Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-11
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION NEEDED
Not Mere Fad, Secretary Fne Tells Business Men-This State Must Enter Upon this Type of Education sity for the Wokingman and Will Solve Problems of the Employees of Labor.

trial life Moreover the glare of the city retains many This tendency in- creases competition and lower wages in industrial persuits.
 Industrial education IS also nec- essary to meet foreign competition It appears that the future of trade be- longs to our manufacturer. If he needs skilled employees when he com petes with his fellow countrymen for more must he need it when he faces foreign competition where there is complete industrial as well as higher technical training.
 It is not far from the foregoing to the general notion that the power of nat ation depends upon its resources and it's skill and the development thereof.
 If we admit the foregoing social and economic propositions we must con- struct a type of education distinctly economic and severely practical
 New these general considerations urged in many quarters come home to us in this state. This movement is not a mere fad. The demand for skilled labor is far greater than the supply and under our present condi- tions it is difficult and unprofitabIe for the manufacturer to train all-round apprentices. He must compete with the world and decrease the cost of pro- duction and increase the quality of the Pi Ile WlSc SIIlployeI looks to industrial education.
 From the point of view of the working man 1t Is becoming more and more necessary the passing vf cheap lands and the close environment which makes the struggle for existence fierce. This state must enter upon this type of training.
 We must solve the question of the school in view of some of the facts which have been recited indicating the probable life career of the children and we shall elicit some subjects which are suitable for industrial training. A boy Is to enter upon his life work at IA and to this boy Latin and algebra are stumbling blocks rather than helps. While we endeavor to develop the instincts of good citizenship we must prepare boys to take their share in the worlds work.
 School teachers can no longer con- tent themselves with turning out the fancy scholastic article. We must follow our product and see how he fares when he faces the labor market. If he turns out to have nothing which will enable him to find a job we must be ready and willing to substitute some adequate scheme which will bring him into closer touch with thee business world. The problem is not the mere production of citizen work CTS but their distribution. The school master has been manufacturing like some of our other manufacturers what he fancied was a good article irrespec- tive of the demand. Today he is learn ing that the career of his pupils is a matter of ever growing importance and that there must be produced in some way or other a person who has an economic value in the business world.
 Interest of the business world is just as vital in the production of men and women of the right type as the edu- cationaI world.
 The unskilled and most of the skilled come from the elementary schools. We have not had trade schools in which they could be trained. The evening schools and the continuation schools