Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-06
EDUCATIONAL.
Shall Industrial Education form .
Constituent Part OF School
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Tho great respect paid to wealth and
i the surroundings il, permits, presents
strong Inducements to engage in trade;
no man ever became rich by the work
of his hands alone, and the prizes and
j.onors of society ARE rarely bestowed
upon the day laborer: and what more
natural than that the youth should ea-
gerly seek those paths by which the
successful have won their envied posi-
tons. a5. ~ 5.~. "
Law and medicine are still regarded
ms pathways to honorable distinction
and they arc to-day the only two pur-
suits in which the laborer is his own
master, an independent citizen. All
others are mere employees, with their
hours of service and rate OF wages de-
terlnined by rules beyond his control.
Even the small farmer has given place
to the hired laborer; the machine has
crowded out the man, except rs high
ter education shall enable our young
men to understand the independence of
the different elements of society, md
the true relations of capital and labor
in promoting the best interests Of all.
For success in all the departments
OF mechanical industry and art, q cor
rect and thorough training in drawing
and designis a prime requisite, and is
far from being q mere accomplishment
in professional life. This would seem
to be branch suitable to the school,
room, and alike desirable for all, with
out distinction of sex or social sur
roundings. Even in The proper work
of tho school itself, in geography, in
history, and in scientific study, ia
1niliarity with the pencil and crayon
are Indispensable.
What other industrial education, if
any, shall form a constituent part OF our
school life, is an open question. Moth
ing has yet been presented beyond q
few individual devices, which have
served to stimulate curiosity for the
hour, but can hardly be deemed an an
swer to the question.
That scientific schools and institutes
of technology will be multiplied is 4
foregone conclusion. Industrial and
Misunderstanding schools for boys fitted
to enter the high school, like the one
opened in Chicago under such favora-
bic auspices, supply another want, and
cannot fail Of encouragement. Two or
three rooms with suitable appliances,
to which pupils from our schools might
resort for mechanical instruction some
hours each week, could readily be pro-
vided, and would probably meet the
present needs.
But all these prepare the pupils for
positions of supervision and direction,
and affect Il comparatively small num-
Der, like instruction in Greek. and still
leaves the boys and girls Of our gram
mar and primary schools untouched.
How are the eight Or ten years between
the kindergarten and the industrial
school to be filled? What useful work
shall form q part of the daily employ
ment OF the thousand children in one
of our buildings?
What can be done for the great mass
of our pupils beyond improving our
methods, and more wisely applying the
principles, still leaving some care to
The parent. is still waiting an answer.
.-George Hesvzaad, Satpt. Of Schools.
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