Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-07-06
PURE BRUTALITY AND
PUGII ISM COMBINED
Says the Sport Arouses Same Love
Of the Sordid That Focused Inter
est at Ring in Nevada-James Y.
Joyner, Of North Carolina Addresses
Gathering on Industrial Training.

DOS IN, MASN., Juls - DtHNhhN-
ing college football as combination
pure brutality and pugilism that
.pealed To the love of the sOrdid,
avid STARK Jordan. president OF lie
land Stanford University, led in the
discussion that followed a report made
today by the committee on moral edu-
cation in public schools TO the ma.
rional council OF education of ;he Ma
tional Education Assoc iation in con
Vention here He added
Some day the college presidents
end school heads OF this country Will,
perhaps. be called cowardiy and
brutal because they did not pat stop
TO the dangers OF football, a spor'
American youth.
The game. he continued, aroused
the same love OF the sordid that
focused the interest of the country in
q ring way out in far Nevada.
where a black man and white man
were pounding each other YESTERDAY.
President Jordan favored the SUD
stiuition OF the English game Of
Rugby
At most of the eighteen depart
mental meetings OF the convention to-
day there was at least one advocate
OF the introduction of industr train
ing and agriculture in the secondary
schools.
Joyner on Industrial Training.
Development of industrial educat-
ion, and OF moral education, the peace
and public health movements. and re-
straint of the tendency toward utios-
lty were advocated by James \. JOY
ner. of Raleigh, y. c., president OF the
National Education Association. in
his annual address TO the association
tonight.
In touching Oh industrial education,
he said;
"One logical demand of democracy
l. system OF education that shall
provide equality OF educational Op-
portunity for all. Out OF this logical
demand has grown the demand for in
Gustrial or vocational education.
1T has its dangers" President
joyncr said. in making our schools
minister to the new needs OF men
we must not fail to make them con
Time TO minister TO the eternal, the
common. the universal needs OF men
arising from their common nature Il
would be fatal blunder 10 permit in
cur system OF American education the
establishment and maintenance OF sep
arafe systems OF vocational or trade
schools. Such a separation would
prove a disintegraiing force. For the
elevation Of the Industrial masses to
their proper social and civic plane IS
? democracy you must send into the
industries men Trained not only TO
skiiful work. BIZ educated also to
think. to dream. TO feel. to love. TO
read. to lift. You cannot measure the
greatest worth of man ia our demo-
Cracy by a mOney-m.d worlds tapeline
@ dollars and cents.
In regard TO the otiose tendency.
President JoyneT said that it was
motto able in elementary. secondary
and college education. and threaten
ed. If unchecked. 20 end in an educ
at.en OF gush and dissipation lie
suggested that a fault too common
was that OF making the way too easy
for the pupil.
May We not expect from such
Inade-casy and rapid transit methods.
he continued. "a crop Of intellectual
" spoiled children. haiby Of miud.
weak OF will. superficial in character.
Iraccurafc IN scholarship doing moth
ing well cxcep; what they i;ke to do2
Should not they be trained TO do wei
whatever 10 j. their duty to dc. and TO
fad a stimulus Of inter 50 IL tasks nm
pleasant in the very joy of mastering
thcm7
a tendency TO Obesity Is noticeable
and alarming in coiiogc and univ.rsi-
~ education. u e. attributable IN part
perhaps 10 previous training. buf more
~ the influence 81 wealth and luxury
Of fraternity life. athletics and sof
elective courses which offer tcmpta
tons to case and idlcness that are
well high Irresistible TO young mon
Of Uniformed character and unfxcd
habits