The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
Supplements the Old Educa-
ton, Meeting Demands of
Present Industrial Age.
POPULAR MOVEMENT
SWEEPING COUNTRY
Educators, Employers, En-
ployes, AID. Are Endorsing
Vocational Training Com
mission on National Aid
Makes Report.


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Inc new education seeks fn supple
\ Haent not snpplant the OLD education,
1T VIII 90 me things which the cld cd
hcation ass slcft updpne liz meet de-
r'ands Of this practical industrial ege
sfanerat education has and will R'*ays
Fave rs mission and I'm field. IN the
new order of 'flirea. u Is not 10 he rev
niutiortaea. prrcoted ar cast aeide II
- 10 ne modified. made aaxi1Ge and
more pdapte3 - The needs Of 'he aay.
The ness education ts swapping The
enuntr-T II Is a ii fnocratfc unv@fleft
b. OF and FOR the. people En-
1 rloeers. employees and educators are
endorsing Il All see faratne n hand
IN make Il Successful sa that all may
praSr~r and I'LL may proft
t Srre IN substance arc the andtngq
bf tae commission on national a ri fer
rncAtscral education recently aprnirt-
fd by President wilson IT, studs the
eurtect Of vocational education. which
HAS tns. submitted It's report to CON
gress.
Commissions Findings
More specifically The commission
3nnnd that there liz great need In this
country for vocational education hat
ewing to the peculiar nature NJ the
problem. the States are unable 10 one
with II and that the federal govern
w. ~E.l. y
VIII halp solve the problem by rrn-
srs6+rg rnttnr71s grants n tf1e stafes
Tor vocational education.
Tn commission found that nf more
| than $4,000 oh6 workers IN agriculture
and Industry less than per cent have
had adequate preparation for their
Jobs Millions Of persons between the
eyes Of fourteen and eighteen years are
not in scho0l. having ieft TO enter the
Franks OF the br@adwinners About half
Of these are children under sixteen
years OF age, the large ma tority Of
whom left school before completing
She elementary education and are
Handicapped by lack ~ schooling
either for successful wRge~earnin.- or
for inteliies at citizenship,
As a solution of the problem con-
fronting the nation. vocational train
I ing Ii needed. in the opinion of the
commission, to conserve and develop
our natural resources. to prevent waste
. Of human labor. To provide a substl-
tnte for the old apprenticeship, 70 In
crGABe wage -ea ruing power md to
meet the increasing demand FOR train
I'd workers
-'~)ur national prosperity Is Al stake. =
continues the report We have become
4 great Industrial as we'll as great
AGRICULTURAL nation. Each year shows
= less percentage of our people on the
farms and greater In the cities our
factory population Is growing nnaces
Our future as nation viii depend
mcrc and more on the success of our
Industrial life as well as upon the
volume and quality OF our agricultural
products
To stimulate the movement for voca-
tionAl education, tho commission
recommends the distribution Of na-
ttonal grants among the States. In Its
hill to congress II provides for an ap-
preparation Of 81 100000 for 1919. to
hA increased yearly thereafter. accord
ing to gradual scale, until the may
nium annual appropriation or sf,ou".
600 Ia reached In 1924. This money IS
~ be used under certain conditions Tor
The training of teachers for Vncatfnnal
Bubiects and for the paying OF salaries
|of vocational teaehers
The Government Part
Six reasons why the federal soTern,
nent should distribute THESE hailonai
grants are advanced by the commission
n Its report as follows
A.. To make the work OF vocatio'a,
Framing possible IN those Slaiss anu
- xx,aatipo tbe reol,iramqntG for