Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-01-16
Technical Education.

technical education, is like bird without
wings, or locomotive minus the power of
applying the steam to the wheels. The
market for general service, that sort which
demands only unframed legs, hands, eyes
and ears, is glutted, it is full to overlooking,
but that which requires special knowledge,
skill, technical training of some one or all
the human faculties and functions, is never
supplied, never full. There is and ever
will be sharp demand for men and women
who know how to do something, and do it
well and such knowledge is security from
want.
In England, where the civilization is old
er than ours, and where the population is
many times denser, there Is constant discus
sion of this subject of technical education,
among men of high authority. Sir Lion
Playfair, a great ability-a member of Par
one of it's warmest advocates.
His contention is that the public schools
should train the faculties of the working
classes, exercising hand, ear and eye, by the
employment of an extended system of
teaching with tools, drawing, practical les
sons in arithmetic, and popular scientific
lectures. This would form foundation in
the child for proper technical education,
he argues ; an education which gives an
intelligent knowledge of the sciences and
arts, which are the basis of all industries.
1t is said that in London, at the Finsbury
School, instruction is given in evening class
es to young men actually engaged during
the day in trades or manufactures, and sci
ence and art are applied to the explanation
of their own special industries. Tens OF
thousands of young working mon in London
give up their evenings to acquire this know
ledge, and the large and busy manufactur-
ing towns throughout Great Britain one
after the other are establishing local techni-
cal schools. Weaving and dyeing, brick
laying, tailoring, Matchmaking and many
other industries are thus being taught, SO
that the workman may be the master of the
whole of his trade and not merely of some
one small DIVISION OF It.
The results are visible on all sides. While
Coventry and Spitalfelds were losing their
silk industries, Crefeld, in Germany, spent
over million dollars on it's lower schools
and nearly quarter of million on a
special weaving school, doubled it's popula-
ton, auadrupled its trade, and now sends to
England the silks which were once such a
profitable branch of employment for its own
weavers. France has schools for appren-
tees, Germany for foremen, Munich has
spent million of dollars, Berlin two and a
quarter millions on great polytechnic insti-
buttons, and we are glad to note that the
United States Is rapidly establishing them
throughout the country"
81
MALONE DELEGATION AT INDIANAPOLIS
AT meeting of the Malone Republican
State Committee held on the 18th of De-
cember it was resolved to send delegation
in behalf of the appointment of Malone as
member of Harrison's Cabinet to wait
upon the President elect at his home in In
dianapolis, aud at the same time the ad-
dress to be presented to him was formulat,
ed. An last Saturday, this delegation
waited upon Harrison, and the address was
presented by W. E. Craig oftbis city. The
delegation is composed of H. De B. Clay,
Asa Rogers, J. M. Stubs, Edmund Wad-
dill, Jr., o. D. Foster. A. 81. Lindsay, J..
G. Smith, B. Taylor McCue, J. S. Bittrell,
A. B. Buckley, J. P. Profitt, D. Fl. Par
nell, P. H. McCaull, j. B. Webb, J. G..
Newman, E. T. Brayley, 8. NJ. Zirkle, D.
A. Windsor, A. NJ. Dickerson, S. Brown
Allen, and W. z. Craig.
An Indianapolis correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch says
After the delegation had its talk Harrison
rsplied in a pleasant speech of glittering
generalities, in which he did not commit
himself to anything, concluding with the
remark: SHOW, gentlemen, uone of this
must go to the press.'
Your correspondent, however, corralled
one of the party and asked him, 'sDid Har-
rison say anything about the Cabinst?''
mo"
"Did he say anything about Mahone?''
"No: there was not id thing in his
speech from beginning to ending. We only
expected to put forth our views to him,
and if possible to make an impression on
him favosable to Malone" ssss., s.
The whole delegation left Saturday night
for Cincinnati. The visitors will be follow.
ed in the near future by other committees
and delegations. and it appears that there
is an organic tion back Of the boom shat is
pretty sure to give it great Importance. 1t
is understood that Malone has already re
coived the endorsement of many of the pro-
mipent Republicans of the country outside
of Virginia, while in his own State the Re-
publican members of the Legislature and
the representatives of the party organiza-
ton have unanimously united in urging re.
coguition of him by the President elect"
The associated press despatch says:-
'They came as delegation appointed by
the Republican Commit Of Virginia at its
last meeting on Dec. 18th 10 present to
President elect Harrison certain resolutions
adopted at that meeting 10 the interest of
the appointment of Malone. They also
brought memorial sigued by the Repub-
lican members elect Of the Virginia Legis-
isLuTe To LIE Same CloCC. luo uclcSdJiOu
appointed Judge Waddill as chairman and
W. E Craig, of StauntoD, to present the
resolution of the State Committee with an
appropriate speech to the President elect,
and DR. B. Webb, one of the members of
the Legislature from Rockingham county,
to present the memorial from the Legisla-
ture."
ANOTHER HORRIBLE CRIME AT BIRLINa
HAM, ALA.-A despatch from Birmingham
Ala, under date of Saturday last, says
that, at Pratt mines, five miles from tba
city, on that day, Mrs. J, s. Kellan, the
wife of mechanic, and her son Willie,
nine years old, were murdered by negro.
The woman and boy had gone into the
woods short distance to drive up their
COWS. They met the negro, who told them
he could show them where the COWS were.
They followed him short distance, when
he turned and struck Mrs. Kellan with
heavy club Tho bov screamed for helm