The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-12-03
SCHOOLS PLAN
MORE TRAINING
/ FOR BUSINESS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.--Plans
for more extensive business training
and commercial education In the
secondary and higher educational In
stitutions over the country are to be
worked out by committees named aS
IL regional conferences recently
held at stragetic points in each OF
the ~ economic regions into which
the country has been divided by the
bureau of education.
The conferences were called by
Commissioner of Education ClaSton
and were presided over by Glen
Levin Swiggett. specialist in charge
of commercial education OF the bur
eau of education. The first was held
At Columbia, q. c., and the last Mt
Philadelphia. Other conferences were
held at Knoxville. Tenn, San Fran
cisco. New Orleans, Seattle. Denver.
Kansas City. Chicago. Pittsburg, Min
neapolis and Boston.
The regional committees include In
addition to the state superintend-
ent of public instruction of each
state. many Of the executives OF uni
versities asd colleges, university
deans Of commerce and education
and superintendents OF schools In the
larger cities.
DIR. Swiggett says the task OF the
regional committees will be Ito plan
and construct. in cooperation with
the bureau OF education, a better ar
tieulated and coordinated course OF
study In preparation for business and
commerce that viii not only give the
business. as the need presents it.
self. boys and girls trained for the
more elementary types of business
service, more or less routine in
character. hut will early lay the
foundation with proper sequence In
those subjects upon which the uni
versities must build their courses
for further training and education In
the major fields OF commercial pro-
dscsjon and distribution. OF finance.
OF foreign, public and social ser.
vice.
The immediate task of each state
and regional committee" DR.. Swis-
gcff continued. lis TO ascertain by
SHvestigation and survey those ma
3or types In productive and distri-
bnte business for which a state and
REGIONAL may have real economic ad-
>vaptages: to determine and select
shnse which have the geratest need
: ~ the largest number OF the train
- product OF schools and colleges;
- decide upon those business opera
ticax for which schools and colleges
can best train: and then to construct
a course OF study for secondary and
bigher institutions which shall best
meet known state and regional busi-
ness needs as well as be In accord
with sound educational practice.
The volume OF and cost in manu-
featuring depends largely upon econ
omic locations. There Is naturally in
voIyed. therefore. the most advan'
tageous use OF the four following fac
tors. materials. labor. capital and
transportation. In order that the
business training program h a state
or region have the value OF perman'
eacy, these committees must first de-
termine BY investigation and survey
whether the selected types OF com
mercial production and distribution
for which training courses are TO bs
built, show In their development the
largest possible and freest use oI
these four factors: whether the In
dustrial and commercial development
of a region has been due to fortni
tous or economic causes.