As President Schurmann puts
II: Greater than the humanities, is
humanity And this whole trend of
things / call sOcializing education
NOW, one Of the troublesome falIacies
or our modern life has been that brains
were needed only for the professions:
lnat industries could be run by brute
force; that the esthetic element went
with book learning and the learned
professions while skill in production
as the task Of the Woodworking wa ge-
Garner did not require the degree of
training called for in these higher vo-
cations This situation is well Illus
trated I'm the remark Of Ia ~ Of prom
inent position socially. in Maryland,
when she learned that a young woman
OF considerable culture and accom-
plishment had undertaken the manage
ment OF a laundry I'm Washington In
deed, I supposed Miss SO-and-sO had
100 much brains for that sort of bust
ness My only concern retorted the
young woman in question. 'is as to
whether have brains enough Do
you wonder that that woman is making
a success Of her business-an esthetic
and financial success!
Application of knowledge.
Unless he has attained some skill in
practically applying the knowledge he
has gotten in the classroom the col
lege-bred man is badly handica pped !:
and the young mechanic understands
quite clearly that he can never hope
| to achieve distinction unless he trains
| his mind as well as his hands. As Com
missioner Draper suggests, a man dab
| bles IN economies. the theory OF ac-
counts, and the like. in college. under
professor who never had any prac-
/ tical experience, and never accom-
| plished anything IN business and then
/ IS deemed especially prepared to man
age the whole thing. The actual eX-
perience Of the average cOlleEian soon
dtspels this Illusion. IT reveals the
mistake In our tanda rdS OF business
training and the readiness with which
| American spirit and ambition is en-
cOuraged 10 begin at the top, when Il
should be required 10 start at the bot
tom Of great business enter rises.
Meanwhile the private school FOR
profit" and the philanthropic or CO.
operative school mot for profit are
helping to bridge tire chasm between
knowing and doing, for the boys and
girls, the young men and women. who
need a second CHARGE" eduCationaily.
For whatever the reason may be for
the large number OF boys and girls who