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Show FOR INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION Aggressive Steps Taken to Forward the Davis BillThe Redirection on Education in the Public Schools Influcncial League Now Pushing the Work and Arousing Public In-terest. In-terest. , ' : . m K powerful organization,, the na-v! tional league for industrial education, educa-tion, has been perfected by a combi-nation combi-nation of agricultural, commercial, labor, educational and civic interests. Its purpose is .to induce congress to enact before March 4, the Davis bill for industrial education. Also' to sc-cure sc-cure acceptance by each state leg-islaturc leg-islaturc this winter of the national grants carried by the bill. Thus each state may begin in September, 1909, the proper training of teachers to give technical instruction. instruc-tion. For this purpose the Davis bill grants each state 1 cent pdr capita annually, a total of $900,000 for the . United States. Meanwhile, proceed with the establishment estab-lishment of city'or district technical high schools and experiment stations, aided by national grants of 16 cents per capita annually (available two , years, later, a total of $9,000,000 for the United States. This national grant is only for practical instruction in agricultural and1 industrial sciences and arts and household technology, also for experimenting in these lines w in field and laboratory. Land, buildings, build-ings, equipment and much of the teaching fund for each institution to be provided by state, district or city. I This redirection of education docs not interfere with local control or state supervision. It inspires primary .schools to more rational methods. It 1 provides the 95 per cent who now leave school at 12 to 16 years of age, with a natural training, that will fit them for life, to their own good1 and 1 for the welfare of state and nation. I Davis fund to be available for r en 1 larging tvork qf exiting technical 1 high schools, also for night school II and vocational classcsf . . mL The officers of the national league M fb'r industrial education arc: I Hororary president James J. Hill j of St. Paul, Minn. s J President Herbert, Myrick, editor jg and publisher, of Springfield, Mass, 1 New York and Chicago. .4 Vice-President Prof. James E. Lough of New York university, Judge Shields of Sacramento, Cal., Henry Wallace of Wallace's Farmer, Dcs Moines, la. Scprctary Dr. Albert A.t Snowdcn, v " secretary New Jersey commission on , industrial education, whose office will be $t the lca'guc's headquarters, 439 , jtLafaycttc street, New York. MA'ssistant secretary George v D. Chamberlain of Springvillc, Mass.1 . treasurer F. A. Vandcrlip, president presi-dent National City bank, New York I (the larost bank iiu the United States.) ' Assistant treasurer Charles W. Bosworth, president Union Trust company, Springfield, Mass. I . . - Field organizer HI C. Bailey of-Washington, of-Washington, D. C, rcprescntifigtthc Chicago and New York labor organ!-zaions. organ!-zaions. ' Auditors The Audit company of New York. Executive committee The' foregoing forego-ing and Nahum J. Bachcldcr of New Hampshire, master of national grange, Patrons of Husbandry; Hon. J. P.. Tcrrill of Georgia, cx-govcrnor; Charles H. Morse, secretary Massachusetts Massa-chusetts commission on industrial education; W. L. Douglas, cx-gbver-nor of Massachusetts; IT. IT. Seerley, superintendent of Iowa's normal schools and' others to be added. The editor of the Deseret Farnicr has been selected as a memb of this " committee from Utah. v The national league for industrial education aims to provide an agency . through which all existing organizations organiza-tions may co-operate to pass the bill, including those of agriculture, commerce, com-merce, education, labor, etc. The league also has a membership of its own, and is forming branch s throughout, the country. Funds for this work arc provided by dues of $i ! for 'one year, six years $S helper $10, supporter $25, associate $50, life member mem-ber $100, contributing member $250, patrons of industrial education $500 ' The league's office is at 439 Lafay- 3 cttc. St., New York, and all intcrcst- red in this movement arc invited to write there fpr information as to how to push the work. K I ' |