The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-22
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grcgauonal church last Sunday even
Ing TO listen to the musical program
arranged by the Ogden High School
orchestra and the choir of tho church
AZ well as TO hear Principal Cross
speak briefly upon Training for a
Vocation" found up on arrival that
Chts A. Payne, noted Lyceum lee
turer was to address the meeting
He delighted his hearers With de-
lightul description OF Constantlnople
and the religion OF the Turk driving
his story home with almost hundred
superb views.
1t was great pleasure To see the
excellent work the high school or
chestra was doing under Miss
Hunters direction Mr.. Cragun and
Mr.. Sooy contributed TO happy anu
helpful Sabbath evening,
In his editorial, SIr. Cross spoke as
follows:
Training for Vocation.
TT is not often that a teacher has
the opportunity of addressing an audi
cnce foreign 10 his peculiar field.
His philipicS or joremiads usually fall
on ears that listen because OF COM
pellInG authority. Yet the cause OF
education probably touches more
homes than any other influence OF
modern life. Educational problems.
therefore, concern the community as
n whole and their solution should be
attempted by laymen as well as by
educators,
Social efficiency is diminished by
too fine differentiation OF occupa-
tional functions According 10 this
law the schools need the intelligent
cooperation Of parents, and immense
benefit would result If busy fathers
and mothers should investigate school
conditions and famlliarlze themselves
with the purposes and aims OF the
system, at the same time coming in
10 closer touch With the character
and personality of teachers. The
American people. however, are the
greatest fatalIsts in the world, Like
deyout Mohammedans, they absolve
themselves from responsibility. con
signing their bodies to the care of the
physician. their souls TO the church,
and their children to the school, as
suming in easy-going fashion that
Providence, from the beginning, has
predestined all things to ultimate
good. and that interference IS useless.
NO system OF schools can ever be
greater than the community IT serves.
II is mistaken idea that the school
moulds the ideas OF the community
rather. the converse OF the proposi'
tiou is true Now. Ogden has good
schools. but a greater efficiency would
be possible II all forces were TO unite
to secure even better results
Recently you invested approx
imately S150.000 in new high school
and ] take this opportunity to invite
you and every other taxpayer and
resident to visit 1t that you and they
may see what returns are coming in
from that investment. Come, If pos
slble during working hours, while the
machinery Is In motion.
The members OF the So-calIed
learned professions are not always
broad in the application of theI,
learning. For example. the lawyers
have spun many n fine drawn legal
theory that would not stand the test
OF the work-a-day world. Likewise,
in civic affairs business men have
worked miracles OF reform by means
OF betteTmcnt leagues and similar or
gauiZations. although their efforts
have not always been approved by
politicians or political economists.
And so in education, merchants and
manufacturers have made The topic
Training for a Vocation" of chief
importance at the present time. In
response to the complaint that the
graduates of the public schools were
o. little use in the industrial world.
courses OF study have been rear
ranged and vitalized. and vocational
schools have been organized in some
OF tho larger cities, The movement
originated In Europe. where congest-
cd cities make the struggle for exist
cpce extremely difficult for the un-
skilled laborer. The idea has been
successfully worked out in England.
France and Germany. The trade
schools OF London prepare girls for
dress-maIing. upholstery. laundry
work. ladies tailoring, millinery and
photography at the same time at.
tempting TO give a general cultural
education. Boys are taught the build
ing trades. carriage making. the
crafts Of the ieweler, book-bindcr,
printer, tailor. plumber. and mechanic.
Many of the schools are equipped with
chemical and physical laboratories
and the brighter boys are advanced