The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-11-06
North Dakota Teachers
Holding Final Sessions
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changes in industry is in much the
same position rs the boy or girl who
has not yet entered upon employ
mont. Practically therefore they are
without training for any job which
society wants done. They are in need
Of what may be termed conversion
training that is. training for some
other occupation closely related to
the ONO from which they have been
displaced. Because of the need Of
such persons to reeStablish them
selves as wage arner as quickly as
possible the educational program pro-
vided for them should be specific and
vocational in character.
Must Be- Rctraincd
I'm some instances those who are
out of a job as a result Of technolo5-
ical changes, must be given the nee
essery retraining in industrial plants
rather than in vocational high
schools. since the school can not al
ways afford to install the equipment
necessary for specialized training.
When classes are held in an indus
trial plant it is possible to secure the
assistance of an instructor from the
local vocational education staff in
organizing the program and giving
t. instruction. Where the equip
ment required Is not elaborate, a
school can give some training or
make arrangements to have it given
IL a local plant"
Onc-half OF the workers unem-
ployed today, DR.. Wright said, are
shown by United States census fig
ures to be under IS years Of age, IS
rer cent are between the ages of IS
and 81, and only Is per cent fall III
the group over SIS years Cl1.
interpreted in another way" he
said, this means thct the age group
ing of the unemployed is particularly
favorable for realizing some of our
educational ideals. We know that
many of those unemployed today
have cherished ambitions to continue
their education at some favorable op-
rcrtunity While unemployment is
unauestionaby an appalling evil, 1t
will not be an unmixed ono If our
schools provide opportunities for am
bilious workers to fulfill their am
bitions."
Would Insure Peace
Speaking OH observation-disclosures" at
Friday mornings general session.
Miss Grassnuck declared that until
al international ~mindedness" is de-
vcloped by the majority of people LII
the world, there al be no firm basis
for world peace.
Mastery Of understandings Of poo
pies acts and feelings arc essential
she said.
The present economic situation
proves how interdependent the va
r,ous peoples and places OF tie world
have become. No further proof is
necessary.
But an understanding Of the eco
nomic world can occur only whel
each individual knows why goods arc
produced where they are. That means
that various correct concepts of the
natural environments are necessary
as are also realizations of the inter-
relations between life and these nat
Eral clements.
"Worldmindedness applies to
phases other than economies. In this
day and generation each functionine
individual must show an understand
ing attitude to the art, music, liter
ature of other peoples whose creative
expression may be totally different
from his own"
Movement Builds Character
The Boy Scout movement is i'm
portant in that 1t is a great factor in
character building of the nations
youth, Judge Christensen said.
He said the great game of scout
ing was invented particularly to de-
ve!cp character Of boys from IL to Ii
years of age. The movement. he saie
does not seek to compete with the
home, church. and school, but rather
to ~COC-eratc with them.