Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-01-26
Educate the Hands,

The quest on OF establishing manual
training school n Detroit is being agi
tated, and number of prominent citi-
zens have organized to push the mat
ter. At meeting held recently to dis
cuss the question, Rev. c. Il. Hendcr
son of the Woodward avenue Baptist
chur h, who has made quite study
of the subject, said: "EXperience
demonstrates that manual train
ing school is not more exhaust
.ng than the course in preparation
for college: that the exercise in the
ShO is real recreation, and That # shop
work IS offered to boys the ben hes will
be filled with volunteers. Manual
training is a branch of LIBERAL culture
and should be placed on a level of hon
or and dignity equal to the Greek and
attn course, creates powers or
dinally rejected, and makes the body
more completely the servant of the
soul. Therefore the manual training
school is regarded by its advocates as
the most efficient al iunct of moral dis
ciplne. 1t gives rat Onal employment t.,
IDLE hands, and turns the from
mischief to the creation OF useful and
beautiful objects. In England The
manual training school with It's logical
outgrowths is advocated ~ aceat
number OF men OF science, education,
arts and manufactures rs more
efficient means of meet ng competition
n trade. The manual training school
is advocated as a most potent proven
tive OF costly crime and paupersm
Giving millions in aims to q pOpulat on
of unskilled laborerS, is like pouring
water into bottomless abyss or Tx,
irrigat'n g rock. Ii we add immortality
TO the absen of skill in industry,
giving an aims would be like irrigating
Canada thistles or other nOAiOus
weeds
The manual training school enlarges
the usefulness of the high school by
extending the ierage time of attend
ance of children of the poor. In the
present arrangement edu at on almost
always ceases alb ut the 10Th year,
just when the mlnd is most capable Of
receiving the direct preparation for
social studies OF story and economy.
If shop is opened it will be part of the
preparation for actual bread winning.
and that without loss of time in literary
brrnches.
Manual training is already intro
duced into the state public school at
COldwater and in the reform schools
at Lans and Adrian. 1t will be a
pity if we fail to see that as a prevent
i've of crime t is far more ethCaciou
than the remedies for an evil force al
ready in full current
The sub;e is at this hour before a
committee of the Board of Education
and will be decided soon. There is
some reason to believe that il the ex-
pense of the experimental stage was
tornc by private cnte prise, the board
would feel justified in furnishing the
room for the shop and such other help
as could Le given by the present force OF
teachers without extra expense The
expen of starting the shop according
10 figures furui.hed 10y President Smart
and Prof os'. of Purdue University
would be for shop about - 200, and
for special teacher one year $1,000
$500
The High School would be the best
place for a trial, because there are the
bright and promising lads who coulC
most cuicSly see the advantage of sucl
methods.
.ln st. Louis and CHI cago separate
schools have been founded by the mel
of wealth this is far more costly anC
not so good as connection with thu
public school system, since it reacbe
fewer persons. -,
IF business men would petition tn
Board of Education at this time tn
action would have much weight. !!
such a petit n was accompanied by al
offer of sustaining the movement
through its exI erimental stages with
subscn ton based on their acceptance
of the terms, it would have much >mor'
weight
1t is natural that skye terrier SHOULD
| bark at the moon.
A mans temper Is one Of the things tina
improve by disuae.
| QTwo heads are better than one, especial
| ly in drum or sensational new pape