St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
Practical Illustrations of Ben
efits Derived From MAN.
- ual Training.
Staid and Sober Educational
Halls Invaded by a Jolly ii
Crowd. a =
Scenes and Incidents Of an
Epoch in Local Educational
History. q !.

sibility to reality.'' This tacit express
sion of belief in the future of mankind
was the motto of the class of 1888. who,
Instead of following the time-honored
custom of planting tree or vine,
carved the topic of the class of '8S in
delibly in the smooth surface of a
corner stone, and presented it to the
new annex.
B. F. Wright, i'm the course of his in
teresting address, sounded the keynote
of the need for more room. and, con-
corning the manual training school,
said: Manual training enables man
to choose an occupation intelligently,
as without knowledge one is simple
patron of lottery, without guidance in
this, the mOSts5impOrtant event of
mans life. 1T keeps a boy in school for
longer period, and finally it eleyates
his ideas of manual occupations and he
ceases to be an unintelligent laborer /"
This informal plea for the mainten-
ance OF school of manual training
CONTAINED THE ESSENCE 3.
of the points which were made in it's
favor, and was borne out by the events
of last evening.
The High school building and the
new annex were brightly illuminated
last evening" and, by disseminating
their cheerful radiance in all directions,
babe the chance wanderer in the paths
of education welcome long before he
crossed the doorway. The crowd spent
the hour before the exercises in the as
sembly hall wandering through the
rooms of the annex and inspecting the
work of the youths in the laboratory
and workshops.
''ThiS is big crowd,'' said Prof.
Wbitohyiolr lao ocanrto1 ior of c,,I
phuretted hydrogen to the hood. '.but
though, of course, our work is some
what retarded in consequence, we can
nevertheless give all who are interested
a superficial glance at our methods"
And alt were pleased with the result of
their Inspection. They took lively
interest in the affairs of the carpenter
shop, lingering in the laboratory
and examined the product of the deft
fingers of the workers in the dressing
rooms. The crowd was a large one,
and the pupils were, in consequence,
the temporary hosts of good number.
of visitors, but the friends of the school
were requested to follow the same path,
on their tour of inspection, and hence.
little :,
DELAY WAS EXPERIENCED. :
There were about thousand invita-
number attended. Members of both.
Gil, the state, county and city officials,
together with other guests of honor,
: were invited especially, but all friends,
of the school were cordially welcomed,
by teachers and pupils. and among.
those in the throng were noticed:
Representative FL. f. Stevens, l.. A.
Gilbert, Miss H.aB. Newson. Miss An
, derson. Miss Hume, Prof. Rink, G. H.
Bennett. Prof. Beardsley, A. V. Teeple.7
j. d. Ludlow, A. j. Postlethwaite, Chas.
Linaeu, Signal Observer p. F. Lyons
A. H. Lindeske, Supt. Taylor, A. H..
HolIoWeh. Miss Austin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Giesen, Peter Berkey. Miss H. B.
Newson, Miss Bronson. Prof. w eitbrecht,
Prof. P. w. Fisk, Prof. c. A. Fisk,
Miss Leonard, Miss Austin, Miss Van
derwarker. Miss Mann, ex-Supt. Wright,
Prof. Welsh, Il. p. Richie. Col. Fink,
William Smith, A. w. Lindeke, Henry
Selby.. Ralph Duncan, Frank Gibbs, L.
Smith, Miss Young, Leavitt Corn
ing, MIR. and Mrs. Weber. Cyrus Jeffer-
son, Dr. Bradley, superintendent of the
Minneapolis schools; A. L. Ankeny,
Building Superintendent Pratt and H.
II. Young, of Minneapolis; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ide, L. S.. Gilbert, J. P. Fore
paugh, Mr. and Mrs. John Dow Ian, DR.. j.
H. Murphy, j. D. Ludden, Miss Jessie
Young, W. S. Pardee, N. F.Decker and
B. F. Wright.
At $50 the gong in the large assem-
bly, hallesummoned all to, its precincts.
The room was appropriately decorated
with banners and flowers, and there
was. -
NOT A VACANT SEAT
to be had, many being obliged to stand
during the exercises. The stage was
tastefufly arranged, and seated upon it
were A; L; Ankenys Robert Pratt,
Supt. John Bradley, W. s. Pardee and
school board; H. F. Stevens. T. D. Lud-
den, Principal G. A. Bennett. l.. A.
Gilbert, an ex-member of the board !;
Supt S. S. Taylor, Messrs. Cook, Groom
quist. Maxfeld, Dobner, Kuhles,
Wright and Postlethwaite, OF the board
of education.
The exercises were opened by the
High school quartette; who received
deserved encore in recognition of their
musical ability. When the plaudits in
cidental to their performance had sub
sided, Principal G. B. Gilbert took the
floor and delivered short and pithy
address of welcome. in which he cited
the growth and flattering outlook, both
present and future, of the High school.
Five years ago." continued Prof.
Gilbert, ''the public. at large said that
the High school was ten years in
nifty and that the proposed temple of
learning was waste. of money and
energy. But the fallecy of this reason
ing Us substantially refuted when we
gather tonight to commemorate the
opening of cur new addition
HLeaYitt Corning followed and made a,
happy hit in his address on student in.
situations, and spoke in an interesting
manner on the relationship between
the teacher and pupil.
C. A. Bennett outlined the aims of
the manual training school and intro,
dueed j. ID. Ludden, who was the pro-
jector of the idea in st. Paul that man
ual training should be embraced
IN THE CURRICULUM
of higher educational schools.
1.-The rooms that we have been visit;
ing tonight are the result of our labor, vi
remarked Mr.. Ludden. "Our school
board was only following out the senti-
ments of the people, and the sixty boys
who have taken advantage of the OPP.
portunity to educate their hands as well
as their minds. show that the move was
in the right direction. lido not believe
that you have looked upon our per-
fected work this evening. l think in
five years manual training will
be part of the educational sys-
TEN of the city. We will teach
liens of the city show by their presence
here that they manifest an interest in the
work, and as you will see manual train
ing is in its infancy In st. Paul. I.hope
you will agree with me and believe that
such is the case. From citizens point
of view think that this branch of our
educational system should be encour-