Savannah morning news., 1885-10-16

/ learn the scientific principles on which
( their res pective handicrafGs are based, he
/ sides acquiring a good stock OF general
information. Drawing and machine con-
structiOn form an essential part OF the
course OF instruction.
TIE most com mmendable feature OF this
institution as n Industrial school Is the
fact that it is in immediate connection
with the works OF the company. There Is
no need OF fitting up workshops and me-
chauical lab0ratori for bOto teachers
and students have access TO the real shops
and tools. In these shops they see the
machinery in operation, and they them
selves manipulate II during the day,
while thev learn TO preh MI its laws
and nature in the evening classes. The
students 20 through these shops with the
teachers at stated times. Questions are
asked and ans wered by both teachers and
students, Every part oi the instruction
mas a practical reality about it, There
are no make-believe illustrations, no gilt
tering generalities, and the purely hypo-
thetJcal propositions are kept in the back-
ground.
But does It paw this firm to provide
buildings, furnish apparatus and hire
teachers for the maintenance OF such a
SCHOOL, This IS a practical question and
deserves a fair answer. Let us ask the
UfOUIlENllss MI MdAUEFs Nutn aahfI ~
The royal com m ssiOners as 10 the econom-
ic results of this school. said:
eve desire to send out abroad yearly
one, two or more thoroughly competent
men. who shall not be simply mechanics
/ in the ordinary sense OF the word, hut
! who shall be able to turn their attention
20 Anything coming under their notice
whether they have done the thing before
or not We had the greatest difficulty in
finding such men until we began % take
them from this school. and since the
school has been organized We have been
able TO send BOYS at % 70 2l 10 long dis
tances and to place IN their hands work
that they have not had much to do with
before, and bv their own intelligence
they have made competent teachers OF
others and given the greatest satisfac-
tion."
The manager of Messrs. Mather &
Platt's work. x DO is a practical man Of
lOcg experience in experimenting work
shops, said to the commissioners:
"lnstesd Of r curing draughtsmeD to
look after every separate job. the young
fellows who attend these classes can
make their own drawings, work tn them.
Il tire work together and erect 1t. when
used 10 require a separate man 10 super
wise eacn depart ment. Toe men are more
intelligent, and understand aud eau exc
cute their work much better and at an
earlier age. We form thus our own fore
men from the boys who have been in the
school,"
Mr.. Mather assured me that mis- firm
would not be willing to give up the school
even If the cost of maintaining it were
ten times as great as il now Is.
10 addition 20 the school and education
al institutions just referred to there are
several others in Manchester that are in
tended 10 give instruction 10 toe work
people. and the course of study in some
OF these schools provides for technical
training OF nigh order. Last year there
we're enrolled in the evening schools
about fifteen thousand students. Efforts
are now being made 10 establish a school
Of mining. The sentiment IN iayor OF
higher and more general education among
eli classes Of people is steadily gaining
ground. Leading citizens assured me
that they would soon aud TO the efficiency
Of their technical school OF which they are
Justly proud. They are determined % bring
its advantages ~ thin reach OF all who
are engaged in mercantile and manufac-
tUring pursuits. On one point all the peO-
pie with whom talked are agreed. TheY
say t1at the kind of education that the
masses need, both for their own good and
for the good OF their en- ployes and society
al large, is that which results In a close
uniou OF the reticsl, scientific and gen.
erai instruction impaired in the class
room, with a practical knowledge Of the
processes required in the several sta
pie Industries. Hence the different
schools vie with each other in adapting
the instruction 10 the requirements Of the
trade and manufacturing interests Of the
district.
The city of Manchester spends thou
sands Of dollars every year for technical
education, and has been doing so for sew
eral years. They say that it pays them TO
do 20. All their schools are crowded.
and when a young man completes the
course of instruction his services are eag-
erly sought by various employ ers. The
technical schools, besides turning out
trained women, exert a powerful influence
upon the morals Of the city. Graduates
Of technical schools are not found among
the dissipatsd and criminal classes.
They have high aims in life. Their homes
are neat, aud they look carefully after the
education and compauiOnsbip OF their
children. Although the organization OF
the industrial schools was chiefly the re-
suit OF Efforts on the part OF manufacture
rrs who were 10 need Of skilled opera
tlves for their shops and factories, yet the
coed results are felt aud acknowledged hy
all classes OF society. Tue citizens willingly
aid in providing for the expenses Of the
schools, while many merchants and
large employers contribute literally OF
their private means for the same pur
pose.