Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-09

the teachers and the farmers. Professor
Balcomb described the very interesting
and thoroughly practical experiment of
the student spending alternate weeks in
the school or college and the shop or
office. This work has been carried on
very successfully in the Cincinnati univer-
sity and the Fitehburg, Mass. high school.
A unique feature suggested in this pa
per was that Of having the students in
industrial subjects in lieu of the tradi-
tional graduating Grafton or theses. pre-
pare something very practical The stu
dents who elect domestic science (say
half dozsn) on graduation day may take
the measurements Of dress for one Of
their number on the rostrum. cut the
pattern and the goods before the audi
snes. retire to another room. ssw the
garment and before the close Of the sx-
sreisss have the young lady appear on
the stage wearing the eomplsts garment.
Said H. H. Sesrley of Iowa: "The
greatest problem in education today is
the industrial training Of the common
people 90 Is to enable them individually
to give more productive service. All
other education can bs conducted in
groups, but this must b personal and
individual. All others are somewhat
similar. but this must be adapted to each
individual and calls for . slightly differ
snt solution. Improvement in mechani-
cal lines Of education Is comparatively
easy because It deals with the populous
and wealthy community and does not call
for sxtravagant expenditure per capita;
but agriculture must b taught in a
sparsely settled community and at great
expense per capita.
THE nation and the state ought to be
interested in this agricultural problem.
because IL these classes Of our workers
do not prosper. all other classes fail.
The country schools are thus the most
important Of any that are maintained, be-
cause those educated therein become the
70 undation Of all business prosperity for
all other voeations. The work of con-
ducting such training is too expensive to
rely upon the country school districts
alone. and hence the rest Of the
state must help. The state normal
schools are the proper state agency to
use in this endeavor."
The following quotations are from the
annual address Of S. R. Hoover. pres-
dent OF the department Of business eduea.
tion:j
For the professional there must be
special training. The physician. lawyer
minister. teacher. engineer. and athlete
have presented their claims. and reeog.
milton has been accorded in special op-
portunity provided by schools and course.
Of the most approved type. But it ha.
been generally true Of the history Of edu.
cation that as soon as the boy showes
his inclination toward commercial ca.
reer he was sidetraeked with seant eour.
tesy and only a rudimentary training il
the mere .hatehet-and-saw' course.
"For centuries the business man ha'
helped to educate all the other profes
sions-and supported them afterward
nov the dignity Of his own. the incom
parably larger number engaged in it, anC
the keenness Of the competition witt
those Of other lands demand a departur,
from our archaic system Of learning bust
ness methods. and the establishment o
an American University Of commerce Il
which foreign lands will soon send thei
sons to learn how the Yankee does bust
ness"
Speaking upon the above topic Prof
n. M. Rowe Of Baltimore, Md, said il
part:
THE new university Of commerce mus
be developed and built up by men Of diff.
ferent mental training and attitude from
those identified with our present institu.
tons. It must promote commercial ane
industrial education in all those branches
Of literature. science. and art tina. per
tain to commerce and industry.
The curriculum must contain the hu-
manities. with the golden rule as the cor
Eer stone. To these must be added such
subjects as history. economies, geogra-
ply. language, mathematics. business
technique. law and government, and many
things that an institution which is the
pioneer in its field would have to discover
As It made its way"