New-York tribune., 1909-11-01
VOCATIONAL Srrnv
ur. Reds Speech on T,..,
Schools at Cambridge.

the arts and crafts the Americ. -
IA ssador to Great Britain made the .,,,.-
Ing address:
'tese new buildings. which s .o y.
~ ed to-day. are said TO compile 20
% snt County Council provision 10
- hdary education In the adminIstr a,
- county of Cambridge. / am 70 =
sosooyou you nave two ancient grammar
sS"ooiS mCderniZed under County Gun
- care. which can train IN the classics
Out three hundred and fifty pupils
county has also a system OF evening
sss Cissses and scholarships In the Agri-
" e'.uI9l Department OF the University.
e. uas,l auui'ion the Cambridge and County
bo,,ooH se tor ooys. and those TO be here
r.os. , IoI giris and for the Arts anu
Crafts. viii be called on 20 sunniv Soc
I.s1aIy ,.io1Gyo eouGalon I fer your population et
For most of the pupils II is ros r,.-sly
secondary. but final. / am told tina, very
feW or them prepare for or look forward
10 higher schools or 20 the University.
For these times and for present ne So
ties il can hardly be said that tnie ; -
be regretted. I should be the ,asI
undervalUe the work Of the great az
venerable institution here. which has ioA.
MADE the name Of Cambridge famous
under every sky where good lea.
Ing is valued. In my bOyhOod. in tina
distant land beyond tine Atlantic ana
two Universities in all EngiaI J. and
they stood to US for the finest efiucS ton
In the world. 1t is the glory c. gsngland
that, at these two centres, she keeps
fa ming still the torch OF what l cannot
but continue TO think the highest edaea-
tion-that which concerns itself rather
more with character and with things of
the spirit than with things merely ma
teriaEthe education which in the past
has in great part shaped the history OS
L, Ii-b nd If
dav never come when the splendid work
for the Hunanities at Cambridge and at
Oxford is weakened or abandoned,
But new times and conditions call irn-
psratively nov for the training OF Hlois
and more men for the new duties OF
new age The necessities OF our new
country forced US 10 see this early, ana
drove US to the scientific, technologlc'h
and technical trade schools whlcn now
cover the land England too sa" this
need-but owing 10 her dlneTeht s,eua
ton. perhaps somewhat later-perhaI
even In the eyes of some of her dornesu
critics a shade too late. When sne ue
see il. her response was prompt dn1
addition 10 the Two oio
Universities that had served ner 2" ~eh'
for centuries. of ten or eleven new -
versities in eighty years. most OF tneiii
in less than half that tirne-slI WiIn
strong leaning toward the more selch-
tific and practical side OF education def
new school for Arts and Crafts, and IT
rnultitudes of other schools througLol
the land. looking TO similar enos- ifS
underlying thought TO all TINS uaooerA
DEVELOPMENT of secondary educAlion, OF
vocational education. is Some~nat ex-
trayagantIy stated, in my country, IN
the familiar phrase that the lad now
adays in order 70 make his Own way 70
the world, must be taught everything
about something. and something ABOUT
everything. The nrst requrSrnent
can certainly lay stress on The thiT
the lad is going TO do. his education
should as far as possible make him tne
absolute master of. As TO the otner re-
auirement that of something ABOUT
everything. perhaps his school OF Arts
and Crafts or his University, need not oe
quite so insiSJent. If Iney should nap
pen to fall short in some few particulars
OF that extensive programme, tney can
count on the true universal providers OF
this age, the newspapers. 10 make Up
the deficiency.
about this new secondary educatlo a.
drawn from American eXperfercs-
would say we have found tt bette
IL should not begin too soon. OF
soon. 1t should not begin till the IN
dispensabIe foundation for all efucarlo
has been laid. in the primary scnooi
thoroughIy and without diversion oy roe I
many fadS in a real mastery OF reaclng,
writing and arithmetic. And next, fos
the best interest of pupil Wh0 20
make his own way against eddcarsa
rivals in an educated world, II cannot
wisely end. as I am told IL often does.
even here, at fourteen years OF age.
After the basis of the three RS nss-
been securely laid in the primary the
more time YOU can find, in the SecoI-aF
school. for broadening il and enlargins
the mind by other foundation studies.
the better, before you begin the speciah-
cation of the Arts and Crafts But tha'
specialization, in its turn. should &c -
thorough as any OF the reSt-sf-outu
come as nearly as circumstances VIII
Iermit to realizing the ideal. every
thing about the something" by wn'ca
the lad hopes TO make his pia~e IN me
Perhaps / may take the Ene~-y 20 a.
sumo that you would be in ESQ va .
new departure OF this sort 1''sA go
ming in our New York IRE echooi
tenn We also have long ~ sSlea'1no
schools, trade schools art and su c,a
schools. night schools, seNIlg, eOoh.S
and other domestic schools; out % Ln..
recently most OF them hay oNeN '-i...
origin 10 private persons &c oev1 SUI
tanned by private means ne Sooy
Institute in New York; tn FRAT .u
stitute. in Brooklyn. the Roe. Sles
chanics' Institute. the New fol >enoo'
,+,riaJ Design for Wom the
UrooIliIn Manual Training Schcc. and
IL 1'achnicaI High School % R'lTs'' are
noble examples
Ru+ a wear ago the New Iors sS-
Iature amended its free school 81 as
20 provide, also. for genera sTiSI
and trade schools. y bUre' s1e
schools has been organized 5ou
cation Department OF tn sI'-e, aL-
work under the law il bes ing g
curriculum for these VOcat nal seASOls
gives about equal time 70 b X Jch anu
hand-work: shop mathem LOT eA-
ample, the preparation of t.Jrking OF raw.
incs and chemistry. on the one hInS
struction by skilled artiss on -
other The schools are opeI All
have completed the studies { ne e,~
rnentary school and even Z sclr VITO
have not. if they have com { @e +eST
teen years of age.
And now l have a statement 10 ~
about these schools which SENS 10
most interesting and encouras ns' A'e
will l hope. be of interest ais 70 wv
The great trades unions in III unltSa
states. far from opposing thi. 7ho.esals
preparation of boys for treo 3 seem
strongly Inclined e favor IL Ts aslsu
can Federation of Labor adop'@ 's,-
tions a year ago. at their Der 3 me
ing. declaring Industrial educ9lon ~
a common right of all children. anu
pointing a committee. with Well
labor leader. Mr.. John M!ten~
chairman. tO investigate ana a.
mend methods and means Tor -
IT, The formal report OF -hss "a
is to be made at the next Eeo n