Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-08-19

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from the Chicago College Of Law in
the following year. He was member
of the Illinois House Of Represents.
tives in the 41st and 43rd General As.
semblies, and in 1904 was elected
president of the Cook County Board
Of Commissioners, filling this position
with distinction. He was vice presi.
dent for Illinois Of the Pan.American
Exposition at Buffalo. Noteworthy
success came to Mr.. Brundage early
in life. He was born at Campbell,
N. Y, AZ years ago, and educated in
the public schools Of that town and
Detroit, Mich. He is knight Tenn.
plar, a Knight Of Pythias, member
Of the Royal League, the Columbian
Knights, the University. Chicago Ath.
letic and Marquette clubs.
What 10 the use Of keeping up q
public school system II the learning
Of trades 10 to be substituted for the
learning Of reading, writing. arithme-
tic. geography and history?
II children are to learn trades let
them 60 at once to work and learn
them in q practical way instead Of in
the emotional and impractical man.
ner now in vogue In Chicago public
schools.
Ono fad succeeds another with one
board Of education and the vocational
fad is the latest.
Plans to give Chicago school chill.
dren such special training that even
those forced to quit their classes at
an early age will be equipped with
certain knowledge Of one occupation
or another are being completed by
DR.. James B. McFatrich, president Of
the board Of education.
DR.. McFatrich's plan, following tho
recommendation Of Mrs. Ella F1agg
Young, superintendent Of schools.
that the old South Division High
School be converted into q vocational
school for girls. includes the opening
Of ten or more schools In which chill.
dren will be trained along SPECIFIC
lines.
Statistics showing the number Of
persons employed in various occupa'
tions In Chicago in 1900 form the
basis for the proposed vocational sys.
tenn. OF $4,000 persons who per.
formed Chicago's Industrial work. Q
half.million have been classified into
ten divisions.
For each one of these groups II 10
, proposed to open . school. Other
. groups may follow later. The plan,
, AZ outlined by DR.. McFatrich. does
: not include the simultaneous opening
, Of the schools. One or two probably
will be opened In the near future and
the others gradually will be started
when the experiment has proved the
!. idea practicable.
This plan is not entirely original D
said DR.. McFatrich. "Similar sys
: TENS have been in operation in Ger
= many to certain extent.
Under present conditions boy
goes to an employer with . plea fol
work, declaring he can do anything
As a matter OF fact, he can do moth
: ing. He makes q bluff at doing thil
or that, but the employer soon hndi
out he has an unframed boy on hil
hands.
I'VE want to train the boys ant
girls so that when they seek q jol
they are able to tell the employs
truthfully that they can do some ON
thing or other, and do It we'll"
1t might be added that such sya
a tenn has been In vogue in China 70
n centuries and the result IL natiol
D. Of laundrymen.
n What Chicago people demand is
Q, public school system which will CIV
n children an education.
" Daniel L. Cruice, Democratic cand
d date for Superior Judge. was born 4
r. Buffalo. N. Y, June 30. 1868. Edl
"a Gated In the parochial and publ
~ ~ schools of Buffalo. the University {
~ New York and Chicago College {
p" Law. He has the degree Of LII.
=, from Lake Forest University. Will
~ - acquiring his education he gained
- - vast fund of experience, owing to th
" 70 fact that circumstances required hin
q during the intervals between studie
g to work on the Great lakes. the Nj
10 sissippi and Ohio rivers. and In u
Is postoface and railway mail servic
IN Since attaining his majority he hi
~ devoted his spare time to progressi'
IN measures designed TO bring cover
OF ment within the control Of the peopl
and TO that end has "stumpsd" tho sta
a in behalf OF the initiative and refere
n dunn, public ownership OF public uti
nd ties, direct election OF senators ~
in. direct primaries. A. . lawyer hs
u ! oaruaat and intalliRAnt Aad his q