Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-07-28
TRAINING M cIryecHooLa
Mechanics Taught To BeysAewing IN
Cooking for (;Iri.-I>ctNea.

four months fourteen different schoolsv
the primary. girls or boys departmental
In the same building or same district
counted rs separate schools were work.
ing o'it the principles established for this
industrial work. Tie idea originated In ,
lsussi1. and some Of he features Of it
came from the kindergarten methods Of
Germany. The committee who first took
up this new feature Of education studied
well the work as u was carried on In
technical schools In this and other cities.
They have striven TO leave out al the
weak points M they were discovered and
produce n system tliat was superior n
possible to any other IN existence.
Whether they have accomplished this
remains to be seen. They are free to
admit that they are still far from having
complete knowledge themselves. and |
experience Is teaching them important
things every day. The schools are nearly
all private where manual training Il
taught outside IT New York, but as the /.
benefits derived are felt Il will undoubt- Z
e,lly come into the common possession Of
oil the institutions Of learning. One
great fear entertained has been that In
establishing Il, time would Lave to be
taken from other studies Anything SO 4
unsatisfactory has not been the result,
Instead Of impeding progress In other
studies. It helps them by changing ~
order Of trimming for the htter in.
Drawing IL tho :. =
mental study In industrial traiu s, - =
the corner stone Of the emit ssu .'.'...''
of manual work rs taught ,"' ~, voi ,.n'.s.
srl,oofs 4, orta~, io....F INTO the Joys
al,cpart' nt Of carpenY 5iin a.' ''' s''"
IT,. ~; ~ ,s..% not know how To-
lrnw Wy" Twill hardly be able
a s,.,,. -. kns. or make proper
,cn,s -. hg will not he able TO
nm, 49,. measurement Draw
~ L,s dy been taught for some
20 am the workshop for boys
~ Ind cooking departments for
there is promotion in these
dall the MlIcr studies.
orally great variety OF tools and
II crials ARE needed. and even now the
4 .pplies are not all furnished. The list
7, for the cooking class is rs complete ms for
family setting up housekeeping. The
great difficulty IL In finding the proper
teachers for this sort Of training. or
course, IL Is easy enough to procure a
good carpenter. or good cook. or good
seamstress to show how to work in these
departments. but the thing Is to find
some one who can teach these different
brancl,cs-a carpenter. for instance. who
not only knows how TO saw a board, but
can explain the reason for saving IL, tell
wynt kind Of wool he is using. and
where IL comes from. besides many other
practical POINTS connected with il.
And ~ in eacl, Of the other depart
ncnts. But means will undoubtedly he
found To meet each want as time goes on.
The children take great interest In
manual training. and this is great in
ccntive to teachers. The girls are allowed
to have small rclast made Of the things
that they have cooked or helped 10 cook,
and this increases their interest in the
performance to vnst degree. Then,
too. they are inspired to try experiments
ut home. which IL. of coirs, -..a.,iy
what Is ,lcsircd by the founders Of the
work.
The principal of one 81 the list public
schools for girls has made reading aloud
a feature Of her school elocution,
but reading in simple and intelligent
manner. She herself as reward OF
merit reads TO the girls once week on
Friday afternoons Sunday school
stories or set pieces from school books.
Int standard works. In that way she
hopes to interest the scholars in literature.
q study TO which little time Is given in
the public schools.
II has been felt for some time that the
teachers where this new manual has been
adopted ought to have some training.
to. They were assembled by the board
Of education In the hall Of tho building
belonging 20 this body TO hear lecture
on the subject. A second meeting was
presided over by DE-. Paul Hoffman, the
assistant superintendent. who has the
manual training in charge. That gentle
man has been physician, an Arctic ex-
plorer. and Is pronounced q man Of
genius the right man in the right place.
lie gained the confidence OF the teachers
ut once by his earn.stu,Ss in stating that
he knew something more about the sub.
jcct than they did, but not much. lie
WAS thoroughly interested In 1t, and
would work day and night IL need be- in
order to gain knowledge on the subject.
On them ~ well as himself depended
III. success Of the work. lie thought the
way To teach manual trimming was TO b.
gin in the most primitive manner and
demonstrate everything in the most
practical way. lie wished n child To
know" that u csLe was cube, not ''lr
licve" that IL was because he was told ~,
In teaching. the sclisc Of feeling could IT,
called largely into play. and the child
must bc taught how tn zee. not what e
sac. lie must feel Of cube. its elS'
and ;s points. and find out why il w.ls IL
culr.
children" he said. ''arc great inii
iators and believe what you tell them. !.
YOU take block Of wool in your har,
and say. do you see this lump Of iron z
each Child will answer Yes. when i, i.
~ plain as possible that the lump of iron
l. block Of woo.l."
We would have thu children laugh: 70
draw with free hand. not painfully and
carefully by measurement. The methoi
uf teaching. writing and shading the let
tiers has caused the children TO Use the
middle finger In such u strained way
that In many instances IL las l@en found
To In longer tlinn the ni'lll. finger on
the left hand TIL" cy'@, 81 schonl chill
,lrcn arc ais, l~'ing injured 10y the Way
they hold their l-s's> ar their states. Ills
,l,.slrr WAS that tia scholars should lc-
rVipc men and Wa ',i,. s,rpn.; hldily nndl
physically l~furc ;';,:'. else. and he
believed that TIN, earning woud mid
them ~ that. New York Press
CHRIS are trained io agriculture In Dcl
marx. thu owm"rs 81 farms receiving
them rs pupils.
This is IA tlowrr wear very decidedly