The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-01-13

mutual and surest support 9. = - -.
SCHOOL OF MINES. - >,
This school is not 10 as prosperous q
condition as could be d, sired. From som,
cause il has not been patronized asw,s ex
pected. Ii is eligibIy located at Roll 1.
Phelps county, whose citizens are intelli.
gent and enterprising and - presided oyel
by an accomplished president. The. legis.
lature should consider the propriety OF re.
moving the school to Columbia, creating =
! separate professorship for that branch oil
learning, and substituting in IFS place al
Rolla a normal school, which would be Of
more utility to that part Of the Stale, and
especially so to RplIs. There are sixty
students 10 attendance at the school this
year and a very large proportion OF those,
so l am informed, are 10 its preparatory
department.
MANUAL TRAINING.
/ now call your attention to another
system of education which should sooner or
later be made part of our general system.
Ii enters Sd intimately into all the other
branches that no state, can afford
to disregard its practical usefulness
further enlargement of our educational
facilities. Industrial art has become one
of The most produc i've factors of national
wealth. A superiority in handicraft has
Often changed the channels of comme rec.
Tie experience of modern Europe forcihly
illustrates the value and necessity of skill
led labor. The Industrial comp .tition
between Francs and Ergl md is reple:e
with instructive suggestions. The poly
technic schools OF Eur.pe are prolific
sources OF national opulence. Prior TO
1851, the manufactures of Europe were
largely fashioned by the hands of unedu-
cat.d workmen, wholly uulesrDed in the
higher arts OF their ca ling, but the wares
OF France were embellished with beauty
derived from trained in eligene.. The
greater excellence and &'traciiveness of
French goods secured large part of the
patronage which had formerly enriched
Eugland. The losses TO which the infirm-
ity of its artisans subjected Great Britain
were enormous. 10 order to regain its
manufacturing ascendaucy, England has
spent millions OF dollars on its polytechnic
schools and the result has shown the wis
dom of the expenditure. Latterly, Ger
many has been devotIng much attention
to the education of its workmen, and the
higher finish of their products att st the
effect of the training. In some respects the
poly technic schools of Russia are the best
In the world and they are exertipg very
beneficial influence upon the practical arts
of that realm. Such institutions, though
comparatively recent in the United States,
have cong existed in the foremost countries
of Europe and their usefulness h IS effsc-
lively promoted the material greatness of
the lands in which they have been located.
The United States may prO6ta bly, imitste
examples so prcduc i've OF wealth. The
prosperity of modern nations is based
upon the foundation Of intelligence of man.
ual skill. An ignorant population is sure
to fail 10 the competition for msnufsctur-
ing and commercial supremacy. The spirit
of the age demands an universal system of
industrisI education. The rich resources
OF Missouri require skillful workmen for
their full d velOpment. The hands Of our
youth should be educated by the manual
training schools. Handicraft is an efic-
ieut ally of science. Equipped with a
thorough mastery of principles and with a
prscticed dexterity in the use of tools, the
young men OF this commonwealth may 90
forth to the industrial bat les of life with
an assured confidence of victory The ar
tisian INTEL gently skill ul in his craft pro-
duces the best work aud commands the
highest wages. His DIX erity is a guaranty
Of ste ,dy employment In periods of in
dustrial depression. the working force re-
duced, il is slways the ignorant and less
productive who are discharged. The in
struction given i . m ,nual training schools
is nee, ssarilly rudimentary. 1t does not
pretend 10 fit lads for the practice of any
technical profession. II must be supple
mented by the tut ion OF the actual work.
shop. But il familiariz boys with the
handling Of tools, shortens the term OF ap
premiership, devel pes na.ur i sptitudes,
cultivates mechanical, and f. ers an in
yeutive spirit. Technical education
strengthens manhood, cultivates independ-
ence apd self-relisnce, and enabl- the PEN
niless boy to OBJ ain an easier start In life.
| think manual labor should be Incorporate
ed in our sytem of public instruction and
be taught IN every school OF the land. III
all the young mel of the state had educst-
ed minds and dextTous hands, Missouri
would soon occupy its rightiul place in the
front rank of American progress and great
ness. / favor those measures that ~ill ed
ucate ur young, guard their habits. give
them means Of labor and that will elevate
Missouri to that point where it will be a
pattern If all excellence
Hayirg now completed my reflections
upon the school system OF the state, from
the Kinder Garten TO the University, in
voking the mot yigilant guardianship over
all, let me especially ask that no unirieDd-
IL hand be laid upon the common and nor
l. Al
the door OF every citizen, and which truly
can be called "ihe poor mans friend" No
party can strike them down without
striking down its own existence and SUI
premacy, and no party can stand before the
poop of Missouri: for one day, as the an
tagonist of schools and the ea-my OF edu-
ca ion.7 God forbid that it ever should
Whenever such hand is put forth against
these schools swelling chorus OF voices
should be heard from one end of the state
to the other, exclaiming: