INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN PRAIRIE STATE 



years have witnessed a new demand for in- 

 dustrial and for all the various sorts of 

 technical education, a steady increase in the 

 number of students wishing courses of study 

 directly preparatory to life-work yet not 

 professional. The phenomenon is observa- 

 ble throughout the country, but accentuated 

 as you travel west. More than ever take 

 Latin, Greek, literature and history, the so- 

 called culture disciplines, and pass thence 

 into the professions. But more also seek 

 college to prepare for industrial walks. 

 Men who a few years ago would have gone 

 directly into mechanical callings now use 

 the university first to acquire training in 

 mathematics and other foundation sciences 

 and in the elements of technique. To know 

 somewhat of university life and to feel its 

 quickening breath, they swarm over the 

 campus, filling our classrooms, labora- 

 tories and shops. It is seen that, as in the 

 learned professions so also in mechanical 

 pursuits, the largest success is achieved by 

 those trained in the proper schools. 



After these crowd the cohorts of intend- 



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