Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-16
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Of GREATEST WORTH

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Tho News reprints 'he following
article by special request
Many people believe that the
learning obtained DO high school.
a business college or a university
ril Nh them 70 command high sal
aries Immediately upon graduation.
Those Vho have vide experience
tell us that this dea is falacious.
They state that @ surprisingly large
proportion o. the students graduated
are almost totally unprepared for
business activities
To meet This condition various
special arrangements have been
made
Manual training schools have
been established IN many cities Tor
teaching the trades ln many com
mun.'les students in tie upper
grades spend part Of their time IN
those shops which expect 10 utilize
the services ~ these young men ar
ter graduation
The boz scout movement has been
valuable Boz teaching self-relIance.
and In inducing students 10 take
pleasure In the ordinary activities Of
llfe
Many schools are 80 oyercroNded
that their students receive b1t few
opportunities 10 express individual
ity whenever me teaching staff is
.oyrrWorked. i cannot boz expected
that me desired inspiration viii floH
from curriculum Of Itself Self
development is uofceably rare undef
such conditions People generally
require example OF rivalry 10 order
no boz induced 10 train Themselves
o. is go easy to Can into perfunc'Ori-
ness And after all the school ran
only furnish educational facilities
IN does not really olyraf' Education
depends upon 'hc effort of fho Ind.
ridual
o. ls not me Intention 90 convey
the thought that schools and COLLEGES
arc useless They arc useful Goo pro-
portion to The purposoful uteliie.
cfu activity of The scholars Teach
have always recognized this. and
they attempt constantly to induce
their scholars 20 think independent
ly 10 analyzc for themselves ttc
statements FOO their textbooks and %
put the results of their own ohsery-
atious into action.
The necessity of genorollinE .n
compiling textbooks leaves the
great multitude OF individual praO
tiocs and problems unexplained 20
The student IN other words 10 o.
painfully evident 20 thousands Of
graduates every year. that the alb
sorbfi0u OF scholastic theory Is but
me Threshold 20 The practical word
Of fhc day The hest that students
can attain az school IS q good method
.of thought. an introduction 20 log.-
cal ways OF study
These plain truths are not usually
apparent 10 ihe youthful student He
has been nurtured Tor years loo the
glamor of academic activities IIIs
standard Is certain percentage or
mark for passing examinations U
is we'll known that school exams
can be- but fragmon'ary ar best The
callow student has acquired cock
sureuess that does nor perceive those
large problems which are nor stated
IN his books
lIs graduation thesis most likely
contains @ formula for me working
out OF problems. the solution OF
which have NOT se' been attained Dos
the sincere aud lifelong str.vu. OF
hts seniors
What are Ve going Co 90 a.fH orr
students How can We place them SO
as To Undue them with the fight .u-
reuti,es' How can Ne early secure
for them @ much-uecded practical
education. and make them useful cite
liens. not dependent and purpose
less This Is an Individual problem.
The circumstances vary .u every
family and with each member OF
the family
not So long ago our fathers were
bound out as aplhentices .n yarI-
Gus trades. They told us of their
many priyatIons. bur b. would appear
that they must have really learned
something as apprentices for they
founded business and political nsr.-
buttons which are worthy OF respect
The rigorous apprentice system
has been superseded hy more gen.
fle practice. The rights of minors
are today more tendorly REGARDED.
And yet. there are millions of eager
youths who are searching for their
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