, 1881-06-12

| furnished ny IN incident III the
LIFE OF A YOUNG MECHANICAL. EyG1yr.r,
In the City Of New York be encnmn1nIoh na91 ~,
day party OF men trying to transfer II heavy
iron safe from ~ tlrs.y to n floor several rec,
| ubose the sidewalk. The plaulinp was t1ot v"rv
secure, and the superintendent wis SO urskilIfu
that he hud nearly lost control Of the ropc. unt
Il catastrophe was f1nmincnt. The young enul-
hcer had never served iln apprenticeship nj
| moving safes, but he knew the conditions OF
| equilibrium, the principle of tho lever, tic
Strength OF matcrials, anu tho laws OF friction
| He too' IN the situation ut a glance, ana saw
| just bow the dnit@er w:ts to be avoided
The safe will he down aniess you take care.
] Sir! said he to the nan In Charge
| We arc doing tho best VIC can, but It Is con-
| fnundly eontrary, answered the helpless man
much annoyed
/ "Ccrtntnly. 1t yuu know how to handle safes -
II do know how" sad he with sublime srIf-
confidence, Hs he turned TO the men and gave
Ills ORDERS In few moments the safe was well
In hand and past u!l danger.
a1Y EXPERIENCE
In the management OF our school has confirmed
liJs views nll several points:
l. The lessons given 4 class should be uniform.
BY this mc:u that all buys should have pre-
cscly tho same thing 10 tlo usug si1uiiur mate
rial and tools Don't call this Il cusl-iron rule,
True the standard IS the saline for alI-rnr1lt.|y
l per cent; but the effect Ut individual traits.
WHICH one c;1n either etfacc Or ignore, viii
spread the results I'LL the way from I'll to lO1 pcr
cent ANY attempt tu give tue boys tltsslu,ilu,.
work and tcnch them separately. hus resulted III
confusion u'ld great waste Ut time. ioys were
always Whiting for directions, un1 the teacher
always ut disadvantage.
= Every boy should have Il separate set Of
hand edge tous. Boys soon learn 10 keep touls
IN sooa order, and they Sc fits for their inter-
,. Two bUurs is long enough for m exercise
in tool work One full hour il ls,t,:. cno1uh for
IL drawing for boys Of 10 pr IG ycars The
1noncut the interest flags the exercise uivT,t tn
stop.
i. 1t Is relief to chungc from books to TOOLS
from mental to manual exercises and vice
versa.
). There appears to bc no chance for nuy fool
ish prejudice against work Or Labor The boys
are ,l3 proud Of q hiyh nnrk on Il snDD ,.yert.tsn
ia they arc of one in mathematics / sen nm
chance for them to find out lint labor Is NOT r,-
sIcctubc. and thar oycras ,,nd rrpasr hnnd,
are Il rt.:rnucL
&. Boys who nse bright at their intellectual
tasks excel III shup-worls: Ths may surprise
some, and 1t il certainly lscourAging to block
heals. 1t is usually assumed that because IL
hoy is dull aI his hooks he Elust hc sharp with
Tools, but it IS not 50. The very boys @ Who in
arithmetic and grammar wear their teachers
ing toid once in the shop; they arc sure to begin
their work ut the wrons end, cut 4 hole round
instesld q: SQUARE ana @ never nave time 70 hnsh
the'r p1ect such Us our school Is we are glad
to have those
INTERESTED IN EDUCATION VISIT IT.
Thanks to good und strong friends whom
schusI IS in many ways admirably c,IuIppcd.
Durinr The, yrur ~. r1nyf. ,fDn. rcnsnnohv weti
but vi: have much left Il, DO. The class which
this ,car has ben11 ut work in w,nd will next
vrnr 1nkc m irsn,.wnrks hc,rioninsr with binr,
snthinr. "Io f,,t.h sin,ufni,cnuslT twt.nty INV,
s.rh r,vf.nr,- fnr.,s onx.ils nnI safs ~ fG,s T.
novel undertaking. but we shuli succeed by
means Of Strictly following tho class pIan. We
shall ;ili be wiser II yaur from to-day, and hone
find il NECESSARY 1n siuud on nv ul,arl on one
point-viz,: not ia expect TOO much from tho
bows in tue way Of tnanual skill. People who cx-
nrrr very Il.1ie in tho v,1y Of t,al,nurshiD or
,ro w;rr rrn,, th.,se ,rba h,o h"n, t.1,rhr
~" .e ~ .'. =. .r.,of 80, - .h1.1. .h.t
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nnrnintr;s. h.. ",,,i5 RI mike snmefh1,., msnfnt
Snw. H. does III immc,iiuteiy turn o,1t .onI
,'.,. ~, sna r"rt his nynrccns ura a,,,1.r