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Show N usual College Qpbortu- th rTvf rii For flHy pro-fesson- al , y who is to be his train the man to fill the place of iboss; who is )T d or administrator, tor, than a specialized is the new kind of job Dlace ; tj-M- oyee Antioo-- of YeUow Dayton, Ohio, has cut College, i ne-:- ; lgS or itself. iS a college where young W re men c.ive half time to - men their real the his he is jway, t the same time that that ig the practical experience who would master ie must have halls-wiltiling. Near the study industrial building, housing sevstu- o or small industries where the tfiwiii spend half of his time. Some lese small industries are still to, to doing ies and half time in real industry, enabling extent to pay Hit to a large l BtopJ f i fchi . practical1 plans jng beliefthese that skill alone cannot jJthe like a good citizen. He must have a Tt' so that he will' joul, liberal education, m man of education and culture as i 1 Was a financial success. lie Antioch Bulletin, announcing its 'Ogram for the coming year, says: flf is the aim to unite the fundamen-ilro-f a cultural education with the nt; aentials of professional or technical. lining, so that while the student is h: Meaning fitted for work in a profes- Wor other vocation, he or she at the ime time will be preparing for effec; With i K COk: S eL . citizen It is the lack of !hre alb m - It nd : isTt :ifnl livt ofit son the practical mas-iejryjof his calling which frequently iikes the professional or technical indent so ineffective and helpless JOS graduation, and which so com-auuy results in his spending several cm, some times of nearly wasted To assist Jbrt, in finding himself. in itudent to such practical mastery t the same time that he is learning be theory of his calling, the Antioch togram provides that the professional technical student may spend half In ime at school and half in practi-ar- t il work, as nearly as passible along r; E ' ie lines of his proposed calling. To students will alternate weeks at school with, five weeks Ei ;ork. has been ar-ed with nearby industries for the nployment of students on this half- There are 500 industries tie, oe basis. ithJn til. thiity miles of Antioch, though joHeso itself is in a quiet village. y, 1 As fast as arrangements can be it is planned to construct the Ui"; ared, on the college cam- :!idf ICirj Sibling gre.n8,Sln will be located a num- smaIl industries where the stu- enased In the various rtlJY end the n 'haseis of industry. ese industries already iet1' 1)0011 hosen, but there, still are r opcnInSs for others of cular viiue to locate at the col- may be: going concerns WJcomo because. of the advantages or they may be new industries, accfptable, an: industry should ne r iiiV " demand workers 6f high intelligence, so that the students will not have to compete with' unskilled and unintelligent labor; it should have high educational value for the worker; and should supply a product for which there" is a reasonably uniform demand. Arthur E. Morgan, Antiochs new president, for several years past Chief Engineer of the Miami Conservancy District, Dayton, Ohio, and President of the Morgan Engineering Company, has long realized that students working their way through school commonly do so by engaging in unskilled labor; Work in organized, productive industry, arranged in a program which coordinates with college work, should very materially increase the students earning capacity and greatly reduce The hope the strain of at Antioch' is ultimately to arrive at a condition where the students ' in general can entirely support themselves during the college course. Training for certain definite voca- tions will be offered in courses to be given if possible in connection with actual work in those callings: Among courses in specific callings are the folMachine shop operations;' lowing: printing publishing and journalism;; contracting; civl engneerng; educational administration; ndiustrial organization and management; household economics; institutional man- agement, and farming. Although all courses offered at Antioch are open to both men and women, it' is thought that women will be more particularly interested in educational administration, accounting, journalism, industrial relations work, industrial adminstration, and adverts- ing. Institutional management, dietetics, household management, and other similar vocations which are peculiarly womens callings, are well pro1 ' self-suppor- t. . t vided for. The aim of all vocational courses at Antioch, whether professional, industrial, or commercial, is to develop .in the student capacity for initiative, sound judgment, and the ability to carry ultimate responsibility in his calling. The mastery of highself-relianc- e, ly specialized courses in any occupation is not the primary function of Antioch. It will rather aim to develop and to general knowledge add practical capability in all phases of administration; including production, personnel, relations, accounting and cost keepng, salesmanship, advertising, etc.; such as must be in the possession of any managing proprietor and administrator if he is to succeed, whether in a professional, an industrial, or a commercial calling. The fact that the men and women who teach those courses as a ruje will bo engaged at the same time "in practical, professional, or commefciai work, will give the courses a value they otherwise could not have. Antioch is to make generalists, rath co-ordina- te er than specialists. Along with this underlying training it will, give and technical courses for men hnd women in a limited number of definite callings. The technic of responsible control and management is be. coming highly developed in America, especially in a small number of our most advanced industrial and commercial organizations. But this body of knowledge and practice is not a general possession of American business, . nor has it been gathered together, presented in a condensed, orderly manner, and offered to a student body by means of combined study an practice. To make a knowlege of the best practice in administration and responsible management generally available to people who need it, would be a fundamental service, almost comparable to the widespread extension during the last century of a knowledge of reading and writing. In thousands of our American economic organizations success is awaiting the appearance of the trained administrator. . Antioch College was opened at Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1853, with Horace Mann as its first president. It was the first college to admit women 'without restriction, both as students and on its faculty. During the years of Doctor Manns presidency, Antioch was a western rendezvous of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edward Everett Hale, and other men of New England. ' interest Today there is a nation-wid- e in the new Antioch idea. The trustees, including such men as Frank Vander-lip- , the New York banker; C. F. Kettering, vice president and chief engineer of the General Motors Company; George M. Verity, chief engineer of the y American, Rolling Mills. Company; Sedgwick, editor of the Atlantic Monthly; William Mayo, chief engineer of the Ford industries; Edwin F. Gay, president of the NewT York Evening Post; Henry S. Dennison, president of the Dennison Manufacturing Company, and others of similar standing, promise well for the future of the El-ler- institution. A NATION SAVED BY AMERICA. Cleveland H. Dodge, New York banker and business man, director of the National City bank and treasurer of the Russell Sage Foundation and of the Near East Relief, declares that a nation has been saved by American philanthropy, and the generosity of the American people through the Near East Relief, in its work for the Arme- nians. The lowest official estimate indicates that one million persons are living today who would not be alive had it not been for this relief. Mr. Dodge continued, I have an autograph letter from Dr. II. Ohandjanian, president of the Armenian republic, in which ho America literally saved us writes: from starvation. Wholly aside from adults who have been saved from starvation, wo today have in orphanages and elsewhere under our care 110,000 homeless, fatherless or motherless children who are absolutely dependent upon us. This is exclusive of 63 hospitals with 6,552 beds, 128 clinics, rescue homes for girls and unnumbered thousands of refugees who are being helped through our industrial relief and in other ways. The Near East Relief has during the past four or five years commissioned and sent to the Near East more than 1,000 American relief workers, of whom 500 are still .in the field, all of them working at great financial sacrifice the standard of salary being $50 per month and maintenance and many of them facing great personal danger and hardship in the performance of their . service. A score of them have died from typhus or other diseases more or less related to their faithfulness in the perform- ance of relief service. Nor is that all. We have raised and disbursed during war times and in a war-torarea, in large measure under enemy control, more than $41,000,-00- 0 in cash, and, including flour, Red Cross and other supplies administered by our agents, a total of cash and supplies in excess of $50,000,000. The official reports show that on June 0, ficial reports show that on June 10, dren, and that we are partially suplife-savin- g n porting outside of the orphanages children, making a total of 110,000 boys and girls now under the care of the Near East Relief. Mr. Dodge considers the work of the Near East Relief one of the most stupendous undertakings of disinterested philanthropy the world has ever seen. In countries whose population totals more than 30,000,000 souls, American idealism exemplified by the work of the Near East Relief constitutes today a torch of enlightenment ana an influence for peace throughout the whole Near East, he maintains. Our American ideal of liberty, industry and helpfulness has brought us as a people happiness, prosperity and fulfillment. Out of the fullness of this heritage we are furnishing a faithful and undaunted Christian people the brotherly aid which will enable them to reach the same fulfillment that God has giv- 56,-03- 9 en us. It is an achievement of which every American may well be proud. RIGHT VIEW OF LIFE. It is time to get over the idea that we have to be comfortable because we were brought up that way, while others were predestined to misery and arc so hardened to their condition that we neednt bother. One effect of travel if the traveler is impressionable, and some travelers are not is to show us that no country has a monopoly of certain homely virtues that take root and flourish in the bleakest, as in the richest soil. Nor is any other country particularly interested in our introspective studies of how good we are imagination of our greatness. Boastfulness is a posture as unlovely for the millions as it is for one. Let us give credit to others for possessing some of the qualities wo admire so much in ourselves. Ex ancl our ingrowing . |