Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-01
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to receive for the next ten years and
either runs that machine for ten years
or quits that one and takes up another
one, going through the same expert
ence; and if he changes often enough
he may eventually be somewhat of a
machinist The only possible way for
q man to become a machinist without
the waste of the best part Of his life is
to acquire the training that lays the
foundation for his work in somo
school lie should have some of the
primary principles Of the varioTs
trades taught him during his work i'm
! the secondary school from which he
might attend the special vocational
school that would furnish what he had
! begun: and he has The same right to
/ have some preparatory work in the
secondary school that the lawyer has
to have a part of his work In the see
ondary school. In other words it is
manifestly unjust to the taxpayers and
the students to graduate them all out
through the channel that has historic
ally been required for the entry of the
learned professions.
In our large cities the older method
of secondary training has filled tho
stores with clerks, while the immi-
grant who has come to our country
from scandinavian or German coun-
tries and who has had technical train
ing becomes The shop boss, tho expert
encod mechanic, and eventually the
independent man who commands a
good salary and builds up a splendid
home; while the man who has been
cultured but not trained for efficiency
has an aimlcss life with simple con-
tinuation of clerk work all his days.
Strange to say that the large cities
are training their young people for
more varied efficieny than are the
rural districts, where we should lead, |
II this system of practical training /
were carried on in the seventh and |
eighth grades and through the high |
schools Of New Mexico, i'm five years |
there would be a considerable Of a |
change and in ten years it would be
the greatest asset Of our state. our
Spanish American boys would take
keenly to such studies and would be-
come exceedingly proficient in agrt
culture and In the trades. / have not
take UP in the same detail the train
ing for efficiency Of the girls Suffice
it to say that a beginning has been
made, and that the work Of domestic
science appeals so strongly that it will
become general, to the
great betterment Of our young women ,
aud 40 tbo hotter efficiency of our fu-
ure homes. The only great help to
the maintaining OF culture training {
has been that it can be done econom-
ically and without much outlay for I
equipment. There are an abundance /
Of teachers who viii teach the dead f.
languages. do it rather cheaply and ,
the only equipment necessary is sew q
oral books purchased by the scholars {
while If practical training, that would !
make more efficient In mind ana
hand, were taken up seriously then
the matter of supplies would be OF
considerable expense. Again there Is
another very considerable point to my
mind in this teaching Of the practical
things i'm public schools. It lends a
dignity to manual labor. A few years
ago culture consisted Of faultless man
ners and spotless garments. That
idea should be beaten off the face OF
the earth. True culture is sterling
manhood with great efficiency either
bv the mind cr by the hand. The convI /
iugatng of q Latin verb, the knoWl-
edge Of the Ancient Assyrians Will not