Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-31
CARRY YOUR OWN LOAD
WAKE UP TO PUBLIC NEEDS

vour own load; be awake to
noeds" This, in tabloid form,
pun the message given March II to
was .uaants of Mount Vernon's new
ne ooo high school at its dedication,
s1'0, nrosident E. 0. Holland OF the
I oy college of Washington. He corr
1sred the situation TO-DAY win 'he eco.
pan;c depression and social unrest
n rhich followed the Civil war ana
Nainted out the crying need OF the day
po .an and women who are willing and
.,,o To carry their own load.
AO with great world war which not
10 DESTROYS stability bit also gives
o o,n,b to spirit Of wastefulness and
.ost" said DR.. Holland, new de-
un nds are at once placed upon the
''aational forces of the country. This
= especially true OF democracy, in
18th improvements must be brought
W., through an understanding on
o. nart of the majority as to the new
nv .ds in our economic and social life.
Practical Education Bill.
.posore the Civil war there was a
oot educational and industrial I'M
o.. manifested in the demand on the
Nv, Of the people several years pre-
v,ous to the war for new type OF
.sucation to meet changing needs, in
s,strial and social. of the people. In
,o5s representative Justin Morrill, of
y,rmont introduced into congress a
~, creating a new educational insti-
.ut,on for the liberal and practical
.aucation of men and women in all
shoses of science and technology. Con-
rross passed the bill, but Buchanan,
university graduate of the old type,
promptly vetoed it.
Lincoln Approved It.
"In 1863, in the midst of the Civil
,vor Mr. Morrill,, who had been elect
cd 10 the United States senate from
vermont again induced congress to
mass this bill, and it found its way
AGAIN into the White House. There a
man deeply schooled in the University
of Life examined the BILL understood
Il and gave it his approval. Abraham
Lincoln realized that the American
neoule needed an institution where
their sons and daughters could have
the best type of liberal and practical
education.
Began Land Grant College.
This is the history of the beginning
of the Land Grant colleges which to-
day are maintained through the funds
appropriated by the various states OF
the Nnion, with special appropriations
from the United States treasury. The
universities of the old type have dis
appeared because they found them
selves in competition with new type
of education which was more popular
and efficient than the old type had
been.
For Few Rich Men.
For centuries education was limit
ed to the so-called cultural classes
and for decades only the sons OF the
wealthy had an opportunity to go or
and prepare themselves in the highest
degree for a business or a profession
At that time the training was limited
to Latin, Greek and mathematics, ant
only the few who were preparing fol
the so-called learned professions-ths
law, the ministry, teaching. and medi
cine-ever thought of taking work in
the university of the old type.
Old Caste System Gone.
With the signing of the Morrill,
act creating the Land Grant colleges
the caste system in education 2was
broken Today, through the public
school system, the boys and girls from
the poorest homes have an equal op