The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-25

Most potent mctof in lhv welfare Of
ihv Nation. while ihc system has been
prniscd BY prom ncnt educators al
over the world. and u Is recognized ~
d necessary adjunct 20 our popular form
Of government, yet no iudieious per
con would claim that the system Is
perfect. Like all other national insti
tuhons It grows with the times AMI
its benefits are strongly felt in the
general uplift Of all lines Of undeavos
In oar noticeable particular does our
system fall short Of perfection: and
that Is in its correlation Of the life
and studies Of the school with the home
and the activities by which the great
masses Of young men and women cara
q living No one is blind TO this de
feet, bat not every ono realizes the
great amount of stndy and attention
that has been given it during the past
decade. This is no easy matter to ad
Just, but the feeling is growing very
rapidly that without diminishing the
attention gwen to the basic subjects
of education somewhat more attention
should be given to those subjects
which will at the proper age increase
the students outlook and opport1nI.
ties for productive service. This is
especially pertinent since less than ten
per cent of the plpils 90 beyond the
high school grades. The old apprentice.
ship system has, because of the great
IA s,I
eial systems, gone by, and so each new
generation must look to the school for
that training which viii fit ITS youth
for the most efficient service III life.
So urgently has this necessity arisen
during the past few years that vOea-
tional and manual training forms one
of the objects Of seventeen national
associations prominent among which
may be mentioned the National Educa'
ton Association, the National Society
for the Promotion of Industrial Educa-
ton, and the American Federation of
Labor, in addition to these, seven States
have enacted laws providing for and
regulating industrial education; and a
number of other States have commits
sions for inquiry and report.
The agency, however, that holds olt
the greatest promise for promoting in
dustrial training on a uniform and com
prehensive basis is the United States
congress- The Colleges of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts have through theil
experimental laboratories and practica
work accumulated large amount of in
formation which should be taken to thu
people, both young and old, who canno
attend these colleges For meeting thI
need a number of these colleges hav
established extension departments; blu
these departments are unable, by thei
normal limitations, to meet the sitla
ton entirely. During the last tire
congresses bills have been before tn
senate for the promotion of agriculture
and industrial training, and in the pre-
emit congress bill has appeared in th
house for this purpose. The senat
bill, now known as the Page Bill,
the more comprehensive and benef
cent; the Lever or house bill provide
only for training in agriculture throug
the establishment of extension depar
ments in the colleges.
The interest in this matter in tn
senate first conferred around the bi
prepared by Senator Davis, then afte
ward Senator Deliver took interest
the matter, and now the measure
promoted by Senator Page. In bril-
the bill provides;
Page Bill Provisions.
First: For the maintenance of i
str1etion in the trades and industriC
home economics and agriculture in Il
pnblic schools of secondary graz
throughout the United States, and pr
vides an appropriation of five milliC
dollars for this purpose TO become ava
able July /, 1914. The allotment
this appropriation among the differe
States and Territories is TO be in pr
portion to the population according
the censls of 1910.
Second. For the maintenance Of
struction in agr culture and home &c
nomics in district agricultural schoC
of secondary grade throughout t
United States, and provides the sam
four million dollars to become ava
able July /, 1914. This amount to
apportionei among the different Stat
and Territories according to the pop
lation engaged in agriculture. Whe
the population of State or Terrific
engaged in agriculture falls below o
hundred thousand people the appropr
ton for such State or Territory sh
be increased by the sum of five th'
sand dollars annually.
Third. For the maintenance
branch agricultural experiment static
to be located at the agricultural hi
schools and provides one million d
lars for the year beginning July
1914. This appropriation is also to
allotted in accordance with the numl
of persons engaged in agriculture, a
as in the previous case where less I'll
one kindred thousand people are so
gaged the appropriation may be
creased to such State or Territory
the sum Of twenty-five hundred doll
annually.
Fourth. For the maintenance
each State College of Agriculture
Mechanic Arts an extension departm