Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-13

school of matchmaking in Waterbury, textile schools in South Manchester Danbury and Norwich. A school of ceramics and the clay industries some where in the valley of the Connecticut river A school of the building trades, say, in Meriden. A school of marine engineering in New London. A school of railway transportation-well I think they would put that in New Haven A school of art and the art industries they would put that in the most beau tiful city of the state-we will put that and make it of national scope-in Hartford In short, wherever a great industry has been developed or may be developed they would put a school of the industry, working in close CO., operation with that industry
 Is tkis scheme of industrial and art industrial education a dream? We'll it is the reality and everyday practice in every progressive nation of Europe What arc we going to do about it?
 Appeal for Connecticut College.
 One part of this problem comes close to us today. We are building in the suburbs of Norwich a college for wom- en, a modern college,i aiming to fit women for full efficient life in r.cod- ern conditions. Woman's place in the home and in industry has been revolu- tionized like mems. This city life cre- ates two houses-the individuals and
 
 the larger hone-our schools libra- ries, hospitals, markets, playgrounds, charities, public health-call for train ed women. Our individual homes in planning, furnishing, operation, call for trained women Our offices, draft i ing rooms and factories call for train ed women. Our abandoned farms call for trained women. Wifehood, mother hood, call for training.
 It is women of the right kind that make life worth while to any of us. This new college is a challenge 90 the | manhood of Connecticut, a challenge 1 10 the chivalry of deed. Thanks to | Morton F. Plant and the citizens of New London, we are endowed for 1 maintnance and nave our first build | ings. We have marvellous start | a superb and spacious site, beautiful architecture, class of a hundred freshmen last year, another class of a i hundred freshmen this year. But a 1 new class is preparing to enter next tSeptember, still larger. We have nc building to house them, not a single | vacant room, and no more funds avail | able for building.
 1 I come here today with the hope ! that this new college has at last found a response in friends who can really help, in the leaders of trade and in | dustry of eastern Connecticut. YoJ i will say, bjeieve, that you owe some. thing to womanhood, to mothers, to wives, to daughters. I can hear yoJ say: We will show Massachusetts i with its Smith, Wellesley, Mount Hol. i yoke, Radcliffe, Simmons, Wheaton we will show New York with it's Vas sar, Elmira, Barnard, Adelphi Hunter | that regard for womanhood burn! here deep in Connecticut hearts, anC that we shall make our one college O. womanhood, beautiful, spacious, eff l cient beyond any"
 Other Speakers Heard.
 Henry A. Tirrell, principal of tn, Norwich Free Academy, was introduced by President Cruttenden. Principa Tirrell expressed his hearty apprecia tion of the excellent address delivered by Professor Sykes. Although not vocational training school, Principa Tirrell said the Academy was a schoo 1 which advocated greater education l Postmaster Cruttenden then intro 1 duced George B. Chandler, compensa tion commissioner, who spoke on Go lumbus, an appropriate selection fo | Columbus day. Columbus was no looking for gold but for achievement Prof. F. H. Hitchcock of the Voca tional Training school in New Londol told Of the work that school is tryin to accomplish. In the New Londo, Manual Training school we teach ma chiniSts trade and mechanical 'drawin l lessor Hitchcock. In the girls depart ment we give four years training il home making. Of 1G0 girls taking thi course there are 97 who leave tn school and are married.
 Any school has to appeal to tn brain as well as the hand to be sue cessful. Boys who go through a voca tfonal school increase their earnin capacity s4000O in life.
 C. c. Jones spoke of the Willimanti Normal school and it's work In Iii talk MT. Jones said there is a deman for vocational instruction
 | A business session followed tn luncheon. It was announced that on Norwich gentleman. who wishes hi name withheld for the present, ha pledged S1,500 towards the fund for
 new dor1nitory at Connecticut college The proceeds of the luncheon, it wa announced Thursday afternoon, are t be used to swell the college dormitor fund.