The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20

|hensive view Of his work and
thence is better fitted to enter col
Ilege or an occupation.
To the boy or girl that decides
not to enter college this is a gold
en- opportunity. The business Of
the High school then becomes to
make them effective and progress
sive earners. thus holding and help
ling them. The graduate often rea-
|lizes that he does not fit into the
industrial scheme of life, and in
his desire to make a place for him
self turns to some cheap business
college for course in bookkeeping
and stcnography, thereby over
crowding that already crowded in
stitution. Our educational needs
are changing, following more or
less closely changes that have been
going on in the world of indus
try. In such curriculem as ex-
lists today in the Valley City High
school all needs are met to develop
into centers of practical training,
where to hands and eyes as well as
brains is given an opportunity to
develop what power lies in them.
/ Valley City High school has
the necessary requisites to such a
post rgaduate field; a faculty Of
college and university trained men
and women. whose work is recog-
nized by the colleges; suitable
rooms and equipment; ways and
means financially. As long as the
institution of these courses docs not
operate to raise the tax levy, the
most indifferent citizen cannot OBJ
ject, even tho the law does not pro-
vide for the charging of fees il,
the public free schools, because a
small tuition fee can be charged tc
meet this expense.
The attempt at the coordinate
development of the physical, men.
tai and manual lines has met with
hearty response from the pupil:
here. The Domestic Science de.
partment, Manual Training, Agri
cultural, Commercial and Physi.
cal Training has most excellen
and up to date equipment for al
kinds of work. Today the High
school is primarily and frndamen
tally related to the immediate
, needs of the community and it:
chief purpose is to give its gradu
ates training that will have large
elements of immediate vocational
nlalue. Many are going fortl
| yearly to become the producers
manufactors. transporters of tn
community, others will in tim
+ m1consciously, if not consciousl
:. drift into positions of public leader
r ship. In business, in politics, il
E home and church the public schoc
! graduates superior powers ar
{ needed.
: The real difference between til
, education Of pupils preparing 70
college and those for bushes
should be that one majors in cul
;tural subjects and the other, voca
:. tional. The High school means t
n the boy or girl wishing to pursu
d a trade. or occupation, a plac
h where they may continue to tn
: point of mastery, subjects whic
: they had already found helpful an
l. interesting. In this we became pos
S sessed of technique belonging
/ a specialized structure or divisio
G of labor. To train for this elabor
e ately, is to be broadly vocationaliz
IS ed.
Il The world today demands spec
h ialists in certain lines, also wit
C that we ask for a broad knowledg
II of different lines, literature, lang
II uases, music, mathematics, histor
j. and science. No business ma
If can ever attain the highest success
= of which he may be capable, if onl
d narrowly vocationalized. To hil
,e postgraduate work opens othe
l. studies than in his prescribe
: course and also the chance of r,
view. 1ntensifcation enters ever
l. field, the farmer, lawyer, docto
or banker, office man, day lahore
l. teacher and merchant and the
IS must be fitted for their field.
A The advantages found in II
l. postgraduate field Of the Hie
e school are: first, the pupils will
" under the individual supervision
oe one corps Of teachers who have
re unity Of purpose Through this v
re tai handling such discipline and il
" SEPARATION as discoverer bent, d
e. ivelop taste and enthusiasm, and il
m 'splre purpose are instilled. TT
err pupils social bearing, his intelle
~ final ottit1,de hic cDir;t,,,1 rocoo,