Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-03

lem that hag long puzzled many hard
working Americans. Now, at last, n
satisfactory solution seems 20 have I
been found in tho workers. uniyer-
stiles that are being established In so
many Industrial cities throughout the
country.
Already more than 30 of these uni
verslties are in operation. as well as
innumerable study classes, where
working men and women may go in
their spare hours and receive an eZ-
ccllent education. They are financed
by the workers themselVes Some OF
them, such as the Amherst Glasses .
, for Workers and the Trade Union col
, lego OF Boston, have a close affIiation
with our big universities. Harvard,
Boston Tech. Wellesley and Tufts, for
, example, have oil been Interested and
generous in their support Of the. Ros-
ton workers college, whilo the Am
hcrst classes were originated and are
taught by instructors from the Am
, herst College faculty. An are under
the general supervision Of tho work
ers' Educational Bureau Of America,
- whose headquarters is here in New
4 York.
AiLHDuEn mo 1lIiUftSi * lf"l fileilA .
3, In workers cducation is not typical ~
most Of the ventures. the reason for T.
Il It's inception IS.
- 1T seemed N us." says the secretary
4 OF tho undertaking. that the relations
r between American colleges and the
. communities surrounding thcm varied
n from armed neutrality 70 actual nos
@ tlity. and that this was unfortunate
n for bnth community and college. that
q American colleges Cnomially open to
auyoneD wore available 10 very few
's whose family incomes were not above
T. tho average. and this was true largely
p. because our educational system is
~ founded upon a scheme ~ pre- req-
uisities making me graduation from
+ grammar and high school almost es-
y sontiaI II one is N enter college. 50
L. that. once having dropped out. i is
IT almost impossible ~ Ro on again. oven
s, though one ls so exceptionally for
- tunate az to have the funds and the
W leisure necessary.
1T seemed 70 ~ unfair that the
great mass Of workers should auto
matically be disqualified because the
mechanical arrangements of our edu-
fdL4bilti System Iidpi't-lif'A to tfN 9'4'-ti
that It was Impossible FOR them % full
~ fiji lts requirements. and hence that
c workers should practically be de-
es barred from colleges and universities
NJ supported by community funds or
TO endowed FOR the purpose Of giving
fe education - ali
ve Few College Graduates.
vi Only per cent ~ ali the millions of
adults In this country are college
70 graduates The vast majority not
all only cannot afford the money and time
required o. go % college; they can
90 not even afford 10 attend high school.
do The average citizen and voter goes
nd promptly 70 work as soon az he mas
70 completed grammar school Z not be-
fore, having acquired only the barest
he smatter1ng of an education and, un-
at III recenly, little chance OF acquiring z
any more.
We Tho new workers colleges are
an specially designed 70 meex the needs
0f this average citizen and worker
n The cIasses ar usually held on TWO
ed evenings a week and on Saturdays and
Sundays N the most convenient place
ne which happens 20 be available. Some
'ut are housed in high school buildings
ne some in public halls and others !.
'I' local trade union headquarters. TIL
IN workman pledges himself 70 atten'
the classes 50 weeks year during
- period # three years.
NJ Special textbooks have been writer
for his benefit by experts. They pre-
sent lucidly and elemeutarily the back
-'5 ground of each subject in the slmpies
language. They are manufactured an
sold cheaply 50 that they are within
the reach of any worker. Among IN
t.- subjects treated are literature, science
sociology, history. politics. labor an
,,.s finance. The aim IS not 20 change
- mans vocation or 70 help HIM .ucreas
rnr his earning capacity, but simply .
tn provide him with a general education
sus a. background which VIII enable hir
hen 10 use intelIigenty the vote which h
With enjoys.
Perhaps the greatest cause Of not
IN ern Industrial unrest declares SpeT
.ivi. Ger Miller, Jr.. Secretary Treasurer
NJ the Workers Educational Bureau
fter America. lies in the fact that IN Il
,ttla highly specialized modern industry
worker does not get any creative 81
,a~a lStdCIOn out OS Ms WOTN. y man -na
be trained 20 fas-en on The same bo
viii, TO he same piece Of machinery as 500
, ~, As She law permits him to leave scho,
eye and he may stay a. that monotonol
w. work Tor 30 Years.
81 "As b result he has no sense Of h
,ire relation ~ The industry Of which he
a par- and no sense Of the industry
s,, relation 70 society. He stores up ?
, - sentiment. naturally. because ho h
g., no creative outlet whatever. He DO
. not share in the adventure and ente
prise " the organization for viii
he works. This suppression OF J
creative impulse has been respOns.t
for the psychos-S the laborer has i
Veioped. Ii Is manifested througho
oi the industrial! world IN d.esatisfacd
~, and discomfort.
,aiso Incubus OP FendaIism.
The work Of the Bureau and OF z
? NJ. workers universities IS 20 provi
these men with the cultural bac
and ground which Will enable them 70 u
was tnelr creative energies The mode
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