The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-05-30

o does not lose caste because b
? tbs minister if he mows his ow
' lawn, but such procedure woul
, have been unthinkable in the art
fetal, aristocratic society of tn
earlier civilization. In an atmos
phere such as this was born tn
principle of our modern educa
tional system, which is oriente'
about the individual and hi
right to a chance. The individual
is to be judged in the light of hi
own worth and to be developed
to the fullest extent of his tai
ents. This is the inspiration tha'
underlies our modern high school
It should be noticed. however
that though the agrarian society
furnished the inspiration, glorify'
ing the individual, that was about
as far as it went in the agrarian
society. 1t made very little use
of educational facilities to carry
out this ideal. 1t was industrial
civilization that took advantage of
this privilege. Agrarian civiliZa-
ton fashioned the channel of ed
vocational thought through which
the industrial society would send
the powerful and popular current
of students for higher educational
achievement.
The extension of opportunity for
elementary education was one of
the achievements of agrarian so
ciety. This education was a basic
for the secondary school, without
which there can be no adequate
foundation in any system of edu-
cation. Likewise the college must
build on the high school struc-
ture.
Industrial Society Appears
1t was the appearance of the
new industrial society with its
close indignation and completely
that furnished the motive and the
opportunity for practically uni
versaI free high school education.
And one OF the most character
istic features of industrial society
is it's close indignation. From
coast to coast and from the Great
Lakes to Mexico our society and
business relations are bound to-
by a billion bonds which
multiply and grow stronger every
year. On the n hand regions,
and individuals specialize
Increasingly and become more and
dependent one upon the
,ther and the whole, while on
he other hand a communication
md transportation furnish the in
of this specialization
nd interdependence. One can cas-
ly see the bearing of these
.hanges upon the extension of ed
cation. Transportation has made
Ugh school education geographic
lily more accessible, the integra-
ion of society has widened the {
orion of social, intellectual, and s
ccupational experience which !
alls for higher educational train 9
lg. While indignation has far
e aching effects, complexity a
rought about by industrial socie- c
, has made technical and scien- t
fic training almost mandatory e
IF success A very good measure e
7 the completely Of society can e
2 found in the analysis of our e
ccupational life. Before the days S
industrialism our occupations u
)uld be counted in the hundreds, L
lille the census of 1920 indexed a
900 separate and distinct occu- II
atoms and doubtless there are a
any more now. But the charac- b
r and close dependence of one L
,cupation upon the other is of s.
ore Importance than the number. Il
There are six general levels Of e
Orkers to be found in all occu- y
,tional division of fields. These
visions are the unskilled labor Il
!, the semi-skilled worker, the II
.illed craftsman, the professional 81
d technical specialist, the exec u
i've and the proprietor. n
Found within each division or II
cupational group we have la
rers, skilled tradesmen, account
is, clerks, stenographers, super
tendents, presidents, foremen
d many others. At the bottom
this pyramid of industrial so
,ty is where we find the un- B
illed and semi-skilled workers. &
invention is taking the h
'rk from these unskilled men, &
the great concern of educa- b
n and society today is to train B
: youth to a job, business or h
1~fession that can not be done b
a machine. 1t has been said b
1t each man, woman and child Is
America has the man power
way of mechanical invention,
sixty slaves working for him.
good illustration to show the
Sc Indignation, interdependence
| completely Of society can be s.
'wn by an analysis of the Fruit g
overs association of California =
ere + 1000 growers, POI To- M
packing houses, 70 district 81
hanges with headquarters in
leading cities Of the United
ties, Canada and foreign coun- FL