The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-08
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1914.
TRAINING.

sthe schools has long been recognized
Pin North Dakota. This was the reas-
on for the establishment Of the agri-
{cultural college and later for the es-
Establishment Of agricultural high
schools. The practical results Of these
efforts have been proved.
According to a chapter on vocation
al training in the report to congress
Eby the commission of national aid to
vocational education, training for the
kworker is one of the greatest needs
LOT the country today.
The commission recommends that
hthe government give a maximum ap-
S~propriation of $1,000, 900 a year to the
Estates for vocational education. The
sTeport in part follows:
"The kind of vocational education
,Gnost needed at the present is that
(which is designed to prepare workers
for the more common occupations in
(which the great mass of our people
find useful employment. Vocational
draining, to be most effective, should
sbe restricted to persons more than
sfourteen years of age who have laid
Ethe foundations of a general education
lin the elementary schools. Because of
Ethe kind Of workers to be reached and
1.-The character Of the instruction to be
kgiven, this vocational education should
HE of less than college grade.
THE states aided in part by the ma
Etional government have already given
Substantial encouragement to and Of
k3ered fairly adequate opportunities for
Etraining in the professions, in the arts
land sciences, and for leadership in
Ecommercial and industrial activities
What we need now Is practical
, education of secondary grade to reach
the great body Of our workers.
THE American people have hardly
begun the work of providing for the
practical education Of these millions of
opr productive workers. In this whole
country there are fewer trade schools
thar are to be found in the little Ger
man kingdom Of Bavaria with a popu~
lation not much greater han that Of
New York City.
There are more workers being
trained at public expense in the city
of Munich alone than in the larger
cities of the United States. represent
ing a population of IL, 900, 900.
THE greatest treasure which this
country holds today is the undeveloped
skill and vocational possibilities, not
only of the millions of our workers
everywhere, but Of the great army Of
our school children.
Vocational training Is needed to
provide a substitute for the old appren-
fticeship. Large scale production, ex-
ltreme division of labor and the all
jconquering march of the machine have
practically driven out the apprentice
ship system through which in a simp-
Ter age the young helpers were taught.
Vocational training is needed to in
crease wage earning power and to meet
the increasing demand for trained
workers. With the constantly increas-
ing demand upon our Industries for
more and better goods, the supply of
trained workers is relatively diminish
ing.
Vocational training is needed to
offset the increased cost Of living
With a farming area practically sta
rtionary; a rapidly increasing popula-
ton, and an agricultural class whose
ability with present methods to meet
the demands for larger production re-
Hatively diminishing, u national ap-
Epetite has outgrown both our national
Harder and our national po~cketbook."