Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-20

tion for those who cannot afford to go
elsewhere. The last report OF the
work of the University of Cincinnati
shows that 81 per cent of the students
enrolled in that institution could not
have secured the education had it not
been provided them in their own city.
Over % per cent were fatherless. and
less than one-fourth of the fathers of
the others were in the so-called pro-
fessional class. Most of them were
In the mechanical or small CONNER
cia1 class Fully SIS per cent of the
male students have followed some
galnfu1 occupation regularly through
out the year. The university extends
it's opportunities to them by co-opera-
tive courses and day and evening
classes.
The University of New York has ex-
tended it's advantages in a most prac-
tlcai way by opening up regular
classes for the young men and women
employed in Wall street and other COM
mercial centers. The classes open i'm
nediately at the close of business
the branches aiding commercial eff
nclency. including foreign languages.
In addition to the regular instruction,
credits are given for the daily work
performed in the office. A bookkeeper
VIII be given credit for the full num-
ber of hours he is employed upon that
subject II he enters upon a regular
course of study emitting him to a
diploma. The diploma carries with it
the degree bachelor of commercial
science, which is enthusiastically equiva-
lent to an A. b. degree from a college
of arts and sciences
The success of the city university will
depend upon its meeting the peculiar
needs of the industrial conditions of
the city in which it is located. If steel
and iron works provide the principal
industry. the university must first aim
to provide training for those who de-
sire to attain scientific efficiency in
some particular branch of these indus
tries. Since most of the students must
support themselves while taking this
training, the instruction must be given
al suitable hours and credit for shop
work must be given after the same
manner as commercial credits are given
in the new commercial course of the
University of New York.
The success of the efforts to establish
vocational work in connection with the
schools has demonstrated the practi-
cability of this system. In number
of cities it is now possible for a boy
to do paid apprentice work in some
shop or factory while he is completing
his high school work. and thus sup
port himself and prepare for immediate
wage learning at the completion of
his school work. The city university
will simply carry the vocational train
ing to the highest point and permit a
student to attain professional stand
ards by the same methods as he &C
quired apprentice skill during his
school work.
At present the courses in municipal
universities are only in the industrial
and commercial sciences, but this limi-
tation need be only temporary. Other
professional instruction can be given
with equal propriety in an institution
belonging directly to the municipality.
The students taking these courses can
frequently be of great service to the
municipality while pursuing their
studies. The University of Wisconsin
has recently established a course in
taxation. Last year number of stu
dents in this course were employed in
the state capital computing tax
finances. They were paid $500 for a half
years work. and were also credited
with the amount of time SO employed.
With the ever-increasing recognition
of the need of securing the highest
po ssh b ! e
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