New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-28
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

Et,le value As an instance of this, the 3" summer
schoon supported by the South End churches may be
mentioned This school has just closed after success
sul session of six weeks Excellent results have been
reached. particularly in saving and woodwork. Inc
kindergarten and Housekeeping classes also proved 10
be both satisfactory and popular This practical meth
cd of helping poor children by giving them the know
dee TO help themselves largely sustained by the
churches Of which the Rev. Edward Everett Hale
James Freeman Clarke, and Minot j. Savage are the
pastors.
Mr.. c. NJ. " oodward, the accomplished director OF
the St Louis Manual Training School. although an
enthusiast for manual training secs that it may easily
be oyerdone through unwse zeal lie therefore
utters some timely words Of warning
eco slow" he saws. study what has been uU n
elsewhere Do not suppose II necessary TO ADOPT 'o
whole nrocronmo of manual training school at once
II il not even essential that YOU see the enu o '
beginning Like n tree, manual education must oo
well planted tcndcrly nmtwed, and given time 10
GROW Woodwork and drawing will suihce ior 'n9
trst wear Use only hand tools; leave engines anu
uower lathes till the second. DO not Olnii iiSe nun"
and instrumental drawing. Let tho pupils learn 10
stretch paper; TO use instruments accurately anu
readily; 10 draw smooth, light ana heavy hcs Mi'u
India ink; 10 shade and space ana dlhW 'anEVhSc;
Iupils should always make piolecuoh drh"luS' VI
their shop exercises Teach how TO work from draw
ing and how to make drawings, ana how To MAKE
drawings of objects Pupils should learn to see the "D
iec in the drawing, the drawing III the OBJECT DuI
good TOOLS but none which will not be used the hrst
Do not mistake the shadow for the substance;
Don't set the pupils TO making boxes, and chars, ana
tables, and for use at school OF ~ nome 9[oi
they have learned the alphabet of WOODWORK iea'n
the theory and care and proper use OF ,"oIS "oI ne
tvpical FORMS and let each exercise DC snort po
logical clear exact Execute difficult exercises tWllc
Study the try-square and the gauge GIVE class eA-
ercises aud economic material AVOID snow pieces,
and remember that training Is the nrhelpa thhg.
The main object Of manual training Is not TO make
4 Ike
intelligent and handy.
.Tfeat manual training with respect Don't put the
workshop into the basement insist upon dry, pure AR
and good light. Don't crowd pupils, nor give thelh
poor appliances. Give the teacher good blackboard
and a chance TO instruct the class a. q unit ION
think YOU must have shop work every day three OF
even two exercises per week will do at irst, bn WheR
your programme Is arranged, follow H. Two houIs "a
shop per day is enough. Don't let the boys ana glS)
who take drawing and shop work neglect their maDc-
matcs, or science, or literature tiere "io many
avenues TO culture, keep them all open.
:" Your shop teacher should be well educated ana
natural teacher. Don't relegste manual training TO
the ianiior In small school the shop teacher may DC
also the drawing teacher or the teacher OF physics
He should be paid well and rank as gh as any as
estant Beware Of exT erenced mechanics who are re-
puted to be fine workmen Tor they VIII scarcely ap-
preciate your object and will find 1t easier TO 40 the
work themselves than to teach pupils TO do 1t.
bright yonng teacher who understands drawing can,
under a good instructor learn all the woodwork
necessary 10 begin with III thirty days OF three hos
each If You tal TO ind good tedcher, con GeI any
you can afford to wait you cannot afford to fali"
The University of Toronto is striking building oc-
cupying a commanding site near the greater park
II has frontage of 800 feet from the centre of which
springs tower of 100 feet in height But according
TO a correspondent of The Philadelphia Inquirer the
normal school. in the heart of the city, situated amid
the most beautiful grounds adorned with winding
walks beds of flowers fountains and statues, is the
glory of Toronto In visiting il one dreams of Hy
patia and of the grounds and gardens of the Library
and Museum of old Alexandria through which Ptolemy
walked arm i'll with the critics, Callmachus and
Sycophoron.
"The annex" SAYS "The Boston Traveller" has
passed its stage of experimental experience and has
entered upon that of recognized value among the
higher colleges for women. 1t enters upon its
sixth year, and it offers to women something more
nearly resembling the Johns Hopkins education for men
than does any other institution that admits women
As rule, the annex students are not school
girls: they are young who have in many
cases graduated from Ann Arbor Vassar or Cornell,
and some of whom have been for years engaged in
independen and selfsupporting labor From this fact
1t will be seen that they students who come with
serious purpose. woman of twenty-five or thirty
wears of age does not study except vita very
definite idea of her aims and her requirements, and
clear understanding of what she is about The stand
ard of scholarship here is very high and the class OF
students who seek instruction make il possible
to maintain this standard. There is wide and an
Increasing demand for these young women rs teachers
in COLLEGES ana high schools. One of them went
last year to take charge of the observatory of college
in the West and to teach astronomy and mathematics
Another has gone this year to Wheaton College in this
State one to Bradford Academy and one TO the
famous Broarlcy school for young ladies IN Ncw-lor
The annex is fortunate I'm that is not moncymaking
affair The high rank Of scholarship is insisted upon
md the Harvard certificate rcdeoms its full face value
for all it promises"
Obcrn College is uni, crsy its constitution, and
81 has a theological department, musical conserya
tory. the common college course. and preparatory
school 1t has annually between 400 and 1000
students of whom about fifty studying theology,
and about 800 taking musical course In all its
departments it is said TO compare fayoraby with East
ern colleges "Oberlin" said President Farchild re-
Gently, &" is giving general education and Christian
education. 1t is decidedly Christian university.
Either Obcrn or Michigan University has the largest
attendance of any college this country. 1t lies be-
tween these two. Our students rank with those
graduated from Eastern colleges and those who 60 from
preparatory school if in good standing with us,
enter Eastern colleges easily There special
courses in the East which do have, special de
partments in natural science but teachers of
the natural sciences are competent and earnest
We have endowment and investment funds
amounting to 1928 600. The property, in grounds
and buildings is worth much more, perhaps worth
$500 600 Oberlin was located in the woods and the
town has grown up around it. You see we have
grown. Funds are somewhat limited, but
building new mdsical conservatory, the gift of
New York man. We are also erecting handsome
library building of stone This the gift of the Rev.
Charles V. Spear, formerly principal of young ladies'
school at Pittsheld, Mass. lie gave $4,000. Our
faculty includes five teachers in the theological de-
pertinent. eight in the school Of art and philosophy
and the preparatory school has board of four per
manent instructors and assistants TO the number of
twenty or thirty. The musical department has fifteen
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