Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-07

"A giraffe, Il n well known, can
not live II his environment IN CnanE-
ed. An artificial Cline has to ne
provided Tor him. No irrational ant
NAL can 80 outside OF his envlron-
ment and take care OF himself. But
man can adapt himself 60 any envlr-
0nmeni, whether II be the poles. the
mountain top. the valley or under the
sea- but man has 10 be trained for
u and also must have an opportunity
20 study that environment.
The speaker cited the experiments
nnd trips made by peary on the les
before attempting his great fent---the
discovery Of the North pole.
Change of Occupations.
Or. Boyd emphasized the futility 81
preparing for certain occupations und
cited instances where Inventions had
thrown hundreds and thousands out
at their Jobs" he told of one man
he knew who had to change his occu-
patton no less than seven times and
made a success Ia each new environ
mont. Why" asked the speaker.
"hecause ne was an educated man
from the start"
An Isolated People.
The speaker dweit on the eduoa-
iionai problem of New Mexico ana
pointed out the work of the Aliison-
james schools. These schools" he
continued, have come to "a people
/ who have been isoluted and an at
/ tempt nus been made here 10 train
/ tfcsc people tor life uf twenty-five
ycnrs hence. pray God that This
woman" trcferrinR 10 the graduate
at the class may go tu her people
and aid them in their struggle Tor ed
/ ucation Tho difficulties that con
T .F..lI IL
/ I'm touch with the people; we must
! take into consideration their hcrcdi-
( tnry descent aud traditions. we
must do the best We can.
We must ever remember that we
/ are confronted hy large population
! practically unschooted. u ~ some
! thing disheartening 20 see the numrer
of good people just hungering for in
formation following very hriel
schooling.
something must be- done To reach
! an the people of the community
I have received pathetic letter IRON
one asking What shall ! read"
Dr Boyd told of the ambitions OF
the state university 90 get VA cloaei
touch with the people az large and
tn meet the necessities at the age
some Of our well-intentione'
I friends have declared again ana agar
we must train the people for Occupa
tiuns W. AL know that la iormrl
days the hcvs OF the middle Yves
were obliged To- use tools. Every tn'
could usc tcols. In the development
of cities this development naturally
was lacking because there was ~
specini reed OF such work. pthe
Development replaced w. See how
many today can run motors 'et
tain i ~ we have more people witt
mechanical skill than ever before.
- doubt the wisdom of training an
man today To- he carpenter why
| Because the introduction of the plah
ing mills which do 80 much of IN
carpenters work better aud NOR
rnpidly. The CARPENTER today H. 10
, the man he was ~ quarter Of cen
turv ago The division of labor IA
robbed him of his trade.
''WcU do I remember years ago
refused to wear any but n hand mhd
!, shoe. A factory shoe was conaidcre
oui OF place for man who could nu
one hand made. Vet today We consid
~ The machine made shor the mo'
comfortable and stylish. The sh p
, maker is not the man ne used To III
What Kind of an occupation woul
| Won trniu your child for The rapid
r uy with which inventions fan upo
| us makes one pause for reply
- ! predict that a machine VIII yet ne W
, vented that viii solye the labor prof
/ lem now agitatiug California; ma
b. chine viii pick and wrap and box oi
d nnges ana the other fruits grown o
y ! the Pacific slope
, The Ideal Training.
President Boyd pointed out what u
| considered the ideal training -on
: that viii develop intelligence an
i character for he said intelligence h.
IA gets skill "A man II always grow
D ing ana he must be trained 10 ~
k along with people he dcclare'
) Getting on depends more on our a'
gorintrs than on anything else III
/ | speaker made a plea for Young me
y aud women 10 pick IN" right KIND e
n companions" 20 that they may h1'
e. wholesome thoughts and useful Idea
{ "and so that the words oi our moul
y and the mcditations Of our heart ma
n be acceptable 20 Him who Will rew ~
h | us adequately"