The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-27
SCHOOL OF PRINTING.

We learn from some of our exchanges .
that the Belvidere Seminary, Belvidere, /
y. J.. will shortly introduce industrial /
education, beginning with the depart ,
ment Of printing and journalism. 1t is +
stated that the principals submitted /
their plans to Mrs. Wendell Phillips, and |
received her permission to name the in
stituti1n, when established, the Wen /
dell Phillips Memorial Industrial
School - The details of the plan have |
not yet been published, and we are con- /
sequently unable to present them to our
readers.
There are some features, however, in
connection with tie establishment Of
this and similar institutions, which it
would be we'll to keep in mind before
yenturiDg an endorsement, yet which
are seldom, If ever, taken into consider
alton. Public opinion is too prone to
jump to conclusions to sympathize on
the spur OF the moment, and allow
false gallantry to warp its judgment
without first duly weighing the merits
of such schemes, or, if successful, their
ultimate effects on society. 1t is not
all gold that glitters, and while The
prospectus may seem an inviting one,
their experiece will prove that, in this
case az least, anticipation and realiZa-
tion will not correspond. Under these
circumstances a few suggestions, which
we hope will commend themselves to
the common sense of our readers, may
not be unacceptable.
The great objection to many Of these
sO-called training schools is that, in
stead of turning out profcients, they but
help 70 swell the army of incUmpetents
which already curses the country, and
which forms so powerful an agency in
lowering the standard and depreciating
the wages of the American mechanic.
But, apart from these considerations.
wOman's persistent competition in
field Of labor to which she should be n
stranger, must ultimately rebound 10
her injury, for it should not be forgot
ten that man Is woman s natural protec-
tor and provider; and it is more essen
tial to the welfare of the community
tina be, as such provider, often depend
eli only on his skill in labor acquired by
years of study, should earn enough to
support his wife and family, than that
member of the opposite sex should
barely earn enough to support herself.
Suppose. for example, the employment
of girl at manual labor untitled for her
sex throws out Of work a father of a
family, with half dozen daughters de-
pendent on his labor for support is SO.
ciety at large the gamer thereby? a.? Yet
this is just what woman's employment
10 printing office and the continual
handicapping OF the skilled workman,
IS rule, secures.
Bus let us look at the matter from
another standpoint. 1t VIII certainly
not be claimed that female job printers
will graduate from Belyidere sooner
than the average male apprentice does
from a printing office. Suppose a girl
goes to the seminary at fifteen years Of
age. Her board and instruction will
cost at least six dollars per week-a very
low estimate IN found figures $500 per
annum,, or 81 200 for four years. Now,
how many mechanics can afford to edu-
cate their daughters at this outlay !?
How many orphans or friendless women
can furnish the necessary funds 10 ex-
pertinent on, OF how many parents, bles-
sed with the worlds goods, are going to
throw away 81 200 on any such non
sense 1t may be answered, however,
that the contemplated school of print
ing will be, in great measure, seif-sup-
porting, and that the pupils will be the
recipients of the proceeds of their own
labors, In what manner, or through
what agency How many firms are
going to send their orders to an out-Of-
the-way country seminary for girls to
experiment on, when they can get them
executed at home under their own su-
pervisiOn ? No, no, the self-supporting
theory is humbug, and they who dance
must pay the fiddler.
woman's natural ambition and cQndi-
tiOn is wifehood an motherhood
Whether as the wife Of millionaire OF
mechanic, the home circle is her esPe-
eial sphere, and her highest aim should
be to qualify herself for these response
BILE positions. Were these truths real
lied and lived up JO, we should have
fewer sIOvenly housekeepers ; fewer wo-
men who thump and bawl at a piano
when they should be darning their hus-
bands stockings, or who devote their
attention to foreign missions while their
own offspring can discount any heather
that ever met the gaze of a disgusted
missionary.
Young ladies, take our advice pre-.
pare yourselves to be the life partners OF
good and true men, who are able and
willing TO earn enough 10 keep then
wives and families in comfort those C
whom your presence will make haav-
en- of the humblest home, where it will
be your proud privilege TO put the little
living - forms with which God ma,
bless you in:o their beds, instead o
wasting your lives and energies in
printing Office, preparing 81 eaden
forms tor the cold, uninvitiug bed of
printing press Inland Printer.
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