St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-02

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eoorn or EE 4 the blessed interval OF
eo,I To * rest it affords them
from their studies.
The whole of the schools closed
last Wednesday afternoon, teachers
and scholars hurried homeWard or
journeyed into the country to spend
Thanksgiving with their friends, and
generally all study was ignored until
the re-opening tomorrow. There is
little of interest in the school week to
report, beyond the usual dry rou-
tine scholastic grind, which week in
week out is the SONG of the grammar
and primary schools. The High school,
manual training school and the teach
erS' training school present more
lively appearance, and in the high
school the week has been memorable
for the informal opening OF the an IN
mex" 1t is many months since the adj
dition to the High school was com
menced-s0 many months that it would
seem advisable to draw kindly veil,
over the number. The Sanity City is
noted, and Justly so, for the marvellous
rapidity with which huge warehouses
and business establishments are erected,
but this distinction does not apply to
scholastic buildings. Now that the
students have practically given place
to wOrkmen in the annex build
ing-not without "a longing, hun
gering look" on the part of the lat
ter-Principal Gilbert will rest at ease.
Six weeks ago he was asked when the
INo
1.-Two weeks" he replied somewhat alb
stractedly. as if his mind were running
back along the dim and distant p st,
days now almost forgotten, when the
additional structure began to rear its
head. 1.-Two weeks" he repeated,
''but they have said two weeks so very
often that I shall now be content to
wait until we do get in-'two weeks
two MONTHS or whatever it may be"
Perhaps the most interesting rooms in
the addition TO the High school Will be
those devoted to manual training. The
manual training school is now entering
UPON ITS CRUCIAL TEST
in this city. A year ago manual train
ing department. was affiliated with the
High school, and was placed under
the superintendent of Prof. c. A.
Bennett, of Worcester POLYTECHNIC in
stitute. Manual training has now been
made a distinct and separate branch OF
the scholastic facilities founded by the
board of education. Prof. Bennett con-
tinues in charge, with a special staff OF
teachers, and largely upon his efforts
depends thessucceSs of this system of
training youths for actual contest with
the world. Manual training schools are
not numerous in this country-Wash-
ington, Chicago, New York, Worcester.
Mass. and Philadelphia being the only
points where they are located. The st.
Paul school will be conducted upon the
plan of the institution i'll the city of
BrOtherly Love.
Mlsconception exists as to the scope
and object of this manual training, and
when this is removed there is every in
dication that the advantages offered by
the school will be readily seized by
parents for the education of their sons.
1t has been we'll said that in these
schools 1.-The whole boy is put to school"
The object of the school is the educa-
ton of all the faculties. The hoy learns
to do by doing, and the school thus ed
ucateS men who shall combine in one
person the thinker and the d0er. These
statements of fact are fully set forth
in circular about to be issued
to the citizens Of st. Paul. There are
forty students now in the school, and
there is an urgent desire TO increase
the number to 100. The school is open
to all BOYS who have finished the work
of the Seventh grade in the grammar
schools, and the course of study covers
three years, while the subjects taught
are mathematics, languages, science,
drawing and shopw0rk.
Pupils may elect what language they
will take, and the science course in
cludes physiology, physical geography
and physics. Care has been taken to
make
THE COURSE PRACTICAL
in drawing and it comprises freehand
and mechanical drawing, including
practice in machine and architectural
drafting. Shop work begins with
carpenting, Joining and wood carving,
then takes up pattern making and ele-
mentary foundry work and later
machine tool work. The carpenter
shop is fitted up with fifteen benches,
at each OF Whichis set of tools. The
pattern shop, besides twelve benches,
g contains an excellent equipment of
woodworking machinery, such as
latheS, circular saws. jig saws, broad
saws, pony planers and grlndstones.
Each pupil pursues these five courses
of study simultaneously. spending an
guages, science and drawing and two
hours at shop work. Prof. Bennett
fittingly sums up the work Of
his school in saying: THE
school does not teach a trade, but the
principles of many trades. 1t aims es-
pecially to give boy a practical know1-
edge of things, familiariZing him with
the use of tools, helping him to acquire
habits of order, neatness and accuracy,
and accustoming him to attention, in
dustry and perseverance" A formal
opening of the new building will take
place shortly, when all parents are in
Yited to attend, as there will be an eX-
hibition exercise by the pupils of the
manual training department in shop
work.
There are at present ten evening
schools in operation, with an enrol
ment of 1900 pupils. These schools
were inaugurated during the winter of
1SS2-lSS3 in the High school, then stu
ated at the corner of Seventh and Jack
son streets. Prof. Taylor, now school
superintendent, was the principal.
Pupils are not admitted into these
schools under fourteen years, but there
is no limit beyond that age. A large
proportion Of the students are over
twenty-one years, and in one school
IucIc Is Il HAL ONGi NnoSC liCtlO LII SIX
winters have passed, who is
DILIGENTLY LEARNING TO HEAD.
Both sexes are afforded the privilege
of tuition, and noteworthy feature of
those attending the schools is the num-
Der OF servant girls. The course of
study is OF the most rudimentary de-
scription, and is virtually summed up
in the three IRIS. '-reading, writing
and arithmetic. Bookkeeping is taught
to few aspiring pupils. A large pro-
portion of the young men and young
women are Scandinavians, and their
main object is to hecnme nrnficient In