The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-06-08
n,rirs To Continue i'm School
Next Fall.

Next r dlls
Urgent appeal to pupils 10 re-
All u; ~ high school next fall as pa
mall: - dntv has been issued by Dr. r.
triotlo United States Commlsslon-
P. 'iaNELTd ncation. DR.. ClaXton points
er Oh +here are in the high schools
Out .n" rnited States more than one
Of tHe half millions OF boys and girls
and oHe aUhat more than 2OO,O0O OF
ana 9o n,il graduate this month and
tteH w on ordinary year 10000 or
next -, IS these would next fall enter
more FORMAL school or technical
colIese, 70 he prepared for such service
school: oty state and Nation as can be
10 5nGpred only 10y those VINO nave re-
ren lnI education beyond that when
c t bigb schools can give. lie says
inc m,o college presidents and others
M"N t,o+ On account OF our entrance
teal . tl'l' war few boys and girls will
lnto no1Iagp next fall and that the to-
emu .oI1ocp attendance will be very
ID All The number ought, however, to
sLi+ r,nrh larger than usual.
Oe .Tho more mature young men are,
,ora serviceabie they are IN the
ll0 rho splective draft will take on
d hasa between tWenty-One and thlr-
' T., rho total of $4,000, 900 people OF
". l 5r,ctiyc age in the United States
30 0ur students in colleges and
nnrmaI schools and technical and Vo-
st;onaI schools of high grade conSt-
Va co., nnlv about One-half OF one per
More than half of these live in
:.;o,. ,rti cannot he employed in agTi-
.',i+ural production except as a few
~ +hom NAV find work on the farms
5-;np the summer. Their going TO
lsIIaga will not lower the productive
oonacity of the country as whole IN
sny annreciable degree. The colleges
a. schools, and technical schools
r.il1 all be open with undiminished in
come from public funds and endoW-
,,nnt4. and he expenses OF their main
+ainance V i'll continue. 1t is quite pro-
b.hle that many of the older students
u,i1I NOT return next fall and the high
~ classes will be smaller than usual.
The graduates from the high schools
shouId see to it that the lower classes
more than make up for this deficien-
c.
This appeal is made on the basis of
patriOtic duty. If the war should be
long the country will need all the
trained men and women it can get
MANY more than it has now. There will
no men in abundance to fight in the
trenches but there will be a dearth of
offciers. engineers, and men of scien-
rfc knowledge and skill II all the
industries, in transportation, and in
MANY other places where skill and dar-
ing are just as necessary for success
* in the trenches The first call Of the
allies is for 1000 engineers ard skill
ed men to repair the railroads OF
France and England: and other thou
sands will Ee needed later. Russia Will
probably want thousands Of men to re-
rair and luild her railroads. The in
crease in transportation and the tax 0
our own roads will call for large num-
bers Of men Of the same kind. New in
dustrial plants. Shipyards, and our
armies abroad will call for highly
trained men beyond all possible supply
unless our colleges and technical
schools remain open and increase
{: ir attrHIcnce and output.
-,
when the war is over there will be
mad" u3pu Us such demands for men
and Wnm.n OF knowledge and training
H. have never before come to any
country There will be equal need for
a much higher average of general in
lrIi-yn~" for citizenship than has
been necessary until now. The world
will have TO be rebuilt and American
college men and women must assume
ii large part of the task. In all inter-
national affairs We must play a more
important part than we have in the
past. Fer Years We must feed our own
industrial population and a large part
ot the population of Western and Cen
tral Europe. We must readjust our in
duyrriaI @ld social and civic life and
Institutions. We must extend our fore
ign commerce. We must increase our
production to pay our large war debts
anil tn carr on all the enterprises for
the general welfare which have begun
Hrr MANY ot which will be retarded as