New-York tribune., 1910-12-29
NEED common HONESTY
Or. Draper Tells of the Educa-
tion That Concerns New York.
TALKS TO STATE TEACHERS
Says municipalities Require the
Same Training az Personal.
Business Does.

Rochester, Dec. 2s-The chief session Of
The New York State Teachers Association
z7es held tonight in Convention Hall. when
an address on THE Education that Con-
Germs New York was given by Dr. An
drew s Draper State Commissioner Of Ed
ucation.
OF course, the main educational concern
Of New York is that her people shall be
trained in common honesty said he
Where that is accomplished, much of the
other training takes care Of itself: If 1t
ia not assured, the other training is of little
aVst1
Education that has life and enters into
life; education that makes a living ano
makes life worth living: education that can
use English to express itself: education
that does not assume that doctor must
be an educated man and that mechanic
or o farmer cannot be; education that ap-
peais 10 the masses: that makes better
citizens and greater state: education that
supports the imperial position OF the state
and inspires education in all of the states
that IS the education that concerns New
York"
Among other things DR.. Draper said:
There has been q very decided movement
throughout this country in recen. years III III
the direction of industrial education new
York has led in this movement Inc prog
resS has been sufficient TO STIR some cTlti-
cism- There are some precious SOUS "LIo ,ao
fear that We are in danger Of becoming loo
Inaterialistic; tnat Latin and Greek an9
poetry and music viii fall into olsuse, ana
will forget about the kinds OF learning
which relate exclusively TO the nina ano
bear upon the things OF the spirit Inc.
spprehend, ] suppose, that there may 'e
shoe shops on Wall street and sawmills on
Broadway. They see the time when they
may need doctor and not IND one, and
-lae-, faaiv hunger lof q
and there 5e none 10 go 10.
Let there be no prolonsauon OF diStTSss
on this account. There is no danger our
democracy is 10 be WORKED ouL poeI @ r,taolI, SuJ,
calionally and inoustrially just as nuch
it is politically and rellsionsiSo W., nv +s
York viii never relax her grasp upon t,e i
things which culture the mlnos ana sou,S
of men but il is to be hoped that she VIII
realize better than she has at the nnest
work: that work by the han ana u! ~. I,e
head are yoke fellows in oun free SiVilae Az
prosperity of her people hlnse uPoh '.s
professional and industrial eQulliDrlum oi
her tax-supported educauon; l., ,,e-so,a,
The education that is neeoed In psrsoai11r
and corporate business is pre-eInnentis
needed in the doings OF the cues aI.o
villages and in the business or the 1. ssate
ytself For example think Of the appalling
waste in putting up buildings, IN putting
down pavements. and In laNlns OUT seMase
and wafer systems. through bunglng meth
ods and the use Of improper materials anu
defective specifications. l am not tintlhiuS
of lack OF neISSlN oDout H. ic- -
seems to me that the average OF hohes5y
in official life is as high as, and propapiy
higher than. out of it Nor 90 oFeficon
the fact that public business Is ofieh anu
necessarily subject to hindrances and m
creased cost TO which private AFFAIRS 90
not have ic submit L am tRlnhlhs o,ils
.f the fact that the carrying out of sucn
ruhlic works is the exclusive business OF
thoroughly educated and experienced aren't
Iects and engineers, and that the control is
TOO often in the hands Of men who know
little about such matters and make the
sorry mistake Of thinking that they appear
- be stronger men when lfley refuse 10 ao-
II all the people of the state could be
trained in the knowledge that work when
can hc well done by none but experts
should be committed 10 experts alone ana
hat this applies to administrative officers
and 70 legislators as well as TO arcmt9cls
Ind engineers the state would advance by
ltauS and hounds and Immediately become
a model for every other state In the ohtotl
Md there is occasion enough for the
state TO be much concerned about ITS pro-
fesSional life generally There are other
professions than architecture and engineer
inz and there are at least tWo-medlclne
and lavr-upon which the happiness OF our
people and the stability of our clVillzaGon
a., even more dependent. IL Is Whonv
,vf+bfn the facts TO say that New York has
done more than any other stale 10 assure
preliminary education and expert train
ilis in these professions. she is oolng lnote'
and doing il more deciSiVelv, al the time
Bun she is rot going half far enough Al
least the conditions are more than twice
q bad as she can afford 10 permit thela
tc be. -, :.
There is a philosophic basis for law; II
rests upon conscience and IT fSs peen
shaped by human experience: ana YET IL
rss become so perverted and beclouoed by
srco,npefe ent or vicious lawyers, ana lesai
procedure has become SO cumbersome. that
fhe ordinary man VIII submit 10 Wfons
recafJse he dare not submit his just rights
80 attorneys and courts. for he knows that
she result will cost more than II VIII
rome 10.
The situation in medicine is even worse
than in law. There is scieIlthc basis
for medicine. Il has been found N recent
Years and has ccme 70 be very exact
There are thousands of men III this state
rho are certified TO be professionally con-
-etenf 10 have the issues OF human lie
zod death in their hands when they have
no grasp whatever upon what the sclen-
fife world knows about the cause OF ols-
case and the means of cure, and they go
f7Iunderinz and bluff1ng along, with hideous
resIllts that make intelligent laymen shud-