Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-25
HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.


signed for culture, as applied to gem
tlemanly conduct and character. The
school SYSTEM of Germany Is design
ed for the promotion Of culture
which to the Germans is equivalent
10 our word efficiency. The educa-
tional system Of the United states Is
essentially that OF England, with
notifications and adaptations.
For the vast amount OF money
ralsed In the United States by tax
alton for educational purposes, we
are not getting the results desired.
The masses Of the people are not be-
ing educated, except in n rudimen-
tary way. and they are not being
trained, EXCEPT a few Of them, with
"a view TO earning a living. The old
idea that IL man had fair educa-
ton he was prepared to do almost
anything, has passed into the discard.
Everyone knows that II such ever
was a fact. 1t Is not fact now.
This is an age Of specialization. The
learned professions are overcrowded.
One-fifth Of the doctors, would be am-
pie. So with the lawyers There
seems to be scarcity Of preachers,
particularly for the country districts
though 1t Is by no means certain that
the supply Is not equal to the de-
mand, even at that
The real need OF tho United states
Is practical education general and
voeatlonal--for the masses The 10
cialist movement and the aeitatlons
by the labor unions. each intended to
bring about equality Of opportunity,
never have emphasized the only
means by which such dreams may be
brought about The socialists want
equal distribution OF property or com-
mon ownership. collectivism. The
unions generally want their mem
beers to have all that their labor pro-
duces.
fut neither the socialists nor the
labor ORGANIZATIONS have ever de-
manded that compulsory school
system, at the expense of the state,
shall be inaugurated providing for the
education of the poor mans child on
an equal scale with the rich man s
child, The present system of free
tuition and, in some states. free text
books. Is not adequate Hundreds Of
thousands of parents are unable to
clothe and feed their children. except
through the contributions from the
labor OF the children who should be
In school.
For the child, going through the
sixth grade ~ far better than Moth
ing, but going even through the
eighth grade has no tendency to
oqualize opportunity in the country
Going through the high school Is not
enough. Going through college is
not enough unless there is adequate
vocational training
The difference between the rich
and the poor Is essentially differ
ence Of school training. The excep-
tons merely prove the rule. Equalze
education and not more than two
generations win pass before there is
practical equality Of wealth.
The socialists merely dream and
talk They do not get TO the root Of
the matter. The labor organizations
are looking for artificial stimulation
II the wage scale ana for shorter
hours. Their demands are for tenn
porary advantage. They do not get
to the root Of the matter.
II the labor organizations would
concentrate their power fer the right
sort Of school system--a school sys-
TEN that would compel the attend
ance Of all mentally competent chill
dren in the schools for sixteen years
there soon would be no discussion
Of the rights of labor and capital
The problem would be solved through
the demands Of labor backed ~ odn-
Gated Intelligence quite the equal OF
the educated intelligence Of the men
who command the capital of the
country.
These suggestions are dropped
merely for the consideration OF the
men who are always agitaiing foi
some purely temporary advantage
BARTH SERIOUS.