New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15

The Commission on National Ald
60 Vocational Education was created
by act Of Congress, approved January
20, 1914, authorizing the President OF
the United States to appoint a COM
mission OF nine members "to consider
the subject Of national aid for voca-
tional education and report their ind
ings and recommendations not later
than June l next
Pursuant 70 this act the President OF
the United States appointed the iol-
lowing persons TO serve as members OF
the commission: Senator Hoke Smith.
Of Georgia: Senator Carroll ). Page, OF
Vermont, Representative ID. NJ
Hughes. Of Georgia; Representative
L.. ID. Tess, Of Ohio; John A. LaPp'
director Indiana Bureau Of Legislative
Information: Miss Florence NJ. Mar
shall. principal Manhattan IIaue
School for Girls, New York City; Miss
AGNES Nestor, president International
Glove Workers Union. Chicago;
Charles A. Prosser. secretary National
Society for the Promotion OF INDUS
trial Education, New York CITY,
Charles H. Winslow, special agent bu-
reau of Labor Statistics. Washington
This committee has prepared an eN-
haustive treatise on the subject OF
vocational education, especially en-
uhasizing that the kind most urgently
demanded az the present time is thal
which viii prepare workers lot me
more common occupations IN WhlCh
the great mass of our people ma use
ful employment.
An effort is made TO prove that IAN
overwhelming public sentiment SHOWS
the need for vocational education IN
tbis country" and the testimony IN
this behalf is asserted as coming from
every class of citizenship ]. e., IRON
the educator. the manufacturer, the
-rade unionist. the business man, the
social worker and the philanthropy
ANALYSIS of the testimony shows thaJ
public opinion is by no means unaul-
nous on the subject. although IoI
various reasons. there appears 10 exist
a willingness that governmental ana III
the shape of appropriations OF money
he suppEed. The report asserts thaI
the representatives Of more than -
100000 people have repeatedly gone on
record as believing that system Oh
vocational education was aOso!uJe!H
necessary 10 the future welfare OF 'He
nation. ,no4.h che
II would be unwise 20 deny that the
movement for vocational education IS
spreading. fosteTed as II is by eouc"-
tors and by social workers; out 10 as
sumo that there is perfect uhai'lllL.9
Of belief i'm ,Ds absolute eihcacy 10y tHe
CONSERVATIVES Of capital and OF 4aooI
the employers and the enRIoSes
would be equally unWise' Inc
dence submitted by the couil"''''0 ''''
uhasizes this point. ..L -
some of the principles set forth j?
.bo report are clearly one-slded, ana .
es srcb NAV be regarded as platltuGes
rs for instance, the following: IN .
S-s+~v and social unrest are que y.
large measure 20 q lack OF a system q .
rracticaI education, fitting workers lor .
their calling <.1 .bo.
the fault is mainly with the WORKERS
and that the employers nave niue !OI
.,.L:.L 20 answer. Without taking
citLer side. q spirit Of fairness de,
-nsrds that attention should be caI4eu 4
10 The possible shortcomings OF the EN-
nlove~ as well as OF the employe' DuO .
this the committee has not undertaken .
TO do. -. .,o+ indus /
rial and social unrest ls NANNY uue .
20 The natural struggle between caPl- .
tSl and labor. neither Of which ele,
ments can exist without the other ana ana ,
10th Of which jealously guard their re- :
SDertive Interests by such means as ne I
,gi,Sin their power? This has been the
b;etorv of the past, is the condition o.
10 nyeseDt. and who shall say that
history will not repeat itself =,
The committee proposes that me Ieu,
eral government shall e%pend lIe saI
of S38 100000 IN nine years -OI 'iie
lowing purposes; Federal