Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-16

Importance of x,s Earl, Education
Technical schools for tine purpose

Importance of Ats Early t-duCation-
Technical schools fer the Purpose
Baltimore Sun.
In developing lho manufactures Of BAlti
more the teohuicat school must have It's
place along de Che indastriai Institute.
The hand natf BE- eGucatrl or rk'ilsd
workmeu will b. absent 10 the moment :
when they Hts mlst needed oar ancient
npprentic ship -vtym hAs a1aplrlely
broken down OIr ualesnr africans
and meohauaa- sea. 40 b- TOP epiy COZ
oerned for iheir 0w1 pf.-ui and imns.
diate interests yH cay :ur ft' taetinu OF
their successors va iep arie sd trAd"s by
which they tuhs,st- Oi5 ud nr'1ns
persist in regulating IN srppi al l4her'
not by tue s.lnd sid ,f tno namOt eek
ing skill IN it, out upau The priaetPe That
the fewer the peTsous are Among
whom the wage fund i d Vild tbs greater
will be each persons pro rata share ine
effec. OF the operation of this principle, II
it we're not happily cJuuseraeied by other |
iuhlencys would h. TO dry up many arts
and trades at iheir source In tue regular
and uninterrupted ,upply Of Fkiiied labor.
Society owes las duty 10 itself to see that
the mechanic arts aud uades are not only
sustained, but advanced aud given pro
Gresstyeness by the and of liberal technl
cal education The hand must be taught
in the period Of youth, while 1t retains 1T
piiaucy and nefOre its maximum Of plastic
power j. lost, never TO bs Recovered again,
II mater Of observation that this boy
of twelve ar fourteen learns the art OF
telegraphy five tunes rs rapidly auG sue
ces-fully as due man If twenty i've. 81
with the use Of the Ietde md sewing
machine, wiih piano practice aad every
9TH art depending upon dexterity the
cunning anu ska of the hand But II
must he understood that The education
ol the hahd is al entirely different thing
from the education Of she mud Ih'
State undertakes TO supply certalI
degree Of the latter TO every person IL
order TO enable him to perform his
civic aud political duties intvllgeptly
Bot the SAFE ia purely social
aud political organization. Il is not a
aoup-houae nor the head Of family. Ii
does not owe subsistence nor the means
OF a livelihood to any except It's immediate
servants aud empIdyeS during the peri d
of their actual service. Hence the idea
which has obtained some foothold in the
minds OF GOclrlnaires IN this country, and
has been here aud there reduced to prac-
tice 10 Europe, OF "the workshop i'll TIE
Missile. This, however, does not exclude
the idea of ''tne school in the workshop,
which seems TO embody the true concep
ton OF industrial aud technical education
Under this system tie youth is dehnitiveiy
trained for trade oy methods as neerl!
self supporting as possible, while at tn,
same time a measure of general educatio,
il incidentally bestowed upon him.
Tdis system is much more popular il
Europe than the other, and it ID undoubl
edly Inc right Que. These schools, plante,
alongside Of shops and Institutes ar
meant to become auxiliary to thrni, aud
supply 10 youth the practical elements Q
the leading handicraft industries, trade
aud business occupations. There are
great number OF these schools in German
Belgium, Switzerland, Italy aud France
SONS maintained by government, other
and the best OF them, supported By prlvat
enterprise. The institution OF ST.. Nicola
in the Rue de Naugirard Paris wou!
seem to ord model such as might
patterned by in this city, Il is prival
school, under the entire control OF
religious guild. /. has $40 boys /
its charge. None are admitted uni
they Can read or write, aud the great
part OF tbs instruction is in manu-
i1uOr, win bl1 hours WEEK 10 EeneF
study and the same time to drawing. A
the work done by pupils must be dor
after models drawn by Them. There d
10 different workshops devoted to speci
INQUIRIES, very one OF which il in char
of some ous skilled in that trade al
usually q proprietor IN that business. /
directs the work and furnishes 4
material, receiving the product al his CIV
a boy, when lie leaves th's eslgblishnel
knows The general principles Of handlers
and every detail Of the particular indus.
ia winch ho mas beel specially traine
The RrAauate can take the raw material
any case, and from them evolve finish
article IN eech OF the ~ class
of manufactures taught. Su
school, II would seem, mig
be easily established here il Baltimore
connection with ths Maryland IAstitr
and mode almost seli-suztaiuing. I
special trades might be taken in charge
the employers uuIuu IN each branch
industry, the produces being sold for ,
benefit Of tine establishment. The Sch
of Design could supply the necesst
instruction in drawing, professors col
easily be found 10 teach the yariC
CLASSES sustained ia connection with
manual departments, and in the course
afzw years every industry would be a
10 secure The sEHled labor which is nee
4Rry for It's maintenance and dsvrlOpme