The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-25
A
GREAT NEED
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ganization and this was shown to be
supplementary TO that of our public
schools and of such wide range as to
be a sur Prise. 1t is the general under
standing that the work of the Y. M |
&C. A. is to gather in the boys and |
Young men, to throw over them a pro-
tecting shield, to animate them with
the zeal of uplifting ambition to afford
them an opportunity to improve their
education, to take up specialized
training to secure cTean recreations
and desirable companionship ana
thus TO be a moral power and an up
lifting force. But when Mr.. Hodge
threw on the screen pictures of men
beinp trained by Y. M. G. A. schools
IA the management of machinery, In
drawing end designing, in caring for
automobiles. in judging corn and cat
tie. and lessons to women in domes-
tic economy in the management of
hanks. n developing speculations III
Ireal estate, in engineers receiving in
lstructions by competent experts on
"air." and dozens and scores of other
arplied sciences, one began to wake
Iup to something. This "hlling the
gap" is assuming larger proportions
than most of us had imagined and
liz seemed that this organization had
taken the initiative in much of this
specialized work for Mr.. Hodge fire.
ouently said when presenting these
pictures OF the Y. NJ. c. A. schools
1--WE initiated this work., "the Y. M.
lC A. was the first to enter this field
etc.
In the foregoing IL has not been our
policy to follow the speaker in the
chronoloS;c ;cal order of his discussion
but rather to present the two big
things which his lecture contained.
Now, we desire to add some facts and
figures which he presented.
OF those who go into the gainful oc-
cupations, in our country, per cent
only, are fitted for their work. 95 per
cent are untitled and need more OF
LESS help. OF the 25,OOO,O0O boys and
men who work in such occupa-
tions nearly all of them need indus
trial ed Ication.
There Is a definite per cent of boys
lin our country who do not go to
school. Only half the total number of
Iboys who attend school remain there
until they are IL years of age.
100000 people are now attending our
night schools, 50 per cent of grammar
school graduates earn their living by
the work of their hands, In a test vote
ir machine shop only 6 of 200 men
had been fitted for their trade by pre-.
paratory work.
The speaker found foreign experts
|
American firms, the managers never
Having seen them They We're employ
ed on Germany's reputation to "deliv-
er the goods" But that is putting II
(oNer our American boys and showing
the inferiority of our American system
Three fourths OF the expert opera
tives in America today have been
trained abroad.
A beginning has been made as tho
following figures show on tuition paid
for industrial training by the pupils:
$50 i'm 1866.
900 in 1900.
$4,000 in 1909
If through conservation il pays tC
protect the public lands, the forests
tie coal, the minerals, the water pow
! cr, the animals, the crops etc. why
should not more attention be paid tc
, protecting the boys and men?
Last year the Y. M c. A. managed
900 reading rooms accommodating l.,
900, 900 persons: 700 libraries accommo'
dating 100000 members; 5000 lectures
of thousands.
We have 100 different kinds of clubs
|, accommodating 10000 people and dis
] scmating information in literature
science and technology 100 different
Q lines of class work is taught in oul
r schools.
, one man I'm 40 yho are college grad
q yates makes his impress on his sur
, Iroundings.
!, ono man in 400 who stops with the
. school makes himself felt
Y. NJ. c. A. Glasses number:
5000 in stenography.
1900 in Spanish.
Il 200 in German and so on down tho
o The following facts show how Tho
r ~ stltuton is growing
|. high school/does the same
r one man, in 1900 who drop out al
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