New Britain herald., 1917-05-30
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Washington. May 3O.-An ur91p4E appeal to pupils to remain in hig9 school next. fA1l as . patriotic dsf s. has been issued by pr. F. P. Claxtdla United States cona1nissioner Of educays ton. pr. Clsxton points out tlaak there are in the high schools of tlaj United States this year more tl
 one and one -han millions of boys a1k girls, and somewhat more than 3ON @ 900 of thenf will graduate tl1ls Mp1
 and next. In ah ordinary year 70. or more 10 these would next fall eut coliege. normal school or technik schopf to be prepared for such -
 v1ce to society. state and nation 84s Can bo rendered only by 1hoeS M have received education beyond th
 which the high schools can sive H4 2 sya many, college presidents aQ others fear that on account of our e1y trance into the war few boys and e1I A will enter college next fall and tf & the total college attendance will very mall. The number ought, hOSkx \ ever. to be much larger than usuala
 'sThe moro mature young mon a@
 the nor eservioeAble they arc In tlq army. The selective draft will n only those bstween twsnty-on0 a thirty-one. In the total of e0.of United States the 35O. .0eO students a1 colleges and normal schools and ted s nfoal and vocational schools of III
 grade constitute only about one-h
 of one per cent. More than half A these live In cities and cannot be CT
 ployed in agricultural production e&ss scept as few of them Sflnd work S
 the farms during the summer. The
 going to college will not lower tneM dNctive capacity of the country as S whole In any appreciable degree. Ts colleges normal schools, aad technk
 cal schools will nil be open with ut diminislsd income from SisfblfU funH and endowh4Ants, and the ekpSnee M their maintenance will ccptinne. It 46 quito pfoHable that many U sthS WSll students will not return naxt lmllAA
 the higher classes will be apan1lee
 than usual. The Graduates from tl1 high schools should see to 1t that tha
 lower classes moro than make upe k0
 this de1icieucy. NJ. },
 A PaszAeeacss Dusy4. 2 k
 ..This appeal is made on the ha1
 of patriotic duty. If the war shcuM
 De lon8 sAly9 count1y will need all tn
 tralned men md women 1t ea1 6st-,
 many more than 1t nov has Eberqe
 will be men in abundance to flght in the trenches but there will bo . dsarth Of O1lcars. enSineerz. and 3en l,of scfenfifao knUHis ~ md skin q aA the industries In transportation, And In many othsr piAdess ,wheTe sIill md daring are just sas neceslafy for elac~ scess as in the trenclaes The nrst caitl of the allies h for 1z.000 eqgtneers and skilled men to repair the
 reads of France and Engiand: ana other thousands will be needed later. | Russia will probably want thousandSs of men to repair and 4build her Fafas road. Tho increase in transporta-A 2 ton and the tax on our own r0ade will call for large numbers of men of the same kind. New ahdustrfal plants. shipyards, and our armies abroad will call for highly trained men beyond Ill poaeible GuppH unisss
 our colleges and technical schools ro-
 main open and increase their afkend- ance and output.
 .swhen the war h ovsr thsfe will be made upon us auch demands fer
 men and women of kuoWledge askG
 training as have never before como < to any country. Tlasre will bs ' eQua1E need for much higher ayere9e 0fS general intelligence for scitasenahit
 than has been nsceesary bantilss ncs.ss The world will have to be y rebuile4 and American college men and Mrcss men must assume . 1a1ge part the task. Ins all international afaaAfnB we must play . more important partsS than we have in tho past. \ For rNyeaEtEs we must feed our own indtfstrtAl pon-s a lSs av.kS = latton of western and centrN1 Europa We must readjust our industrial and social and civic life and ina4ttutions. ( We must extend our foreign conn merce. ( We ssmust increase oaE. proc duction to pay our large war debts and to carry on all the enterprises for the general welfare which have Ae.a' gun but many of which will bes tarded aa the var continues. Chm, X and Runeia with their now demcUra- cies and their new deve1opnapnfs which will come aS . re9satts VIII nee0 and ask our nelp iu many wAys ang- ' land, France, Italy, and the sGantFaL Lsss powers will all be going throu1h sAa process of reconsideration and Wo should be ready to give them eenef- < ously every possible help. Their col- leges and universities are now alnot empty. Their older students thstr ; recent graduates. and their younger ; professors are fighting and dying in 2 the trenches. or are already deadi as 5 are many of their older scientific and literary men. artists, and others whose work h necessary for the enlargement of the cultural and spiritual life and tor Ill that lnales for higher civfii- xatinu. For many years after the TIT il over some Of these countries will be- unable to support their col- ieree ana urivsrsitiss as they have s,sunOrted thesn tn the pASt. Amertca l-....s ..<.,.s1s IA tysA rancsaA Wo must bo As