Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-20
Aims to Prepare Experts
for Municipal Service.

partment of
municipal control comes the need of
increasing numbers of trained experts
in every science. The city university,
acting in close cooperation with all Of
these departments. should be better
equipped to prepare men and women
for municipal service than an outside
institution. The health departments
require a large number of specially
trained physicians each year. In this
particular science a municipal Coon
Grafton with medical school already
established may work out better than
the establishment of an entirely new
institution, but the co-operation must
be definitely organized.
Inc work Just completed in Akron is
suggestive of the many services by
which the municipal college can serve
the city in addition to the most i'm
portant one of supplying trained work.
ers Tor city positions. The colleges
can find definite lines of practical work
In the direction of the various public
utilities and the graduates will be bet
ter prepared in university which is
corporate part of the municipality it,
SELF The training of teachers for pub
lie service has long been a well rec
ognized duty of every city. The uni
Versity idea simply extends this serv-
ice to prepare men and women for 9TH
er branches of public service Chemis-
try. biology and economics of every
sort are required in the daily NUM-
cipai routine and students can secure
practical experience in many instances
while rendering the city more eff.
Gent service than is now available.
The department of charities and cor
rection in every large city gives ex-
ceptional opportunity for the student
In sociology to acquire expert expert
ence- The necessity of placing public
institutions of this kind under the
direction of those who have had special
training is becoming more apparent
each day For sociological training
alone, the city university in active CO.
operation with the work of the
municipality could offer possibilities of
training that are not now ayaila BILE
in any institution.
Much of the work of the newly es-
tablished organization will be experi-
mental at first Its present work is the
gathering from all the universities in
the country definite amount of the
cooperation now existing between
them and the local municipalities. SuR-
gestions also are being asked as to
how this cooperation may be in
creased. In many cases the CITY is
more likely to take charge of some
institution already established than to
Akron had its beginning as Buchtel
College. which has only recently been
taken over and reorganized by the
city.
Most of the private Institutions will
welcome any means of co-operation
with the city for public advantage
They realize their obligation to the
municipality for freedom from taxes
and other advantages. and are eager to
give greater practical service to the
community. The general public is
awake to the need of expert knowledpe
upon various matters pertaining to the
public good. The universities recoe-
nlze their duty in training men and
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conditions warrant the effort now no
ing put forward toward the stablish-
I ment of city universities upcn the
| bro&-est possible basis.