The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-23
Says President Hamilton of
Tufts College About Schools
IN ADDRESS AT GODDARD
He Declared That There Is Need Of voca-
tional Public Schools to Meet the
Newer Conditions That Have
Arisen.

III, EEtutiith w. IldlulilOH, pihnlutut
of Tufts college, paid his first visit "a
Barre and to Goddard seminary last
evening, when he lectured at the semi
nary on Education for Efficiency At
though Dr. Hamilton has been for the
past three years president of Tufts col
lege, this was his first opportunity to
visit Goddard, one Of the principal pre-
paratory schools for that institution
The lecture was attended by nearly The
entire student body and by many others.
who listened with pleasure, for nearly an
hour, to the discourse
The speaker, on being introduced BY
Principal Hollister, began his remarks
by saying that he thought all present
were interested IN education. ~There il
now he said, "a clamor for a new kind
Of education and we are willing to ad,
init that there is room for improvement
We talk as if the world had waited until
the present day for our systems, but the
fact remains that there have always
been systems OF education"
The test Of our public schools is found
in the character Of the graduates, and
il is so with the colleges and other insti-
tutions. The question Is, what kind
of men and women do the public schools
produces He then gave two illustra-
tions. taking first the American laborer.
Dr. Hamilton affirmed that the American
laborer Is the highest priced. the most
efficient, but in the end the cheapest as
he will do more work in A given time
than any other nations working man.
The reason given was that he works
with his brains as well as his hands.
And he is a product Of our public schools.
AS a second illustration, Dr Hamilton
spoke OF the Philippines When we
found that we had got to keep them, we
sent teachers and administrators there.
When they arrived, they found that much
had been done already There we're regu-
lar means Of communication. including
teleqrsphs, and there were also schools.
These schools had been established by
the men Of the army, and the teachers
were inen from the ranks. lust plain
Americans, who had not been chosen
for their educational powers They, too,
were the products Of the public schools.
A Vocational Training Needed
II has become evident, however. that
there Is further adjustment needed, a
vocational training. for those who do
not 20 beyond the usual course Of the
public schools This Is not change,
IL sense, al slI education bas been
vocational for all time. The Indian
learned his wooderaft: the Greek, hls
oratory and athletics; the priests Of the
middle ages were trained for their voca
tions, ana 70 II has always been.
IN 1850, the boys who entered Harvard
college studied the dead LANGUAGES. phi
losophy history and mathematics These
were All necessary to them. for they
were TO become either ministers. doctors.
lawyers literary men, mathematician
or men Of leisure The law and medical
works Of that time were an written in
Latin.
To-day, the scope il increased, and
there are many more professions With
the others, business has become profes-
sion and the business man needs as much
educational development as any other,
but along different lines Modern indus.
try represents applied science in all
branches. This does not mean a rerolu-
ton, but an evolution. and there is no
reason why men should not be prepared
for occupations, as well as for profes.
sions. We have schools for professions
and have enlarged them to meet the
need Our public schools should be made
larger and more inclusive, thus opening
more opportunities.
There are certain things that we all
need to know. We must know how to
count and combine numbers, how to esti.
mate quantity, to weigh. to measure, get
the thoughts Of other people BIZ reading,
convey our own bv writing and learn lo-
cations by geography. This keeps the
average schoolbov occupied until he is
about II years Of age.
MANY perhaps, will continue to 60 to
school but many more, not approaching
the value Of an education, or being so
plaeed that they cannot continue. ana
for mary other reasons. will quit school
then They ought 70 be offered the on.
nortunifv If an industrial education.
which viii teach both the art and science
Of the trade, Then they win get not
only trade hut an education. The
high school education has use in many
walks Of life, but the Industrial school
is comino to be the power Of the high
school Then, no matter what the .oecu.
patton, the boy win become an educated
man.
AT the conclusion Of the discourse. 4
brief formal reception was held when
manv Of the audience who had listened
with interest to Dr. Hamilton's lecture
had the opportunity Of meeting him.