Arizona republican., 1915-05-02

which bear upon the question of the hour.
 MT Frank M Leavitt, president of the natiCGal organization of vocation al training and guidance, said in d recent address: We must revise ou" ideals regarding the attitude of edu- cation toward work and stop draw
 ing damaging comparisons between the desire to work and the desire to be wise and get an education.' We
 must give to each and every child
 that which is for him the desirable
 thing in his place and circumstance
 here and now, not that which. in
 some far distant and probably impos Sible future. may contribute to his
 supposed culture
 I quote from MT l. II. NanSickle. ah editor and writer on educational
 subjects: Ut might seem that the
 movement toward fitting boys and
 girls in school for practical efficiency
 in their life work was fast SuperSed-
 ing harmonious development through
 liberal education. if we did not re
 member that the older. liberal form
 of education is so strongly intrench
 ed as to call for no advocacy at the
 present time.
 It is not proposed to make artisans
 of those who by nature and circun
 stance tend to go in another direc-
 Jion. The literary curriculum is vO- cational for them. and it is still open to them. Education for those destin-
 ed for the professions has always been vocational from the beginnings all along to it's continuation in the
 professional school" We must re-
 member that there was a time when the largest single group of college students went into the ministry. In their turn medicine. law. commerce. teaching, etc. etc. have claimed large numbers. With each widening of the vocational opportunities for college graduates. the college enrolment has increased.
 Here is a side light from an entire ly different source. Mir. Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor. has said: The period is past when the United States can depend upon cheap raw materials obtained with comparatively little la Dor from it's mines and virgin fields It is entering upon a period when it must depend upon the qualities of human labor Under these condi tions. industrial decline is the only to industrial education: American industry will insist that competition shall be upon the basis. not of cheap. brute labor. but of in telligent. efficient, skilled, educated, labor"
 MT. owen R. Lovejoy, general sec retary of the National Child Labor Committee. an expert in the relations between the educational and indus trial activities of our youth has said recently: our captains of industry are clamoring for efficient workers. Positions requiring brains are diff cult to fill; important departments of large manufacturing and commercial enterprises suffer because there are none among the workers who can advance to positions of responsibility requiring initiative and mental re- They want crop of fresh. young labor furnished them every year that can make fewer mis- takes and more profits" And then he quotes. Education is a prepara- tion for complete living. Complete living includes usefulness and happi- ness. Usefulness is the activity that promotes the interests of mankind. means the enjoyment of work and leisure. Education should therefore equip a boy for a vocation and also equip him for an enjoyment of the refined pleasures of life"
 You will notice how in this thought as in many others. vocation and av- ocation are intermingled.
 Be sure that your thought for your child bears hard on tine vocational side. remembering that constructive energy and ability to be a producer in life. brings permanent joy, while the avccational interests, the things in which we dabble and play, bring only temporary pleasure. They may be cultural and refining and as such valuable in rounding out complete fife. but they do not measure up to the steady vocation, wisely chosen and evolved with adequate training. in developing manly and womanly character of high quality.
 MT. Benjamin R. Andrews. profes- scr in the Teachers College of Col I,nbia University, has exp. essed this holrsht as follows: Academic or cultural study-the mother tOpgre md it's literature, the historical anf present. social situation. should ac- 'omranv technical and vocational rain nS. so that the two will fuse .ife itself is voca.icr plus avoca3or md education can safely follow f.ns laIcia. Pure academic training is | dish of sweets wIt'I no gripping -xperienceS: exclusively technical raining deadens and narrows. Your lassicist may easily be a priG, your a boor-ncither is an ac- human type. Education to