The San Francisco call., 1910-03-24

practical education of industrial
classes in the several pursuits and
professions of life.
Though the law was plainly de-
signed for the betterment of that
80 per cent who are in vocations
where the labor is done with the
hands, these schools, as most other
schools, too often, were conducted
mainly to assist those who were
seeking an avenue out of the man
ual side of the mechanical trades,
agricultural and home making into
the SO called professions. The re-
search department connected with
these colleges and with other sci
entific and engineering schools
and departments have now accu-
mulated a vast body of knowledge
useful to the workman. Much of
this arrangement has been ar
ranged. in textbooks and in courses
for practical work in the school
shops, the commercial shops, on the
farms or in the home.
Gratified with the developments
of the state colleges of agriculture
been ever ready still further to de-
velop the education to which these
colleges We're dedicated. Since only
more for our greatly enlarged pop
ulation than to provide courses of
study for those who are to become
technicians, and can not give equal
opportunity in liberal and practical
education to all of the industrial
classes. this new movement has
crysstallized around plan for in
schools along with the state col
leges of agriculture and mechanic
arts: thus creating and giving di,
scheme of education, in which labor
shall receive recognition and its
just share of attention.
AT 1908 Stockton street there will be
a meeting tonight of the retail clerks
association. recently organized by In
ternational President Max f. LIGHT
Addresses will be made by several labor
leaders. Fathers Caraher and Hara-
han have been invited to be present
These clergymen have been very active
in the Sunday closing movement.
Every retail shoe clerk in Oakland
carries a union card. This fact makes
the city across the bay the banner
union city on the Pacific coast so far
as the retail shoe clerks are con-
cerned.
Alcatraz parlor No. 145 of the Native
Sons of the Golden West has declared
in favor of home industry in the adop
tion of the following:
Resolved, that Alcatraz parlor is
earnestly opposed to the purchase
of any building materials to be
used in the new building of the
Native Sons hall which may be
purchased in the east, If the same
can be obtained in California, and
that it earnestly recommends that
all materials used in said hall be
purchased, when practicable. from
firms and persons engaged in .busi-
ness in the state. of California.
The building laborers, exeavators.
street, concrete and asphalt workers
have elected the following named as
delegates to the labor council: p j.
Tierney, William F. Dwyer, p. j. Leary.
John Mcmahon, John Lynch and Daniel
Stewart. Peter Ryan and Bryan
Hickey were chosen alternates.
The meeting was addressed at some
length by E Morgan of the western
federation of miners. and in response
to his appeal for aid for the miners
locked out at the Homestake mine the
union donated $50
Eleven candidates were initiated.
Next Wednesday night housesmiths'
union No rs will elect delegates to
it in the San Francisco labor
council. The union is sending 800 indi-
viduaI letters to California representa-
tives in congress. each signed by a
member, asking their support for the
eight hour workday.
Electrical workers union No. 6 at it's
next meeting will discuss as special
order of business a proposal affecting
the international assessment.
Cement workers union No. l has
voted to affiliate with the labor council
and will elect delegates at the next
meeting.
The butchers union at its meeting
in the labor temple last night initiated
six accepted candidates.