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Show plea II rig 1 LIBEKI1LS; Dr. Wilson Says Education j Should Satisfy Needs of All People. I 1 Thai. His inul-. .lionlfj lie arranerl to I fit tho lira-'ti of nil lli'i pr'"I'r: rulhcr Ui:m I tfuisii of :l (iM'fl.i i f,i:-;s wiis (lie cunKT,-; cunKT,-; lion of tir. li. Jl. Wlinon. .ipuriritenlent 1 of schools at H'irliijii y, Oil., in an address ! Cuforo tl.D L'nl'.'ri'Miy of L'UlIi summer ; I'O'il Tsti:rrl.'iy O lO 1' 1 1 i n'. I "l-'ur "a lorn-: tlini'." he r!fi. 'lured, . "tl is ; i"orM liflifivcd i l.-riiiany l;nl tho best 'luratlnMiil i-ysii'in, but ftviriW have ijiowii llui I'uliuro i'iinilsn'1'1 'J pm' cent of her i-'ti'lis was :uj,,irlli'i:tl. Sin: li'iinnl lli"Ml far the. industrial trades aloni'. arnl t'n'i' knc.y nolhiiir of 'h., bct-it bct-it tliliic.M of 111'-. The line .spirit of Mir i'ii"';i. u ill nol sanction sueii a sislein. Ifero ne believe in iviln? e'ery jarsnn a i e-iual 1 1 p i . 1 1 r 1 u u i ' i' lo aeiiuire a hr.iher e'hi'-a I ion. The seiioi.N should be inane to fit the needs of all the people and not it a pariieuiar class. The, L'niterl Slates Is an Industrial, a yrieull lira! and couuni-r-eial nation, ,'uid adequate inslruclion must be furnished In all these lines, hut Me cultural side of life must not bo neK-leeted. neK-leeted. What wo need here Is a broader f d neat ion. "The. schools are the best means of in-MirlnK in-MirlnK tho success of the Americanization movement, and they should be adjusted lo n r the demands of tiiis undertaking. The war dlsclo-ed tho Tact that the percentage per-centage of lliileracy was much greater in toe country Iban had been considered before, and much of this iftnoninco was anions I lie l'or"ii;n born. A thorough cooperation co-operation of the schools with tho povern-inenl povern-inenl in Ihe Americanization proL-ram ivill do much lo remove this condition." A luncheon was uiven 1 r. Wilson at 1 Ihe university after the lecture. Those nreienl included President .lohu A. Vldt-eoe, Vldt-eoe, l lean .Milton Kennion. I'r. Ileon-'e E. t'ellou's. I'rofcsor Klbcr! Thomas, State Piiperlntenilenl of I'ublic Instruelion O. ,. Child and AUss Krniic I't. JuiiiiIiirs. |