Evening journal., 1923-01-30

your school Play the cards above
the table. Let the boy or the girl
look over the field and see what
he or she wants to do in the fu-
ture. and train that boy or that girl
along the lines OF his or her wishes.
II boy wants to he T. farmer. train
him to be q farmer: n he wants
TO be mechanic. train him TO be "a
mechanic. II girl wants TO be a
home-builder. train her TO be a
builder. II they want a COM
mercial education. train them COM
mercislly. but do not force them
out OF school az the beginning OF
the eighth-year- grade and send
them out into the world unframed,
because YOU have not got the things
they want.
Vocational Education does not
interfere in any particular with the
school systems as outlined now for
the various states and local COM
mun.ties. We want you 10 20 ahead
in the future and do as YOU have
done in the past. except we want
you 20 add Vocational Education.
Consult your State Board OF Edu-
cation which has fun power to act.
our foreman training classes are
growing by leaps and bounds and
me work is most highly praised by
those who have taken advantage
OF its benefits We want 10 extend
il 10 every oity and industrial COM
munity in the nation.
The Nert World War
The next great war will not he
fought with ships. guns and poi
sonous gases. each nation trying TO
see how quickly i can destroy the
man-power OF the other. But the
next great war will be fought over
the mastery OF the seas in controll-
ing the commerce OF the world. and
the nation with the best equipment
in machinery. a skillfully trained
and with adequate trans
portation facilities will win that
struggle, and the sooner the Ameri-
can people realize that fact and
begin TO get ready for the ordeal by
technically and skillfully ira ming
those who are TO produce the nn-
ished products. the more certain
the victory. and the easier II will
be to win.
Il must say word on the sub
iect OF rehabilitation OF men and
women. boys and girls. crippled in
industry. The rehabilitation OF men
and women crippled in Industries
lakes them from the scrap hear.
from the occupation of tramps
vending shoe strings and pencils.
playing violins on the street corners.
rom living in Nth. poorly fed and |
'oorly clad. in the poor houses OF |
he country where they have been
'crapped and discarded. awaiting I
.or God Almighty to take them I
rom the view and out OF the way
n their fellow man.
4 am glad that belong 10 a
Government. though slow in action.
inslly caught the vision that II it
vas worth while 70 repair broken
lown and discarded machinery.
wagons. buggies and automobiles.
nd for that purpose repair shops
ave been established in e~ery city
own. village and hamlet. and vet
ny Government and your Govern
nent waited for more than one hun
Ired and fOrty-ive years 70 erect
nd establish a repair shop for men
nd women, boys and girls crippled .
n Industry. Il
This great Government OF ours
ives more 10 society than TO allow
Is men and women who are Grip
lied in industry or any legitimate
allings 10 longer be objects of char
", beggars upon the highways. or
aupers in the poor houses OF the
ountry.
a"The Federal Government; will go
fty-ffty with the States and local
ommunities in locating these handi-
lpped people and finding out what
hey can do and educate them FOR I
Tat purpose. change them from that /
liability to an asset. and place /
lem back in productive life. =
1T is said that after the great d
arthqu AXE and fire that destroyed Z
an Francisco. California. party ,
ood on a hill overlooking the city. 6
lie wreck and ruin. and through ,
le smoke that was yet rising from :
le devastated district. As they :
lzed at the burning waste they saw 2
trough the smoke an army OF men a
ith trowels. saws. hammers. and I
lie necessary equipment for build c
< a greater and a more modern y
~. and in the midst OF it all they t
'uld see skyscrapers. great stric- I
res OF steel mortar. stone and tim
r. with miles OF paved streets. and a
a surprisingly short time the old Il
~ that they had known in former 7
ys was forgotten. and a new city a
e metropolis OF the far west. had O
sen phoenix-like to take its place. D
When ! think OF those who labor a
tn their hands. how long they have q
en- neglected in the past. and then r
Ink OF the possibilities OF voca- "A
nal education, and then see 1885, z
0 men and boys enrolled in part D
ne and continuation schools In I,
ldes and Industries, besides those n
rolled studying agriculture and %
me economics. see the dawn OF cl
new day. see a brighter and a u
're glorious future for my country, m
len those who labor with their bi
nds. that create the wealth of the H.
Id are to come into possessions OF fr
'ir own. I see greater efficiency. II
zee greater production on less en- u,