Word: mr
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...morning session the topic of discussion was: "The Basis of an Efficient Education--Culture or Vocation?" A. W. Roberts '81, teacher of classics in the Brookline High School, and A. E. Kennelly, professor of electrical engineering, read papers on the subject. In concluding Mr. Roberts said that he believed that culture can be obtained from the proper study of many different subjects; that there is no real opposition between culture and vocation, but that the study of a vocation begun too earily is likely to interfere with the gaining of culture, and result in loss to the individual...
...discussion on the subject was opened by Mr. R. A. Woods, head of the South End House in Boston. The various speakers showed that there was urgent need that pupils in the grammar and high schools should be given help and advice in choosing a vocation, and it was shown how Boston was working along this line...
...annual dinner of the Association was held in the Union. After the dinner C. H. Thurber, managing editor of Ginn & Co., in Boston, H. J. Skeffington, general secretary of the Boot and Shoemakers' Union, and C. W. Hubbard '98 of the Ludlow Manufacturing Co., spoke on "Industrial Education." Mr. Thurber told how very old the question was, and of the great difficulty large establishments have in getting enough skilled workmen. Therefore industrial schools should be started...
...Mr. Skeffington took the place of Mr. J. Golden, who was unable to be present. His speech was of a similar nature, showing that the erroneous hostility of trade unions to trade schools is disappearing and industrial schools are needed to help the community. Mr. C. W. Hubbard emphasized the same point...
...Montague, ex-Governor of Virginia, will deliver a lecture under the auspices of the Association of Southern States Clubs on "The South of Today," in Sanders Theatre, next Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Montague, who holds degrees from Richmond College and the University of Virginia, has been active in educational matters as Governor of Virginia and as a member of the Southern Education Board. President Eliot will preside and will introduce Mr. Montague. The lecture will be open to the public...