CHAPTER X 



INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN A 

 PRAIRIE STATE 



UNLIKE what is called liberal educa- 

 tion, which aims straight at personal 

 development, disregarding the nature of 

 studies if only they best drill or store the 

 mind, industrial education is frankly utili- 

 tarian. It was originated and is carried on 

 with the direct purpose of assisting men and 

 women to gain a good livelihood to enrich 

 us in our possessions rather than in our 

 characters. 



A survey of industrial education any- 

 where in this country must reckon with sev- 

 eral species of technical schooling, which, 

 though not professedly utilitarian, are nev- 

 ertheless kept afloat by bread and butter 

 buoys. These forms of education may be 

 distinguished from professional courses on 

 the one hand and from liberal disciplines 

 on the other. 



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