The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-25
RAILWAY
SERVICE

Washington, Jan. 23.-"The time
will come when railroad employ for
every man in the service will not
mean a drudgery, nor accidental op-
portunity, but an enlightened, sti;nu
lating. highly efficient service of high
est earning power, least uncertainty
rom accidental causes, largest free
dom for individual initiative, entire
self-respect, and thoroughly democrat
ic spirit"
With this prediction ]. Shirley Ea
ton. former statisticiaa of the Lehigh
Valley concludes a lengthy mono
graph for the United States Bureau
Of Education on Education for Effic-
iency in Railroad Service" which
Commissioner Elmer f. Brown has
submitted to the Secretary of the In
terror. In his letter of transmittal
Commissioner Brown says the subject
Of educational preparation for definite
occupations in life, anG particularly
for the several trades, is under serious
consideration in the United States.
The relation of trade education to
general education is one of the impor
tant aspects of that question. This
relation was summed up by President
Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia
University in saying: What science
and practical life alike need is not
narrow men, but broad men sharpened
to the point"
THE advance made in the present
| decade in the subject of education for
| railroad service is very surprising to
| those who may not be informed"
| says Mr.. Eaton. ideas of practical
/, men on the subject are now less inde
unite and conflicting. The relation
between education and efficiency in
| railroad service is coming to be gener-
| ally conceded. The large educational
value of railroad service itself is be
ing turned to systematic practical ac,
| count and the value of educational
agencies in preparing for specific in
dustrial efficiency is better under
/ stood.
THE railroad service in the United
States will shortly reach a total of
1900, 900 men. 1t is the largest and
most highly organized example of as
sociate effort in an epoch conspicuous
for industrial and commercial concen
tration. Education in a broad sense
must always be a large factor.
In the course of railroad develop
ment, there was a first era, which was
the era of railroad building. There
was next an era of coordination of the
railroad service and finance to tat
commercial and financial condition:
as a whole with which the railroad:
we're called upon to deal.
Next came the era of internal ad
iustment on the physical and mecaan
ical side-perfection of the machiner.
cutting down grades. Strengthening
bridges, increasing the train unit
And now has come the era of socialo
gical adjustment. The human part o
machine is quite as vital as the stee
and wooden part in producing eficien
cy and so in increasing the income
''Tae most practical and efiicien
railroad manager today is now square
ly up against the problem which b.
is attacking in one form or another
of education, of himself, his staff, tn
individuals in the rank and file, an
the rank and file as whole. This |
the last and aighest and most comprs
hensive stage Of the function Of ad
ministration- 1t implies. for instanct
| an eager. resourceful. self-respectin
| individualism throughout the workin
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