Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-11
AVERY WOULD SHOW
YOUTH HOW TO SHOOT
Chancellor of State University
Tells What Are Needs of
the School of Today.
TEACHERS GIVE IDEAS

III had son OF my own, said
Chancellor Samuel Avery of the Uni
yersity OF Nebraska, in addressing the
convention of the Nebraska State
Teachers association this morning al
the Auditorium, Il should wish him
among other things to learn during
his school period, following some
what the sentiments Of the ancient
Persians, To speak the truth, to obey
orders and to shoot straight. t."
The chancellor explained that there
is much difference OF opinion as to
what extent the American school
should give the future citizens an
elementary knowledge of military
science, or to what extent they should
actually train the boy in the arts OF
war, but declared this would be his
personal wish for his son, if he had
one.
THE American schools have felt
the need of greater national life,'
he said in a word, we have all
come to feel that the melting pot
should be heated a little hotter and
stirred more vigorously. We have all
been profoundly regretful that Amer
leans citizens should become violent
partisans on one side or the other
Of the great European conflict"
Where Schools Fail.
Touching the national defense sit
uation, he said: Even the problem
of national defense falls ultimately
for solution upon the schools"
The chanccllor's subject was "Edu-
cational Tendencies"
"The discussion OF what to teach
and why is endless" he added. "The
things which are intensely matter
Of bread and butter today may become
purely cultural in the next generation,
and obsolete in the third. We see this
progress in many human institutions
with which we have to deal. Archi-
tects tell us that marble columns were
suggested by the sight OF trees
stripped Of the bark and used to sup
port primitive buildings.
so it is in education. Education
is at first somewhat unconsciously
practical, then more or less traditional
and then revolt follows to make 1t
consciously practical. We are in the
third stage today. The trend of edu-
cation is more or less toward the con-
sciously practical; perhaps ! should
say toward the obviously practical
Against the studies which do not
seem justified by the experience OF
modern life, both youth and age re-
bel"
The speaker declared that Prescott,
the historian, and Lowell, the poet,
has both been failures at learning
mathematics, but had succeeded in
developing their special genius in
spite of the stiff curriculum in the
schools Of their day
To Train Girls.
Mary S. Woolman Of Boston, mem
Der Of the executive committee OF
the National Society for the Promo
ton OF Industrial Education, spoke
on the training Of girls and women
for the trades and industries. She
pointed out that there are today
100000 women in the trades and in-
dustrics, and she pointed TO the great
work women are doing III Europe to-
day. They are running hospitals
she said, 'and driving ambulanccs,
working long hours and showing
themselves to be capable of things
W. have thought them physically un-
III to accomplish"
She declared that in general econo-
! r1k pressure had called woman from
thu homes to the market, and that
th&re is little reason to expect any
lcs3ening Of this condition. Important
industries require the skill and deft-
nets which women can give.
Women Needed in Industries.
IT has been shown that women
ara needed In industry, and yet one
hears continually that the training Of
thNn for II is not a serious necessity
With this ] wish to take issue. The
influence OF the dull, unskilled and
underpaid task of the unframed girl
worker, the blight Of ovcr-fatigue, and
the natural impulse OF youth 10 90
the extreme of excitement as a relief
are menace to our future"
, She recommended Industrial courses
in the schools and evening schools
for the older workers, who ere unable
to leave their jobs now to take day
courses
Earl sBarnesof Philadelphia quoted
figures to the teachers to prove this
is not and never will be young mans
world as it has at times been said to
be. TO do great things one must
study and be prepared, and il takes
time to prepare" he said. THE only
people who attain greatness exclu-
siyely in youth are base ball pitchers
and pugilists, also few of the lyric
writers, such as Shelley and Keats"
The speaker named lot OF noted
men who attained greatness and lead.
crship in the latter years of their
lives. He pointed out in this con
nection Jocffre, Lord Fisher. Won
Hindenburg, Mackensen, who are all
past 90 or past 20. He said that
CHARLES Elliott, the distinguished
school mans, most radical and noted
books were published after he was
70 He showed by figures that the
age in life when one-third OF the
worlds great things had been done
Is between 90 and 70.
Ages Of Man.
Of 400 great men whose names
were listed, he show that 4 per cent
had attained greatness under 40 years
Of age; 10 per cent between 40 and 81
years OF age; "a per cent between 50
and 90; s. per cent between so and
~; u per cent between 20 and 80; Z
per cent between so and 90.
The resolutions of the association
were adopted at the close Of the