The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
THE PROMOTION
Of EDUCATION
Course u. S. Bureau of
Education Will Pursue
ADDRESS BY COM'R BROWN

Outline Of the Policy of Uncle Sam
During the Coming Year to Further
lhe Educational Interests OF the
Country-.-T1c White Mans Burden
in the Most Practical Form''-Im-
p|roycrnent of Health Through Edu-
cation.
Boston, Mass, July "a brief out
line Of the course that will be pursued
by the United States Bureau of Edu-
cation in its efforts to promote educa-
ton during the coming year, and Il
tribute to the achievements of the late
Dr. William Terry Harris, formerly
III charge of that work, We're the prin-
>ipal features of an address by DR..
Elmer f. Brown, the present Com
missioner IF Education. before the Ma
tionaI Education Association ia this
citV. which adjourned yesterday.
1T was an extraordinary legacy
hich was left to the Bureau of Edu-
cation by Commissioner William Ter
rev Harris" declared DR.. Brown. '""he
present administration Of that office
has no finer nor higher responsibility
than that Of maintaining at its best
the spirit and that tradition which
constitutes that legacy"
Or. Brown referred to the institu-
tjCn of a new division for the promo
ton of methods of school administra-
ton and also of The use of specialists
for improving the work of the land
grant colleges as additions that had
been made to the activities Of the seTV-
ices under him. He pictured the ed
ucational work being carried on in
Alaska as the most extensive expert
mtnt Of tina kind in the world.
The White Mans Burden.
"Such a practice school presents the
white ans burden in its most con-
crete form, with all of the difficulties
and all Of the inspiring opportunities
presented by this world education
movement of our time he added.
There in Alaska the chOol physician
ana the school nurse are 0 going up
and down, helping the people in their
sickness and teaching them how to
live clean and wholesome lives. The
girls are learning to cook and sew and
tC make good homes. The boys are
learning to make an honest livelihood
under their new conditions by new in
d~ustrial pursuits, by the raising OF
reindeer. by improved fishing, gard
ening and the use of common tools.
They are learning something Of the
White mans wisdom and the white
mans better aims in life. which shall
help them in their new relations with
iIf WIliiP man as l1t1I IelSIpoi III
fellOW-labOrer."
To extend the Influence OF the bu-
reau and to strengthen it DR.. Brown
said close cooperation had been ar
ranged with the Library of Congress
and with the Bureau of the Census.
The latter bureau, he said, IS endeaV-
Cring to obtain more clearly uniform
ana comparable statistics concern
ms state and city systems of educa-
ton.
" have now more reaso thar
ever before to hope that the reproach
which has lain against our school re-
ports, that they do not tell an intelli-
Fihle tale, is SOC to be a thing of the
past declared Or. Brown.
Functions Of the L. &. Bureau.
Speaking of the functions Of this
bureau. DIR. Brown continued:
The Improvement of school attend
ance must go hand in hand with the
Abatement of child labor and umer
Gus other undertakings for a general
Welfare Of childhood. It is the bust
ness Of q central office to call repeat
ed attention to three relationships and
t. help those who are at work in
h~eIghhoring fields to work together
Tor their common end
We need to press home such in