The Dermott news., 1916-07-13
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ARK
 ANSAS
No. 7. Vocational Education.
Ny A. M Jordan, Assistant Profsssor
 or Education. University of


 Arkansas
 Tho democratic spirit which has at last reached education says that there must be equality Of opportunity in school work as we'll AS in any other work What does this mean, It means that all people must hays that preparation to live life socially ef hcient To be socially etticiant a man must be able first of all 10 make a Fv'ag: second. he must have prsosra tion 10 fulfill his civic oblisations and hnaily must be able to enjoy nis leisure time. Note that S >his philo- sophy economic efficiency comes frs, And indeed why should il not- A man who is unable To make T living cannot be good citizen Poverty Is directly responsible for third os the crime in our land Tn fact. of he In mateS Of the prisons Of the United states as whole. 16 per cen; have no definite occupation On the other hand those of us -i., have followed the great reformatorieS of our land know that when these vounE crim, na!s are taught vocation along with some other thing of lesser importsnce that sometimes over s3 Der cent 20 out into the world and make rood citizens. Nor iS that all There are ten million people in the United States who have not enough 70 aAt. DOT enough to wear. nor respectable place to live in for all the year. Ths Is directly attributable 10 a lack Of training along lines that are usces. sary Now turning for a minute or two 10 the second phase of tue oues- ton. that of good citizenship. we find looking directly tc the meeting of thIs demand. \ little text book civics. something about history. and there you have il all Civic righteousness demands a healthy. moral and inter. ested person Hygiene. community ciyic,. history that shows the present on the background O; the past. cur rent events, these are some of the things demanded. There Is scarcely a turn made looking directly 10 the broader moral obligations of the com. ing citizen. In the enjoyment of leis. ure time there Is needed good music play. a love for good literature. art and other things
 But the case for vocational educa- ton does not have 10 bs argued. it speaks for itsels The means of ob tainIng these ends is the trying oues tion. How IS it 10 be done Can |, be done with the equipment We have Will it cost more money Can we get the people interested? Along just what lines will ~e proceed Now vocational education ia broader than many people would think It includes professional education. home making commercial industrial and agricui- tural
 Professional education Is we'll carea for in our country The universities the land prepare persons for law. the ministry. medicine teach. ing or for whatever else one needs II is said that America has as good as has any country
 The most important occupation of s great majority of the women Of our country Is home ma.ing. vet up to a few years ago there was little ir any thing done looking directly to this work Of the children that die an large per cent die before they reach the end of their first year. These deaths are pr-,entable in many cas.S II almost all women are to be mis'resses of homes sooner or later. and f they ore to have the care of they most certainly should have some sort of direct preparation for this work Most modal house wives" are very wrsteful Many of these things could be corrected by means of good course in Home Eco. monies. II seems that If the Kitchen is to be made place where drudgery is not. something of the scientific and artistic side of cooking must be sm- phasi1ed Sewing. ~ course. is need. ed. for while clothes do not make tho man they certainly improve him in many ways 1t is said that If you take a dirty "down-and-out" and dress him in respectable clothes he will act quite differently. Then again ia sew ing as in coosNg. when the aim is . work of art drudg"ry Is to large sx. tent lost. The home is the consumsr. the ultimate consumer. Whatever en- ters the home Is directly concerned with the woman. Is the food pure which she feeds her baby Is the milk full of bacteria? Has the water been thoroughly cared forr These ars some of the questions that the mother Ia asking If she is concerned about these things how vitally Is her life bound up with the life of the commun ity, again, the woman does most or the purchasing for the household And how necessary 1t is that she know something about textiles. about pu--