No. 4.] EDUCATION A^D INDUSTRY. 95 



with almost equal certainty, one may say they will not be 

 corrected or met save through the working of educational 

 forces. 



Thus far I have sought to show that industrial progress 

 was ultimately dependent upon education. It seemed im- 

 portant to establish this point as preliminary to some dis- 

 cussion of the extent and the manner in which educational 

 agencies can help industry. 



The need is evident, but how is it to be met? In sug- 

 gesting some thoughts for your consideration, I propose to 

 indicate, without criticism of existing institutions, how the 

 facilities for industrial education, or at least education appro- 

 priate to industrial conditions, should be greatly extended. 



At first thought it would appear that our excellent free 

 public schools, supplemented by the numerous higher insti- 

 tutions of learning, are meeting the requirements of our 

 people. In a sense this is quite true. Our educational- 

 system is deserving of highest praise. In no other country 

 is popular education so free and of so high a general average 

 as in America. It has not failed to meet the needs and the 

 demands of a developing civilization, but it is necessary in 

 education, as in other affairs, to progress, — to keep pace 

 with the varying conditions of the race. Now there appears 

 for our consideration a new field for educational effort ; a 

 need for a new kind of education, — something more demo- 

 cratic and popular in character than anything we have yet 

 had. This need grows out of new industrial conditions. 



A generation ago educational agencies met fairly the needs 

 of the times in the })erformance of their function of prepar- 

 ing for citizenship. Meantime, citizenship has changed in 

 character. Greater numbers are involved in its duties, and 

 their occupations, which become a function of their lives, 

 their thoughts and their citizenship, have also changed. No 

 ignorant person can now satisfactorily fulfill these duties ; 

 and a man's education must not only involve those general 

 matters which are fundamental, but must also include intel- 

 ligent and scientific knowledge and training in his business 

 or trade. 



Our public schools, if they are to continue to prepare for 



