INTRODUCTION 5 



training of the school the training to think consecu- 

 tively and logically, and to do things well under super- 

 vision the establishment of ideals, and the storing of a 

 broad knowledge, make the school a necessary part of a 

 person's experience. The education of practical experi- 

 ence and of the school must be combined to produce the 

 well-rounded man or woman. The more practical educa- 

 tion of the industrial and technical school subjects trains 

 the judgment to deal with things. The modern stock judg- 

 ing or corn judging class, for example, gives the mind a 

 grasp on the practical differences in values which make 

 wealth, and gives the man a confidence in himself and an 

 ability to do things as well as to think things. " Instruc- 

 tion in judging is closely akin to training the common 

 sense, and is the highest class of pedagogy." 



The Nation and the States have come to recognize that 

 the business of farming is peculiarly aided by vocational 

 education in agriculture and home economics. Since the 

 people of the farm are somewhat isolated, it is especially 

 important that young people who are to be the future 

 farmers should go to schools where they can make farm- 

 ing and farm home making a study under a faculty of 

 strong technical teachers, and where they can have 

 acquaintance and experience among large numbers of 

 people. 



It is wise economy on the part of the State to establish 

 schools where a large percentage of the young farmers 

 can get a good education in agriculture and home mak- 

 ing along with schooling in the general subjects. By in- 

 creasing the ability of the individual to make his work 

 produce more, the State gains a larger income, and the 

 individual and national life become richer and more 

 highly developed. The young men or the young women 

 who spend a few years in the technical study of those 

 practical things with which they must deal every day of 

 their lives, get much benefit from the means expended 



