The Monticellonian., 1917-11-16

not noted by the ordinary passerby. The path Is being worn deeply. how ever. by the feet of officials and others who come and go daily.
 Often Visits the Departments.
 Every day or two the president fol- lows the old time presidential habit, a particularly marked habit in Lincoln's day, of visiting the different depart ments of government Tn order to con fer with the chieftains and to learn at first hand just how the work Is pro- gressing. Some of the interior hall ways of the department buildings are dark. or twilight lighted" at the best. and so 1t Is that the president ire quently walks through the corridors unrecognized by the messengers oc- cupying chairs outside the various rooms, and not infrequently by army and navy officers who go by him in the gloaming taking him to be only one of the thousand civilians who daily go to the departments on business bent.
 Every morning in the office of Jo- seph P. Tumulty. secretary to the president. there is prepared list of the visitors who on that day have ap- pointments with the president. The list always Is short one, and 1t can be taken for granted that on It ap- pears the name of no visitor who has not business of high importance with the chief executive.
 On Sunday Woodrow Wilson does not play golf. He goes to church with his wife like other good American hus- bands, or on some occasions his wife goes with him, the order of this pro- cedure depending upon whether the church attended is an Episcopalian or Presbyterian church. The president Is Presbyterian while his wife is an Episcopalian.
 Vocational Education Plans.
 Just as soon as Uncle Sam can do the job, there will be night school, a part-time school, or continuation school for every boy and girl between fourteen and fifteen who wants to be
 rained in a vocation. This Is the sum and substance Of u law known as the Smith-Hughes Act, recently passed by congress, whose provisions have just become effective"
 The foregoing paragraph has come to me in response to request made to representative of the federal board for vocational education for lnforma- tion concerning the working status of the vocational educational law. Be- low Is given the working intention of those responsible for the introduction teaching. The findings are as they are presented by representative of the vocational board, and they are given here without prejudice.
 Nearly S2,O00000 of federal money goes to the states this year to pay for the training of teachers in vocational schools and to pay, also. the salaries of these teachers. This federal money is met, dollar for dollar, by an equal amount of money raised by the states. In Washington sits board called the federal board for vocational education. which administers the law. By the year 1926 the appropriation from con- gress reaches the three million dollar mark. For the next eight years Uncle Sam has set aside S3S, S,000,000 for this purpose.
 Will Spread Through the Union.
 Tn this way the schools of the na- ton will be gradually enlarged and extended so that within very short time there will not be city OF town of any size but has a frst-class pub lie trade of vocational school, and the country communities will have schools where boys and girls. men and women, | can secure the best training in the best and latest methods of farming. Throughout the Union the war Is demanding trained men-men trained in arms, men trained in making am munition, men trained in telegraphy in every branch and trade of every necessary manufacturing process, men trained to do all the manifold various things which modern nation fighting l for the ideals of modern civilization requires. There Is shortage of these trained men. The government cannot find all the men 1t needs to work be- hind and on the lines. There Is n shortage of skilled labor.
 "The reason Is that the nation has hardly begun the job of educating practically the millions who year after year have entered industry. It has been authoritatively stated that in the whole country there are fewer trade 1 schools than are to be found in the | little kingdom of Bavaria with n pop. ulation not much greater than that of New York city. In Munich alone more workers are being trained at public | expense than in all the larger cities of the United States, representing a population of 100000. Out of the nearly 13.000.000 persons who accord, ing to the last census were engaged In agriculture alone. it is estimated that only about l per cent had ade- quate preparation. Is it any wonder that there is shortage of food? Out of the 14.000,000 engaged In manufac- turing. not one in hundred was l trained. Is 1t any wonder that we are falling behind In the fierce economic competition with other nations for the markets of the world?"
 Persian Bread.