The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-03-15
SOME NEW HOOKS.
TIE Edu~as,ss 81 Avss.sss.

ARTHUR Applstonsl Ia succinctly stated. as II
ought to be. In the preface. What Is indus
trial education What arc Its merits and ob.
iccts and above all. whit power docs 1t POSSESS
Of M nistering to some useful purpose In the
practical arts OF life These are questions
about which we arc deeply concerned In this
country. and tho author has csshysd to answer
them not by nm abstract discussion OF techn-
cal instruction. but by giving q full and nccu-
rats account Of the experiments In industrial
training which have been actually and SUCCESS
fully carried out In Europe.
II tho end 81 n public school system be ths
grentest good OF the greatest number. the IN
ference would seem n fair one that. besides
reading writing. arithmetic. geography ana
history It's curriculum should include som"
training for thos. arts and trades to which
alone a great majority OF the urban and village
populatioD can look for n subsistence. 1t la
true that when public schools were first estnb-
lish.d. this proposition could be- met by point
INK out that the school room was not needed
for the purpose Of tech ica instruct on. seeing
that this function was discharged IN work
shops. where the prospective artisan could ac-
ouirs proficiency in his chosen calling as
an apprentice to master. Yet even when
q long apprenticeship was not only the
cuatoma ny but the only legal mode OF enter
Ing a trad. IN England the expectancy OF the
by Adam Smith; and at IN" beginning Of this
century the Legislation on this subject was re-
poalcd by Parliament. In the United States
the system OF Apprenticeship fell many years
ago into almost comrlct" desuetud". The
author Of this book Ia therefore justified In
dwelling with emphasis upon the fact that
there Is AT prosont Ia this country no mode OF
acquiring II trad. except the hap-hnzard fash
ion by which the boys admitted into shors or
g. A. ,I.,.t..
tho manual work Of others. There lie" he
says. mo ono responsible for their instruc-
ton and III we except u very few and pAlpa-
bly, inadequate efforts enumerated in this
book OF technical education there IL none at
all. Technical instruction In our work
shops has no existence. and ~ this want
IL not supplied bv the trade societies 1t must be
provided for outside of them: for this country
cannot afford to go on drawing its skilled labor
from other countries. and allowing it's own
people to drift upon circumstances rs the only
available resource OF sustenance." MIR. Mac
Arthur has here laid his hand upon grave Jaw
In our social institutions. u flaw too often over
looked. because our own deficiencies have thus
far been made good by the incessant inpour OF
skilled artisans from Europe but o! whiol Wa
should be kreuly sensible should any causes
operate to stop or materially check the tide Of
immigration which recruits our workshops.
That techn ical schools. and u vast number of
them. are Indispensable to replace the APP
premiership system now dlsused, will be- doubt
full to no man who will take the trouble to In
Quire by whom most Of tho best work turned
out in our shops and factories is wrought,
whether By artisans OF native or OF foreign
birth. But from these lndisputable premises
we do not draw the conclusion that tho Fed
eral Government should pe called upon for the
money with which to organize and support the
needed number of trade schools. Tschnirn
education IL the business. and perhaps. under
existing conditions. the mort important bust
ness Of our State andImuncipa Governments
Ono Of tho most edi wing examples brought
forward by Mr.. Macarthur is furnished by tn.
city Of Hamburg which. in 1874. instead o
calling on this German Parliament for aid
voted $1,000 for "a building to accommodate.
general industrial school and n schOO
for building mechanics. 1t appears tha
similar schools have been established at Grnn
berg. Mulheim Chsmni,z. Creield. and ssvera
other places party at tho cost OF the munich
palities and partly OF tue particular State il
which they are situated. At Barmen. IN Khen
ish Prussia. the trade school has $50 day 8 hot
ars. besides largely attended evening classes
for which the fes In only about IS cents = hal
year. At Chemnitz. in Saxony. the trad. ehoo
cost $300.0 and accommodates 600 scholars
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