The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-31
URGES PUPILS To CONTINUE
IN SCHOOL NEXT FAII,


AZ urgen, appeal 70 pupils to remain
80 high school next san a. a patriotic
duty has been issued by Or. Y. ..
ciaxton, United states commissioner Of
education. DIR. ciaxton points out that
there are in the high schools OF the
Cnited States this year more than one
and one-half millions OF hogs and girls
and somewhat more h eoe.oo0 Of
them viii graduate this month and
ext In an ordinary year so.oeo or
more Of these would next fall enter
college. normal school OF technical
school TO he prepared -or such service
10 society. state aud nation as can be
rendered oni, by those who have re-
eeived education beyond h "a which
the high schools car give. lie says
MANY college presidents ana others
fear that on account Of our entrance
into the war few boys and girls viii
enter college next fail and that The
total college attendance viii be very
small The number ought. however
10 ne much larger than usual.
The more mature young men are,
the more serviceabIe they are in the
army The selective draft will take
only those between twenty-one and
thirty In the total 81 50, 000. ooo peo-
pie of productive age In the United
States the a50.0 8 students in c~oIlerey.
and norma schools and technical and
vocational schools OF high grade con-
stltute only about one-half Of bne per
cent More III half Of these live ia
cities and cannot be employed IN AK
ricultural production except as a few
OF hem ma find work ON the farms
during the summer. Their going ..
eei'ese sAilAAeklpwsr The RE22ucti'e
capacity 81 the country AZ a whole In
ans appreciabic degree. The colleges.
normal schools. and technical schools
viii an be open with undimlnished in
come from public funds and endow-
meuts, and the expense % their main
ennnce wiz continue. Il is quite
probable that many % the older stu
dents wiz not return next fall aud the
higher classes viii ne smaller than
usual. The graduates from the high
schools should see % . that the lower
classes more than make up for this de.
flciency.
This appeal Is made on the basis
o. patriotic duty n the war should
be lone the country will need all the
trained men and women Il can get
many more than u now has. There
will be men in abundance to fight IN
the trenches but there VIII be a dearth
OF officers. engineers, and men Of SCI
entific knowledge and skill In all the
Industries, in transportation. and la
many other places where skill and
daring are just as necessary Tor sue
CESS as IA the trenches. The first cail
81 the allies Is Tor ~ o00 engineers and
skilled men to repair the railroads Of
France and England. aud other thou.
sands will be- needed later. Russia
VII probably want thousands OF men
~ H'lNA ANfN NNfNN III fsAA NhAFH Inv
Increase In transportation and the tax
on our own road win call Tor large
numbers 81 men OF the same kind New
industrial plants. shipyurds. and our
armies abroad viii call for highly
trained men beyond 40 possible sup
piy unless our c~olleees aud technical
schools ROMAN open and increase their
attendance aud output.
when the war is over there Will DO
made upon us such demands for men
n rome o. knowledge and training
rs have never before come 90 any
country. There viii be equal need FOR
= much higher average Of general in
%ieligence Tor citizenship than has hecn
necessary until now The world win
have 10 be rebuilt and American col
lege men and women must assume d
large part ~ the tark. In al lnterna-
tionai affairs we must play a more im
poriant part than We have in the psst
For years We must feed our own In
dusirial population and o part Of the
population Of western and central I'm
rope. We must readgust our Industrial
and social and civic life and nstitu-
tons We must extend our foreign
commerce. We must Increase our pro-
ductloa 10 pay our large wsr deb's
and to carry on an the enterprises Tor
the general welfare witch have been
begun but many Of which viii be &C.
tarded az the war rontiues China and
llussia with their new Democratic
ana their new Developments which wil
az a resui, VIII need and ask onr
help IN many wan England. Franc
Italy. "a M central powers viii al
be- going through a process of recon
.truction and We should be ready o.
ri,e Them generously every possible
Ti,elr colleges and uniVersiiies
nrs nov almost empty. Their older
~,.aeef- sh~ss seeea, graduates ard.