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Show Htf A PRACTICAL xl EDUCATIONAL TALK H 1 1 BY LON J. HADDOCK Hjj I Delivers l'leii fur Vocational Training Blffl I" Our l'ulillc Schools Bsrlof " nml College1. Hir- Bl 'J Tho lecture on "Tlio Man of To- B'L - morrow," by Loti J. Haddock of the B. ,H Agricultural College, in the Tuber- Bt 1 uncle, Thursday evening, wiib one of B the best ever given in Lchl. H' Mr. Haddock contended that the old H ' theory of education was all wrong, in j n which the chief aim was to make doc- H tors, lawyers and clergymen. Here- H I tofore tho colleges were used chiefly 1 to" educate men wlio were non-pro- M, , duccrs, whereas o need ten median- Bf les to one doctor and twenty farmers Hl to one lawyer. B I Eighty-six per cent of tho people's ' taxes In Utah are used to support the i Bchoolo. For this reason tho schools B should prepare tho students to do R' people's work. Ah much sclcuco Hj quired to be a successful farmer ar H required to cut off a man's leg. he j : gave great credit to tho work of the B t State Agricultural College mid the B(' J local High School. Besides empha- H ' ', sizing the necessity of teaching man- j I ual training and agrlculturo in the B ij schools, ho made Borne telling points i ;' on the necessity of preparing the HT l young ladles for every-day life b 1 ' J leaching them domestic science. B ,'j Wo have always been Impressed that Bkp. V the scliools of every locality should t teach tho students how to do the work &S j of that particular locality. Too often hd tho schools prepare tho students for B 1 doing work that Is to be found In some W other place. Too often tho brightest jfj young men of a community arc cdu- 1 ' cated at tho expense of tho country B (; towns for work in the city communl- W J Tho Important announcement was BBm- t. tnado that two men would bo employed BBLv by tho local board tho coming sum- BBJpY! mcr to supervise the work of tho stu- BBTih dents during tho coming summer or BBMnu vacation mouths. It is understood BBfit thnt Professor Bcnulou will huvo BBl3 chnrgo of tho agriculturally Inclined, BBJljr whllo Professor Banks will direct tho BBf. efforts of thoso preferring manual BBSJ training. It was given out that Lchl Bh ! was a pioneer In this movement. |
