Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-15
UNION LABOR BEGINS GREAT CAUSE OF
EDUCATING SONS AND DAUGHTERS
The Denver candCom Associat ation.)

dents of the conference. The teachers
were not slow in grasping the mean
ing of the effective aid that was prof
fered in the cause of advancing educa-
tional opportunities for sons of labor
as well as the youth of the rural
communities.
Keeping the primary and second
ary schools of every community up to
a high standard of efficiency means
more competent teachers and better
equipment" states the forthcoming
circular. 1T means better buildings
and better equipment. 1t means gen
eral improvement. If our sons and.
daughters 90 no further than the ele-
mentary schools, or the high school,
they must have the best possible
training; if they are to 20 further
than this, and obtain higher educa-
tion, it is absolutely necessary that
the foundations of their studies be
well and truly laid.
Herein our interests are identical
with the interests of humanity in gen.
eral, and we need not hesitate to say
so. We cannot raise the educational
status of our own children without
increasing the educational opportunity
of every other child attending the
same schools. We are willing to bear
our full share of the cost, and we may
fairly insist that other taxpayers shall
pay theirs. The best way to help
them to do their duty in this all
important matter is to make it clear
that we intend to do ours
Through the new association it will
be asserted that nothing would be so
foolish as to attempt TO impose the
same sort of education on all promis-
ing children; that the earlier stages
Of school work must be practically the
same for all.
During the years in the grade
school and the high school. however
runs the statement, I'VE should watch
for marks of general mental promise
and for indications Of fitness for par
ticular training. When such signs are
found, we should make every effort to
see that the pupil concerned has the
opportunity 10 show whether they are
just surface indications or are Eenu-
inely significant Ever boy or girl
Of real promise should then be put in
a position to benefit BY the fund we
are establishing"
Money Will Be There.
An assuring feature Of this remark
able educational enterprise lies in the
virtual promise of the labor leaders
in Colorado that ample money for the
necessary fund will b. forthcoming
promptly. "Our people know what
sacrifice it means" wa the signifi-
cant statement made recently in reply
to a question as to the amount of the
fund that could be raise
1t is suggested that f the 10000
members of organized labor in the
state subscribed but one-half of ! per
cent. per week, it would realize a sum
of $4,000 a year, and should this be
kept up for only four years, suffi-
cient permanent fund would be avail
able to enable 100 students TO attend
state institutions Of higher learning,
under the plan Of -rantinC loans to
students which will be utilized in con-
junction with moneys raised as the
fruit of their own efforts.
1t is asserted that the housing and
boarding of students will be taken
up, and, failing TO make satisfactory
arrangements for this, the proposition
of either renting or erecting suitable
building will be considered.