The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-08-21
Social Unrest
Is Discussed
by Educators
Social Revolution Threatening, as
Result Of Concentration Of Wealth
In Hands Of a Few. Independence
Touched Upon

Oakland, Cal, Aug. Aug. $50.
cial unrest, arraignment OF the rural
schools, discussion of teaching meth
DDS and organization politics were
subjects today before the fifty-third
annual convention of the National
Education association. Politics re-
ceived the most attention.
Halls and Hobbies took on the APP
pearance of a state political conven-
ton, but there was said to be no
further change in the situation of
yesterday which indicated, according
to many delegates, that DR.. David b.
johnson, president of the Winthrop
Normal and Industrial college of Rock
hill, s. c., would be nominated to-
morrow for the presidency and that
Miss Grace c. Strachan, district sup
erintendent Of schools Brooklyn, N.
Y, would carry her fight for the hon
or to the floor Of the convention. She
claimed today that the women-who
predominated in the convention
would support her.
An analysis of conditions among
wage earners, which were declared to
threaten social revolution was given
before the department on admins
trative problems by Frederick w.
Roman, professor of economics at Sy-
racuse university, Syracuse, N. Y.
Foresees Social Revolution
wealth is being concentrated more
and more in the hands Of the few"
Professor Roman said. "The effect of
this tendency is expressing itself
daily in a threatening social revolu.
ton just ahead of US.
Strikes of enormous proportions
are occurring daily. Civil strife has
been so great In recent years that
one may say the militia or the fed
eral troops are busy restoring order
In one or more sections Of the coun-
try all the time.
I'VE. can't hope to hold the mate
rial blessings which we now enjoy
unless our schools are able to social
ize our people more fully.
1.-THE problem will not be solved by
vocational schools which have ma
terial production for their goal. The
news at the present time is vocation
al schools able to take due cognizance
of the industrial strife being waged
so bitterly between those that have
and those that have not.
"The vocational school curriculum
must devote a large part of its time
to the study of problems connected
with wages, citizenship and democra
cy.
THE greatest problem before the
American people is the question in
volving the distribution of goods that
we have already produced and not
, how to train boys and girls to pro
duce more and better goods at less
, expense In shorter time.
"More food and clothing now are
, produced per capita than at any pre-
, vious time in history, yet there IL
, great discomfort among workers"
Criticizes Rural SchooIhouses
Rural schools were termed the
worst type of buildings in the country
by DR.. Thomas d. Wood, professor
of physical education at Columbia un
y iversity, N. Y.
/. about one half of the 20,OO0,OO(
school children in the United State:
, attend rural schools" he said
p Country children attending rura
schools are less healthy and are han
dicapped by more physical defects
than city children, including the chill
dren Of the slums.
Rural schools, from the stand
point Of health and fitness for thei
e uses, are the worst type of buildinl
in the whole country, including no
only the types of buildings used fol-
human beings, but also those used To-
s pigs and all domestic animals.
l. Better teachers, better paw for then
Q better buildings, sanitation and more
d rigid health examinations Of the chill
p dred were remedies suggested by DR.
0 Wood.
o One of the most important of Tho
. congresses in session today wal
d that on music education. Interesting
!, addresses, some Of them illustrated
d on the music OF the Hindoos, the ma
/ tives of the Philippine Islands thu
b Chinese, the Hawaiian and the Japa
nese were given tonight.
I War Opens Great Opportunity
! American universities must be
n come the centers OF the intellectual
life of the next generation as resul
e OF the European war, Frank Strong
r chancellor of the University OF Kan