Arizona republican., 1920-02-14
NEED BOND ISSUE TO
 PREPARE YOUNG MEN
 WITH RIGHT TRAINING

On Wednesday. February 1S the voters of the Phoenix High school dis
 trict will be called upon to decide
 whether the board of education's plans Tor the erection of new buildings and improvement of the present ones of the Phoenix Union High school in- VoIVlng an expenditure of $500 900. is entitled to adoption. One-half million dollars. it is insisted is not too high an estimate to cover the growing high school needs of this community and those most familiar with existing con- dltlonS coincide in this view
 The demand for these improvements III addition to the natural growth and prosperity of Arizona, and the Salt River valley in particular has been been more widely recognized in Europe than in America: that our young men and women should be properly taught the best methods for performing the tasks of their chosen profession.
 Millions of men and women are so- Ing through life burdened by ignor- ance, lacking the necessary knowI- edge that is so essential to perform their daily tasks in the best and cas- lest way. The cause of this condition IS their lack of opportunity to receive thls essential instruction. This con dltlon has contributed to and is large ly responsible for the great industrial unrest that exists throughout America today.
 School training should broaden men and women so they can be equally useful in a number of places Eff clency engineers have compiled data showing that the average worker is 5O per cent less efficient than if he were properly trained.
 Large manufacturers have recor nlzed this deficiency and have estab- lshed schools in their own factories to train men for their various mechan- lcai needs. They can not get them in tions.
 The Ford plant at Highland Park. Detroit, is training in it's free school more than 4,000 men daily. While this IS called a free school, some one must pay the bill, so it is added to the nriee of their product. It is estimated tho cost of this education per individual IS Sz9V- There is a best way to do every piece of work, and this method should be taught with just as much SkiII as trained instructor teaches 2 lesson in English. mathematics or any other essential subject
 hen our army was mobilized if was round that more than 7O0.O 900 of our young men could neither read nor write Millions of them were not shIiled M Tn any useful occupation, prov Ing further that the lack of opportun lty Tor the young men to receive this essential training is general con dition.
 Amerlca stands at the beginning of new day. Let us do our mart to assist our young men and young wo- men by providing an opportunity for them to receive instruction in thair chosen vacations in the best way possible.
 The public school is the place to tram them for these occupations bv applying the fundamentals of educa- tion III conjunction with practical problems that they may expect to meet III the future Our children then will be satisfied with themselves as ,,ar, ana women, as we'll as with their oc equations, because they know that they possess the ability to follow their paths III life successfully. and thev VIII therefore become desirable citi- zeHS or their respective communities