The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1921-05-07
BRIGHTEST ACT 40 YEARS
AGO, MAKES YOU CHUMP NOW


Keep your ears open to the wire
less messages of this age. The
world is changing and this is time
when everyone is wondering what will
happen next were statements made
by Dr. A. +, Winship of Boston in
lecture given at the Methodist
church Wednesday evening. DR..
Winship is editor of the New England
Journal of Education and is recogniz-
ed throughout the United States as
an authority on matters pertaining
to education. He, with three other
educators, is touring the state in the
interests of the state normal schools.
Dr.. Winship was introduced to
capacity house by Professor Craig,
head of the rural school department
of the State normal school, and was
pleased with the proportion of the
population present to hear him.
''To be successful one must do the
right thing at the right time was
a statement made by DR., Winship
as he emphasized that the greatest
problem in America today was to
make the public appreciate the inn
portance of the public schools and
that this is the time to make the
public school appreciated as it is
time when everyone is wondering
what will happen next. He stated
that the adult generation of today
would not solve Americas problems,
but that these problems would be
solved by the boys and girls of to-
day and that the thing for us to do
was to get them ready for this task.
Last week the United States sec
retary of labor issued a pronuncia-
mento and said that every boy and
girl in the United States should grad
uate from high school. Recently in
a government publication 5000 gain.
ful occupations were listed. This
list did not include professional oc-
cupations. After every one of these
5000 occupations to which boy would
wish to devote his life, it is stated
that high school education is de-
sired. Five years ago this was not
the case" said DR.. Winship in show
ing how the world is changing
In further proof that the world is
changing he cited instances of large
department stores desiring high
school graduates as clerks. They
will take the grade school graduate
and give her work Saturdays and
holidays if she will agree to work
for them after graduation from high
school and then they pay her good
salary.
Another example which the lectur-
er used, to the amusement of the
audience, was that of the OK and the
automobile. He stated that every
where forty years ago and nowhere
twenty years ago were oxen seen at
work. For 1000 years, the OK was
one of the greatest elements OF civili-
cation and it disappeared without
anybody thinking it was going. There
was no legislation against it, no
editorials against it. nothing was
said against the OK, but it went be-
cause it was so slow, and" he said,
"if there is anybody in this audience
as slow as the OK, he will go too"
There was no JOY riding in the
days of the OK cart. Twenty-seven
years ago the automobile first made
its appearance. A man named
Haynes had an engine which would
make the wheels go around, but ne
had no place to put it, no one at that
time had ever thought about the body
of a Ford, so Mr.. Haynes put his
engine under the seat of a buggy
but it was inconvenient to handle in
that position and furthermore it made
the buggy seat very uncomfortable
In the first automobile race, the
winning car stopped five times for
gasoline and five times for ice, and