The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-16

OF EDUCATION Gives Out some Intel
estinq information.
More than 100000 young men an
women are seeking special training 70
careers In public and private school
and colleges throughout the Unite
States, according to reports to tn
federal bureau of education.
Preparation for business life through
carefully prepared courses Of study II
educational institutions specializing
in the work Is appealing more eacl
year to individuals who hope to achiev
lasting success, according to Officials
Of the federal bureau. The humble
who attend business schools and col
Ieges is increasing at the rate Of 20,
600 students a year.
Training for Business.
Colleges and schools In all parts OF
the country are extending their courses
to be Of greater service in preparation
of students for business life. Bankers
manufacturers and men whose impor
ldIlNC Is ldISc Ill DuSlnCSS .CiI(lCS al
lending their assistance to the federal
government and to individual institu-
tons to make the courses more prac-
teal.
Training in business Is being given In
two-thirds of the state colleges and
universities, according to the reports
to the bureau of education. These
state institutions are those which have
established special schools giving train
ing exclusively in industrial and bust
ness pursuits. The number of sucl
special schools is increasing each year
With the facilities already In exist
ence 1t now is possible for a young
man or woman to specialize in bust
ness training Immediately after leav-
ing the eighth grade and to continue
the work through college. That
amounts to eight years of specialized.
training for commercial and manufac-
turing pursuits and is equal to-that ac-
corded in the professions like medicine
and law.
Foreign trade offers unusual oppor-
tunities for success in all its phases
during the next five or six years In the
foreign trade field, 1t is believed. The
United States, with its enormous war;
born merchant marine, is or the road
TO becoming the worlds greatest mari
time nation.
In Public Schools.
Nearly 5000 public schools, exclusive
OF state universities, are giving special
courses IN Industrial and commercial
subjects. A very large majority of them
are organized to teach no other branch
of work. Their enrolment is about
800, 600, according to reports to the bu-
reau of education. Another group of
300, 900 students Is at work in private
and institutions, while the
number attending business schools
maintained by corporations and re-
Ilgious organizations is about 100000.
Colleges offering advanced business
tG,O00. The enrolment is increasing
each month.
Elementary courses are offered by
schools. Through business high
students who ann attend
are offered the opportunity
o go to work well equipped. BY means
# the schools maintained by private
and by big concerns these
anne students can continue their
tudies at night and win advancement
While gaining at first hand knowledge
f conditions In the business world.
Nine Thousand in One College.
Colleges offering training in account
ncy and factory administration are
ttracting thousands of students In
lew York, Philadelphia and Boston.
ne New York institution now has
early 5000 students enrolled in busi-
ess courses, another has 5000 and a
lird 1000.
The growth Of the school specialize
& in business training is shown by
fact that five years 6 the num-
II of students taking such subjects In
,lleges did not exceed $1,000. Now
rec colleges in New York alone have
enrolment of more than that num-
r.
The total of all students attending
liversities giving business courses
s increased 200 per cent In five
ars, 1t is pointed out.
DR.. A. S. Swiggert of the bureau Of
ucation Is chairman of a committee |
fifteen to win cooperation of prac- |
al business men In encouraging ex- |
Of business training. Men of /
'ge affairs In all sections Of the Uni i
| States are enrolled as an advisory i
nmittee of 100. i
Use Special Course. L
The committee devised for students :
foreign trade a special course o p
ng used in several large colleges.
Is course would require ten years
complete for the student beginning 81
lust after leaving the grade schools. ~
includes special training in Ian IN
lges, geography, social customs and W.
.ners, as well as practical drill In
ual problems of foreign trade. Doc ex
Swiggett explained: We
The course Is intended to fit the III
erican going into foreign trade to I'M
lpete on an equal plane with the 81
ned men Of Europe. Too often in rs
mast tho American huainoSS man 6el