Arizona republican., 1916-05-07

Astor ballroom; industrial and social conference at armory.
 Y. w. C. A. reception.
 Presidents evening; two minute speeches from each.
 Thursday, June
 Conference of chairmen of eleven de- partments at armory: poets meeting at armory library. under the auspices of the New York City Federation of the literature committees.
 Friday, June 2
 Concluding council at the Astor
 The work of the Federation is dj- vided into eleven chief departments, of which there are various sub depart ments The eleven principal depart ments are as follows:
 Art-Mrs Melville F. Johnston.
 CiVics-Mrs. George Zimmerman.
 Civil SerVice-Mrs Fred H. Cole.
 Conservation-Mrs John Dickinson sherman.
 Education Miss Helen Varick Bos- well.
 Home Economics-Mi Helen Lou ise Johnson.
 Industrial and Social Conditions Mrs. James w Remick.
 Legislation-Mrs. Franklin P James Literature and Library Extension Mrs. Thomas c. Winter. Music-Mrs. F. S, Maxwell Public Health-Mrs. Elmer Blair. In an eastern publication recently appeared an article on Prejudice vs. | Progress by C. l.. Michael of the commercial department of the high school. That MT. Michael has inter ested the club women in his work in | the school was demonstrated by+ the | large attendance at q recent meeting i of the High School Parent Teacher l Association of which he is a member. when the public inspected the depart ihent- Believing the article will be of l equal interest it is. reproduced in full Over the entrance gate >to the road of Progress is this sign: Those who would travel this road must leave 1 Prejudice behind"
 Truly. no ore can travel far on the road of progress. burdened with a 1 pack of prejudices.
 When l was a boy my father bought a hand corn planter. the first to be used in that part of the corntry The neighbuTs came to see that crazy con i traption." They all shook their pre- ! jIdiced old heads and l heard them saying to each other. "I1s too bad 1 Michael has took up with this thing as he snore won't raise any corn this year We know the proper way to plant corn is like we've been doin' Il, cause it grows when we plant it and ! his won't. Stands to reason that it ies natcherly can't"
 In other words they meant-if you would have your corn to grow. you must cover it with q hoe-now that poet--I mean that rhyme was acci dental, and just fo prove to you that I'm not prejudiced against it I'll let l 1t stend. That is not against my own. but of course there are rhymes
 But that only proves that every one of us has some prejudices. l claim to be ar independent voter. I try to vote for the best man. but 1 dare say I've missed 1t good many times. for it's pretty hard to think the man who is on the side opposite to that to which your grandfathers belonged is the bet Ger man.
 Prejudice in educational matters has been the ore greatest hindrance to ed ucational progress, and I dare say ' greater than all others combined.
 Prejudice in politics. business. re- ligion and education are the great progress.
 stumbling stones blocking the way o
 Take. for instance. prejudice in ed. ucation. Especially that against com mercial education, new system ano neg labor saving devices.
 When commercial education wal first introduced into the public school: and universities. there was a wall O protest from the old guard''-I cam' near saving the old Fogies' and wish now I had.
 Some sixteen years ago I was hea' of the commercial department of tn West Virginia University. Until thei I had never realized how very muci inferior a .eachr of commrcial sub poets is compared to those. for in stance, who were teaching preparator! math., botany and algebra Nor how very useless and insignificant the com rnercial subjects really were!
 The commercial course was tn "funkers' course.' they said. On' "doctor'-he insisted upon the doctor being used-advised student wh' wanted to take bookkeeping to tak' botany something that will be O some real benefit to you"
 But says the student. my fathe is a merchant and l am preparing t' go into business with him"
 Well in that event." quoth the doc tor" you should take algebra in orde to prepare you to solve the difficul and complex business problems tha may arise."
 Even today you would have mucl difficulty convincing the majority O teachersthat the commercial subject have any academic value. They sa. they ar merely mechanical.
 Commercial teachers are not with out their prejudices. by long shot either Many of them will hang on t an old system when there is bette because they have become attache 10 it-preiudice, pure prejudice.
 Pardon personalities. When l wa elected to my present position learned new system of shorthan because l thought 1t better than tn one by the use of which I had mad my living for many years.
 Shorthand writers and teachers ar as prejudiced lot of persons as yo