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Vol. X. November 15, 1912, No. 46. 
VOCATIONAL ‘TRAINING. 
Mr. Robert O. Small, Superinten- 
dent of Schools, made a valuable con- 
tribution to the problems of education 
in the initial lecture in the free course 
of lectures and entertainments at the 
Beverly Farms school house last Fri- 
day evening in his address on the 
“Modern Agitation for Efficiency in 
Education.” 
Benjamin Franklin’s father en- 
deavored to guide his boy in the 
choice of a trade; for Benjamin him- 
self writes: “He therefore, some- 
times, took me to walk with him to 
see joiners, bricklayers, turners, braz- 
lers, etc., at work, that he might ob- 
serve my inclination and endeavor to 
fix it on some trade or other on land.” 
In this form of education the modern 
pupil has not been trained at home or 
at school and Mr. Small’s arraign- 
ment of the modern tendency to over- 
rate the purely classical form of edu- 
cation and under-rate the necessity of 
vocational training is well taken. 
Fach year between two and three 
hundred school certificates are granted 
to boys and girls who go out in the 
world to gain a living, inadequately 
prepared for the struggle. Mr. Smail 
affirms that the present failure of the 
public schools to afford adequate op- 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
Attorney and 
Counselor at Law 
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-l@properly prepared for 
'@From this class of youth, who never 
Peain a livelihood. He suggests the 
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‘in connection with the regular work 
' of the school, thus presenting to the 
youth, while in school, an opportunity 
to find themselves and prepare for 
their life work of labor for daily 
fa portunities 
@ighas been a contributory cause to the 
‘Mapresent social unrest. The statements 
Sirah neneare eM age lcrease of juvenile delinquency are 
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for vocational guidance 
which he makes concerning the in- 
alarming but his suggested remedy 
will appeal to the thoughtful, i. e., 
lathat the criminal classes have been 
recruited from the girls and boys un- 
life work. 
have and never can taste the success 
\gof work well done in the ordinary 
school course, scores are driven down- 
ward under the chagrin of failure 
and end in using criminal methods to 
‘adoption of industrial training courses 
bread. The success which attends 
courses already established in the 
School Department of Beverly places 
Mr. Small in an enviable position of 
authority, for he has already proven 
the value of the movement he sug.’ 
gests. 
As an example the industrial train- 
ing school conducted under the direct- 
ion of the Beverly school department 
and the United Shoe Machinery Co., 
has won nation-wide fame for its suc- 
cess. This one school has cost the 
city of Beverly and the Common- 
wealth of Massachusetts only ten 
thousand dollars and in that time the 
boys have earned over eleven thous- 
and dollars. Add to the pencuniary 
success, the success which has come 
into the lives of the boys themselves, 
and we must agree that “it is not 
only worth while but that it must be 
done.” ‘The town of Manchester and 
the city of Beverly have taken the 
lead in the movement which in less 
than five years time will be compul- 
sory in every town and city in the 
Commonwealth. Mr. Small is cham- 
pioning a just cause and that cause is 
bound to win. May the day of voca- 
tional guidance come quickly. 
A VALUABLE Work. 
The problem of community im- 
provement and town development has 
not yet been solved; nor can it be 
solved until every town and village 
is aroused to recognize its existence. 
In the town of Wenham the Village 
WILLMONTON’S AGENCY 
‘Real Estate and Insurance of All Kinds 
School and Union St’s, Manchester :-: Old South Bldg., Boston 
Improvement Society has won suc- 
cess in its field of effort and has justly 
earned the commendation of its own 
constituency and the admiration 
of the communities. The forms of 
social service which it has rendered to 
the town have been varied and sug- 
gest to every small town what can be 
done to promote prosperity, social — 
good will and happiness in a com- | 
munity. Their program of work has 
included a tea room, a manual train- 
ing class and a sewing class during 
the summer, the raising of a hospital 
fund of $250, and the maintenance of 
a woman’s exchange. All of these de- 
partments have been valuable contri-— 
butions to the town life. The Breeze — 
commends the public spirited policy 
of this woman’s organization. In the 
success of this Improvement Society 
other organizations may find lines of 
work worthy of imitation in any 
town. : 
THE RETIREMENT OF Rt. Hon. JAMES 
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The retirement of Rt. Hon. James — 
Brice, the British ambassador to the 
United States, is of interest to the 
North Shore. Throughout his years — 
of service he has been a regular vis- 
itor on the North Shore. Ambassa- 
dor Bryce came to America with the 
approval of England and the good will 
of the American people. He came 
with a reputation which he won on’ 
his volumes on the American Com- — 
monwealth. These volumes are the — 
best ever written by either an Amer- — 
ican or English authority and will en- 
dure. The attitude of Mr. Bryce to © 
America has always been sympathetic 
and his retirement as ambassador is 
received with regreat in America and 
will be a distinct loss both to America 
and to Great Britain. 
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; A Goop LosEr. 
One of the most difficult burdens of 
politics and public life is to be able ~ 
to stand defeat with courage and to © 
bear its humiliation with good grace. 
A marked incident of last week’s 
election was the dignified way in 
which Mr. Taft received the verdict 
of the polls. Two little incidents, in- 
significant in themselves, reveal the 
large heart and broad mind of Mr. 
Taft. One is a social attention which 
the White House family is preparing 
for the President-elect and his family, 
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