Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-20

President Smith URGED
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er of education brought out the fact
that the entire attendance in our
schools, public, private, democratic,
ETC., all combined, little over ninety.
three per cent were in the elemen.
tary schools; five per cent in the sec.
ondary and only one and a half per
cent in all the rest combined. In 9TH
er words. out of 100 children who
start school, nlnety-four never go be-
yond the elementary grade and about
one gets beyond the high school;
then why should not the work be 80
arranged that those who desire may
get something that will make them
more capable, more efficient, more hap
ply in the performance of their daily
tasks: for but few of them will have
the means of getting a higher educa-
ton. Then why not have more cl
the vocation, more of work. if you
please. in the elementary schools and
on through the high schools; this.
too. without weakening the essential
features Of our present educational
system. Let US not consider our high
schools alone in fitting schools for
the college and university. but as
training schools for all of our peo-
pie.
Agricultural and Industrial Colleges.
With the establishment of the agri.
cultural and industrial colleges be-
gan the most remarkable period of
change in the history of education.
! Previously TO this time, aside from the
three professions. schools "of law,
medicine and theology. the learned
professions of the colleges were ad-
| herring practically TO the one general
course in classics. namely: the dead
! languages and mathematics as els
cipinary studies; no course and but
few studies in either general or ap-
! piled sciences and the only kind of
| engineering known previous to this
time was civil and military. Through
the public land grant colleges came
! courses in general sciences, chemis-
try, biology. mechanics, forestry AID
many specialists courses in applied
science. Such then is the gift to
enrich education that has come from
, the establishment of the agricultural
| colleges until today all of our prom
inent colleges and universities are fol-
lowing their lead in trying to benefit
all the people rather than a few favor
ed individuals in endeavoring to make
their work more practical so as to lie
OF immediate benefit to the youth
and to the industries of our land, and
! this without in any way detracting
| from the educational and disciplinary
values.
New System Marks Progress.
1t is the recognition of this up
| lift and the turning of our education
al forces more fully in the develop
ment of system of elementary and
secondary education that will satisfy
| the conditions of our time and the
demands of the people which has dis
! tinctly marked the progress of the
year. Until our elementary schools
are made to articulate Is fully with
the industries of the community as
with the college or university they
will not be doing their full duty to
the use of our land. Parents will not
and children until they recognize their
responsibility in the training of their
children to lives of usefulness and in
obedience with sound home training.
When all has been accomplished that
should be done for our elementary
and secondary school system we shall
divide the time more evenly between
the cultural and disciplinary. studies
and the vocation studies and work.
Then our youths shall 60 out of our
elementary and high schools into the
world fitted to do some one thing
we'll. They will meet the require
ments as named by President FL
lott before referred to; new stand
ards will be set for our business and
professional world, for the directors
every 1.-THE the traffic will bear; they
can no longer maintain a system of
machinery within system to sap the
life blood from the laborer by fatten-
ing themselves at the expense of their
trusts; chemists Will no longer be
given employment to devise forma-
tons and adulterants to enrich the
few and weaken the many. Profess
sional attorneys and lobbyists will no
longer find employment attempting to
evade natural as we'll as statute laws
to keep their principals out of the
penitentiary when they belong there
and justice will be tempered with
mercy and not such as Judge Lindsey
has so faithfully depicted, which de-
fects are not alone confined with the
bounds of one state. The trend of ele-
mentary and secondary education is
now turning in the light direction and
as We hasten the day Of its perfection
We shall have done much to make
safe for all time our democratic insti-
tutions, for then, as President Elliott