The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-18
Educatlon---and Bllllkens
81 9. wafer Bar !, &c R.ai.s.r and Le.der.

the fact is she has about 5000. Stanc'
ard colleges require high school grad.
uation for admission and fence Out
all other applicants
Vocational training OF the hignest
type comes In at this point as a Coo
send to the great mass OF puoilc
school pupils Some OF them DO no!
appreciate education at the age OF
IL. nearly all of them appreciate "
at the age OF %: then they seek
school in which they may continue
their education-and the thousanos
coming from all over the unieeo
States to Highland Park coilese'
right here In Des Moines, and the COT,
respondent files Of President Magiu
OF Highland Park college snow II
Illuminating facts OF things as tney
ara
You may be very sure that Ameri-
can education win never come 70
the European standard OF one sor
OF training for one class, and anotne.
sort for another class This. Is as
impossible as for US to go to .ne
European standards OF titled nopli-
itr.
Vocational training carries Its OWN
future within the management OF It's
schools. 1t will increase ana enlaIse
In exact ratio to its value TO amer
can youth. How little 1t Is dominAt'
ing education today is proven Dy tne
fact that Des Moines has the only coz
lexe in the United States devoted 10
that Mind of practical education.
which At the same time furnishes q
maximum Of cultural training col
,ere that sfyes a practical vocational
training TO thousands OF students IN
the cultural atmosphere OF Its CORE
Iative college of liberal arts
There is not space here to analyze
and characterize the benefits OF voca-
tional training 10 the youth who
would otherwise get no systematic
training A recent editorial In the
Minneapolis Journal goes to the bot
tom Of the matter in the following
words:
.sSelf-support is the foundation OF
seIf-respect. Success or failure In
life depends largely upon the indi-
viduar. ability to make . living.
To this should be added that the
value OF a man or q woman to the
world is measured largely by his OF
her earning capacity. In truth, the
world pays for work exactly what
that work is worth. II man Is paid
more for this work than formerly. Il
is because he IS worth more In the
world There should also be added
the fact that the more man knows
the happier he is-and this is true
whether his knowledge is increased
about traction engines and water
wheels, or about the Greek aorisi
and ether wave lengths. Owing TO
lack Of ambition, finances, family ties
or other causes, a minute fraction OF
American youth go to the cultural
colleges and universities. The rest
of them must have training more OF
less vocational. or nothing-al oil
them ought to 20 to college. Bfllikens
saysEand all OF them should have q
real opportunity for real education
which will increase their happiness
and value to the world, even though
1t contains something in addition to
the cultural element. say those who
are doing the real work in vocational
education.
Everything which tends to cause
or picture antagonism between these
two great elements of American edu
cation should be frowned on, and
The Register and Leader can do more
good to the state by its proper atti
tude In this matter than all the good
done by a legislative session, or al
the practical politics in existence