The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-11-18
OUTLINED WORK
OF IDAHO TECH
PRESIDENT REED SPOKE AT UNI
YERSITY ASSEMBLY AS TO VAST
SCOPE OF WORK
Theme CoTstred "The Relation of the
Technical Institute to the Educa-
tional System Of the State"

Inc mld-Week assembly OF the uni
versity was addressed by Presiden
Miles F. Reed of the Idaho Technica
Institute, who as an alumnus of the
university noted the contrast between
the advantages offered students O.
1900 and 1915. He spoke of the in
>creasing influence of the university
felt throughout the state and outlined
the policy of the Idaho Technical In
stitute
zone of the fundamental ideals Of
public education in a democracy is
that of equality of opportunity for an
education" said Mr.. Reed. sThis
ideal can never be more than approx
imated and in a state of great geo.
graphical extent such as Idaho, this
ideal so far as advantage for higher
education is concerned is most diff
cult even to approximate.
I'm their attempts to solve this
problem our legislative assemblies fl
nally settled upon the definite policy
of maintaining one normal school in
the north and one in the south, the
state university in the northwest and
the technical institute, junior col
lege in the southeast.
II believe that the people of the
state are now ready to accept this ar
rangement as final and as repre-
senting as fair and equable distribu-
ton of the advantages for higher edu-
cation as is perhaps possible in a
state that has such unfortunate geo
graphical boundaries as Idaho.
at remains now for the state,
through its board of education and
commissioner, to authorize these
schools of higher education to offer
work of such character and extent IS
to most nearly approximate this ideal
of equal educational opportunity for
ALL
the state board has authorized the
technical institute to organize its
work to meet the needs of students as
follows:
q. High-scho graduates who plan
to pursue a four-year college course
leading to the bachelors degree in
science, agriculture, engineering or
home economics, may secure the first
two years of these courses SO that the
work for degree may be completed
at the University of Idaho in not more
than two years.
20. High-school graduates who do
not plan to devote more than one or
two additional years to school work
can secure special technical or voca-
tional training supplemented by lit
erary and scientific subjects in prepar-
alton for vocations, including farming,
Industrial arts pursuits, business cler-
ical and stepographic pursuits, teach
ing and home making.
's3. Young men and women who
have completed the first two years
work of high school, or who have
lad. no high-school advantages, but
nave reached the age Of sixteen years
,r over will find special courses in
he vocational school adapted to their
reeds.
'In addition to this, the institute ex-
,ects to offer in connection with the
extension department of the universi-
" short courses and extension work
or those engaged in agricultural and
ther industrial occupations.
"It is also planned to organize eve
ing courses Of study covering such
ocational and technical fields of work
S the demand may seem to justify. Il
This, briefly stated. is the field OF
he school, as we see it, that lies IN
he present and the immediate future.
f in the distant future, the educa-
lonal demands OF the state require
ny modification or addition to this
Ian. they can be cared for when that
me arrives.
ssThe technical institute proposes to
Q ready to go into the work OF edu-
alton and help. wherever it may be OF !
srvice and wherever it is the best or
lost efficient instrument to do this
ork. The school does not want to :
, the work that some other educa-
onal institution is now doing or that
,me other institution may be, either n
! reason Of location, equipment, or c
,ecial charter, better fitted to do. Q