Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-10
COLLEGE MEN IN ovERALLs.
tCounciI BUNS Nonpareii.l

The picture presented by college men
in overalls AT the Roger orchard cas-:
Of Council Bluffs is harbinger of
the coming Of better DAYS in demo-
cratic America. There was a time when
il was assumed that educated people
should do no manual labor. Doting
parents shaved from sun UP until sun
down in order TO educate their chill
dren 70 point where they would not
be obliged to work.
\ II has required long time to change
!, this idea II is not in fact wholly dis
sipated yet But it is going. Now we
have changed the order. The purpose of
modern education now Is not to train
children not to work but TO train them
! TO work intelligently.
Fifteen to twenty people have been
working in this orchard during the
gathering Of this crop. 1t has been just
a little difficult to obtain help. And It
is easy TO see how large increase
in the orchard area of any given sec
ton OF the country brings about a
labor problem. The labor supply must
be made elastic. To do this is going
20 require organization. We have an
abundance Of physical energy in the
country TO do this work. Along with
the increase in orchard acreage there
must come provision for taking care
of the crop.
The presence Of these college men
| in overalls suggests an army of school
children organized and Differed for
! the purpose of doing just this sort OF
! work IL the proper season. Regular
school work as we now have !; must be
modified to meet this need. Immense
i good would come out of an organiZa
| ton of our young people TO meet this
demand First and foremost the boys
and girls need to learn how 10 work
They need the income which they could
earn in this manner. They need the
practical instruction which under
proper direction they would secure b!
! doing this sort of work.
! There are thousands Of children ir
| Council Bluffs and in every other city
and community in the country who
! have not yet opened accounts in banks
There are thousands of vacant lots in
Council Bluffs which are growing moth
ing but a crop Of weeds every year
These children not only have no BANK
accounts but they are forming habits
| Of idleness and shiftlessness which
will hamper them all thru life.
4 we HGeQ " VII
! processes to the end that we shall
/ bring the idle boy to the vacant lo'
and transform him from shiftless
Ioafer to business man with an ac-
count to his credit in the bank. Ant
along with this social program which
organizes idle children into companies
of workers there will come an adjust
ment whereby the orchardist will make
! a contract to have his apples gathered
I and marketed at fair price. He would
3 deal with the captain of 2 company
and the captain, paid Instructor II
the community, would be responsible
for seeing that the work vas properl,
done.
There is a wonderful future in stor'
lfor the people OF this country if VI
! use judgment and intelligence in di
) recting children to take advantage 0
the opportunities which lie sll sroun'
!. Them and are now largely unused. w
are confidently looking forward to tn
h time when every child which comes t
adorn the earth will not only be col
8 lege trained individual but vii! ais
!. be an Intelligent worker. In the idea
state all work will be used for educa
! tional purposes and all education vii
|, be with a view to making the iDdivid
. uai more intelligent and therefor
more efficient and a happier worker
Il College men in --Overal!s makin