Workers Education in the United States: Report of Proceedings First National Conference on Workers' Education in the United StatesWorkers' education bureau of America, 1921 - 144 pages |
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Page 92 - No man has earned the right to intellectual ambition until he has learned to lay his course by a star which he has never seen, —to dig by the divining rod for springs which he may never reach.
Page 140 - Its purposes shall be to collect and to disseminate information relative to efforts at education on any part of organized labor ; to co-ordinate and assist in every possible manner the educational work now carried on by the organized workers ; and to stimulate the creation of additional enterprises in labor education throughout the United States.
Page 140 - Term of Officers: Newly elected officers shall begin their term of services on the first day of the month following the regular convention or election, and shall serve until their successors are chosen. Quorum: A majority of the executive committee shall constitute a quorum. Adopted by the delegates to the National Conference on Workers
Page 92 - ... eyes and the pride of life. We forget that the measure of the value of a nation to the world is neither the bushel nor the barrel, but mind; and that wheat and pork, though useful and necessary, are but dross in comparison with those intellectual products which alone are imperishable.
Page 92 - ... the aim of education. The aim of education is to prepare for complete living. To live completely means to be as useful as possible and to be happy. By usefulness is meant service, ie any activity which promotes the material or the spiritual interests of mankind, one or both. To be happy one must enjoy both his work and his leisure.
Page 91 - ... changed, I imagine, so much between my generation and yours but that you still have the barbaric thirst for conquest, and there is still something left to conquer. There are fields still open for occupation in the law, and there are roads from them that will lead you where you will. But do not think I am pointing you to flowery paths and beds of roses, — to a place where brilliant results attend your work, which shall be at once easy and new. No result is easy which is worth having. Your education...
Page 140 - ... co-ordinate and assist in every possible manner the educational work now carried on by the organized workers; and to stimulate the creation of additional enterprises in labor education throughout the United States. Membership Eligibility: A. The following organizations shall be eligible for membership and have the right to one vote each. 1. International and national labor unions; State Federations of Labor and other State Labor organizations; City Central labor unions and district organizations...
Page 8 - Encouraging all schools, colleges, universities, libraries, trade union centers, and all institutions of learning to secure copies of the books, pamphlets and addresses recommended for use by those interested in securing accurate and reliable information regarding industrial problems. 4. Encouraging textbook writers and publishers to avail themselves of the library and the records of the AF of L. upon all subjects dealing with the industrial development and progress, as well as the movement of the...
Page 54 - Whereas, Education is the basis of permanent and responsible organization among the workers; and "Whereas, The crystallization of the class consciousness of the workers is only possible through the education of the workers; be it "Resolved, That a special Educational Department be organized as a part of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, with an education director; and be it further "Resolved, That the object of this Educational Department be to create educational machinery in every industrial...
Page 46 - But it seems altogether likely that American labor education for some time to come will continue to place the emphasis on the social sciences. Some day the American workers may, like their British cousins who now have back of them a long educational history, turn to a more purely cultural training...