Arizona republican., 1916-04-02

cation of teachers and the equipment of schools. all subject to the approval l of the federal board. For each dollar paid from federal grants allotted to any state for the salaries of vocational ! teachers. or for the training of voca- l tional teachers, the state or local con- munity, or both, shall expend an equal amount for the same purpose. and shall also meet all other costs of cluding the salaries of all teachers necessary to complete well-rounded courses of instruction.
 The need for this legislation is that as our present system or secondary education is now designed to lay spe- cial emphasis upon college entrance requirements which while justified and most desirable for both the aspirant and the country. yet, it must be ad- mitted, is not satisfactory to the great mass, who for reasons, or without reason, fall out and go to work, hence 1! do not secure at public expense a prep aration to their life work. If we as sume that all children should have a minimum school training equivalent to 1 the eight grades of the elementary school, we must acknowledge that the l schools now furnish this minimum to less than half the children who enter 1 them. The rest leave school with in adequate general education and with no special training to fit them for work. Vocational courses are therefore i needed to attract and hold in school, 1 pupils who now leave because they are unable to obtain suitable prepara- I ton for useful employment. The le- gitimate result to be anticipated from l this legislation is higher standard of i living among the workers. lessening as it must the sources of social unrest, l by not only giving a dignity to labor but the opportunity of creative work and d fairly full expression of the workers ability.
 1 Abercrombie Adult lIliteracy Bill
 H. R. 57
 This bill requires the commissioner l of education to devise methods for teaching illiterates and men and women of meager education. and upon writ ten invitation to cooperate with state, county, district, and municipal officers m putting these methods into opera tion for the elimination of adult illit- eracy There are now about five and one-half million illiterates in the United States, besides fifteen or twen- ty millions of men and women who can barely read and write and who for most practical purposes are illiterates Should the bill become a law now, it is believed that within a period of It years illiteracy will be reduced to d small fraction of 1 per cent of the
 total population.
 The appropriation in the bill is $15,- 900 for the fiscal year ending June
 30, 1916; s22,5O0 for each succeeding
 fiscal year until 1920; $l7,50O for eaci fiscal year from 1920 to 19ZS.
 Kent National Park Service Bill
 H. R. 8668
 This bill provides that in the depart
 ment of the interior National Park Service shall be established which shall be under the charge of a director
 who shall be appointed by the secre-
 tary Provision is made for necessary
 assistants. The bill further provide.
 that in the general management ant development of said parks, monument. and reservations. no action unless spe-
 officially provided for by future enact
 ments of congress shall be detrimental
 to the fundamental object of these
 aforesaid parks. monuments, and res ervations which object is to conserve the scenery and the natural and his
 toric objects therein and to provide fol
 the enjoyment of said scenery and ob.
 jects by the public in any manner and by any means that will leave then !; unimpaired for the enjoyment of futur, generations.
 No appropriation is called for Tht expenses in connection with the Ma tional Park Service will be met ou l, of funds allotted to the interior de partment.
 ! Each of our IA national parks is nov
 under separate management It is re quired that these parks. aggrcgatint about 4.600,O00 acres, be administered
 by the government at Washington. Tn,
 National Park Service Bill offers { comprehensive plan to unify the man
 agement of all national parks ant monuments, and insures the futur safety of our national playgrounds The Musicians club will give it's an nual evening concert Monday at tn . WOman's club. The program is pre-
 tentious, but the acknowledged abilit,
 of those taking part is sufficient t, warrant it's being well presented. Tn feature number will be the first seen |. of the second act of Aida" The pro gram follows:
 , = VOice-Bohm, Calm as the Night: Tate, Somewhere Voice is Calling , H. L. Osborne
 Violin-Massenet, Meditation iron , Thais.' Mrs. w. B. Barr.
 [, e--Tchaikovsky, loans Aris } Farewell Ye Hills," from the Maid c Orleans. Mrs. w. Raymond Battin. l Piano-Lizt, Lieberstraum No. 3; D } Bussy. En Bateau: LiZt, Valse (de ? Opera Faust de Gounod), Miss Clair : Canon.
 ] Quartette, Cadman, Spirit c